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The New York Islanders could have hired a coach with more than 600 career wins to his name, but instead, they chose a coach with just 24.

Ken Hitchcock, Lindy Ruff and Darryl Sutter were all available for hire when the Islanders hit the golf course Monday. All three are ranked among the top 11 winningest coaches of all-time. Hitchcock and Ruff are in the top five each with more than 730 career wins.

But hoping for a quick turnaround, the Islanders will stay the course withDoug Weight, as they aim to get back in the playoffs next spring.

Weight took over for the fired Jack Capuano on Jan. 19. At the time, New York sat in last place, but the team surged in the final 10 weeks to finish just one point out of the last playoff spot in the East. Under Weight, the Islanders went 24-12-4, which comes out to a .650 point percentage.

AfterWeight became bench boss in Brooklyn, the Islanders earned 52 points. The only team with more during that same stretch was the Presidents Trophy-winning Washington Capitals. Interestingly, those 52 points were more than what the Colorado Avalanche earned the entire season.

There were other factors at play other than the coaching chance, but the Islanders responded, particularly offensively, under Weight. New York scored an even3.0 goals per game after Jan. 18 vs. 2.83 per contest with Capuano as head coach.

In particular, captain John Tavares scored more in the second half. Under Weight, he tallied 12 goals and 34 points in 35 games prior to sustaining a lower-body injury prior to the final week of the season. In his first 42 games, Tavares scored 16 goals and 32 points.

COLUMBUS, OH DECEMBER 10: New York Islanders Center John Tavares (91) before a regular season game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders on December 10, 2016, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. The Columbus Blue Jackets won by a score of 6-2. (Photo by Michael Griggs/Icon Sportswire)

Going back to last season, the Islanders captain recorded 49 goals and 102 points in his final 122 games under Capuano. By no means are those poor numbers, but in the prior four seasons, Tavares was a point per game guy and averaging 0.45 goals per game. His averages dropped to 0.4 goals and 0.84 points per contest in the last two seasons with Capuano.

Those numbers, coupled with the teams last place position into January, indicated Capuanos message had grown old. Again, other factors such as going with Thomas Greiss in net on a full-time basis and the arrival of Josh Ho-Sang impacted the team, but Weight clearly revitalized Tavares and the offense.

For me, Doug had the immediate respect of the players, Islanders general manager Garth Snow said,according to Newsday. In his role as assistant GM and assistant coach, he had a hand in acquiring almost all of our players, so there was a comfort level there when he came in. This was something I was thinking for about the last month of the season.

That familiarity and the tremendous turnaround the team underwent with Weight made the decision to keep him a rather obvious one.

Everyone around the Islanders is going to want to talk about Tavares and his pending free agency in the summer of 2018, but looking ahead to just next season, the Islanders possess very few free agents. Defensemen Calvin de Haan and Dennis Seidenberg are the big ones, and de Hann is only a restricted free agent.

The only other free agents of any kind for New York are backup goaltender J.F. Berube and winger Stephen Gionta. Theres a decent chance that if Snow wants those four players back, they will all return. Of course, the Islanders will lose one player to the expansion draft, but regardless, a vast majority of the team will be back this fall.

With practically the entire roster returning, the last thing the Islanders should have wanted to do was add a shakeup at head coach even if that meant bringing in one of the most successful coaches in NHL history. New York couldnt properly adjust quickly enough to all the free agency changes from last summer, and that ultimately cost them this seasons playoffs.

More drastic changes could set this team back another year. Thats not what they need. Again, the Islanders missed the postseason by just one point.

If the team hadnt done well under Weight, then its a completely different discussion, but their success with him made this a no-brainer. Despite the disappointing season, the Islanders should enter next season with the expectation that they will be back in the postseason next year.

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Here is some very good news for guacamole lovers everywhere: A new review of scientific literature suggests that eating avocado is a simple (and delicious!) way to prevent metabolic syndrome. Dubbed "the new silent killer," metabolic syndrome is the term used to describe a combination of three or more risk factors for heart disease and diabetes (think high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and large waist circumference, for example).

The review, conducted by Iranian researchers and published in the journal Phytotherapy Research, looked at 129 previously published studies examining the effects of avocado consumption on different components of metabolic syndrome. Most of the studies involved the fleshy part youre used to eating, but some also included avocado leaves, peels, oil, and seeds, or pits.

The researchers concluded that avocados have the most beneficial effects on cholesterol levels, and that consumption of the creamy fruit can influence several different measurements: LDL (bad) cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and phospholipids.

Thats not all, though. "The lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, antidiabetic, anti-obesity, antithrombotic, antiatherosclerotic, and cardioprotective effects of avocado have been demonstrated in several studies," wrote the authors, and most of those studies recommend eating the fruit on a daily basis. In other words, avocados can help fight pretty much every aspect of metabolic syndrome.

