BMI Calculator | Time For A Change
As of today I need to start losing weight and start eating better. I had a baby 4 months ago and I need to lose the baby weight, plus a little more. According to the BMI calculator I am obese. So much for my self esteem. I weighed 192 before I gave birth, I am now 160. I thought that was bad. But Spring and summer is coming and I dont want to be hiding behind the baggy clothing.
I want to beable to wear some of my old tank tops and possibly pants. That would be nice. Its so hard to lose weight when the weather is crappy outside. Im stuck inside the house all day because we keep getting snow storms and then we get artic blasts. Not fun. Its actually kind of depressing. Im glad I came to the Slimfast website today. It gave me some inspiration. I might actually workout in a few mins now that the baby fell asleep.
Wish me luck! ***
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source: http://community.slim-fast.com/blogs/linkinparkslh/archive/2008/02/20/time-for-a-change.aspx
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Eating Right
I’m officially slightly overweight according to BMI calculator. Lately, I’ve been feeling I had put on weight but didn’t realize how much until a week or so ago. Good news is I’m back on moderate, organic and healthy eating. One of my challenge will be to avoid eating out.
I enjoy trying different restaurants and that may have contributed to my gaining weight. Over the years I’d forgotten how big entree portions are at restaurants in the US. In Singapore and Europe, the portions are one third that size. I’ll just have to ask for smaller portions.
When I set my mind to achieve something, I conduct extensive research until I’m absolutely satisfied with the findings. Lately, research on health and food has taken up a lot of my time. When looking at menus all I see now are calories. That was the dilemma when I went out for dinner with a friend over the weekend. I enjoyed the vegetables, though I kept wondering if they were organic or conventional. My friend thought I was obsessing. I did nibble on the “chocolate attack” that she ordered for dessert.
Organic food is slightly more expensive than conventional food. In spite of that, I’m happy knowing I’m not consciously consuming food that contain chemical, insecticides or growth hormones. Today’s beef recall is another example how unsafe conventional food may be. Though FDA has said the recall has remote chance of health impact, I’m skeptical. Sunday’s 60 Minutes episode of One Thousand Lives A Month emphasizes the need to follow one’s own research and not completely rely on FDA. How or why trasylol is still being administered to patients is beyond my comprehension. More on that later.
My decision doesn’t mean I think all conventional food is harmful. Maybe they are not. But, I’m resolved to eating healthy. I’m certainly satisfied that food in my refrigerator and pantry are organic. ***
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by: simplicity
source: http://simplyramblings.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/eating-right/
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I'm Just Overweight
While seeing if there was anything new of interest in the fitness section on the WW site, I used the BMI calculator to see where I'm at now. I did it once before but it was so long ago I didn't even remember what I started out at.
Apparently when I started I was at 41. Right now I'm at 30, which coincidently enough puts me right at the mark to be officially "overweight" instead of "obese". It's an unhappy word, and I am quite glad to have shed myself of it. Apparently I need to get down to 25 to be considered "healthy", definitely looking forward to that.
It's been a quiet day, I ate three times and had all my points. I'm feeling much more satisfied this evening because I had my usual enormous salad with supper, which was something I missed last night. I suppose technically I'm still eating a lot more food than 'normal' people, but after all this time I have come to be much more comfortable with that than I used to be; whatever I am doing is obviously working. It cannot be denied however that I still feel like there is something shameful about eating a lot of food.
Odd that I can be doing so well and have come so far and still feel like there are reasons to be ashamed of my eating habits. I wonder what it will take before I can let go of the guilt and shame I've carried my whole life. ***
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source: http://codelle.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-just-overweight.html
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The Importance Of Your BMI ?
Hello, Aaron Riddell here.
Thank you for your enquiry.
BMI (Body Mass Index) is an important indicator of your general health. I have prepared a website for your reference, just enter your details in the box to the right and I will provide you with a handy BMI calculator so you can quickly determine your BMI.
Your details will not be shared for use by any other party and you may discontinue contact with my service at anytime. ***
--------------------------------------------------------
source: http://whatsyourbmi.blogspot.com/2008/02/importance-of-your-bmi.html
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Medicine 2.0: Keeping Your Health Records Online
As a medical student I have some insight into how patients’ records are stored at hospitals. I can tell you that sometimes it is very difficult to dig up a patient’s medical history if he or she either does not remember, unable to answer, or simply does not have them.
There are several crucial pieces of information that a doctor might need before administering a drug or beginning a certain type of treatment and when no previous medical history is available then these doctors are kept in the dark and they are required to proceed with fingers crossed, hoping that their patient is not allergic to penicillin, for example.
Probably that was the initial thought behind a couple startup websites that let patients keep all their medical information (including treatment history, medications, X-rays, CT and MRI images, etc.) in one place; you probably guessed it: online. This information can be accessed with a login name and password from anywhere in the world and patients can also choose to share this information with any health care provider.
