As I mentioned in my earlier update, we welcomed a new baby boy in March. Sure, I might be a little biased but he is pretty much perfect. Already full of smiles and playing games…I think he’s going to be a runner. One thing that has also stuck around (after 6 weeks) is some of the pregnancy weight. That doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying to shed it.
I’m not a regular Dr. Oz viewer or fan, but after seeing a ton of pop-ups and the tagline “As seen on Dr. Oz” I started to wonder why was everyone getting so excited about raspberry ketones for weight loss (including Dr. Oz!). In this latest “Myth or Not” post, let’s try to figure out if this is the real deal or weight loss fad #1,332,654.
Exercise – maybe it’s not helping with depression as much as we thinkI caught this post on the Brain Posts blog summarizing a research study about how exercise interventions can be used to help treat anxiety and depression. True, it’s not directly related to pregnancy. But having had some experience with post-partum depression myself, and frequently hearing how exercise can help with depression symptoms it seemed pretty relevant. More importantly, I was kind of stunned by a subtle conclusion that Brain Posts pointed out which also made me wonder…maybe exercise itself really isn’t helping treat depression as much as we think? Let’s walk through the study.
A few months ago I started to look more into what is a good target weight that I should be aiming to reach. After getting the mandate from the sports medicine doctor to get to a BMI of 25 or less, that part of the equation is now a known. But, one thing that I’ve still wondered is about the “conventional wisdom” that it takes a 3500 calorie deficit to lose one pound. That is, until I stumbled across this NYTimes article about a mathematician’s view on obesity.
What if something as simple as signing up for text-messages could help you increase your fitness activity AND lose pregnancy weight? This was what an Australian research group sought out to evaluate with their “MobileMums” program. These results aren’t that new (just new to me) but I still think the concept is interesting and worth a closer look. So, let’s check it out…
April 30th, 2013 