This is just yet another study to show that avocados truly deserve superfood status, says Healths contributing nutrition editor, Cynthia Sass, RD, MPH. Sass was not involved in the review, but says it includes an impressive range of studies.

Sass points out that avocados can help stave off belly fat, the most dangerous type of fat to carry. And even though theyre high in (healthy) fat compared to other fruits, its hard to go overboard and eat too much. Fortunately avocado is very satiating, she says. Its almost like they have a built-in stop-gap.

Research also shows that people who eat more avocados weigh less and have smaller waists than those who dont, even when they dont consume fewer calories overall. This is yet another example of how not all calories are created equal, Sass says.

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Plus, avocados are a good source of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, in addition to their heart-healthy monounsaturated fats. And, as the review notes, they're generally safe and better tolerated than synthetic medications.

Want to add more avocado to your regular diet? Besides using the fruit to make guacamole and super-trendy avocado toast, you can also whip it into smoothies, add it to omelets and salads, andwith a little seasoninguse it as a topping for sandwiches, soups, fish, chicken, pizza, you name it. Avocado can even be used as a replacement for butter in baking recipes, and its creaminess makes it a good base for desserts like ice cream and pudding. (For more ideas, check out 25 Amazing Avocado Recipes for the Avo-Obsessed.)

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If you've never tried avocado in these ways, trust me, you'll love it, Sass says. Avocado blends well with both sweet and savory ingredients, and provides the satisfaction factor that makes dishes decadent. Incorporating more avocado into your diet is like having your cake and eating it too!

Oh, and while the study looked at several parts of the plant, Sass recommends sticking with the flesh for now. We dont yet know enough about the safety of eating pits and peels, she says.

This article originally appeared on Health.com.

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My fear of the scale runs so deep that it's sent me to therapy. The thought of seeing a numbera number that's way, way higher than what's considered "okay" by my doctor or by any article on "finding your healthy weight"makes me need a Xanax (or three). I always wondered if I just recalibrated my scale ever so slightly, giving the false impression that I was say, 20 pounds lighter, if that would do the trick. I asked my therapist about this tactic and she laid it out on the line for me: I'm not scared of the scaleI'm just in deep denial. Denial that my weight had been on a steady incline since my daughter was born just a little over two years ago. Denial that I need to take responsibility for the extra calories I consume when I cope via stress eating.

I mulled this over for a while. Months, to be honest. And then my husband and I were invited on a weeklong cruise. We hadn't been away from our daughter for more than three nights since she was born and desperately needed the time alone to reconnect and relax. Thankfully my parents didn't even hesitate to agree to watch her for the week. And we didn't hesitate to start referring to the trip as a second honeymoon.

But when I opened my closet to scan my vacation wear options, the honeymoon was already over (and we weren't even going to set sail for another month). Curating a wardrobe of tank tops, shorts, bathing suits and sundresses for an entire week felt more stressful than giving birth, moving, and searching for a new job combined. I needed to feel good about myself and not assume everyone on the ship would be judging my body. I knew I couldn't do that without a scale to guide me in the weeks leading up to the trip.

So, I went to the store and bought a scale. The last one I owned broke years ago, and I never bothered to replace it. I took the scale out of the box and placed it next to my side of the bed where it sat for a few days. I needed to get used to its presence. Just knowing it was there, waiting for me, forced me to stop and ask myself what I really wanted each time I opened the fridgefood or comfort? After a three-day standoff, I stepped on the scale. I winced like it was about to explode and shut my eyes tight. Now, to prepare for this travesty, I gave myself a range of numbers. The highest was slightly ridiculous (we're talking a scenario in which I'd need to be forklifted out of bed), but it helped because what I then saw didn't seem so bad. Yes, it was a lot higher than where I wanted to be, but I could now disarm its power. Here's why, and what I learned.

My diet varies from day to day. Some days I eat super clean (or at least I think I do) and cut out carbs and processed foods: eggs for breakfast, salad with chicken for lunch, and a protein/veggie combo for dinner. Other days I pay no attention to calories or ingredients and eat only what I cravewhich is usually pizza and chicken nuggets I rescued before my daughter threw them on the floor. Some days my jeans fit great and others they're so tight I can't breathe. Sometimes I'll even throw in a quick cardio sesh to counteract the "bad" days. The thing is, I had no real sense of what was working and what was derailing me because I wasn't tracking my progress. Yes, tight jeans are a great indication that maybe it's time to cut back on my afternoon mocha lattesbut the scale helps me much sooner. A few days of a plateau followed by an increase in pounds means I need to switch to iced tea before the lattes show up on my midsection. I started thinking of the scale as a brutally honest friend giving the tough love I don't want to hearbut know I need. Now when I lose a pound, I feel like the scale is winking at me, as if to say, "I got you, girl."

