Category: Exercise
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The Fitbit
I’ve been seeing pedometers discussed a bit lately. In some ways, they get a bad rap; we’ve seen them [mis-]used in “wellness” programs and that accuracy varies. Although they can be amusing, as noted by one NY Times commenter: Fitbit has a clip on model that I attach to the waistband of tights or to the center of…
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Exercise Takes Time? Really?
Reading yet another piece on an exercise study, this one with older (60-74 years) sedentary women, I giggled at this observation: “They complained to us that working out six times a week took too much time,” Dr. Hunter says. They did not report feeling fatigued or physically droopy. Their bodies were not producing excessive levels…
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QotD: Fat & Exercising
I think a lot of people look to exercise to help them lose weight, and when they don’t lose weight immediately with exercise, they quit. They return to the couch, and they basically never move again. What is lost in that is that fitness is almost certainly more important than fatness. […] If someone starts an…
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Happy New Year!
Hello and welcome! I’m back at work with my new cartoon-a-day calendar (New Yorker cartoons) and new wall calendar (Pacific Northwest landscapes). I even cut off some of the photos from last year’s wall calendar to decorate my cube. Ready to work! (Yes, I know it’s Wednesday, but today feels like Monday to me. Yay four-day weekends!…
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Women standing up against a society [that bastardizes] thin and athletic women
[Discussion of fat hate & discrimination] OK, I wanted to give people the benefit of the doubt. When Lesley Kinzel wrote about the Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a to stand up for “thin and athletic women” who are oppressed by society’s expectations, I wondered if: The author of the Kickstarter campaign thought that using…
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Thankful Thursday
Things that I am thankful for: 1 The man of the house packed a yummy lunch for me today. He also cooked each night I was home this week. 2 AC. Most houses in Seattle don’t have AC. I don’t regret installing ours, even if we barely used it last year. 3 A job where…
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for… Being thanked for work I did on an event. Being complimented on my writing and this blog. Between blackout curtains and weight lifting I’m mostly getting enough sleep this summer. Physically feeling the benefits of regular strength training. Splurging on a few summer tops & such.…
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What Does It Say That This Is News?
The truth is, getting up and moving is good even if you’re thin. Seriously, this was included in a Sunday magazine feature on exercise. Specifically: I’m perfectly fine the way I am, thank you. I’m not even overweight. The truth is, getting up and moving is good even if you’re thin. It turns out being…
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Cool Video on Weight Bigotry
To quote SikaResult in the video: “I am healthy, but not thin.” Note the images she chooses and how most of the video shows her exercising.
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QOTD: Health
The debate about what exactly health means goes back to ancient Greece. Does health just mean living a long time? Does it mean feeling strong? Are athletes the epitomy of health? In fact, athletes suffer more injuries and illnesses than the rest of the population because they push themselves so hard. So who represents health? What about spiritual health?…
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Things to read
I think a lot of people look to exercise to help them lose weight, and when they don’t lose weight immediately with exercise, they quit. They return to the couch, and they basically never move again. What is lost in that is that fitness is almost certainly more important than fatness. — Gretchen Reynolds, promoting…
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Five Things Makes a Post
New job! I have a new job. The place I was temping hired me in late December. I’m not doing exactly the same job, which is both “new and scary” and “cool and interesting”. It’s also been interesting to note that the things I was looking forward to ending with the contract (the commute,…
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“Peaceful” and “relaxing”?
From today’s Between Friends comic by Sandra Bell-Lundy comes this exchange…. Maeve: How’s your walking regimen? Susan: Actually, I’m enjoying it. Susan: Every evening I walk around the neighborhood … it’s such a peaceful, relaxing way to end the day. Maeve, shocked: “Peaceful” and “relaxing”? Maeve, accusing: I thought you were trying to improve your…
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The Fitness Question
Suppose you exercised three times a week. Suppose you got stronger. Suppose your body were stronger and happier, you could lift more, walk further & faster, swim more. Suppose you had less back or shoulder or knee pain. Suppose you were more relaxed, slept better, and got sick less. Suppose all those things…but suppose you…
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I am burly girl
bur·ly Adjective: (of a person) Large and strong; heavily built. Saturday I helped my father move into an Adult Family Home — smaller and less institutional setting than a nursing home, but still with 24-hour caregivers. The home is at the top of a long, steep driveway. How long? You could easily park 3 cars, one behind the…
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Research on the Health Benefits of Moderate Exercise
From an article on “what’s the best exercise” comes a concise summary of the benefits of moderate exercise: The health benefits of activity follow a breathtakingly steep curve. “The majority of the mortality-related benefits” from exercising are due to the first 30 minutes of exercise, said Timothy Church, M.D., who holds the John S. McIlhenny…
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Things That’s Up
New job is going well. It’s my first completely non-managerial job in years. Even when I was a “department of one” I was was still doing a lot of project / process management. I’m enjoying just doing things. I also like this “getting paid” thing. ;) My commute is about an hour each way, sometimes…
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