Reminders to Keep You Going

At the beginning of this year, I got back from a vacation to Maui. Although the trip was a blast, looking over photos I felt like I let myself go. To many, yes, it’s not so bad since it’s only been a few months since my last serious workout schedule. Where was all the muscle tone [...]

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 [...]

I Love Food

Like many people, I don’t just eat food…I love food. It stimulates all my senses and when there’s a dish that I love, it excites me more than a new gadget or toy. After I order, while other people are making conversation, I fantasize about what will appear on my plate and how it will [...]

Supplements for Exercise

When it comes to supplements, I try to limit its usage as much as possible. I believe that you don’t really need them if you eat a complete balanced diet. This is my opinion for my current lifestyle and I’m sure other people have different needs. Since there are few people out there who do [...]

Attacking Yogurt

For years, I’ve had all those yogurts with flavors like Key Lime Pie and Strawberry Shortcake. I never thought twice about it since I thought that’s the only way yogurt is packaged. It tasted pretty good and I liked seeing small pieces of fruit embedded into the yogurt. It wasn’t until this past March that [...]

The Body is a Temple

So I was bored and watched Disfigured again. What’s it about? The friendship and complications that arise between Lydia, an overweight woman and Darcy, a recovering anorexic. I think it has a great message and brings up several talking points. I’m sure the majority of people out there think they are fat, but we each [...]

New Gear and a Workout Concern

I’m 5 weeks into P90X and it’s starting to concern me that I don’t get very sore. Even from Day One, I only felt some slight discomfort and fatigue the day after the strength-training workouts, but other than that…nothing. Every so often I get little twinges and weak joints but they don’t last long. I [...]

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 [...]

So Easy…

…even a caveman can do it. Remember this line? It applies perfectly to being healthy and staying healthy. So often, we take what the experts tell us about eating healthy, exercising, and toning your body at face value. There are plenty of scientific names for diets, workout programs, and etc. You can do all the [...]