They say that ignorance is blissbut having access to my weight whenever I want has become an unexpected secret weapon. I'm the queen of the blame gamemy weight is up because work is crazy, because I've been worried about something going on at home, because I was sick. The pattern is to blame my weight on ANYTHING but what I ate. And because I wasn't getting on the scale, these excuses turned to fact (in my mind) because I wasn't taking any steps to get the facts straight. Now that I'm getting on the scale at least once a week, suddenly the excuses have stopped. I have the knowledgesuch as I went up a pound because I chose to have pizza instead of a salad. I went down a pound because of the workouts I committed to and the balanced meals I made. Stepping on the scale shuts down the excuses before they even take over.

I was so afraid that the scale would completely derail my mood every time I didn't like the number. But it turns out that avoiding it all this time simply gave it more power. Now that I faced my fear, I actually obsess over my weight a little less, and I don't let the scale define me. Just this week, I stepped on the scale and it was a few pounds higher than I would like. But, I've worked out 18 out of the last 18 days and can fit into my "skinnier" jeans because I'm toning up. Plus, I managed to cook dinner five out of the past seven nights all while working what felt like 24-hour days and taking care of my very active and curious 2-year-old daughter. Phew. I can put what I saw on the scale aside while I focus on and celebrate my life. I can stop obsessing about what number I wish I saw because here's the beauty of the scale: It's not a one-time thing. I can challenge myself this week to maybe eat one less meal out or cut out one glass of wine, and then actually look forward to what the scale has to say the next time I step on it. The shift in mindsetthat I have power over the scale and not the other way aroundhas been incredibly freeing.

And if you'll allow me to be a little vain for a second, I've also learned that the number on the scale has nothing to do with how I feel about my looks. Whenever I blow out my hair or rock a hot new pair of shoesI feel like Kate freaking Upton, and no number can take that away from me. While the scale can help hold me accountable for my habits, it can't dictate if I feel happy, secure, confident and most of allbeautiful.

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Medication helps many adults and children with ADHD, but it doesnt work for everyone.

Parents and adults see me either because the medication isnt doing the job, or they want more improvement and cant increase the dosage without increasing side effects, says Richard Brown, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and coauthor of the recent book How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care.

Medication does not cure ADHD, and it should never be the only treatment, says Edward Hallowell, M.D., coauthor of the best-selling Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood. Diet and nutrition play key roles in how well the ADHD brain operates. Toward that end, here are 10 foods, ADHD supplements, and herbs that you should add to your treatment plan. As always, talk with your doctor first before doing so.

Poor nutrition can cause a child or adult with ADHD to become distracted, impulsive, and restless. The right foods, on the other hand, can lessen those symptoms.

Protein Foods rich in protein lean beef, pork, poultry, fish, eggs, beans, nuts, soy, and dairy products are used by the body to make neurotransmitters, the chemicals released by brain cells to communicate with each other. Protein can prevent surges in blood sugar, which increase hyperactivity.

Because the body makes brain-awakening neurotransmitters when you eat protein, start your day with a breakfast that includes it, says Laura Stevens, M.S., a nutritionist at Purdue University and author of 12 Effective Ways to Help Your ADD/ADHD Child: Drug-Free Alternatives for Attention-Deficit Disorders. Dont stop there. Look for ways to slip in lean protein during the day, as well.

Balanced Meals Hallowell suggests that you divide your lunch and dinner plate in the following way: Half of the plate should be filled with fruits and vegetables, one fourth with a protein, and the remaining fourth with a carbohydrate, preferably one rich in fiber whole wheat pasta, whole grain bread, brown rice.

This combination of foods will minimize swings in behavior caused by hunger or by a shortfall of a particular nutrient. Fiber prevents blood-sugar levels from spiking and plummeting, which can increase inattention.

Many diets are deficient in key vitamins and minerals that may improve attention and alertness, says Brown. Supplements can often fill in the dietary gaps.

Multivitamin/Multimineral If your child is a picky eater or eats lots of take-out food, he wont get the daily recommended value of vitamins and minerals. A daily multivitamin/multimineral will ensure that he does, no matter how finicky he is.

B Vitamins Studies suggest that giving children who have low levels of B vitamins a supplement improved IQ scores (by 16 points) and reduced aggression and antisocial behavior. Vitamin B-6 seems to increase the brains levels of dopamine, which improves alertness, says Brown.

Zinc, Iron, and Magnesium Zinc synthesizes dopamine and augments the effects of methylphenidate. Low levels of this mineral correlate with inattention.

Iron is also necessary for making dopamine. In one small study, ferritin levels (a measure of iron stores) were low in 84 percent of ADHD children compared to 18 percent of the control group. Low iron levels correlate with cognitive deficits and severe ADHD.

Adequate levels of magnesium have a calming effect on the brain, says Brown. While diet is the safest way to increase mineral levels, a multivitamin/multimineral with iron will ensure that you or your child will get the daily reference value (DRV) of all three.

