Well, this has been one heck of a summer! If you’re wondering where I’ve been, the answer is - I’ve been playing Cherry Ames. Specifically Chris (yes, the one referenced in the domain name) sustained a serious back injury. He has been bedridden for several months now, and we’ve been doing everything we can to [...]
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One thing that a lot of people are learning is that not all body fat is created equal. Being a bit flabby in the arms doesn’t have the same long term health problems that belly fat can predict. A recent article on Physorg titled “Not all fat created equal” now contend that subcutaneous fat can [...]
If you haven’t heard about the Wii Fit videogame, then let me be the one to lay it out for you. After all these years of sitting blissfully motionless on the couch, this new offering by Nintendo attempts to get us off our butts and on to Nintendo’s Wii Fit balance board controller. This new [...]
Well, I went out today to look at a new fitness club opening up. I used to belong to Bally’s, but they closed the branch in my area and the nearest one is a half hour drive, so you can imagine how often I’ve been goin. Yeah, I haven’t; hell I can’t AFFORD to go, [...]
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I found this article about “obesity discrimination” on Digg, and it gave me food for thought.
“In an overwhelmingly overweight nation that worships thinness, many describe prejudice against the obese as one of the last socially acceptable biases. Advocates for the plus-sized, particularly activists in the “fat acceptance” movement, want obesity to become a category [...]
Well, I just got back from Hawaii - what, I didn’t tell you I was going? Shame on me! At any rate, I got back feeling so much better than I have for weeks. The question is - why? I’ve identified a few factors that I think led to me feeling more "fit", and now [...]
