Food Allergies - Overdiagnosed?

Today there was an interesting article about food allergies, and how they are overdiagnosed. The author provides an interest contrast, by providing examples of when they have been underdiagnosed (single incidents). As a person with multiple food allergies, this is interesting to read, but doesn't make me any more inclined to go back to eating things that I know cause a reaction within a few minutes....

Food Allergy Diagnosis "An Inexact Science"

Week 4!

A: -8.2 (Dang!)
J: -4.6 (Awesome)
Mom: -1 (Keep it off!)
Husband: -5 (Don't let the Super Bowl add it back!)
R: Dropped out. Sad
Me: -4.5
Sis (surprise joiner): -3

Final totals should be rolling in!

Teens with High Cholesterol

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that I love numbers and national studies. Here is the newest...

CDC: 1 in 5 Teens Has High Cholesterol. Now What?

Week 2 of 5

Weight loss totals for week 2 are starting to roll in. Total weight losses so far since the start of the bet:

J: TBD
R: TBD
A: -.8
Mom: -1
Husband: -0.5
Me: -4.5

Tips for Weight Loss in the New Year

The article, "Getting Healthy Is about More Than Diet, Exercise," provides three tips to help lose weight in the new year:

1) Watch out for the blues

2) Get your sleep

3) Eat greenery

Nice, quick read.

Week 1 Weigh ins

We are now up to 6 people in the 5 week, 5 pound bet! Weight loss totals for week 1 are starting to roll in. Results so far:

Me: -3
J: +1
R: +1
A: +.8
Mom: -0.5

Husband: forgot his baseline... he might be 5 pounds in 4 weeks.

New Year Bet: 5 for 5

And... we have a New Year's bet on. 5 pounds, 5 weeks. 4 participants to date: R., J., Me, The Husband, and My Mom. Week one weigh ins should roll in soon. Buy-in is $5 to be given to the first person to lose and keep off 5 pounds for two weeks.