Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jonathan Nelson voted neither yes nor no to a plan to add a waiver process to the anti-stacking law, but he says he had good reason to abstain.
The amendment to the township's maximum occupancy ordinance, approved by the Township Council on Feb. 12, gave Councilman Jonathan Nelson a great deal of pause, he said. Three members of the governing body voted in favor of the Barberio admnistration proposal, which imposes limits on how long guests can stay in tenants' rental units and sets up a waiver process to protect families having new babies and tenants with legitimate reasons to run afoul of the ordinance-mandated occupancy limit. Councilmember Paul Carifi Jr., who ran for office as a staunch opponent of so-called stacking, voted no. Nelson made a decision to abstain. He told Patch he had strong reason for doing so. The councilman said he was opposed to what was proposed and …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Parsippany dentist and hypnotherapist offers a cerebral way to help control portion size and shed pounds.
The Patch Takes It Off weight loss challenge continues, and in this installment we consider dieting from a less physical perspective. Does that even make sense? Losing weight by definition is about the physical—it's about reducing the body's very size. However, much more goes into the pursuit than mere physical action. I'm at a plateau of 19 down so far and am finding my struggle to be an all-encompassing effort, involving not just working out (mostly walking due to the fractured hand) or by choosing to avoid destructive nutritional choices. Getting through the challenge is forcing me to undergo mental gymnastics of discipline and will that may be the most difficult part of weight reduction. So we decided to look into dealing with the …
Friday, January 25, 2013
Will an injury that keeps you from working out stop weight loss progress, and will muscle gained turn to fat?
The Patch Takes It Off campaign is still underway. So far, your fearless editor has good news: Having started Jan. 3, as of Jan. 25, I've dropped 17 pounds. All of my clothes are getting looser. And I can dance Gangnam Style without getting winded. Oppan! But your humble correspondent is feeling a little less fearless right about now. Last week, a fall left me with a fractured hand and at least eight weeks of recovery (and no guitar playing, alas). Which means, at least for a while, I have to put off strenuous workouts. My workaround has been to walk and to consume even fewer calories. So far, the personal weight loss challenge appears to be working. But there still was a worry: Will the muscle gained so far turn into ugly fat? That would …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Interested in joining the challenge? Write to natalie.davis@patch.com.
"That's it—I'm going to lose weight." I hear that every year in early January. Heck, I say it every time the big ball in Times Square drops. There's a reason "lose weight" is a perennial part of New Year's resolution lists. More than 60 percent of the nation's population is classified as overweight or obese. And being overweight can lead to a host of potentially deadly maladies ranging from stroke to heart disease to Type 2 diabetes. While it's easy to state the problem, solving it—taking off the pounds—is anything but simple, especially when one takes on the challenge alone. Resolve fails. Fatigue builds. Frustration can ensue. This year, we want a different result. Hence, the return of our weight loss campaign first started in 2011: …
Thursday, August 18, 2011
This week, Stacey learns that letting go of trigger foods is necessary for healthy eating.
While I did fairly well with eating and exercise on vacation, the week that followed is another story. After a few days of non-stop snacking, I decided it was time for a major decision. I had to break up with an old friend (that really was becoming a foe). It was time. It was long overdue. I decided a “Dear John” letter was the best way to handle the situation. It went something like this: Dear Nutella, I'm terribly sorry I had to do this through a letter; this is not easy for me at all, honestly. This note will be the last memory you'll ever have of me. I’m done with you and I’m not looking back. Don't let it get you all upset inside. It wasn't completely your fault, no doubt about it. It was your extreme smooth chocolate nuttiness…
Monday, August 8, 2011
Our hero shakes things up with roller skating and the unforbidden dance.
Variety, they say, is the spice of life. That's certainly my experience in the Patch Takes It Off challenge. Give me a repetitive physical movement to do and five minutes later, I will be bored by it. Many health and fitness experts say I am not all that uncommon. Fitness author Mark Sisson, who wrote weight-loss tome The Primal Blueprint, said changing one's exercise routine is "pretty darn integral" to losing weight, "both in terms of keeping your mind engaged in the activity at hand and ensuring that your dedication to exercise continues to pay off, be it in gains of physical strength, endurance, or simply just feeling good about your body. From the beginning of this adventure, I envisioned mixing a regular regimen–traditional …
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
A new approach leads to positive results.
Wow! What a difference a week (and a major change in mindset) can make. Have I made progress? Absolutely! Have I attained perfection? Not even close! But overall, I am really pleased (thrilled, actually) with how things have gone since last Wednesday. When I stepped on the scale this morning, I was down two pounds from last week. The freedom of breaking free from the confines of a strict diet is exhilarating! Instead of telling myself “no, you can’t eat this, it’s not on your diet”, I allowed myself to eat what I want in a reasonable portion as long as I sit down and am not distracted by something. For a girl who likes to snack while watching "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," this was a major change in nighttime habits. It took…
Monday, August 1, 2011
This week, our three pounds lighter hero gets lost in oatmeal. This is a good thing.
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Just thinking about this most important daily repast sets my heart alight: creamy scrambled eggs, spicy sausage, crisp bacon strips, scrumptious scrapple, buttery waffles drenched in maple syrup, schmeared bagels and lox, mmm... Sorry, I'm getting lost in my rise-and-shine reverie. But you get my point: Breakfast rocks. Problem is, most of my early-morning faves, if eaten regularly, are likely to expedite one's launch to the afterlife. While there is nothing wrong with indulging in, say, a dish of cholesterol-laden Eggs Benedict now and then--or even the occasional bellybusting fast-food breakfast sandwich--far too many people make fatty, salty eyeopeners part of their daily morning routine. …
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
How one candy bar made my diet a sweet memory.
I’m a bit of a perfectionist. The best example is my attempt to knit. I nearly went off the deep end. About five years ago, I attended a class at the Parsippany Adult and Community Education program to learn how to knit. The teacher was patient and used enormous knitting needles so that we all could see her demonstration easily. Under her tutelage, I started a sampler. While at home, I Googled scarf patterns online. While knitting a scarf and after finishing a length, I made a mistake--which meant unravelling and starting all over again. Needless to say, this happened again and again, until I became a madwoman. For weeks I made countless attempts to perfect this scarf. One day, with tangled, frayed yarn piled around me, I decided …
Officials say wellness program for township staffers will mean better service for residents.
As mayor of Parsippany Troy-Hills, James Barberio has plenty of reasons why he doesn’t have time to focus on his health. However, after a visit with his doctor left him with concerns, Hizzoner came to the conclusion that it was time to make some serious lifestyle changes. Mayor Barberio, along with Business Administrator Jasmine Lim and 26 percent of the township's employees, participates in a new municipal wellness program. The effort strives to encourage workers to improve their overall health through weight loss, exercise, stress management and smoking cessation. According to Lim, the initial driving force behind the program was to "bring down the costs of health care premiums for employees." Because the township is self-insured for …
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6:01 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Nelson is a sissy. Between his actions, or lack thereof since talk is cheap, and the company he keeps, he will be forever remembered as the councilman who had the chance, but never did. more ›