Omega-3s One study suggested that a subgroup of boys with ADHD are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids compared with those who have no symptoms of the condition.

Another study showed that omega-3s-found in cold-water, fatty fish, such as sardines, tuna, and salmon-tend to break down more readily in the bodies of patients with ADHD than in those without the condition. Individuals with ADHD who have low blood levels of omega-3s will show the biggest improvement in mental focus and cognitive function, says Brown.

Picamilon A combination of the B-vitamin niacin and gamma-aminobutyric acid, picamilon improves blood flow to the brain and has mild stimulative effects, improving alertness and attention. It can also reduce aggressive behavior. Both adults and children derive benefits from this supplement, says Brown.

Most children and adults derive moderate benefits from the vitamin-mineral approach, says Brown. Those with more significant ADHD may need stronger stuff-namely, herbs.

Ginkgo and Ginseng These herbs are cognitive activators, says Brown. They act like stimulants without the side effects. Typically, adults and children who take ginkgo and ginseng improve on ADHD rating scales, and are less impulsive and distractible. Asian ginseng may overstimulate younger children. If this happens to your child, switch to American ginseng.

Pycnogenol An extract made from French maritime pine bark, pycnogenol was found to improve hyperactivity and sharpen attention, concentration, and visual-motor coordination in students after one month, based on standardized measures and teacher and parent ratings.

The herb pycnogenol is also rich in polyphenols, antioxidants that protect brain cells from free radicals. The first double-blind study on the herb was published in 2006, confirming its benefits, says Brown. Larger randomized trials, though, are needed.

Rhodiola Rosea Made from a plant of the same name that grows in the Arctic, this herb can improve alertness, attention, and accuracy. It can be too stimulating for young children, and is occasionally beneficial in children ages eight to 12. It is most useful, says Brown, for students in junior high, high school, and college, who have to complete long papers and spend hours reading.

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"What we get out of our bodies is a direct result of what we put in. Food is fuel, and we believe that food can help you achieve and sustain your peak performance." -- Tom Brady, on the packaging for the official TB12 Performance Meals

I first noticed those words from the New England Patriots quarterback scrawled on the delivery box in a violent red that looked like B-movie blood as I dunked the last bite of Buffalo chicken pizza into a melted Chunky Monkey container. (Don't judge me. I was out of ranch dressing.) Tom Brady's Goop-for-bros personal brand, TB12, recently joined forces with meal subscription service Purple Carrot on a line of health-centric feasts, and I was intent on unpacking its purportedly nutritious secrets.

I am no fan of high-performance diets, or, as a die-hard New Yorker, of Brady himself. But I do respect the guy, especially his ability to achieve unprecedented heights of success while effortlessly lying to everyone in America. So I figured, What the hell, maybe I can actually learn something from this Bill Belichick-approved goon. Instead of treating my body like a Pats fan scarfing down buckets of deep-fried Oreos at Gillette, I would start treating my body like this living legend who doesn't even care if he chops his thumb off in the name of healthy eating.

Of course, this meant ordering Brady's Purple Carrot meal plan, based around his insanely weird diet. He doesn't eat fruit. Or dairy. Or even freakin' eggplants. But I read somewhere that "what we get out of our bodies is a direct result of what we put in," so I ponied up for a week's worth of meals and submitted fully to the constraints of his diet.

Would I reach Peak Performance? Would my already disproportionately attractive significant other turn into a disproportionately attractive Brazilian significant other? Would I get a six-pack?

The Brady meal plan arrived on a Tuesday in the typical trappings of any meal delivery service. There were copious amounts of packaging, laminated menus, and enough dry ice to kill a small dog.

Noticeably, no photos of Tom Brady were included inside the package, but I did find a lovely "handwritten" inspirational message from the five-time Super Bowl-winning QB that assured me he was on this journey to Peak Performance right there with me. Neat! I promptly framed the letter and hung it where my diploma used to be.

I've had some experience with Purple Carrot, the gratingly vegan meal-plan service. Compared to competitors (like Blue Apron), it's definitely not easy to prepare. Especially for a person like me. I can't even make toast without starting a forest fire, and I don't even live near the woods.

The first meal was an appealing "white lentil risotto -- a 'creamy comfort dish.'" It seemed like every ingredient was a root vegetable, and they all had at least two or more names: gold beets, ivory white lentils, frisee lettuce. It was the kind of shit you might roll your eyes at as a waiter rattles off daily specials at an overrated bistro where they serve food encased in a sideways Mason jar.

But, it did include a delightful broccoli-cauliflower mutant hybrid hilariously dubbed "the broccoflower." It was electric green and easily the most enchanting vegetable experience of my life, aside from that talking rutabaga I met at Burning Man.

