Grateful: My Body is a Gift

This post was done as a joint endeavor with the inimitable and beloved MizFit as our tribute to gratitude. It seems like sometimes we fit bloggers get a bit obsessive about our bodies. (That would be the understatement of the year except that “Michael Jackson is a bit off” wins every time.) We tweak what …

My Day Off

Today I am partying it up with my family but I’d hate to leave you without T-Day entertainment, so head on over to Chris Illuminati’s blog. His wife just got talked into doing her first ever fitness competition (go Wife!!) and of course Chris is going along for the ride. He is a very talented …

From the Research Files: Skinny People Die Young

Skinny people die young. Compared to overweight people, that is. Contradicting what I, and many of you, have come to feel is common sense, this study says that people in the “overweight” category of the BMI scale live longer, healthier lives than their “normal” counterparts with people in the “underweight” and “obese” categories having the …

What To Do When Your Workout Plans Get Thwarted

Every family has their seasonal traditions and today we are commemorating a big one at our house. It’s annual Pink Eye Day. We celebrate this special day every year come winter – sometimes more than once! While this day doesn’t usually involve festive decorations or special foods, it does involve missing school (and, for me, …

The Recession Makes People Eat Less Meat But More Fast Food

Too bad Johnathan Swift died before the Internet came about. This will thrill PETA right out of their naugahyde pumps: doing what no bag of thrown flour could ever hope to accomplish, the recession has caused the average American to cut their meat consumption. According to a survey conducted by Parade magazine (Yes, the cheesy …