Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My neighbor, John, arrived home from Alaska over the weekend. John spends his summers on a 38-foot boat, fishing for fun in the waters around Sitka. He hosts friends and family a few weeks each year, but otherwise his [...]

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Whenever I see a headline with “PETA” in it, I read the article.  I don’t read them because I like or support the organization–in fact, I think their methods are usually a little bit kooky and extreme.  Even though I do love animals and I relate to PETA’s mission I also see the value in [...]

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I don’t eat much fast food, even when I’m not trying to be healthy. When I do indulge, it’s usually at the Northwest-only Burgerville or at the ubiquitous McDonald’s. The former has many redeeming qualities (including good food), but the latter? Ugh. Maybe I need to reconsider.
Karen at Best of Mother Earth has posted about [...]

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Since we’ve been documenting our journey towards a healthier lifestyle, one of the things I’ve noticed is how people are changing their views about the “D” word–”Dieting.”   Recently, there’s been a lot of comments about food attitudes.  We’ve heard our readers’ perceptions about our relationships with food and we’ve heard about how they view [...]

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I’m the kind of guy who likes numbers. In fact, I’m a little anal-retentive about them. In the past, I’ve found that tracking aspects of my life with stats helps me to make better decisions about where to go and what to do.
When I decided to take control of my finances, I began to track [...]

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We all know that food affects our body. In many ways, we really are what we eat. But did you know that your diet also affects your mind? The Economist recently profiled the work of Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, “a fish-loving professor of neurosurgery and physiological science” at UCLA who has recently reviewed the research on this [...]

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One of my more esoteric collections consists of hundred-year-old self-help books. I’m particularly fond of Orison Swett Marden, one of the first big names in success literature. Last week, I picked up a modern reprint of his 1901 pamphlet, “An Iron Will”. Here are a couple of paragraphs:

The athlete trains for his race; and the [...]

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Here’s something a little less provocative for you guys.  One of my friends passes on her copies of Health Magazine to me after she’s finished with them.  The magazine is mainly geared towards women, but there’s often good stuff in there that I can write about.  And there are ALWAYS recipes that I try.  This [...]

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In a recent e-mail exchange with Lauren, I mentioned that I believe part of my physical woes this summer were a result of my deskbound existence. Except for when I’m exercising (or eating), I’m usually sitting here, in my chair, in front of my computer.
“I’ve thought many times that I ought to erect a [...]

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Our meal at Morton’s on Saturday night was full of interesting conversation.  We hadn’t been out with JD and Kris for a very long time so we caught up on our respective families, our homes and gardens, our careers, and on parenting.  I really enjoy talking with people who don’t have kids about parenting.  I [...]

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