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By kilax, February 2, 2010 5:05 am

How would you feel if you found out you were destined to end up with your mother’s body? Would you be happy? Ambivalent? Hysterical?

Check out my guest post on Linz’s blog and leave your answer over there!

A few months ago I saw these Yogavive Apple Chips on Gelareh’s blog. I was intrigued that they are apple chips, but flavored like other fruits! I left a comment stating my curiosity and they sent me some to review (My first review ever! How cool!).

I received the small 35-calorie packs* in four flavors – original, peach, strawberry and caramel. Each pack contains the equivalent of one apple, and lists apples and natural flavors as ingredients. The first time I tried them, I snuck a strawberry and caramel pack into the theater – shh! The rest I ate as quick snacks in the car, or at work. Here are my likes and dislikes:

Likes:

• thin + crispy, like a potato chip
• fun to eat – a satisfying crunch
• low in calories
• a light snack
• portable
• organic
• no artificial taste

Dislikes:

• small packaging is wasteful
• not very filling

I have had apple “chips” before that were more chewy, so I was pleasantly surprised by these. If I decided to buy them in the store, I would get the large package, and put them in my own reusable containers. I think these are a fun snack for being on the go, but I am more likely to eat a real apple, which are also portable and tasty!

If you are interested and want to find out where to get Yogavive Apple Chips click here to find a store near you! They are also on twitter and facebook.

Do you like fruit chips and dried fruit? Do you think you would like Yogavive Apple Chips?

I definitely like the way banana and apple chips taste, and dried apricots, but I have a problem with overeating them so I stick to the fruit in its natural form.

*Yogachips™ are available in 1-apple / 10g and 5-apple / 50g packs.

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By kilax, January 30, 2010 6:29 am

I am really digging the March Runner’s World article – “Mind Games” – about Kara Goucher’s struggle with finding confidence as a runner, and how her work with coach Alberto Salazar and (especially) sports psychologist Dr. Darren Treasure has helped her overcome her doubt of herself. Update: read article here.

I know – she’s run a 4:33.19 mile – what doubt?

Well, some elite runners have a tendency to be Type A perfectionists. So while we would be more than elated to run 1/10th of a mile at their marathon pace, it’s extremely disappointing to them when they don’t meet their goals. Arguably even more disappointing for them, than for us, since they are in the spotlight.

I know she was disappointed in her Boston 2009 performance, but damn, I WANT her body!

So while we cannot relate to her elite level, I know we have all felt doubt in ourselves or been disappointed in a performance at one point in time or another. And that is the point of the article – to read about what worked for her, and apply it to your own personal (running or otherwise) goals.

The article has a section with five tips on how to run “with mind over matter” (and I think these tips can be applied to any goal, except for maybe the fourth one!):

1. Worry early, not late – identify your worries early and train to overcome them, focus on your strengths as you get closer to race day*
2. Employ a key word – focus on a key word during intense training, then use it during critical moments in a race**
3. Embrace your competitors – think about running with others, not against them***
4. Enjoy the motion – notice how nice the motion feels, and get it tune with it, so you can relax*
5. Define success by your progress – try to get better every day – by comparing to your own personal progress****

Basically, it’s 1: planning ahead, 2: finding a key word that stimulates a response you want, 3: letting your competitors bring out the best in you, 4: being in tune with your  body and enjoying it, and 5: judging your progress only by comparison to yourself. Using these techniques should boost confidence in your own personal performance, and train you to perform your best.

Do you think you would use any of these techniques – either for running, another form of exercise, or a personal goal? Do you think they would help boost your confidence?

I do use some of these techniques now, especially the last two. Every run, I try tune in to how my body feels, and modify my form so it feels the most natural. And I also keep track of my progress, so I can look back and see how I’m doing. That is one of the reasons***** I write those long Sunday posts – so I can reflect. Right now, my goal is just to run without injury and I have been doing great! It’s gives me pleasure to see that I am keeping up with running and other physical activity. It does boost my confidence!

There were a few other parts of the article that really spoke to me, so click on “continue reading” if you feel like reading more!