These sites are not simply virtual storage facilities, but they offer a wide variety of tools and services free of charge. Let us take a tour of these sites and see what they might have in store for patients.
Revolution Health Logo
I start with Revolution Health because its name applies best what is happening in Medicine 2.0 and also because this is my favorite out of the seven (unless Google Health surprises me). Revolution Health is a very neat, and clean website. It is well organized, and there are no annoying images or advertisements. All sites that are featured here have a news section and a long link section, so let us turn our attention to the right hand column on this site. Here you will find tools for finding a doctor near you, tools for finding drugs and treatments, and a Google Alert-type automated reminder that you can configure to your own needs.
The Symptom Checker on this site is just amazing! You click a couple check boxes that best describe your symptoms, and it gives you a list of possible conditions. It is quite detailed. I liked this one, and I can recommend it to you! The Know Your Risks tools lets you find out just how healthy are you, and what diseases you are most prone to based on your habits. If you need more tools, check out the Toolkit that has a BMI calculator, cigarette costs calculator, and my favorite: a calculator that tells you the number of calories you should eat based on your sex, BMI, and age. With Revolution Health you can also start your health portfolio, and keep all your medical records online!
Better Information. Better Health.
WebMD is already a brand that more and more people are familiar with, and I can tell you it is a no wonder why. It is also a well designed site, that offers many free tools for patients. It has a great video section with a huge number of medical condition related videos.
The medicine section has a great search option, and tells all that you need to know about a drug including all side-effects. It dedicates a whole section to women, men and children with dietary, fitness and sexual advice. WebMD has a lot of interesting blogs that you can sign up to. These are recategorized by blog topic or expert name. You may sign up with WebMD and start uploading your medical history also free of charge.
I was a little bit surprised by Microsoft entering the online health market, but when I came to think about it, it was a natural move by the software giant. If you do trust Microsoft on information safety go ahead sign in to Health Vault with you Live ID, and start uploading your documents today. The website promises a much better search tool than your regular link-based search engines such as Google, but it fails to provide the “wow” it promises.
What is good about the site is that it is compatible with a few programs that clinicians are using in their practices, therefor your HealthVault can be both updated by you or your health care provider. These include: CapMed, MyselfHelp, Kriptyq, and more. Another feature I see potential in is that Health Vault supports a couple devices that patients might be using such as blood glucose monitors, peekflow meters, and everyone’s favorite: Polar watches! In whole, I would give this site a 7 out of 10, because it features the same layout that all MSN or Hotmail users are familiar with, and because it is a great concept, though not yet fully developed.
According to TechCrunch Google is entering the online health record keeping business soon. When? Nobody has the answer to that questions, but with Google you will be able to:
- Build online health profiles that belong to you
- Download medical records from doctors and pharmacies
- Get personalized health guidance and relevant news
- Find qualified doctors and connect to time-saving services
- Share selected information with family or caregivers
Here is the latest on this one: Google is set to announce on Thursday that it will be using the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Cleveland, Ohio as the pilot site for its new personal health records initiative.There are several other website that allow you to store your medical history online, so I urge you to consider all before making your decision:
- iHealthRecord
- EMTAlert
- HealthRecordsOnline
I wonder if these are all compatible with one another.
Probably not! ***
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by tomography in web 2.0.
source: http://tomographyblog.com/2008/02/20/medicine-20-keeping-your-health-records-online/
============================
NHS Choices Offers Drinking Assessment Tool
NHS Choices has launched a new interactive tool, developed to help people assess their drinking behaviour and understand the government’s daily allowance alcohol limits.
The drinking assessment tool is designed to enable users to calculate whether they are drinking too much, based on NHS advice, and provide them with clinically approved guidance on how to cut down or seek advice if they are concerned about their behaviour.
Provided in the form of an online survey and interactive quiz, the tool asks questions designed to gauge people’s ‘relationship with alcohol”, it includes sections such as matching up units of alcohol with different drinks and a ‘alcoholometer’ for people to indicate how much they drink on a night out.
A NHS Choices spokesperson said: “This interactive tool has been created with users in mind and is a valuable addition to the health resources being made available to the public by the NHS Choices. “It puts patients in the driving seat by giving them exactly the sort of reliable and dependable information they need to take control of their health at the click of a mouse.”
The drinking assessment tool follows the recent launch of a BMI calculator and Diabetes symptom checker on the website. The website, which was launched by the DH last June, is currently delivered by Dr Foster. The DH has an £80m procurement underway for the future running and development of the site, with six companies shortlisted to take over from this June. ***
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source: http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3490/nhs_choices_offers_drinking_assessment_tool
As of today I need to start losing weight and start eating better. I had a baby 4 months ago and I need to lose the baby weight, plus a little more. According to the BMI calculator I am obese. So much for my self esteem. I weighed 192 before I gave birth, I am now 160. I thought that was bad. But Spring and summer is coming and I dont want to be hiding behind the baggy clothing.
