Tag ‘Physical exercise’
Staying Healthy: Don’t Add Diabetes to Your Depression
If you suffer from depression you’ve got a lot on your plate. And strong evidence suggests that what you’re putting on that plate—along with other depression-related factors—can put you at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes. But before you get even more depressed, you’ll be glad to know that by adopting certain healthy habits more
Moderate vs. Intense Workouts for Weight Loss
As someone who is always sick and tired, the intensity of a hardcore workout usually doesn’t work out so well for me. I mess up my back or neck, make myself sick to my stomach, or simply collapse and fall asleep. But, I have to tell you, I sometimes wish I could be a bad-ass more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – August Health Goal Wrap Up
For a really lousy month, August sure did fly by fast. I was in horrible pain for most of the month, and tired, and then we all got the stomach flu. Miraculously, though, I managed to stick with my August Health Goals pretty well. Health Goals for August 2011 Continue taking supplements daily – once more
Are women’s clothing sizes getting smaller? – A Trip to TJMaxx
Shopping for clothes is a constant reminder that my body isn’t what it used to be: small, capable of wearing anything and looking fabulous, flat stomach, no stretch marks, fewer wobbly bits… I have resigned myself to a size large, and it fits me comfortably. I don’t like that big “L” on my clothes. I more
Should Child Obesity be considered Child Neglect or Endangerment?
Here’s a new one for all you parents out there. Child obesity rates have become so bad that young kids are being diagnosed with diabetes and sleep apnea related to their obesity and unhealthy lifestyles and eating habits. Despite being ill, some of these obese children and their parents haven’t taken care to change eating more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – June Health Goal Wrap-up & July Health Goals
I usually do my wrap-up at the beginning of every month, but here it is, the 12th, and I have yet to do my wrap-up or create new health goals for July. If my goal is “getting healthier”, then I’m seriously behind this month. I also seriously lapsed on my June health goals shortly after more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – June Health Goals
Getting healthier this year is my number 1 goal. If I can get healthier, I figure everything else will fall into place. I will become a better wife and mother, have more energy to do the things that I need and want to accomplish, and just improve my quality of life dramatically. It is my more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – May Health Goal Wrap-Up
My main goal for 2011 is “Getting Healthier”, as I have come to call it – or Getting Healthier in 2011. I don’t want to be “Always Sick & Tired”. I want to feel healthy and energized, and that’s what my site is all about doing. Getting Healthier in 2011 Goals for May: Take a more
Do you know how to lose belly fat? Because I don’t! – Stubborn Belly Fat = Me, Cranky!
It’s been a week since the last person assumed that I am pregnant because of my stubborn belly fat. I still can’t look at the Zumba instructor without wanting to snap her like a twig, but I am also PMSing, so that probably has something to do with my violent tendencies at the moment. It more
Always Sick, but Getting Healthier … March Health Goal Wrap-up
Are you always sick like me? I’m sorry. But that’s why I started this blog: help me get healthy! You can help me, I can help you, we can help each other. And the blog helps to keep me focused. As a result, I have seen the results. I am getting healthier! I didn’t more