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By kilax, January 26, 2010 4:46 am

I’ve been wanting to try snowshoeing for quite some time, and I finally had the opportunity a few Sundays ago! I visited Hartman Reserve, a densely wooded area in Cedar Falls, Iowa, with my parents, older brother, aunt and Steven. In the summer, Hartman Reserve has designated trail areas, but in the winter, you can walk wherever you damn well please (see photo in masthead above)!

My brother, dad, mom, Steven and me

Hartman Reserve has a $5 shoe rental that is good for the entire day (during their open hours). You can get the traditional wood snowshoes or a pair of modern metal snowshoes. We all got the modern ones, except for Steven. He got the traditional ones, and we switched shoes halfway through the hike so we could experience both.

In this picture, Steven has the traditional shoes on, and I have the modern ones on.

I felt like the newer aluminum ones were easier to walk in – you could pick your feet up more. The older, traditional ones required you to change your walking style. You had to glide more and they were heavier, so you could feel it in your legs.

I liked using both, but felt like I definitely got more of a workout from the traditional ones. And you know, I expected the snowshoes to sit on top of the snow when I was walking, for some reason. They don’t sink in as much as a shoe, but they definitely sink in!

Snowshoeing was a lot of fun, as I expected it to be! It was funny, it was getting to be pretty late in the day and I think I was the only one that really wanted to go. But I whined a bit and got my way, and everyone ended up having fun! Especially my brother, who insisted on racing me and stepping on my snowshoes so I would fall on my face.

Does anyone else have a naughty brother…

… or father?

I think snowshoeing is a good, slower activity for a couple or a large group. We had a lot of fun chatting (and goofing around). I wish we could have been out there longer (but, we had to get to rock climbing). We ended up snowshoeing 1.22 miles* in about 50 minutes.

Mom, me, and Aunt Sue.

I would love to snowshoe more often. Steven and I looked at how much they cost (in Sports Authority) for fun this weekend. $120?! I don’t think so! I will stick to rentals for now. I would like to see if the state park by our house rents them.

Have you ever tried snowshoeing? If you have, did you like it? If you haven’t, would you like to try?

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By kilax, January 23, 2010 6:36 am

I completely devoured Alicia’s Silverstone’s book The Kind Diet. Once I started reading it, I couldn’t stop! And it’s a non-fiction cookbook! I think that says a lot about how much it spoke to me.

Today, I would like to give you my general review of Part I and II of the book. I am not going to review Part III, the recipe section, because I have not tried any recipes yet! I would also like to do a mini-series on topics that really spoke to me from the book and deserve a blog post all their own. So expect to see those in the upcoming weeks/months. And if you are a blogger reading this book as well (Anna, Gelareh and Paige) please leave your input or give me a link to your review post so I can share it!

The Kind Diet is organized into three parts: Kind versus Nasty, Living the Kind Life, and The Recipes. I will give a synopsis of the first two parts, and my review afterward.

Part I: Kind versus Nasty
Part I is split into six chapters: What’s So Kind About Dieting?, Nasty Food #1: Meat, Nasty Food #2: Dairy, More Nasty Food: White Sugar and Processed Foods, Kind Foods, and Nutritional FAQs

