Rock The Bod You’re In
With Memorial Day right around the corner, many people are digging out their swimsuits and sunscreen and gearing up for a summer full of pool days and beach trips. Others of us are trying desperately to cram into the shorts we sported a year ago– you know, the ones that obviously shrunk in the dryer. Why else wouldn’t they fit? Between the New Year’s Resolutions of January 1st and the official start of summer on Memorial Day (May 30th this year, if you’re curious)... Read More
Exercise Makes You Fat? Says Who?
In the battle against obesity, no one, it seems, can agree upon what works. This time it’s Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign which is having cold water poured all over it. Let’s Move aims to encourage children and parents to exercise more and to eat healthy food. So what’s wrong with that you ask? Well, according to Gary Taubes, the campaign won’t help fat kids get thin. The problem is fast food, not slow motion, says Taubes, who believes that it’s... Read More
Step It Up!
New Year’s fitness resolutions tend to come in all shapes, sizes, and colors: I want to eat more wholegrains, or more protein, or more of those top ten antioxidant-rich foods. I’m gonna eat more red, yellow, orange foods; I’m gonna eat less white or brown foods. I want to lose x pounds by y date. This year I am going to train to run a 5k, 10k, half marathon, full marathon, heck I’m gonna climb Everest in 2011. We tend to have a “go for the gusto”... Read More
