Category: Health/Nutrition

  • It ain’t no secret

    Fit For Kids’ Sake: The Secret to Success and Another 50%. I need to put my money where my mouth is. I need to lead by example… I could not have said anything better than what she says in her post. I hear it all the time – “I don’t know how you do it…

  • Notable News

    Pupils have a ball in classroom Physical education teacher Christine Lugo reports the students at the all-girls Catholic school are doing more sit-ups per minute. These students are working their core! Not sure what it does for attention etc, but strong abs and good posture are so important for overall health. » The Power of…

  • Notable News

    Why You Can’t Exercise Enough To Lose Weight. His assertion is a mathematical fact. No matter how much you exercise, if you eat poorly, you will not lose weight. Let me say it again – I know from experience that when I’ve made it a habit to overeat, I can’t exercise enough to lose weight.…

  • Notable News

    Cavaliers: Cleveland Clinic, Cavs Team Up for Colon Cancer Awareness. CLEVELAND, OH – March 1, 2010 – Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Cavaliers will collaborate to promote awareness and prevention of colorectal cancer with the campaign, “Score Against Colon Cancer” throughout March as part of Colon Cancer Awareness Month. This is great. Would be greater…

  • Refocus and Move…

    We had a late start to our Monday workout – so some of the ladies weren’t able to finish the last 5 min station. I stayed. Plumbline Training workout: Warm-up started off with a mini circuit: 2 1min rounds AMRepsAP fast steps jump ropes MTs jump squats core work 2 rounds prone bridge bounce full…

  • To your health!

    I was reading some of the final posts at the Cranky Fitness blog – they are shutting it down. One of their posts really struck a chord with me today. It was about unleashing your inner crab – not everyone is all gung ho about exercising and leading a healthy and fit life. But –…

  • Deep thoughts

    A few things are on my mind this morning and as I was driving around this AM,  I found myself deep in thought about a bunch of random things. Before I became active, I would never have described myself as particularly competitive. I have never cared who wins a board game or sports game. To…

  • News to Note

    The role of nutrition in slowing Alzheimer’s disease You might be surprised to learn that nutrition may become one of the cornerstones in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Over the past few years, medical research has strongly suggested that the progression of Alzheimer’s may be slowed by good nutrition. A nutrient-dense diet, in some cases,…

  • Notable News

    The Return of the Ski Bum – NYTimes.com. Ahh, corporate layoffs help some people learn to just enjoy life. Skiing all day, every day – working jobs that they can indeed leave behind when their shift ends. Remember those days? As this article says: It’s the return of the American ski bum. Recent college graduates,…

  • Notable News

    Chia Seeds, Animal Fat, & Hormones « Heather Eats Almond Butter. Get Physical: 5 CardioVascular Workouts to Burn Belly Fat. Women’s Heart Disease Awareness Still Lacking – BusinessWeek. BBC News – Sweet-toothed children ‘may have depression’. Being bored to death is no joke: Chronic boredom is a killer, study finds.