• What’s So Kind About Dieting? – Sliverstone immediately dispels any myth that this book is promoting what we currently think of as a “diet.” She asks us to go back to the 1600s definition of the word diet: a way of living, or thinking, a day’s journey. Now, how does that sound compared to what we think of when we hear the word “diet” today? She talks about how the “Kind Diet” is not just a way of looking your best, but feeling your best as well. She shares her interesting story about becoming vegetarian – how she was rescuing dogs, but still eating meat. Then it dawned on her – how was eating meat much different than eating her dog? I found this part interesting, because Steven made this realization when we rescued Data, then became vegetarian.
• Nasty Food #1: Meat – Silverstone talks about some of the damaging effects meat can have on the human body as well as the environment. She briefly touches on slaughter practices, maybe in two paragraphs, but is really focusing on how meat makes you feel. This is an interesting approach to encouraging veganism. She is all about animal welfare, but wants the reader to think about their welfare as well.
• Nasty Food #2: Milk – Again, Silverstone discusses milk’s effect on the human body and environment. She brought up some interesting facts that I did not know about milk, and of course, mentions how cruel the dairy industry is. (Notice she does not have a chapter on eggs? She includes some egg facts in the meat and milk chapters.)
• More Nasty Food: White Sugar and Processed Foods – I was afraid to read this chapter. I try to avoid processed foods and sugar, but of course, do not entirely. Silverstone mentioned some symptoms she feels after eating sugar: headaches, weight gain, rushes followed by crashes, slight depression, more sugar cravings… oh yes, I could relate. She recommends cutting out white sugar, high fructose corn syrup, organic evaporated cane juice, and honey, and replacing them with brown rice sugar, barely malt, agave syrup, molasses and FRUIT. Remember how I gave up sweets last year for Lent? Well, I lost a lot of weight and felt great. This IS something I need to work on! Step by step of course…
• Kind Foods – In this section, Silverstone reviews some of the “Kind  Foods” – foods that are kind to your body, animals, and the environment. These foods are whole grains, “new” proteins (new as in not meat, but beans), vegetables, and vegan desserts. Surprisingly, the five favorite vegetables she lists – kabocha squash, leeks, leafy greens (not including spinach), daikon and burdock – are things I have NEVER eaten. Oops. She also goes over amino acids and encourages eating organic produce.
• Nutritional FAQs – Here, Silverstone discusses how to get enough iron, calcium, Omega-3s, and B12 (she discussed protein in the previous chapter).

Part II: Living the Kind Life
Part II is split into seven chapters: Flirting, Going Vegan, Becoming a Superhero, The Kind Kitchen, Kind Away from Home, Getting Fit, Inside and Out, and We Are All Activists

• Flirting, Going Vegan and Becoming a Superhero – Silverstone presents the Kind Diet in 3 plans. Flirting is a low-pressure plan where you cut out meat and try some new foods. In the Vegan plan, you abstain from animal products entirely. And in the Superhero plan, you loosely follow a macrobiotic diet – eating fresh whole foods, grown locally, and in season, cutting out processed foods. Silverstone recommends starting with the Flirt diet for 30 days, then moving on to Vegan if you feel comfortable, then on to Superhero. Each chapter gives meal ideas and a guide on what kinds of food to buy. She recommends being kind to yourself throughout the journey – the Kind Diet is not about perfection.
• The Kind Kitchen – This chapter is about reconnecting with eating through cooking and planning ahead. Silverstone gives cooking tips, recommends tools for the kitchen, advises on how to engage other family members in the Kind Diet, and gives ideas for quick meals.
• Kind Away from Home – Here, Silverstone gives tips on eating out – finding a good place, checking out the menu, calling ahead, and ordering as complete of a meal as possible (grain, vegetable and protein). I was surprised she advised on “letting it go” if you eat homemade pastas with egg in them at an Italian restaurant – it’s easy to ask and avoid this (I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since she goes on to say that once in a blue moon she has one piece of fish sushi – this just reiterates that she is mostly doing this for health reasons). She also advises on eating in airports, and entertaining at home.
• Getting Fit, Inside and Out – Silverstone advises against exercising “mechanically,” or just doing it because it’s part of your regimen. She advises on listening to your body and giving it the exercise it really wants. Yeah. That sounds easier than it is, Silverstone. Some of us have to force ourselves to exercise before we learn to like it! I feel like I have gotten better at this, but still have some work cut out for me. Silverstone also recommends inner exercises like journaling and meditation. Can I count this blog?
• We Are All Activists – This is a section of tips on how small lifestyle changes you make, like reusing things, buying secondhand and using natural materials, do make a difference in the long run. Remember, we vote with our actions! Every small change does make a difference.

Wow. That was a LONG overview. Can you imagine if I talked about EVERYTHING this book made me think about? WHOA!

My Review

So, I really enjoyed the first two parts of the book. The Kind Diet is written very casually, like you are talking to a friend. And I love how Silverstone uses words like “sexy” to describe certain foods. At one point, she even advises to buy “any beans that turn you on.” So cute.

Silverstone has done a lot of research and includes facts, but it doesn’t feel like you are reading a textbook. And I think it is a great idea to include nutritional information inside of a cookbook. I like how neat little tips are mentioned throughout the book (I will write about these later!).

