Happy New Year!
Posted on December 31, 2009 - Filed Under Shout Outs, healthy lifestyle, motivation | 1 Comment
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
– Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Let’s all make this upcoming year better than the last.
Duty
Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under Prevention, healthy lifestyle, motivation | Leave a Comment
“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
– Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.
Scam?
Posted on November 18, 2009 - Filed Under Fad Diets | Leave a Comment
Yeah baby. More Thanksgiving pie and Christmas cookies for me!
Dare Greatly
Posted on October 26, 2009 - Filed Under Random, Shout Outs | Leave a Comment
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who […]
Improved Body Image
Posted on October 13, 2009 - Filed Under Exercise, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment
“This is an important study because it shows that doing virtually any type of exercise, on a regular basis, can help people feel better about their bodies. With such a large segment of the population dissatisfied with their physiques, it’s encouraging to know that even short, frequent bouts of lower intensity exercise can improve body […]
Educated Woman = Longer Life for Man
Posted on October 7, 2009 - Filed Under healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
“Women traditionally take more responsibility for the home than men do, and, as a consequence, women’s education might be more important for the family’s lifestyle - for example, in terms of food habits - than men’s education.”
“We can assume that more highly educated women have better possibilities to find the important health messages that are […]
Cause and Effect
Posted on September 17, 2009 - Filed Under Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment
“Americans believe in cause and effect, except when it pertains to their eating habits.”
– Dr. Joel Robbins (via here).
For Health
Posted on August 25, 2009 - Filed Under Exercise, Weight Control | 1 Comment
Yesterday I read a great article from Peter Janiszewski from Obesity Panacea called “How Time magazine got it wrong on exercise and weight loss.” As you can probably guess from the title, he discusses how this article from Time was from way off.
Anyway, here’s an excerpt from Janiszewski:
“Individuals of all sizes and ages can vastly […]
Lance
Posted on August 6, 2009 - Filed Under Prevention, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
[Can’t see video? Go here].
Hermione Granger
Posted on July 7, 2009 - Filed Under Exercise, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment
I love the Harry Potter series. My wife got me into it. Great books, decent movies, and good fun all around. The new movie comes out July 15th. Nice.
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), one of the stars of the HP movies, seems to have a good outlook on staying healthy and active:
“There is so much pressure […]