I won't bore you with the minutiae of cooking, but Brady & Co. basically want everything in their diet to be minced into oblivion. If you don't have a sous chef on hand, you might want to check out Craigslist. If you don't have carpal tunnel on hand, you will. The step headers were pretty standard, except they kind of gave off this pseudo-drill sergeant vibe:

Step 2: Knife Skills!

Step 4: Get Dressed

Step 5: Plate It Up!

I took particular offense to Step 5, because if I want to gorge my gullet to Peak Performance by eating straight out of the skillet like an animal, I have every right to.

But I didn't. I portioned two generous servings and, unsurprisingly, found all that hard work paid off. Despite being practically vegan (a great name for a reality show) and directly sponsored by every Massholes adopted god, the meal was excellent. Like, I would eat this by choice. And ultimately, I really only like to eat things by choice.

We were off to a good start.

After eating the Brady meal plan for a day, I noted some minor improvements in my life. When I went on a run later that evening, I found I had more energy than previous nights where I would have probably eaten some variance of Buffalo chicken pizza dipped in Chunky Monkey.

And while Purple Carrot's meal plan only comes with two servings of three different meals, I had a thought: Why limit myself to only one serving size of excellence per day? Why not buy into Brady's theory of energy and double down? It was likely the only way I could reach Peak Performance without being bit by a radioactive spider.

That meant I had to adopt Brady's rigid diet rules to every meal. Basically, he only eats organic food. No gluten. No white sugar. No white flour. No caffeine. No dairy. And certainly no schnitzel with noodles. This is unfortunate, as those are a few of my favorite things.

He stays away from fruit almost entirely and throws shade at nightshades. About 85% of what he eats are vegetables. The rest is pretty much super-lean meats and wild grains. But he does drink alcohol every once in a while (probably during the off-season). So I had that going for me.

I threw away everything I actually liked in my fridge, timed another mile run, and played a game of catch with my girlfriend, as a way to compare my progress later.

Look, this was not going to be easy. But Tom Brady didn't get all the way to the top just by being smug and maybe-cheating-just-a-little-bit sometimes, did he?

It had been four days since I began, and holy shit. This was not fun.

The first thing that really kicked my ass was the cold-turkey caffeine hiatus. I don't so much enjoy a morning cup of coffee, as need it to function. If I could freebase my cortado, I would. It took me a few days to adjust.

I was walking around my life in a very un-Brady fashion. Sleepy. Hungry. Randomly eating cashews and baby carrots because that was pretty much the only TB12-approved snacking at Thrillist HQ.

I cracked into another meal plan for dinner, the crispy turnip cakes -- which included my favorite step header: "TA-TA-TABBOULEH!" The finished product made eating like a pseudo-vegan, excellence-obsessed athlete delicious, even if it took me one hour and approximately 61 profanities to make. (That's more than one swear word per minute -- Gordon Ramsay territory.)

When I wasn't eating my Purple Carrot meals (which, after the risotto, I learned I could stretch into three servings), I was basically eating baby carrots and cashews as snacks. For bigger meals? One night, I found the most local steak I could, outside of killing the cow myself with my laptop, and had that alongside some brown rice. Another, I just bought a salad from Sweetgreen and picked out all the naughty bits. A third night, I ate limp chicken without the skin for dinner and washed it down with some baby carrots.

This may sound bleak, but the diet began to get easier by the day, which was an upside. The downside? Eating this way is super-expensive and time-consuming and my wallet was feeling it. The traditional Purple Carrot meals cost $68 (three meals, two servings each), with the same deal at Blue Apron costing about $60. The Brady deal cost $78 -- possibly because Peak Performance don't come cheap. That is $18 more per week, or $936 every year. And these meals take at least an hour to make, no matter what the recipe sheet says. Paying premium prices for organic meat and what seemed like a lifetime supply of baby carrots for the rest of my meals was not inexpensive, either.

All of these issues probably would have been promptly solved with an NFL-sized paycheck and a personal chef. But alas, eating like Tom Brady doesn't actually turn you into Tom Brady.

Living, cooking, and eating like the GOAT is decidedly not as effortless as a prime Randy Moss slant. It's a fucking ordeal. It's Gronk bowling over three linemen then blowing out both knees. It's waiting seven rounds to be drafted while your mom stares at you. It's playing Eli Manning in a game that matters (too soon?).

But -- I could feel myself feeling better. As someone who has subjected his body (and diet) to numerous tests in the name of a paycheck, I know that it pretty much takes close to a week to begin to really know how a change like this can affect you. And in this case, I wasn't drastically changing my life, I was just eating super clean.

I could tell things were moving more fluidly. I did in fact have more energy. And, I just had the indescribable feeling that can only be referred to as "oh, yeah, this right here." Like I was the Tin Man, and baby, I just got oiled.

I no longer craved the food of mortal men. I was eating my veggies, with a side of veggies, and some baby carrots in between. I saved my final Purple Carrot meal for my last night: a ramen bowl with whole-grain soba noodles.