Even though following the Vegan and Superhero diets would require significant alterations to most diets, Silverstone presents it in a way that makes it seem attainable (except for going down to one piece of fruit a day on the Superhero diet… that would be a struggle for me). Sometimes, when I am reading healthy lifestyle ideas, I feel so overwhelmed that I don’t know where to start. You know, you can’t change EVERYTHING all at once. That would be too stressful! If you start with the Flirt diet, then move on to Vegan, it is an easy and smooth transition. You slowly swap out foods, releasing your body of toxins as you do so. As you add in “kinder” foods you begin to notice how much healthier your body feels (or so Silverstone says).

And I really like the whole theory behind the Kind Diet – it is all about reconnecting with what your body wants, food-wise. It is about being kind to yourself, animals, and the environment. It’s about purposefully living your life in a manner that makes YOU feel your best, in mind, body and spirit. Wouldn’t that be great?

I think this is a great book for someone considering vegetarianism, or just looking for ideas on how to live healthier. I can’t wait to try some of the recipes!

Would you like to read The Kind Diet? Do you feel like you could follow this lifestyle?

Has a book ever spoken to you so much that your head was just filled with ideas?

Let me know if you would like to read more about the meat and dairy chapters (or any other chapters). I did not include many details, because I am not trying to preach veganism to you, and know a lot of you probably don’t want to read it.

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By kilax, January 20, 2010 4:56 am

So, rock climbing. Even though I only made it half-way up the wall each of the three times I tried, I thought I should still share the experience with you. I think it is important to try new things – even if you suck at them the first time!

We went rock climbing at the University of Northern Iowa (where my sister is a student) Wellness and Recreation Center. They have a 38.5′ wall that is double-sided. In the photo below, the “easier” side was on the right, and the harder side was on the left. I stuck to the right side, but my sister (who has done this before) climbed once on the left and made it to the top!

To indoor rock climb, you wear a helmet and a harness that straps around your hips and each leg. At the top of the rock climbing wall is a pulley with a rope going through it, and the spotter connects his harness and your harness to the opposite ends of the rope. Confusing, much? You can see the spotter (in the bottom right) in the first photo below, and the pulleys in the second photo.

Steven made it to the top!

Will and Kim climbing

We asked the spotters for tips on how to rock climb. The told us to push from our legs, rather than pull with our arms, to use the sides of our feet to grip, rather then the front/toes, and to keep our bodies (especially hips) close to the wall.

In this photo, I am using my right foot the way they told me to, and my left foot the way they told me not to.

So, what did I do? Apparently, I tried to pull with my arms. My forearms were killing me a day after we did this. They still hurt. I can barely open a car door. I opened a mint the other day and it hurt to tear the wrapper.

Like I said, I tried this three times and could only make it half way up. And it wasn’t really because my legs and arms were tired! I just got up there, and felt like I didn’t know where to go. The spotters were really helpful about suggesting each move (“Move your left leg to the brown hold by your hip”), but I would try and I kept slipping. My hands were EXTREMELY sweaty. I guess that is common, and the regulars use gymnastic chalk to keep their hands dry. I will have to keep that in mind next time.

You want me to put my leg where?!

I wasn’t scared of being up so high (even though I kept thinking about Tom Cruise in the beginning of Mission Impossible II). The spotters paid really good attention to us and kept adjusting the rope as we went up and down. If we wanted to take a break, we could tell them and they would let us hang there for a bit.

Hanging out a bit

Maybe next time I will make it higher! I do want to try it again! Have you ever tried indoor rock climbing? If you have, did you like it? If you haven’t, would you like to try?

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By kilax, January 18, 2010 5:32 am

I have been away (kind of) from my computer for about three days, and won’t be back home until tomorrow – so please excuse my absence in the blogosphere! I will be back in full force soon!

Do you ever catch yourself comparing yourself to others?

I rarely do, because I think it is kind of pointless. Everyone is completely different, so we all have completely different capabilities and talents! When I read about someone who is faster, smarter, prettier, whatever, I think about what I can learn from them. I feel excited that they are so good at something, and think of it as an opportunity for me. Ha!

But last night, I found myself mentally comparing myself to these two (on the right):

Me, Nick and Christina

Yes, my older brother and younger sister. They are both good at rock climbing. They are both faster than me. Wah.

We had a BLAST last night at the college recreation center. Eight of us went – my mom and aunt, my sister and her boyfriend, my brother and his wife, and me and Steven. We went to rock climb, but ended up playing racquetball and screwing around a bit. It was fun to be active with family!

