Why Only a Little Weight Loss Helps a Lot

By Craig Ballantyne

Too many people don't get started on big projects, like losing weight, because the task seems insurmountable. But even if you've got a long way to go to completely lose your gut, here's some incentive for you.

In a review of 61 studies, Australian researchers found that modest weight loss resulted in a preferential loss of visceral adipose tissue (VAT). VAT is the fat that is most often found in those "hard beer bellies" of older men - the fat associated with a risk for heart disease.

As soon as you start a fat-loss program, the first fat to go tends to be that potentially deadly belly fat. So just by losing a few pounds, you can make a dramatic improvement in your overall health.

To get going on your fat-loss program, reduce the number of calories you eat each day by 10-20 percent and start doing resistance and interval training.

It's Good to Know: The Computerized Repo Man

You head out to your car, turn the key in the ignition. Instead of the roar of the engine, you hear an insistent beeping. You turn the key again. The car still won't start!

This situation is becoming increasingly common because of a new effort by some lenders to cut down on loan defaults. They've been turning to several companies that offer technology to "train" customers to pay on time.

It works like this: A small box is mounted under the dash of the car. Its lights flash when a payment is coming up. It starts beeping on the due date. If the payment isn't made, the car won't start. Lenders claim that default rates have decreased 30 to 50 percent among those who have the device installed.

Frustrating? Maybe. But probably better than a late night visit from a collection agency to repossess the vehicle.

(Source: USA Today)

Word to the Wise: Lionize

To "lionize" (LYE-uh-nize) is to treat as an object of great interest or importance.

Example (as used by James Brady in Further Lane):"At Penn State he'd been welcomed, nurtured, lionized as a track and field star who narrowly missed making our Olympic team in the decathlon."

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