And as I sat over my steaming bowl of soupy noodles, with a glass of Gray Goose vodka on the rocks on the side (for some reason, I feel like this is the only booze Brady would drink), I thought about my brief but brilliantly bright journey into the world of Tom Brady's diet.

When I ran that night, I clocked in almost a full 30 seconds faster than the week before. Plus, the existential dread I'd held in my heart since reading The Stranger in eighth grade seemed to be drifting away. And when I played catch again with my girlfriend, I asked her if my excellence bar had been noticeably raised. She said, "Um, yeah, I guess," which I took as a minor success.

I had reached Peak Performance.

I took a swig of my ramen broth, chased it with some vodka (or, maybe the other way around), and came to my conclusion: Is Tom Brady the GOAT because he eats like Gwyneth Paltrow on a CrossFit challenge? Probably not. But it definitely does not hurt.

Going forward, it's doubtful I will stick to this diet. Mainly because -- even with the Purple Carrot meals -- it's just a little too hindering to my everyday life. And it precludes me from eating Buffalo chicken, in all its forms. But, I respect the hell out of anyone who can do it... including Brady.

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Wil Fulton is a staff writer for Thrillist. He already had a six-pack, full disclosure. Follow him @wilfulton.

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Kente Bates, Oregon Sports News

Your stomach is growling, but lunch is hours away. You could grab a snack, but you think its best to grit your teeth and wait for lunch. Not so, if weight loss is your goal.

In fact, well-planned weight-loss diets allow for healthy snacks to help manage hunger and reduce bingeing at mealtime. The key is to eat healthy snacks that satisfy your hunger and keep the calorie count low.

Healthy Snacking

The best snacks are those that fill you up quickly, make you feel full until mealtime and add relatively few calories to your daily total. Fruits and vegetables meet these ideal snack requirements for several reasons:

100-calorie goal

A good goal for a between-meal snack is something with fewer than 100 calories. Generous portions of fruits or vegetables can easily help fill you up while staying below that calorie count. All of the following servings have fewer than 100 calories:

For comparison, one reduced-fat cheese stick has about 60 calories 100-calorie but it also has 4.5 grams of fat. While the protein and fat may help curb your appetite, a single cheese stick may not be as satisfying as, say, 20 baby carrots, which add up to nearly 10 times the weight of the cheese stick, have 70 calories and less than 1 gram of fat.

Fresh is best, but . . .

While fresh fruits and vegetables are the best choices for between-meal snacks, frozen fruits and vegetables are a suitable alternative. And canned fruit packed in its own juices or water not in syrup is a reasonable choice even though the processing does somewhat lower the nutrient value.

Other snack options

Other snacks that are healthy and low in calories include the following:

Making snack time work for you

In closing, bodies are made in the kitchen. You must make that commitment to being great. dieting, exercise, whatever it is you are looking to do. Never forget the basics. THE BASICS ALWAYS WIN!!!

Here is a list of some of the most obsession worthy health apps.

MapMyRun is the number one selling running app for a reason: it is easy to use, offers community support if you want it, and tracks and stores your exact routes for you. If you are training for a race or a serious runner, users say that the extra perks in the upgraded paid version are well worth it.

Made for iPhone, Android and Blackberry

MyFitnessPal seems to be the clear favorite amongst everyone polled. It is helpful not only for the fitness tracking aspect, but everyone polled mentioned how much they loved the food/diet aspect as well. From carb counting for diabetics to recipe ideas to complement your fitness goals, users love this app.

Made for iPhone and Android

JeFit is another fitness app that has rave reviews. It not only tracks progress for you, but offers a huge database of workouts. While many apps offer community support, JeFit allows you to sync workouts with friends who use the app, offering a (real) virtual buddy system.

Made for iPhone and Android

Strava gets the highest mark of all the cycling apps. While it is also great for runners, the cyclers seem particularly inclined towards the fierce competition that can be ignited by this app. You can track all of your rides via GPS, then you can compare your efforts to those logged by others in the community on the same stretch of road. You can also join ongoing challenges that can net you great prizes (in addition to bragging rights).

Made for iPhone and Android

YogaStudiogets the top vote for Yoga apps. It has a lengthy collection of full class-length videos available at your fingertips. Unlike many other apps, this one also allows you to customize your own video yoga class. All of the poses are done by qualified yoga instructors, and you can find classes suitable for all levels of yogis.

Made for iPhone only

SimplyBeing meditation app offers the best of both worlds. You can choose to run this app as a background for your meditation with soothing music or natural sounds that run for a set amount of time. Conversely, for those of you who have trouble focusing during meditation, you can choose a soothing voice-guided meditation.

