From the monthly archives:

December 2009

How To Learn To Love Exercise – One Step At a Time

December 31, 2009

As the old year changes it’s time for another change. It’s time to change the way you think about exercise.  Today, we’re going to help you keep your “New Year’s Resolution to exercise.  Today is the day that you will be able to not only make a resolution stick, but actually enjoy every step in [...]

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How Al-Qaeda Can Help You Lose Weight!

December 30, 2009

It is not very often that you get to thank an international terrorist organization for anything, but al Qaeda may just have given us the tools to create our very own weapon of mass destruction. The mass in question is ourselves, the excess pounds many of us carry around. The weapon, is a high tech [...]

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Looking for Some New New Year’s Resolutions

December 28, 2009

Each year I resolve to find new ways to avoid making New Year’s Resolutions. So far my success rate is 100 percent. I have yet to fail to not keep a resolution I didn’t make. So I can look back over the year almost gone with a sense of achievement and satisfaction, knowing I succeeded [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!…Happy New Year from us to you!

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Workout Wednesday = Watch Where You Are Walking

December 23, 2009

Walking is great exercise. It’s simple to do, you don’t need any instructions or coaching or special equipment, and you can do it anywhere, anytime. But be careful if you do it New Year’s Day, because apparently that is the deadliest time of year for pedestrians!
A 2005 study in the journal Prevention reported that more [...]

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There is a Wrinkle in this Study

December 22, 2009

Why do male birds have more colorful feathers?  I’ve always been a little jealous about the raw deal females get in nature.  I remember watching films in elementary school where the announcer’s voice said, “Notice the drab color of the female, whereas the male’s plumes are colorful, and vibrant.”  Why is that?
Males seem to get [...]

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Well, Shut My Mouth…for 24 hours!

December 21, 2009

Hey, there’s a new twist on an old idea – and I mean really, really old – that claims you can be healthier in just 24 hours, and all you have to do is keep your mouth shut. Well, not completely, you do need to drink plenty of water. Anyway the idea has [...]

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Natural Cures For What Ails Ye!

December 18, 2009

I don’t usually rely on the  Bible for nutrition advice (usually it’s just a list of what you can’t eat – which seems to include most of my favorites) but every once in a while it does come up with something entirely appropriate. And at this time of year the line from Ecclesiastes (8:15) is [...]

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