Category: health
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ADA: Not all fat people get diabetes
26 comments on ADA: Not all fat people get diabetesFrom the American Diabetes Association: In a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Diabetes Association, 2,081 Americans were asked questions to test their diabetes knowledge. The results showed that several diabetes myths and misconceptions are common and diabetes remains a misunderstood disease. […] Myth: If you are overweight or obese, […]
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) My knee may not be getting much better but it’s not worse. 2) Being able to structure my day around resting, icing, and exercising my knee. 3) Ibuprofen, Doan’s, heating pads, and other such modern wonders. 4) The man of the house, for being patient with my whining. 5) This summary […]
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On the Hamster Wheel
One of the frequent refrains in the discussion of Angry Gray Rainbow’s “I Hate Exercise” post was the dislike of exercise bikes, treadmills, and other “hamster-wheel exercise-for-the-sake-of-exercising”. I grinned when I saw it, because yes, I’d rather walk to someplace than walk in place or around the block. But, then, there’s today. Today my […]
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So how was your weekend?
Continuing from last week, my left thigh and knee are very sore today. Saturday I went to the soccer game and found that walking a 1/2 mile or so, generally, wasn’t a problem — as long as I kept a regular stride and speed, and stayed on mostly level sidewalks. (Which is much easier on […]
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Fun: Two Lumps: Fat & Furry
The left leg (which has traditionally been the “good” leg) has decided to give me pain and occasionally not want to work. I’m not thrilled with this. I am exercising carefully and taking ibuprofen and trying to not freak out. In the interest of not freaking out, I’m reading They Still Suspect Nothing: Two Lumps Year […]
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for: 1) Over 300 responses to yesterday’s poll and some great discussion in the comments. Wow! 2) Ibuprofen, because I slacked off on walking for a week and strength training for mumble and both knees hurt. 3) But, despite slacking off I can and did walk a […]
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Repost: Wellness Prescription
A repost from January, inspired by Fillyjonk’s post quoting Three Men in a Boat. I got Connie Willis’ comedic time-travel novel To Say Nothing of the Dog from the library (and liked it enough to buy it). It starts off a little confusing but is pretty funny, and full of golden age mystery fiction references. It also […]
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) The man of the house made dinner — patty melt for me, with minced onion & mushrooms mixed into the patty, and a chili burger for him. Yum. 2) Successfully moving my sleep schedule earlier, so I get to work in good time and get enough sleep. 3) The cable […]
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) I am thankful and honored to read the comments people have made in response to yesterday’s post. 2) Hugs from the man of the house yesterday. 3) Elevator repairs at work this week mean I’m walking more stairs. I’m managing this MUCH better than I was afraid I would ;) 4) Experimenting […]
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Newsweek: Fat and Healthy
Lesley at Fatshionista linked to a good Newsweek article on fat hatred. While reading it I noticed a related web exclusive by Daniel Heimpel* called Fat and Healthy: Why It’s Possible. Heimpel discusses some of the research on being fat and healthy (or not), citing Katherine Flegal’s study which found that being overweight decreased […]
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Another Logic Question
I’ve read several stories on the new US life expectancy data. The quick story? Life expectancy for white females born in 2007: 80.7 years Life expectancy for white males born in 2007: 75.8 years Life expectancy for black females born in 2007: 77 years Life expectancy for black males born in 2007: 70.2 years […]
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Links: Healthy Enough, Attractiveness, Photoshop
This quote comes from a personal finance blog, but it ties into the “enough” conversation a bit: If one defines the word rich in non-monetary terms, the seemingly herculean feat of “getting rich” may be one of the easiest (and most valuable) accomplishments of one’s life. What if “rich” is simply defined as “being content?” […]
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What’s Enough Exercise?
This started as a conversation over at Spoonforkfuls’ blog. living400lbs Says: […] One of my recurring issues with injuries is finding the line between working out too much and not working out enough…. spoonfork38 Says: Yeah, it’s that definition of ‘enough’ that gets me almost every time. I mean, enough for what, exactly? living400lbs Says: In […]
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Small Pleasures
Tuesday I got tired of feeling stiff each time I got up from my desk. I started an experiement: even if I’m just getting up to get coffee/tea or go to the bathroom, I “take the long way”. I walk through more of the office than strictly necessary, then downstairs a flight and back up. […]
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Thankful Thursday
[A weekly little exercise in gratitude.] 1) I haven’t had a romantic partner try dropping “hints” about my weight. Part of it is that I’ve had enough of a chip on my shoulder to say, “I know I’m fat. I’m not trying to make my weight go up or down. If that’s a problem for […]
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Thankful Thursday
1) Being able to work remotely. 2) Noise-dampening headphones to keep me from killing the lawnmowers. 3) Summer solstice has passed. The days aren’t actually shorter yet, but knowing they won’t get any longer helps. 4) My knee doesn’t bother me walking down and up hills as I go around the block. (For those who […]
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