Just Another Tool: RealAge

When I first heard about the RealAge test, I took it without adding my vitamin levels, resting heart rate, and a couple of other things. My RealAge was 16.4. It seemed pretty low but I wasn’t sure if that was the lowest possibility. I saw how they used a similar tool in The Biggest Loser [...]

End Phase I of P90X

It officially took me 45 days to complete Phase I of P90X Doubles. The first 30 days (Phase I) is scheduled just like Classic, so there was no doubling up of workouts aside from adding Ab Ripper X to the strength program. My delay in completing Phase I was due to a week of traveling [...]

Where do I see myself in the future?

In terms of fitness, where do I see myself many years down the road? I want my body to look the same despite being older, wrinklier, and probably a bit weaker. I’ve seen many Baby Boomers who are still active now that they’re retired and it gives me hope that people can be healthy, fit, [...]

Fast, Medium, Slow…Can you change your metabolism?

How do you slow down your metabolism? I think mine is too fast. Since I’ve started doing P90X over three weeks ago, I’m hungry all the time! Less than 2 hours after a meal, I’m hungry. Even when I snack, it sometimes feels like I didn’t eat anything even though I just had a pear [...]

My Relationship with Food

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Lao Tzu Food has always been my friend. I learned to appreciate food when I was young which was enhanced by my cooking “apprenticeship,” When I got home  in the [...]

Are My Bad Habits…My Good Ones?

I’m back from my hiatus and it’s been an interesting week. I traveled and saw some familiar sights from a familiar place. Originally, I planned to work out but it proved harder than I thought. So, I eased up on my exercise plan to three 15 minute jogs and doing Ab Ripper X three times [...]

Where Do I Find Workout Gear that Fits?

You would think that with all this exercising I would have activewear that fits. But alas, only now am I starting to pick up workout clothes. Previously, I’d wear loose shirts, pants, and shorts…basically pajamas or little girls/boys clothes. But little girls sportswear does not support my adult body. I’m getting to a point where [...]

Remembering My Foolish Pride

While reading several blogs online, I noticed that this 100 pushup challenge has come up a lot. Many people are aspiring to do 100 pushups in one consecutive swoop with a six week program. I commend them for their achievements and for building their upper body strength. The 100 pushup challenge isn’t the topic of [...]

Weird Food Memories

When I was younger, I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. I would always watch my parents fillet a fish, remove innards, de-bone a chicken with ease…I thought to myself that it’d be fun to “dissect” animals. When I actually ended up in a biology lab, I had no problems cutting into [...]

Is there such a thing as stress baking?

Everyone’s heard about stress eating. When people get stressed, they turn to food for comfort and hence, gain weight. However, I have a different situation. When I get stressed, I bake. Muffins, cupcakes, pound cakes, regular cakes, brownies, cookies, lemon bars, etc…I make anything and everything that you can stick in the oven. But out [...]