Current weight: 308.6
Difference from last entry: -1.4
Difference from 2009 starting weight (316.6): -8
Show notes:
Lost a bit this week. Yay!
Mother’s Day was a problem, but I had been good enough during the week to minimize the damage.
Hydroxycut is in the news, reminds me of phen-phen from a decade ago.
And it turns out that those of us who are obese might just be addicted to junk food.
2002 Study:
Reduction in Dopamine correlation with BMI, Result: use over-eating to trigger the reward centers
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/food/junkfood_addiction/dopamine.html
2008 Study
Very similar: ghrelin.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/archive/tags/junk+food/default.aspx
http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v11/n4/full/oby200368a.html
Video entries are fun! I don’t promise I’ll do them every week, but I’ll sure try. 🙂