But rock climbing was HARD for me (maybe I will write a separate post on it, along with a separate one for the snowshoeing we did during the day!). And I was a teeny bit disappointed in myself. Come on, I run, I cross train, I lift weights and I can’t climb this stinking wall to the top?! My brother and sister can and they don’t work out AT ALL! And we come from the same damn gene pool! Shouldn’t I be able to do it as well?! The three of us wondered why I was so bad, and if my other brother, who was not there, would be as bad as me. Well, I ran into him later in the night and he told me he had done that wall before and climbed to the top and “why did I suck so much?”

Ugh. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, I raced a 1/9th mile lap with my older brother at the rec center and he smoked me. And my sister raced him afterward and kept up.

Guess who lost?

I was feeling a bit down on myself for a bit. But then I changed my thinking – I looked at my perceived “shortcomings” as a challenge, something for me to work toward. I often do this when I don’t meet a goal when planned, like a weight loss goal. I just look at it as, “Well, that just means I have that much more to work toward! I should be excited to have areas to improve on. I know I can do it!” I readjust my goals.

Now, I know this is cheesy… but, it IS how I think about things when I feel somewhat bad about myself. So, hey, I can get better at rock climbing if I want. I can become a faster runner if I want – but only if I want.

I don’t know, for some reason, I find it reassuring to tell myself I still have ways to challenge myself. It keeps life interesting. I don’t strive for perfection – the idea of perfection is so personal. I just strive to keep challenging myself.

What do you do when you catch yourself comparing yourself to others? What do you tend to compare about?

Thank you for all of your entries on the Such a Pretty Fat giveaway! I had a lot of fun reading all of your book suggestions and blog comments!

I had my Aunt Sue draw the winner. Drum roll please…

The winner is…

Anna from Newlywed, Newly Veg! Congrats, Anna! Please send me your address and I will send the book and bookmarks your way!

Thank you to everyone who entered! I have another fun (I think) idea coming up for a giveaway so stay tuned!

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By kilax, January 16, 2010 6:15 am

Have you ever felt like exercise helps you be more creative? Do you finish a run or a good strength workout with a million ideas in your head?

Well, I sure do! I sometimes think I should run with a recorder so I can talk out my thoughts and ideas. And I actually take a notepad with me when cycling so I can write things down!

My scribbly notes taken while running!

The Jan/Feb issue of Health had an article on the topic – “How Exercise Makes You More Creative.”* The article explains why this happens:

When you work out, your body flushes out cortisol, the hormone that helps trigger the “fight or flight” response when you’re stressed, and which also shuts down brain functions for creativity and problem-solving, explains Pierce J. Howard, PhD, managing director of research and development at the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies in Charlotte, North Carolina, and author of The Owner’s Manual for The Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research.

Meanwhile, your pituitary gland releases endorphins, which can produce the feel-good “runner’s high.” Exercise also promotes the growth of new nerve cells and synapses through elevating levels of neurotrophins (a chemical that fosters the growth of new nerve endings) and by increasing oxygen in the blood, which helps provide mental energy.

Pretty cool, right? Not only are we away from distractions when we work out, but our body is releasing endorphins to encourage good feelings and flushing out the cortisol that makes us feel stressed.

The article gives five tips to jump start your creativity:

Pick a low-concentration exercise that allows your mind to wander, such as brisk walking, swimming laps, hiking, or running. Sports, such as golf or tennis, or team activities, like soccer or basketball require too much strategizing or in-the-moment focus.

Exercise for a decent duration—at least 30 minutes.

Unless you and a partner plan to brainstorm on a shared project, exercise alone.

Bring a notepad or tape recorder so you can jot down brilliant ideas.

Get to work right after you return, while your creative juices are flowing. The shower can wait!

I can’t wait to see what creative ideas you come up with!

*Damn. I love it when magazines put their articles online so I can share them with you!

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By kilax, January 12, 2010 5:31 am

Thank you for all of your feedback and questions yesterday – I really appreciate it. I am taking many notes to review. Keep the suggestions/questions coming!

I have to share a little secret – I have been weighing myself every single day since October 17th.

