Monthly Archives: June 2011

Wanting Fitness Benefits, Hating Fitness Effort

If you want to change your life, you have to change yourself. Or, at least part of yourself.

From Joe:  We’ve talked about it before: Converting lifestyle changes into permanent improvements is a major potential stumbling block for everyone who wants to develop better health and fitness practices. That’s why I’m always harping on the importance of framing the issue as one where you change your life by changing your self. Or at least a part of yourself. In the final analysis, that’s the only thing over which you might truly have control.

Failure is not an option

From Gerry: When the Fittest Loser Challenge ended six weeks ago, I was scared. What if it was the end? Not just the end of the competition but the end of the my weight-loss road. For the first time in my life I had legitimately lost weight … no gimmicks, no crazy starvation plan. I finally found something that worked. Why quit? Good question. So, I didn’t. I signed up for six months of training with Tony, I kept right on eating the same foods and continued to follow the same workout regimen.

Move the yoga mat for a new perspective

 

Go ahead. Move your yoga mat or change your spin bike! Getting out of a rut is good for you.

 From Eileen: We’re having squabbles in my spin class lately. The Fitness Center changed the room, as well as the configuration of the bikes, and that has put everyone in a real tizzy.  The room is too hot. It’s too cold. The sound system is too loud. The bikes are too close. The complaining is near record proportions.

Why Home Cooking is Best

Eating at home more? Well, celebrate that fact you are being both frugal and more healthy.

From Joe: Are you eating out less because of your new diet? Or because our new economy demands more frugal living?

Are you feeling deprived because you miss those frequent trips to restaurants? Professional chef Sara Jenkins might make you feel better about eating more meals at home:

Best. Diet. Planner. Ever. (No, really)

 

Picking a diet plan just got easier.

From Eileen: So what’s the best diet out there? The one you can stick with over the long haul, of course.

 To  help you along the way,  US News and World Report compiled a group of 22 experts and took an unbiased look at  20 popular diets. (For those of you who are curious, here is the methodology they used).  The two big winners were Weight Watchers and the government developed DASH diet. (DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.)

Exercise for six years straight? No big deal

From Eileen: Well, today is my anniversary. Six years of continuous exercise. No flowers. No special dinner out. No real celebration. Actually, it’s almost anti-climactic. That’s because fitness has become part of my everyday life, almost as mundane as making my bed. I certainly don’t celebrate … “Yippee! I’ve taken a shower every day for a decade!” Or “Woo hoo! I ate a meal every single day for the last 12 years.”