Published in In Fitness And In Health·PinnedHow I Stay Fit Even with Fast Food and AlcoholThat’s me in the picture. You don’t have to be perfect. — If the thought of eating a french fry makes you want to gag at the impurity of it all, this article isn’t for you. I’ve been trolled for saying it’s okay to eat candy, you can lose weight eating carbs, and six-pack abs aren’t all that healthy. I’m far from…Health6 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·PinnedIf You Want a Body Like Mine, Don’t Do What I DoUnconventional advice fitness pros won’t tell you — Bryan Krahn first tells this story in an article titled, “Survivorship Bias in Fitness,” When planes began returning to base riddled with bullet holes during WWII, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) knew it had a problem. How could they shore up the planes to better protect the crew? The…Life7 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·PinnedYou Didn’t Gain 3 Pounds Overnight; Weight Fluctuations ExplainedWhat you should know when the scale makes you say WTF — It’s that time of year when millions of us renew our focus on health and lifestyle changes we want to make for the coming year. Whether you choose to go on a diet, start exercising, exercise more, or some combination of new habits, the start of a new year is…Health6 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·PinnedTeach Your Body to Burn More FatHint: intermittent fasting helps, and you don’t need to give up carbs — You may have heard the term metabolic flexibility recently. The concept isn’t new, but the idea has gained more traction on popular websites, as being metabolically flexible is becoming a key marker of health. Metabolic flexibility’s formal definition is the ability of an organism to respond or adapt according to…Health7 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·Pinned7 Reasons to Go For a Morning Walk#6 something called optic flow — By this point in our evolutionary history, we all know walking is good for us. Yet, many of us still leave this fundamental component of health up to whatever we manage to squeak in while walking around the house, to and from work (if that’s even happening), or while running…Fitness6 min read
Published in for/by·5 days agoOn the surface: ADHD. Deeper down: Something else.Every once in a while, the universe sends you a present. Last December, it sent me two. Parents.com hired me to write an article explaining central auditory processing disorder (CAPD or APD) and how it’s diagnosed and treated. An estimated 5 percent of school-age children, or 2.5 million children, have…Capd5 min read
Published in for/by·Apr 5My daughter’s struggle with ADHD meds helped me let go of “normal”A slow smile spread across my face when I heard the kind-looking therapist’s words: “Your daughter has ADHD, predominantly inattentive.” A feeling of relief spread like a lightning bolt through my body. Two months earlier, we’d sat in another therapist’s office. Except then, I’d held back tears as she explained…Adhd4 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·Mar 10The Mistake That Kept Me From Gaining Muscle in the GymHow knowing your 1RM will stop you from spinning your wheels — I’ve worked as a nutrition coach for many years, but I’m not a personal trainer. So, when I decided to stop focusing on getting skinny and start getting strong, I hired an online strength coach to write my training program. My trainer’s template outlines the exercises, how many to do…Strength Training4 min read
Mar 2Fear Almost Kept Me From My Dying Friend; How I Got ThroughIt’s not easy to say goodbye, but I’m glad I did — I shoved my phone in my purse, trying to pretend I hadn’t read my husband’s text. “Go see her NOW,” he’d pleaded. Moments earlier, my best friend’s husband had sent us a message. His wife’s blood pressure was dangerously low, and he feared she would die at the hospital. He…Grief3 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·Mar 1How Too Much Sitting is Hazardous to Your HealthWhat happens when we sit too long and how to mitigate the effects — It’s hard to escape sitting for long periods, given how our lifestyles have changed in the last century. Machines and modern inventions now do much of the heavy lifting our ancestors used to perform. …Health6 min read
