CoachBioArt

There’s an interesting article on the NYTimes Well Blog about how fatty foods can affect memory on laboratory experiments (on rats).  So, if this holds for humans, Atkins will help you lose weight, but should affect your mind.  Interesting thing is that I felt the same way when I was doing Atkins… I felt a little cloudy most of the time (like a fog of war for those of you gamers).  Sure, the low sugar will do some of that, but since switching to a more balanced diet, I am certainly more alert and I can do a lot better on my high-intensity workouts!

Don’t get me wrong, a high fat burger or other fried delicacy is good every now and then, but the point is to keep it to “every now and then!”….

The image below makes me sleepy just looking at it.  Look closely… The carbohydrate overdose will cause an insulin coma and according to the article, the fat will make you slow and senile.  At least you’ll have a smile on while eating it, but is it worth it?  If you are like me, you’ll want to indulge every now and then, but trust me… Run to the gym right after eating it (or 1-2 hours later if you are responsible for cleanup duty where you work out, in case you lose some it while working out!).

You’ll regret it more if you don’t.

Having lost enough weight to be considered in fair shape, I hate that according to the Body Mass Index (BMI) calculators, I’m just going from obese to oveweight… hey! I have a lot more muscle than the average american, and although I’m not thin, I’m not on the upper limit of being overweight or even worse, obese!  The BMI calculators are meant for a general audience that doesn’t really work out as much as I do (6-7 times a week for at least 30-60 minutes).

I finally found a BMI calculator that is corrected for lean body mass in the formula and is shifted so that it does not just assume you are pear-shaped… check it out:

Body Mass Index – Lean Body Mass

Here’s another calculator that also takes into account your waist size and gives more info than just the BMI number