Made for iPhone and Android

Fooducate is an app all about educating people so that they make healthier food choices. Although not perfect, this app is easy to use (you can even take pictures of bar codes to instantly find foods in their database). It gives food a letter grade, tells you the pluses and minuses, and gives you better ranked alternatives. You can also use it as a weight loss tool by tracking your daily calories.

Made for iPhone and Android

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Calories in versus calories out. In the battle to lose weight, thats the equation that is examined most often and most closely.

But if we get caught up solely in calorie counts, we ignore other important food values. And doing so makes it harder to create a nutrition plan that promotes good health and enables long-term weight loss. In some cases, focusing only on calories can lead to poor eating habits and end up doing more harm than good.

For example, when you compare a dinner consisting of a hotdog, a roll and bag of chips versus 5 ounces of grilled salmon with a half-cup of peas and carrots and a sweet potato, the hotdog dinner wins if you judge the meals solely on calorie counts. But the hotdog meal has almost no nutritional value and is filled with sugar, sodium and saturated fat. Conversely, the salmon dinner, while providing a few more calories, gives you more protein, more fiber, a good serving of healthy fat and significantly more vitamins and minerals.

An even more ridiculous example would be to replace the hotdog dinner with a Snickers bar and a beer. Few would argue that a candy bar and a beer are healthy choices, but they do have fewer combined calories than the salmon dinner.

So, what are the other food values that should be considered besides calories?

When devising your nutrition plan, dont think only about how many calories youre consuming; think about the quality of those calories.

Judging content of calories

The first would be nutritional value. Nutrition plans should be built around foods that have higher vitamin content, particularly from vegetables and fruits. Meanwhile, you should avoid foods that are high in added sugar and sodium.

Fresh foods almost always have a higher nutritional value than processed foods. When shopping, spend most of your time in the outer aisles. Thats where youll get the most nutritional bang for your buck.

Looking for balance

The second consideration is the foods macronutrient value. This refers to whether the food is a protein, carbohydrate or fat.

Meal plans that balance items from all three groups are ideal. Too often, the American diet, along with being too high in calories, has too many carbohydrates, particularly sugar, and too much saturated fat. And it doesnt have enough lean protein, quality carbohydrates (fiber) and healthy fats (the kinds you find in fish, nuts and olive oil).

Thinking about calories

Once you have addressed the issues of macronutrient value and nutrition value, you can then turn your attention to caloric value.

For example, you can go back to the salmon dinner mentioned earlier and cut the salmon portion down to 3 ounces and cut the sweet potato in half. Doing so brings the calorie count in line with the hotdog while maintaining a high nutritional value and good macronutrient balance.

When devising your nutrition plan, dont think only about how many calories youre consuming; think about the quality of those calories. That way, youll not only lose weight, youll create a healthier you.

Frank Shelton is a certified fitness trainer and owner of Frank Shelton Fitness. He can be reached at (302) 463-4000 or frank@franksheltonfitness.com.

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We live in a world where "diet" has become a dirty word. And of course, it isyou think diet and visions of deprivation, food that tastes like sandpaper, and utter misery dance in your head. But the times are a-changin' because the anti-diet is on the rise, and according to a 2015 survey, sales of diets and diet products are on the decline. And diet pills, once considered the magic cure for those last stubborn 10 pounds, are down by 20 percent. Yet, weight-loss surgeries such as gastric bypass, banding, or sleeves are more popular than ever. And studies suggest that most bariatric surgery patients are successfully maintaining their weight losswhile those on a more traditional diet plan gain the weight back within three years. But, if you're (understandably) apprehensive of surgery, there's a new product on the market which may have the benefits of bariatric surgerybut in pill form.

The Obalon Balloon System is the first and only swallowable, FDA-approved balloon system for weight loss. Typically (and under doctor supervision) you swallow three pills over a three-month period. The pill transforms into a balloon that takes up space in your stomach, causing you to eat less because you already feel "full." Proponents say that you'll feel just as satiated as you would after a huge meal because you're tricking your brain. If this sounds too good to be true, know that this is by no means a quick fix. You should not consider this option unless you are mildly to moderately obese with a body mass index between 30 and 40. (Remember, though, that BMI isn't everything.) This isn't for someone who just wants to eat less. (Face it, everyone has had a binge-eating Netflix situation they've regretted later.) According to Jonathan Cohen, M.D., clinical professor of medicine at NYU, and creator of the Kips Bay Integrative Weight Management Program, the ideal candidate is "a person who is not quite a candidate for bariatric surgery or really does not want to undergo a surgical procedure." And he emphasizes that anyone who wants to use the pill to lose weight must truly be committed to making major diet and lifestyle changes. Once you've swallowed the pill, that's when the hard work begins.

