Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I just ate an entire can of mandarin oranges. Yes, this contained just as much sugar as a candy bar, but it’s fruit, dammit!
Actually, as I mentioned Friday, my taste for sweets has diminished. It hasn’t disappeared, but it’s [...]

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After yesterday’s exhilarating workout, today was a bit of a disappointment. I’ve always known that my upper-body strength was lacking. Even in high school, I could lift great weights with my legs, but my arms were like putty.
Based on reader recommendations, I scaled back my upper-body workout this morning to compensate for the fact [...]

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I feel great.
I got out of bed this morning and drove to the gym. I climbed into the stationary recumbent bike, plugged in my iPod, and pedaled for an hour.
Yes, I realize that the Body for Life program specifies 20 minutes of “intensity intervals” on the aerobics days. Maybe I’m short-changing myself, but I’d [...]

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This is a guest post from Lauren Muney, who writes about wellness and behavior at Physical Mind.
J.D.’s recent post about bread started me thinking about making healthy choices to get fit. J.D.’s plan was to find the healthiest bread possible so he could still eat bread. 
In theory this is a very good direction: make healthier [...]

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I was going to write a gigantic post describing my first day of using the “Body for Life” program, and I was going to include all sorts of information about the theory behind it, but I’ve run out of time. So I’m going to take the “short and sweet” approach.
Today was my first day as [...]

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Here’s a video clip featuring claymation animals discussing body image. While cute on its surface, it’s actually more fascinating when you realize that the voices come from interviews with real people:

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After sharing my bread research on Monday, several readers encouraged me not to be so dismissive of Trader Joe’s. Heeding their advice, I made a trip to the nearest store (a 20-minute drive) to check out their bread selection. You folks were right. Trader Joe’s does have good prices.
I found my favorite bread — Milton’s [...]

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This is a guest post from greenman2001.
The Nutrition Action Healthletter is published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit group that accepts no government or industry funding and is devoted to providing consumers with information about nutrition. Its primary focus is on examining packaged food sold in supermarkets and restaurant [...]

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I don’t like going to the gym. I feel self-conscious. I am a middle-aged fat man, and exercising around young twenty-somethings makes me uncomfortable. Plus, when I’m on the treadmill, I tend to galumph. It’s never fun to galumph in front of an audience.
I’m especially self-conscious when I use the free weights. I’ve never been [...]

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Motivation is tricky. Sometimes a carrot works best, but sometimes it takes a stick.
Make no mistake — I have the best of intentions. I do intend to get fit, but left to my own devices I’ll do more talking than moving. And I’ve been doing a lot of talking lately.
Then on Sunday an anonymous [...]

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