Diet & Exercise Expert Harry shares Diet & Exercise management news and commentary at MyDietExercise.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922 http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922 http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/24677/older Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:08:00 -0400 Harry I have been poking around at getting back into running for the past few months, with variable success. I worked with a running coach a couple of times, to see if my technique was off, and she gave some great tips about running from the core, and stride, etc., but my feet and shins and Achilles tendon still weren't happy with the process, so I stopped trying over the summer. I did start strength training with a trainer twice a week, once... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/24677/older http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/20898/exercise Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:48:00 -0500 Harry Let's talk, for a moment, about what kind of shape you really need to be in. We have done ourselves a tremendous disservice by moving towards an ever more sedentary life. Sitting down is deadly, and depressing. The average mood of people watching TV is mildly depressed! We all agree that we should move more, and get in shape, but what does that mean?  It's tempting to let you off the hook with a discussion of the bare minimum... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/20898/exercise http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/19909/weight-lose Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:34:00 -0500 Harry Let's talk in this blog about the concept of ideal weights. First of all, The standard height and weight tables originated before World War II with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., and were crudely associated with mortality. Although a fair amount of research has focused on height to weight ratios also known as body mass index, or BMI, it's long been recognized that this is too crude measure to apply to individuals with any degree... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/19909/weight-lose http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/19051/family Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:32:00 -0500 Harry Let's look more closely at the cultural biology of eating. Imagine that you live in Japan a hundred years ago, in a family that can afford enough food. A pot of rice is cooking on the stove, and at the same time someone is cutting up the vegetables, and the relatively modest amounts of protein (either fish or poultry) into very small pieces. The meal comes to you as a very modest portion of rice, perhaps half the size of your fist,... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/19051/family http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/17965/eating Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:03:00 -0500 Harry This is the seventh in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here.  A recent study gathered widespread attention for suggesting that obesity is contagious, and that you catch it from your family and friends. This is not a particular surprise, and if you look both around our country, and around the world, it's clear that there are social norms... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/17965/eating http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/17260/weight-gain Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:22:00 -0500 Harry This is the sixth in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here.  It's important to understand that unrestricted weight gain, when coupled with our sedentary lifestyles, is NOT a signal of plenty to our bodies, it's a signal of caloric uncertainty, which our bodies read as impending starvation. This seems to make no sense, but remember... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/17260/weight-gain http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/16609/diet Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:30:00 -0500 Harry This is the fifth in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here.  The concept of never dieting is a little strange at first, but you'll come to understand the biology pretty quickly, and it will start to make all the sense in the world. So let's take a look at setpoints and calories in nature, which is what our bodies are designed for.  ... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/16609/diet http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/16067/gain-pound Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:42:00 -0500 Harry This is the fourth in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here. That's right. The first rule of weight loss is that this is not really about losing weight at all, it's about managing weight. It's not that hard to lose weight, and we will go through that in detail, but it's also not that hard to gain the weight back, and most people... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/16067/gain-pound http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/15644/weight Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:34:00 -0400 Harry This is the third in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here.  People talk a lot about setpoints, and the biology of weight loss, but what exactly are setpoints? The short answer is that no one knows for sure. The longer answer is that all biological systems try to maintain equilibrium around either a single point, or a very narrow range. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/15644/weight http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/14545/expect Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:05:00 -0400 Harry This is the second in a series on losing weight from our expert, Harry Lodge, co-author of Younger Next Year. You can check out his first post here. You can expect to get back to a normal weight for your height and body type, no matter where you start from. You can expect to see a major impact on your health and vitality, your sense of self-esteem, and your optimism about your life. You can expect to take charge of your future.Specifically,... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/2922/14545/expect