I want to beable to wear some of my old tank tops and possibly pants. That would be nice. Its so hard to lose weight when the weather is crappy outside. Im stuck inside the house all day because we keep getting snow storms and then we get artic blasts. Not fun. Its actually kind of depressing. Im glad I came to the Slimfast website today. It gave me some inspiration. I might actually workout in a few mins now that the baby fell asleep.
Wish me luck! ***
------------------------------------------------------------------
source: http://community.slim-fast.com/blogs/linkinparkslh/archive/2008/02/20/time-for-a-change.aspx
===================================
Eating Right
I’m officially slightly overweight according to BMI calculator. Lately, I’ve been feeling I had put on weight but didn’t realize how much until a week or so ago. Good news is I’m back on moderate, organic and healthy eating. One of my challenge will be to avoid eating out.
I enjoy trying different restaurants and that may have contributed to my gaining weight. Over the years I’d forgotten how big entree portions are at restaurants in the US. In Singapore and Europe, the portions are one third that size. I’ll just have to ask for smaller portions.When I set my mind to achieve something, I conduct extensive research until I’m absolutely satisfied with the findings. Lately, research on health and food has taken up a lot of my time. When looking at menus all I see now are calories. That was the dilemma when I went out for dinner with a friend over the weekend. I enjoyed the vegetables, though I kept wondering if they were organic or conventional. My friend thought I was obsessing. I did nibble on the “chocolate attack” that she ordered for dessert.
Organic food is slightly more expensive than conventional food. In spite of that, I’m happy knowing I’m not consciously consuming food that contain chemical, insecticides or growth hormones. Today’s beef recall is another example how unsafe conventional food may be. Though FDA has said the recall has remote chance of health impact, I’m skeptical. Sunday’s 60 Minutes episode of One Thousand Lives A Month emphasizes the need to follow one’s own research and not completely rely on FDA. How or why trasylol is still being administered to patients is beyond my comprehension. More on that later.
My decision doesn’t mean I think all conventional food is harmful. Maybe they are not. But, I’m resolved to eating healthy. I’m certainly satisfied that food in my refrigerator and pantry are organic. ***
----------------------------------------------------
by: simplicity
source: http://simplyramblings.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/eating-right/
================================
I'm Just Overweight
While seeing if there was anything new of interest in the fitness section on the WW site, I used the BMI calculator to see where I'm at now. I did it once before but it was so long ago I didn't even remember what I started out at.
Apparently when I started I was at 41. Right now I'm at 30, which coincidently enough puts me right at the mark to be officially "overweight" instead of "obese". It's an unhappy word, and I am quite glad to have shed myself of it. Apparently I need to get down to 25 to be considered "healthy", definitely looking forward to that.
It's been a quiet day, I ate three times and had all my points. I'm feeling much more satisfied this evening because I had my usual enormous salad with supper, which was something I missed last night. I suppose technically I'm still eating a lot more food than 'normal' people, but after all this time I have come to be much more comfortable with that than I used to be; whatever I am doing is obviously working. It cannot be denied however that I still feel like there is something shameful about eating a lot of food.
Odd that I can be doing so well and have come so far and still feel like there are reasons to be ashamed of my eating habits. I wonder what it will take before I can let go of the guilt and shame I've carried my whole life. ***
-----------------------------------------------------
source: http://codelle.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-just-overweight.html
==========================
The Importance Of Your BMI ?
Hello, Aaron Riddell here.
Thank you for your enquiry.
BMI (Body Mass Index) is an important indicator of your general health. I have prepared a website for your reference, just enter your details in the box to the right and I will provide you with a handy BMI calculator so you can quickly determine your BMI.
Your details will not be shared for use by any other party and you may discontinue contact with my service at anytime. ***
--------------------------------------------------------
source: http://whatsyourbmi.blogspot.com/2008/02/importance-of-your-bmi.html
===============================
Medicine 2.0: Keeping Your Health Records Online
As a medical student I have some insight into how patients’ records are stored at hospitals. I can tell you that sometimes it is very difficult to dig up a patient’s medical history if he or she either does not remember, unable to answer, or simply does not have them.
There are several crucial pieces of information that a doctor might need before administering a drug or beginning a certain type of treatment and when no previous medical history is available then these doctors are kept in the dark and they are required to proceed with fingers crossed, hoping that their patient is not allergic to penicillin, for example.
Probably that was the initial thought behind a couple startup websites that let patients keep all their medical information (including treatment history, medications, X-rays, CT and MRI images, etc.) in one place; you probably guessed it: online. This information can be accessed with a login name and password from anywhere in the world and patients can also choose to share this information with any health care provider.
