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Teachable Moment Lost During Paula Deen's Announcement of Diabetes

In basketball, there’s something called “home cooking.” It’s a term describing the home field advantage, including referee bias that allows the home team to win.In my opinion, that’s exactly what happened when Paula Deen announced that she has Type 2 diabetes on the Today Show. She was allowed to squirm out of a tight... Read moreChevron
posted 01/18/2012, comment (1)|
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Listening to Music Can Make Your Workouts Seem Easier

When I was a member of a gym, I often attended a weight-lifting class. The 60-minute class consisted of a series of moves led by an instructor that exercised the major muscles. The different exercise sequences (such as squats or abs) were set to various songs.  We’d stop after each song, readjust our weight for the upcoming exercises... Read moreChevron
posted 01/17/2012, comments (0)|
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Doing a detox diet

I thought I'd try to reset the body by doing a 2 week detox diet. I'm not sure if this is scientifically sound or even good in practice, but this is what I'm planning on doing: no alcohol, cheese or wheat AM dose of psyllium seed for 1 week, AM and PM dose of psyllium seed for 2nd week Drink detox tea... Read moreChevron
posted 01/13/2012, comments (0)|
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The 40 Year Old (Weight Watchers) Virgin

"Your first time...ever?" she asks incredulously. Others hear this and chime in. "No way!" "You mean you've NEVER done it?" "Not even in the '80s?" "Or in college?" "But you've had two babies, how is that even possible?!"   Yes, it's true. I have never been to a Weight Watchers meeting before this year. I have always been one of those people... Read moreChevron
posted 01/09/2012, comment (1)|
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The Heart and Soul of Health

2012 has had a slow start.  It's been difficult to shake off the lazies of 2011. When the New Year begins, most people are filled with renewed energy and have high expectations for themselves. They go right to work at the gym and on whatever new diet they have chosen. That's been true in the past, but this year, not so much. I had a rough end... Read moreChevron
posted 01/09/2012, comment (1)|
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