Weight Loss: The Number One Thing to Know

The number one thing before I write the series on Healthy Living is to get the disclaimer out. I am not a doctor / nutritionist / therapist / what not. All the opinions expressed here are from my own reading and experience. Please take it with a grain of salt and use them at your own risk :)

My curiosity for healthy living got intense in the fall of 2009. Why? I call it the "three O" syndrome. Ever since I turned thirty, the thought of growing old was bothering me. Well, nobody has the power to stop the chronological age, but one has the ability to slow down the biological age. Having said that, all I intend to do here is share my journey in the pursuit of healthy living; with the hope that it will help inspire others do the same.

Back to the topic, the first and most important thing is to learn the facts of how weight loss works viz. blood glucose spikes, dietary fiber, low carb-high protein diet methods, metabolism, heart rate zones, VO2 max, DOMS, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat. Beleive me, just knowing the facts will help in a big way.

Let's cover these topics as we go. This is just an introductory blog and not intended to bombard with facts. Let me just state one for starters - for every 3500 excess calories consumed, we gain 1 pound! The good news is - the converse is true as well!! After all, we are what we eat.

Let's discuss eating habits in the next blog. Until then, stay healthy!