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Entries from November 2007

Tips for Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain

November 26th, 2007 · 9 Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Holiday weight gain season has officially begun! A new study put out by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) suggests that the average […]

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Tags: Administration

What Not to Wear

November 20th, 2007 · 7 Comments

“Is that what you’re wearing?” Kris asked me last night. We were walking out the door to meet an old grade school friend for dinner. I knew that the clothes I was wearing weren’t fashionable, but I didn’t think they were that bad. The truth is, however, they were the only clothes I have that […]

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Tags: Behavior · Introspection

How Fat is Too Fat?

November 18th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Can fat kill you? The conventional wisdom is that being overweight — or worse, obese — greatly increases your risk of dying from diseases like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Recent research, however, has shown that’s not necessarily the case.
A recent USA Today article summarized current research on the subject:

Being 25 pounds overweight doesn’t […]

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Tags: Research

A Work in Progress

November 12th, 2007 · 3 Comments

This is just a quick note to welcome those of you stopping by from Get Rich Slowly.
Get Fit Slowly will be a GRS companion site devoted to fitness. I believe that the same philosophy that I’ve used to get my financial life under control can also be applied to physical fitness. Crash diets are like […]

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Tags: Administration