These sites are not simply virtual storage facilities, but they offer a wide variety of tools and services free of charge. Let us take a tour of these sites and see what they might have in store for patients.
Revolution Health Logo
I start with Revolution Health because its name applies best what is happening in Medicine 2.0 and also because this is my favorite out of the seven (unless Google Health surprises me). Revolution Health is a very neat, and clean website. It is well organized, and there are no annoying images or advertisements. All sites that are featured here have a news section and a long link section, so let us turn our attention to the right hand column on this site. Here you will find tools for finding a doctor near you, tools for finding drugs and treatments, and a Google Alert-type automated reminder that you can configure to your own needs.
The Symptom Checker on this site is just amazing! You click a couple check boxes that best describe your symptoms, and it gives you a list of possible conditions. It is quite detailed. I liked this one, and I can recommend it to you! The Know Your Risks tools lets you find out just how healthy are you, and what diseases you are most prone to based on your habits. If you need more tools, check out the Toolkit that has a BMI calculator, cigarette costs calculator, and my favorite: a calculator that tells you the number of calories you should eat based on your sex, BMI, and age. With Revolution Health you can also start your health portfolio, and keep all your medical records online!
Better Information. Better Health.
WebMD is already a brand that more and more people are familiar with, and I can tell you it is a no wonder why. It is also a well designed site, that offers many free tools for patients. It has a great video section with a huge number of medical condition related videos.
The medicine section has a great search option, and tells all that you need to know about a drug including all side-effects. It dedicates a whole section to women, men and children with dietary, fitness and sexual advice. WebMD has a lot of interesting blogs that you can sign up to. These are recategorized by blog topic or expert name. You may sign up with WebMD and start uploading your medical history also free of charge.
I was a little bit surprised by Microsoft entering the online health market, but when I came to think about it, it was a natural move by the software giant. If you do trust Microsoft on information safety go ahead sign in to Health Vault with you Live ID, and start uploading your documents today. The website promises a much better search tool than your regular link-based search engines such as Google, but it fails to provide the “wow” it promises.
What is good about the site is that it is compatible with a few programs that clinicians are using in their practices, therefor your HealthVault can be both updated by you or your health care provider. These include: CapMed, MyselfHelp, Kriptyq, and more. Another feature I see potential in is that Health Vault supports a couple devices that patients might be using such as blood glucose monitors, peekflow meters, and everyone’s favorite: Polar watches! In whole, I would give this site a 7 out of 10, because it features the same layout that all MSN or Hotmail users are familiar with, and because it is a great concept, though not yet fully developed.
According to TechCrunch Google is entering the online health record keeping business soon. When? Nobody has the answer to that questions, but with Google you will be able to:
- Build online health profiles that belong to you
- Download medical records from doctors and pharmacies
- Get personalized health guidance and relevant news
- Find qualified doctors and connect to time-saving services
- Share selected information with family or caregivers
Here is the latest on this one: Google is set to announce on Thursday that it will be using the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Cleveland, Ohio as the pilot site for its new personal health records initiative.There are several other website that allow you to store your medical history online, so I urge you to consider all before making your decision:
- iHealthRecord
- EMTAlert
- HealthRecordsOnline
I wonder if these are all compatible with one another.
Probably not! ***
-----------------------------------------------------------
by tomography in web 2.0.
source: http://tomographyblog.com/2008/02/20/medicine-20-keeping-your-health-records-online/
============================
NHS Choices Offers Drinking Assessment Tool
NHS Choices has launched a new interactive tool, developed to help people assess their drinking behaviour and understand the government’s daily allowance alcohol limits.
The drinking assessment tool is designed to enable users to calculate whether they are drinking too much, based on NHS advice, and provide them with clinically approved guidance on how to cut down or seek advice if they are concerned about their behaviour.
Provided in the form of an online survey and interactive quiz, the tool asks questions designed to gauge people’s ‘relationship with alcohol”, it includes sections such as matching up units of alcohol with different drinks and a ‘alcoholometer’ for people to indicate how much they drink on a night out.
A NHS Choices spokesperson said: “This interactive tool has been created with users in mind and is a valuable addition to the health resources being made available to the public by the NHS Choices. “It puts patients in the driving seat by giving them exactly the sort of reliable and dependable information they need to take control of their health at the click of a mouse.”
The drinking assessment tool follows the recent launch of a BMI calculator and Diabetes symptom checker on the website. The website, which was launched by the DH last June, is currently delivered by Dr Foster. The DH has an £80m procurement underway for the future running and development of the site, with six companies shortlisted to take over from this June. ***
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source: http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3490/nhs_choices_offers_drinking_assessment_tool
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