Category: Health/Nutrition

  • Good Luck Stac!

    This is Stacy — STAC! for short. She is running the Marine Corp Marathon on Sunday and has worked really hard training for this. I, along with the rest of the Plumbline Ladies, are really proud of her. Stac! is a busy mom, psychologist/hypnobirthing specialist and inspires me every day. She is hilarious and can…

  • Marie Claire: thanks for joining the intolerance bandwagon

    Maura Kelly on Mike and Molly – Overweight Couples on Television – Marie Claire. Whether or not this blogger feels this way isn’t really the issue in my mind. It’s why write this — who are you trying to help or empower? If being thin and healthy and skinny were that easy –EVERYONE would be.…

  • Priorities for Eating Paleo on a Budget

    Priorities for Eating Paleo on a Budget Some good ideas and info on eating Paleo from a San Fran nutritionist who advises that real food for real people is the way to go. These are my tips to help you to navigate which foods are the most critical to buy at the highest quality level…

  • Small changes or big changes — they can all lead to the same path!

    Day 9 Update of Paleo eating and I feel great — energized and there is a noticeable change in the way I feel. Even at my most energetic, I felt what i would describe as sluggish. It has never been something I could put my finger on but I have more than once talked to…

  • Justin Stoneman: America: A Big, Fat, Stupid Nation

    Thanks once again Mel for giving me more enlightenment: Latest figures confirm the ridiculous: three out of four of you will be ‘overweight or obese’ by 2020. To gauge perspective: there are now more ‘fat’ people than ‘white’ people in America. Perhaps our bigots of the future will swing their hatred away from ‘race’ to…

  • Paleo/Primal eating update

    Busy day for me today – I have to drive down to Williamsburgh for a work meeting and back home — it’s a long drive but oh well .. You gotta do what you gotta do! I am glad Weds is a rest day from exercise!! My cold is still lingering but it’s not as…

  • Dollars for Docs: What Drug Companies are Paying Your Doctor

    I find this database really interesting — You can find out if your doctor is taking payments from drug companies for speaking and consulting. I always wonder when Doctors seem to favor one drug over another –what comes into play. I am sure most drs have a patient needs first but you do have to…

  • Boot Camp owner: Exercise is A matter of life and death

    Boot Camp owner: Exercise is A matter of life and death Exercise really is one thing that every one of us can do and it almost guarantees a return on your investment –improved health and reduced risks of many diseases.  The power is in our hands — so Just Do It! “While smoking is prevalent…

  • Monday Monday Workout

    I’m feeling better but not at my 100% but of course -well enough to get my butt out of bed and head for a workout! And of course I had to bang my shin on the metal barbell this morning -leaving a big bruise on my leg. That is such a ‘Stephanie‘ thing to do.…

  • The World’s Oldest Performing Female Bodybuilder — Ernestine Shepherd

    Baltimore, Maryland’s Ernestine “Ernie” Shepherd, at age 73, is a certified personal trainer, professional model and competitive all-natural bodybuilder. In March of 2010, on the stage of a television show in Rome, Italy, she was formally given the title of World’s Oldest Performing Female Bodybuilder (by Guinness World Records). Not content to rest on her…