Building Trust Between Industry and Research – Good or Bad Idea?
Today we have another podcast from the Canadian Obesity Summit which took place earlier this year in Montreal. In this episode I talk with Dr Diane Finegood, an obesity researcher at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver who is involved in a series of workshops aimed at building trust between obesity researchers and industry.
This is obviously a highly contentious issue, and one that weve done our best to avoid here on the blog (although it played a large part in our decision to move Obesity Panacea off Scienceblogs). The reason that Ive personally tried to avoid it is that Im simply unsure how I feel in general about public-private partnerships as they relate to obesity research. I
We’ve Crossed the Halfway Point
Over here at the Mohr Results HQ, we like to “check in” with ourselves, our clients, our business pretty regularly.
We do it at least quarterly:
Where are we?
Where do we need to be?
What do we need to do go get there?
And now that were just a few days past July 1 the halfway point for the year its a perfect time for that check in.
An honest check in is the only way youll achieve and ultimately exceed your goals.
Are you 50% closer to your long term goals that you set on December 31st, 2010? Have you achieved the shorter term goals to get you there?
We call these shorter term “goals” process goals in other words, focusing on what it will take, the process, to achieve the tangible goals we set for ourselves.
Here are some examples of process goals if youre trying to lose body fat.
- Eat a veggie and/or fruit with every single meal.
- Include protein with every single meal.
- Eat breakfast daily
The list can go on and we covered 7 more fat loss solutions in our 10 Commandments to Fat Loss blog last week.
Setting these process goals for the remaining 6 months to finish 2011 stronger than you started is what will dictate permanent success.
If youre well on your way, great. Keep up the hard work.
If 2011 didnt start off like you intended now is the time to turn that around.
Heres what you need to do next:
- Set a big, seemingly unreachable goal (e.g., lose 50 lbs).
- Break that goal into smaller, more manageable goals (lose 2 lbs/week or 8 lbs/month).
- WRITE DOWN process based goals that will help you achieve #1 and #2 above (e.g., train 30 min/day 5 days/week or eat 1 more vegetable with every single day or include protein with each meal and snack, etc).
The beauty of the process based goals? You can easily measure that progress. You either hit those goals or did not. And what theyll do, rather than focusing on weight, body fat, etc is that when practiced daily you will ultimately hit every single goal out of the ball park even those seemingly “unreachable” goals.
Lets all hold each other accountable.
What are YOUR endpoint goals and your processed based goals to help you achieve all of them?
Leave a comment below!
Always, With Blood: This Is The First Feminine Hygiene Ad To Show The Real Deal
Weve balked at how feminine hygiene manufacturers tend to put our periods to shame in their advertising; maybe someone was listening. Always finally produced what many are calling the first feminine hygiene ad to show blood , something some are calling an historical advertising move.
Heres the ad:
If youre not totally blown away by the revolutionary nature of this ad, youre in good company. The red dot thats supposed to be so historical seems to us like it was just a more sensible and visually appealing option than, say, purple or yellow.
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How to Build Your Own Standing Workstation For Under $25
Regular readers of this blog will know that sitting for long periods of time is very bad for your health, regardless of how much you exercise. For the full details check out our 5-part series on sedentary physiology (a condensed version can be found at ScientificAmerican.com), or look over this very cool infographic.
While its pretty clear that sitting too much is bad for you, many of us in North America have jobs that force us to do just that. So what to do if you cant quit your office job? There are a few fancy options (treadmill desks anyone?) but even if you can find yourself a cheap treadmill it still requires a lot of space and electricity. An