Last night on the Biggest Loser I found that the over arching theme to the show seems to be that people were working out harder than they ever had before. Actually some of the people did not even know how hard that they could push themselves. Our mind is very slow to adapt when it comes to diet and exercise. If you live a sedentary lifestyle of years and then begin to work out your body will … [Read more...]

The traditional prescriptions for a healthy life Sensible diet, exercise and control, extend life by reducing signaling through a specific pathway in the brain, according to Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers who discovered the connection while studying long-lived mice. They said their findings underscore the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and may also offer promising … [Read more...]

Here is a few more good Top 5 type articles from Top 5 - Group Writing Project Day 4 that I took part in a few days ago. Hope you enjoy them!   One writers reasons why Gluten free is the way to be Gluten Free Mommy » Top Five Reasons I Look Great on a Gluten Free Diet How to make real change Want To Make Real Change? Stop Making These 5 Mistakes   Top ways to get … [Read more...]

As I mentioned yesterday there is a blog writing contest, well kind of a contest going on where people are writing articles on their top 5... whatever they want. I have included this list from that list to let you peruse other articles, mostly fitness, that I liked. Here is the home page for darrens blog writing project Top 5 - Group Writing Project Day 2 Great basics on staying or keeping in … [Read more...]

Paul Plakas is the fitness trainer on the TV show X-weighted. I have written about X-weighted before and the show itself is really good from the standpoint of the ideas. Paul Plakas tries his best on the show to help people from where they are now and their attitudes about food and exercise and one of the nice things about Paul is that he is tough on people. What tends to happen to most people … [Read more...]

It is a good thing that this is just a fitness blog because otherwise this subject could really scale out to a book or two in length. What is your fitness excuse, why are you not eating or getting the exercise that you need? I have flogged this one a bit but back in December I broke the axle on the back wheel of my bike. Of course it was a little cold and a week until Christmas so I did not get … [Read more...]

California governor and ex bodybuilding pro Arnold Schwarzenegger as you can imagine understands the need for fitness and wellness programs for everyone in the state of California. This press release not only is a bit of a plug that 24 hour fitness shows that they support the program but also makes the governors announcement yesterday a bit more public around the country. 24 Hour Fitness today … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite eating days of the year. Christmas dinner is now only a couple of days away and the Turkeys and Hams have already been bought and are waiting to be eaten. Every year I get up early on Christmas morning and eat and drink my way through the day and end up feeling boated and a little off by the end of the day. I have thought about how best to get through … [Read more...]