And to make it worse? I have been tracking every weigh-in in excel. Oh yes, so I can make fun charts like this:

What does this all mean?

That I am about to get chewed out for weighing myself 7 times a week?

Actually, it means that I have been using the home scale since October 17th and have not stayed overnight anywhere since then.

Well, that is about to change! We’re going to Barbados!

Ha! Not! I wish. No, we are leaving for Iowa soon and will be there 5 nights and 4 whole days.

That is a lot of time away from the scale.

Dun dun dun… what is going to happen?

What usually happens when I visit family (or they visit) is that I lose all abandon and stuff my face silly. But these past few months we’ve had family over a few times, and I have been fine. In fact, in the past few months I have only had four incidences where I felt like I was binge-eating, and they were all at work.

So, I am feeling pretty optimistic that I can forget about that scale for (gasp!) 5 days and see what happens. I think I can have fun and eat reasonably. And I know I can fit exercise in.

But just in case, what are your tips for eating healthy when you are in a situation that normally triggers the opposite?

My tips are to focus on the company, not the food, and to drink lots of water.

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By kilax, January 9, 2010 6:46 am

Do you ever catch signs that you are slowly falling into a funk?

Sometimes I catch signs such as:

• losing interest in things
• being extremely irritable
• feeling anti-social
• not wanting to take care of my body
• wanting to sleep all the time
• feeling defensive and cranky

The question is, once we’ve noticed the signs, how do we avoid falling into a full fledged funk? This is something I’ve been trying to figure out for eight years.

I’ve noticed that if I develop a plan of reaction to each sign of falling into a funk, it helps. It gives me tools to use when I realize I am not feeling like myself. Now, I completely prefer preventitive actions to reactive actions, but for now, this is the best I can do.

When I first notice the signs of falling into a funk, I tell myself to pause and look at the bigger picture. Is the reason for my funk right in front of me? Is there an issue I have been avoiding? If it’s situational, and I can nip my unease in the butt by addressing the issue, I try to. Otherwise, I address each sign one by one until I work my way out of the funk. Click “more” if you’d like to read examples of my plans of reaction.

What are your tips on how to avoid falling into a funk? Do you ever catch signs that you are? What are your signs?

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By kilax, December 31, 2009 5:33 am

We all want to know – how much exercise do we really need each week? How little can we get away with?

There was an interesting (although VERY confusing) article on the Well blog covering this topic yesterday.  The article stemmed from a study done in Scotland that concluded you only need 20 minutes of exercise a week to increase your contentment. Okay, but how much do you need to be healthy?

That’s more difficult to define. The article went into a discussion about “MET” minutes, which are “Metabolic Equivalent of Task” minutes. Huh? Apparently  you need 500 of those as week, and they vary based on what you are doing for exercise and how intense it is. For example, running at 6 mph is a 10-MET activity. So if you run for 60 minutes, that is 600 MET minutes. So, you’re done for the week then? Confusing…

Has anyone heard of this MET mumbo-jumbo before? How do you decide how much to exercise a week? Do you have any exercise goals for 2010?

I aim for at least 30 minutes a day, but usually go by how I feel. If I am in the groove, I will keep going! If I feel like crap, I won’t work out at all.

A few other interesting points from the article (repetitive, but interesting):

According to the Physical Activity Guidelines report, “It has been estimated that people who are physically active for approximately seven hours a week have a 40 percent lower risk of dying early than those who are active for less than 30 minutes a week.”

Interestingly, they did not find that exercise beyond a certain point conferred significant additional health benefits. Instead, the “dose response” for exercise, the committee found, is “curvilinear.” In other words, people who are the least active to start with get the most health benefit from starting to exercise. People who already are fit don’t necessarily get a big additional health benefit from adding more workout time to their regimens.

You do not necessarily have to divide your exercise time into daily allotments, either. Existing “scientific evidence does not allow researchers to say, for example, whether the health benefits of 30 minutes on five days a week are any different from the health benefits of 50 minutes on three days a week,” according to the activity guidelines. Do what suits your schedule.

Meme time! Leah, Gelareh and Holly have all tagged me for the “7 Random Things About Me” meme. Thanks, ladies! Click “more” to read on…

And of course, Happy New Years Eve! Enjoy your evening and be safe!

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