Stepping out of My Comfort Zone

This guest post is from Love 2 Eat in PA Good or bad, I’m not someone that frequently steps out of my comfort zone.  I am someone who lives a pretty structured life. I have my routines of workouts, eating, what my days are like, etc., and that gives me comfort. I have read some [...]

Fending Off Negative Feelings

What a weekend! MizFit, Marsha, YumYucky and I spoke on a body image panel at Fitbloggin in Baltimore this past weekend. (Were you there?! If so, let us know — and thank you for coming; it was a blast!!) Fitbloggin was a fitness/wellness blogger conference organized by Roni, and it was an amazing time!! Seriously, [...]

Pinky & Skinny Me

This post is from a dear friend of mine Noelle, who I have known and adored for years. She and I both shared an obsession with exercise, but as mine faded away (after “God” forced me to quit due to a herniated disc), Noelle’s only got stronger. She was always a “workout machine,” she looked [...]

“… But I Don’t Have Time …”

“…I don’t have time.”

This is the #1 excuse people give for why they aren’t living healthier lives.

Play, Then Eat

While away last week, I saw this article (“Play, Then Eat:  Shift May Bring Gains at School”) in the New York Times and e-mailed it to myself to write a blog post about it, in the event that none of our other bloggers covered it first. We know that all around the country, due to [...]

New Book Tells Women to Stop Fretting About Their Health

According to this New York Times blog post, Dr. Susan M. Love, one of the country’s most respected women’s health specialists, offers a new rule that I think will surprise many women (who are being inundated with New Year’s resolution messaging about getting thin NOW): stop worrying about your health.

Thank You, Captain Obvious …

I seriously think men must just have thicker skin than women, because I have to say, I’m pretty sure I would have had to hold back tears had I been at the receiving end of the following exchange I heard this weekend at the gym. Guy 1: “Getting a little chubby, eh?” with a twisted [...]

Incentivizing Health in the Workplace

I feel extremely fortunate (particularly in this turbulent economy) to work at a company where employees not only have health insurance, but also were encouraged to “get healthy” with a new wellness program that was initiated this spring. After completing a total-body composition assessment, each employee was given a nice budget to use for a [...]

The World Has Curves

In its September issue, FITNESS magazine plugged a new book due out September 15 that looks like something I want to read.

A play off Thomas Friedman’s book on globalization (The World Is Flat, a personal fave!) this book is called The World Has Curves: The Quest for the Perfect Body.