Women and Heart Disease

Posted on February 4, 2010 - Filed Under Heart Health, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

Important message for women and everyone else to take better care of your heart. Read more from Stacey Shipman here and also, don’t forget to check out Go Red for Women.

Fall Off the Wagon Yet?

Posted on January 12, 2010 - Filed Under healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

We’re 12 days into the new year. How are those resolutions coming? Sticking with them or already forgot what they were?
If you haven’t been doing as well as you were hoping, consider this a friendly reminder to start over again today. Make specific, measurable goals. Each day, note how you did for the day.
Your health [...]

The D Word

Posted on January 8, 2010 - Filed Under Fad Diets, healthy lifestyle | 2 Comments

diet (dī′ət)
noun

what a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
a special or limited selection of food and drink, chosen or prescribed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight

intransitive verb, transitive verb
to eat or cause to eat special or limited food, esp. for losing weight
[via here].
When you say the word “diet” [...]

Frustrating Time of Year

Posted on January 7, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

This is a frustarting time of year for me. With the new year come resolutions to lose weight, get healthy, eat better, move more, etc., etc. While those are great resolutions for all of us, as long as we create a good plan and stick to that plan, it also means the snake-oil salespeople are [...]

First Post of 2010

Posted on January 4, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 2 Comments

2010 is here. Let’s make this year better than the last, in all aspects of life. I’m sure most of us (along with everyone else in the world) have made at least one resolution about our health/fitness. Hopefully we won’t forget about them after just 2 weeks or so.
One thing to remember as you get going [...]

Good Reads This Week 12/18/09

Posted on December 18, 2009 - Filed Under Shout Outs, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

Some good posts I read this past week:
Quote of the Week from Paul’s Health blog. I liked it.
Time to Get a Training Log from Ironman Triathlon Tips. Keep track of your workouts, whether you’re training for a 5K, Ironman, nothing, or anything. They’re helpful. Measure progress.
“Less bad” is “good” in Bizarro World from Weighty Matters. [...]

Make a Better Choice

Posted on December 2, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

Here’s the thing. We make a ton of choices everyday. Some health related, some not. Instead of feeling guilty about our health and doing nothing about it, make a choice today that will put you heading in the right direction.
Finding health and finding balance in our lives is always one choice away. Better choices, made [...]

Eating Habits

Posted on October 9, 2009 - Filed Under Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | 3 Comments

We all know that genes play a role in obesity and risks for obesity. Time to stop blaming the genes, though. Lifestyle matters.
A study that is soon to be published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that even if someone has the FTO gene, their risk of obesity is only increased if their fat [...]

Educated Woman = Longer Life for Man

Posted on October 7, 2009 - Filed Under healthy lifestyle | 1 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 [...]