September 27th, 2008 — General, Roundup from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
Lazy Man has some good tips for dealing with childhood obesity, here’s one: “Introduce your children to a wide variety of foods, including lots of fruits and vegetables. Consuming lots of fresh produce is a great way to promote healthy eating, and giving your kids variety increases the chances of them finding produce that they [...]
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September 17th, 2008 — General, weight loss from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
Israel recently posted that he would be ditching the scale and weekly weigh-ins because seeing only a one pound drop on Monday really threw his head in for a loop. He’s a smart guy, he knows that it’s just a number and that he’s not a failure, but he’s also human. I personally don’t focus [...]
September 15th, 2008 — General, Hiking from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
This weekend, my wife and I visited some friends who live in the Poughkeepsie, NY area and, among other things, hiking a little trail Saturday afternoon. It was labeled a “moderately difficult” trail that had an estimated three hours round-trip completion time so we headed up there around 2 pm. My wife and I, and [...]
September 4th, 2008 — General, Sleep from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
I’ve always heard that eight hours of sleep is the optimal amount of sleep every person needs, but I honestly get around 6-7 hours each night. After about that long, I start waking up and my brain starts thinking… and then I can’t get it to stop. After a while, it’s really just me lying [...]
September 1st, 2008 — General from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
Mr. Low Body Fat, the newest addition to the Fitness Health Network, has posted the newest inspirational post about Dr. Kal Chinyere (Lost 130+ Pounds!).
JD of Get Fit Slowly wonders if increasing portion sizes are affecting our health, I think they are. As portion sizes increase, mostly for competition reasons (store A has more than [...]
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August 28th, 2008 — General, Welcome from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
Today I’m proud to introduce a new addition to the Fitness Health Network, Mr. Low Body Fat!
The story of a 310 lb. college English professor transformed into a lean inspirational health machine is one that’s graced the pages of CNN. If you want to read Muata’s journey, he’s chronicled it for all to read [...]
August 6th, 2008 — Funny, General from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
For your Wednesday afternoon enjoyment, I saw this AskMen.com gem of a top ten list - Top Ten Things Only Men Can Do.
One of my favorites has to be #9 - Hold our liquor simply because the photo is hilarious. I have to contest this one though because even though we may be able to [...]
July 1st, 2008 — General from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
My wife and I have the great pleasure of living within walking distance of a nice man-made lake. The total distance from our front door, around the lake, and back is approximately three miles. Our neighbor, who has lived here for quite some time, gave us the estimate of the length and we’ve never had [...]
June 30th, 2008 — General, Myths from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
Many many years ago, someone told me that if you kept bulking up and then stopped, all of your muscles would be converted into fat. That’s right, muscles that were not used would magically turn into fat.
Wrong.
Wrong and a bit insulting to one’s intelligence I might add. Muscle and fat are two entirely different tissues [...]
June 22nd, 2008 — Food, General from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
I mentioned earlier that my wife and I might go vegetarian for a week and so I began researching some vegetarian sources of protein. As it turns out, there are plenty of proteins out there from non-meat sources so I figured I’d find five that could be our staples. The five are:
Beans
Tofu
Peanut Butter
Lentils
Broccoli
This whole vegetarian [...]
June 13th, 2008 — General from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
How would you like to consume 2,310 calories, 108 grams of fat (64 of which are saturated) and 266 grams of carbohydrates in one fell swoop? Drink a Baskin-Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake and you’ve pretty much just inhaled eleven Heath bars. Worst drink ever.
Check out the shake’s nutritional facts and awe at the fact [...]
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June 9th, 2008 — General from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
On Thursday after my Body Pump class, I’m pretty sure I had some leftovers that were a little past their prime. I’m pretty sure because my stomach has been pretty upset at me for the last five days and I haven’t had usual youthful energy. Regardless, it’s certainly not anything as bad as Kevin rupturing [...]
May 23rd, 2008 — General, Walking, exercise from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
When I was younger, my parents would always take me along on their post-dinner strolls around the neighborhood. We would finish up dinner, clean up the dishes, and then take a walk that probably amounted to about a mile. We’d walk and chat and basically spend time as a family as we saw our little [...]