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When Comments Hurt Many people who change their eating and exercise habits to improve their health find that the people around them are not as supportive as they hoped. Some find that a partner brings junk food into the house, even after being asked not to, or coworkers insist that “one donut won’t hurt anything.”…
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Don’t Put It Off Wonderful cartoon from Awkward Yeti — more eating- and physiology-related comics in the Miscellaneous category
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Your Lost Weight Who hasn’t had this experience? As my mom once told me, “While I was gone, I dropped 10 pounds, but since I got back they’ve climbed back on.” This is a bigger risk if you lose weight abruptly, using a program you find unpleasant. Anyone might want to get out of the…
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YUKON DO IT This is also the name of an event that holds several road races, but I think this is just a charming one-off. There are a few other Yukons on the road with this addition, too, sometimes from a Nike “Just Do It” decal. Anyway, YUKON!
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Does Active Logging Work? Active logging (keeping purposeful food or exercise records) definitely works. For people who do it. And that’s the tough part. Food logging is especially emotional, eliciting reactions from “it’s the devil” to “it literally saved my life” — not surprising for something with so much social importance. It’s tempting to try…
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Clif and Luna The rest of the love story at “Rachel Lives Here Now,” by Rachel Lindsay
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Getting Ready and Learning More Willpower, motivation, dedication, persistence, these are all fine qualities, but there’s one thing that blows them all out of the water: skills. No matter how hard you want it or how prepared you are to “just do it,” if you don’t know what “it” is (or how to do it!),…
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Pretty Much Everything About Hard-cooked Eggs For most people, one of the simplest ways to eat better is to eat more protein. More protein often makes people feel better, it provides the building blocks your body needs for its tissues (and makes sure your muscles are kept up), and it helps you feel satisfied —…
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The Power of Walking
The CDC recommends 150 minutes a week of cardio — in stints of at least 10 minutes at a time. I recently saw someone reassure a new exerciser that it’s OK if you don’t get that much exercise, because it’s hard to get that much gym time, and it made me a little sad. Exercise…