Category Archive for 'Fitness and Exercise'

What Are the Best Ways to Lose Weight?

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

For many people, trying to lose weight is quite simply a miserable experience. Conflicting advice, weight loss pills, tough exercise regimes, deprivation of your favorite foods… it’s just not fun.
Worse yet is how often it’s not sufficiently effective. All that work and too often the goals still appear unattainable.
But no matter how much weight you [...]

Is Obesity Inevitable for Many?

Friday, October 26th, 2007

I meant to blog this the other day. I really did. But then the California fires started, including some near enough to my home that I had to evacuate. Kind of put a kink in a lot of my plans.
There was a story on Reuters about how obesity is primarily a result of modern life. [...]

Bored? Try Something New!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Getting fit isn’t always that much fun. It can be a lot of tedium as you work toward the body you would like to have.
While a good exercise routine can help you to get fit, varying it is a very good idea. It can help you avoid the boredom that makes it easier to quit [...]

Too… Much… Water!

Friday, October 12th, 2007

It’s important to keep hydrated when you work out. That’s why the need to drink plenty of water or other fluids is always emphasized when people talk about exercising.
But do you ever worry about overdoing it? Possibly you should.
It doesn’t happen often, but there is a condition called exercise-induced hyponatremia (EAH). It’s most common in [...]