So, what exactly happens if you decide to take these balloon pills? For starters, you're looking at a six-month commitment and treatment plan. You swallow the capsule in your doctor's office and then the doctor inflates it (not exactly the "magic bean" idea you had!)you're awake and can go back to work and normal life activities immediately. Your doctor will have you swallow a second balloon capsule one month later and a third two months after that. All balloons are removed six months after the first capsule is swallowedbut beware, removal requires a minor endoscopic procedure, in which narrow tube-like instrument is passed through the mouth into the esophagus and stomach to retrieve the balloons. You'll be lightly sedated.

For those who have tried Obalon, the results have been pretty positivethe average weight loss (when used with a diet and exercise program) is between 15 and 50 pounds. And on average, 89.5 percent of the total weight lost was maintained after one year.

However, it's not a commitment that should be taken lightly, as the system isn't currently covered by insurance and could set you back as much as $9,000. If you decide to have it, you should think of it as an investment in your long-term health and well-being. "It needs to be done with great motivation on the part of the patient, their support system, and their care providers," says Dr. Cohen.

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Eman Ahmed, the worlds heaviest woman who came to Mumbai for bariatric surgery on February 10 and has lost 268 kg since then, was on Friday night shifted to the normal ward from a special room that was built for her at Saifee Hospital.

A crane was used to move Eman from to the normal ward on the seventh floor so that doctors can perform a CT scan on her. Eman is getting seizures and we want know its cause. For this, she has to undergo a CT scan. However, the table used during the scan cannot withstand her current weight. Its maximum capacity is 200 kg. We contacted other hospitals to know if they had a machine that can safely fit in a 250 kg patient, but none has it. Our target now is to make Eman lose another 50 kg, said Dr Muffazal Lakdawala.

The doctor further said that Eman, who originally wighed 500 kg, might never walk again.

She has not walked since the age of 11. She will require continued sessions of occupational therapy and physiotherapy to be able to get back to her feet, but there is uncertainty, Lakdawala said.

Three years ago, Eman suffered a stroke, which left her paralysed. Since then, she has remained completely bedridden.

Eman underwent sleeve gastrectomy, a surgical procedure that reduces the stomach to about 15 per cent of its original size, last month.

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Reducing your risk for developing many diseases could be as simple as shopping the perimeter of your supermarket and getting better acquainted the foods that create a plant-based diet. Thats the premise of Whole Foods CEO and co-founder John Mackeys new book The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity, which he co-wrote with Alona Pulde, M.D., and Matthew Lederman, M.D.

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Before you roll your eyes at another piece of advice suggesting you eat more fruits and veggies, consider Mackeys two simple rules for eating to reduce your disease risk:

Rule 1: Eat whole foods instead of highly processed foods.

Rule 2: Eat mostly plant foods (90+ percent of your daily calories).

And, make sure you get your essential eight daily:

By following this way of eating, you can have significant strides in your health, Mackey told Fox News.

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Fox News talked to Mackey and Lederman to learn more about which foods can help reduce your chances of developing some of the diseases linked to the most common causes of death in the United States. Here are their suggestions:

1. Heart disease If someone has heart disease [or is trying to help prevent it], eat whole, unrefined plant foods, Lederman said. A diet consisting of 90 percent plant foods can significantly impact heart disease and help reverse it, he pointed out.

2. Cancer [Cruciferous vegetables] contain glucosinolates,which break down to create isothiocyanates and indoles, and may inhibit the development of cancer, and help protect against tumors, Lederman said. Cruciferous veggies include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, radishes, collard greens, artichokes, arugula and kale.

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3. Alzheimers disease Berries prevent against cognitive decline, Lederman said. Its not just that raspberries or blueberries help, but people eating this whole-food diet tend to be protective against these brain diseases, he explained. To boost your brain health, reach for juicy fruit like blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, grapes, cranberries and currants.

4. Autoimmune disease When someone is suffering from an autoimmune disease, his or her immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells in the body.Following a typical western diet can cause inflammation in the body and contribute to autoimmune diseases, research suggests. Inflammation shows up in the body in different ways, Lederman said. For example, studies have found that diets high in plant fiber and polyunsaturated fatty acids (found in walnuts, sunflower seeds and flax seeds) may help reduce the chance of developing multiple sclerosis, a common autoimmune disease. Allow your immune system to function optimally so it can heal wounds where it needs to, he said. If people can get this [plant-based diet] down, theyre going to feel better, Lederman said.

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5. Parkinsons disease To help protect against Parkinsons, which causes tremors and difficulty with movement, consider following an anti-inflammatory diet. While the precise cause of Parkinsons is unknown, the medical community generally agrees an inflammatory event or episode contributes to theinitiation of neurodegeneration. When you eat whole, unprocessed foods, you decrease inflammation, improve blood flow, remove waste, and bring nutrition to the cells, Lederman said. Your bodys immune systems thrives on this diet. Some studies have found that people who eat more peppers have a lower risk for developing Parkinsons disease. Other research suggests people who eat berries, apples and oranges have a reduced risk of developing the disease.

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