Common Sense Living

[ Note: This article was contributed by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson.]

Got a minute?

That’s all I need to share my first of many video-based 1-minute fatloss tips.

Go here for the first of many….

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My new design is something to see too.

I have my weekly live 1-minute video, tons of new features… even a “diet quiz” if you care to test your fatloss knowledge.

Plus my main presentation: “1 Tip To A Flat Belly!”

Just don’t laugh at my ballcap/unshaven look in the video… I wanted this to be super-casual, but I may have taken it a bit too far… ; )

Oh… speaking of a flat belly… I’d like to give you yet another reason to eat and workout the way I suggest in “Every Other Day Diet” and “7 Minute Body”…

I had to go to the hospital last week. No worries… I’m fine… just a bit of a scare. Definitely enough to wake you up from walking through life like it will never end! But fortunately for me, only a scare.

Anyway, the doctors in the hospital were amazed when they looked at my heart and lungs (they had to make sure I did not have any infection… and I didn’t.)

“Most 46-year-olds do not have these around their heart,” the doctor said as he showed me the pictures they took. You could see all these vessels around the heart and branching off the main arteries.

“Peripheral vessels… they were formed by your exercise program. Well-done! These help keep your heart strong and healthy.”

Every doc that listened to my heart said, “Wow… strong heart!”

Indeed… resistance training makes it so.

Before I left, after the scare went away, I asked the doctor his opinion on my dietary plan. “Well, obviously you are very lean and in fantastic shape for a man of any age.”

Thanks doc, but I wasn’t fishing for a compliment!  Since this was a heart doctor I was curious as to his thoughts.

“If you had heart disease, or if you want to prevent it, this is the exact dietary plan I would recommend.”

While I expected to hear this, it was still music to my ears.

So, my higher-than-normal dietary fat and protein, lower-carb, and relatively frequent “fun food” dietplan is “ideal” to combat heart disease according to the good doc. And according to my family doctor.

Nice to know.

Read more about my plan here…

click—–>  How To Eat Your Favorite Foods And Drop Bodyfat

Remember:  A good dietplan and exercise is not always sufficient to keep you disease-freee… but I love what the doctor told me.  “People who exercise and eat like you LIVE through it and recover much faster.”

Fortunately I didn’t have a nasty virus to recover from… but if I did, I know my condition would have helped me do just that.

How much difference could healthy eating make in your life? Here’s a snap-shot of a day in my life -

Today I jumped out of bed after sleeping 8 full hours! Woo Hoo!

Then I -

Fed the animals

Cleaned the litter box

Got the garbage out on time

Took the dog out

Checked email

Did 2 loads of laundry

Edited 30 articles for Rebel With a Fork

Ran to the store

Did the spring dog poop clean-up which ended up meaning 3 trips up and down ‘the hill.’ Anyone who has been here can testify about ‘the hill.’

Ate Lunch

Took the dog out again

Went to work at the spa where I spent another 6 hours on my feet.

Came home and took the dog for his walk – a mile or so.

Checked emails.

Now I’m sitting here writing this for you. And yeah, I’m tired.

I could not have done this in my 20s and 30s. A day like that would have killed me. Now, in my 50s, its pretty standard. And I’m the same size and shape today as I was when I was 17.

The difference? How I eat.

I refuse to eat any food that tastes like chemicals. To me, that’s bad food. That’s the food that’s bad for you, and it tastes bad.

I want food that’s good for me, and tastes good. Life’s too short to spend it eating bad food.

Find out how you can join me and enjoy the benefits of eating good food >>>

See ya over there!

Someone sent me this video with no description- and I had no idea what to expect. Turns out it contains a really important message.

How can this apply to what you’re trying to accomplish?

When I was younger and wealthier, I wouldn’t be caught dead in a thrift store. But life has a way of humbling us all sometimes, doesn’t it?

But I’ve never quite looked at thrift store shopping quite as philosophically as this post at Almost Fit.com – a blog that I enjoy reading regularly -

You may never look at thrift store shopping quite the same way again -

http://almostfit.com/2010/02/22/secrets-of-a-thrift-store-shopper/

Is your Insurance Company CEO guilty of crimes against humanity? True Majority has come up with a really different campaign that I think you might have some fun getting involved in. Here’s an excerpt -

Together with partners across the progressive movement, we’ve gathered a massive posse to arrest these scallywags for crimes against the people — and to make sure Congress passes reform now.

Now you can join the fun! Click here to make your own wanted poster: You can customize it by adding the CEO of your local insurance company and adding to our list of indictments by sharing your story, or the story of someone you know.

What an inventive way to get your voice heard, and have a little fun with it.

I don’t have health insurance, so I don’t have a particular CEO to accuse. That’s why I rely on the info at Rebel With a Fork. I can’t afford to get sick!