Tag - weight loss

June 28, 2016

How fat shaming stymies weight loss efforts.

Fat shaming’s nothing new to us. But strangers generally tend to do it from the behind their binary, blue lit shields. Not the stranger in a recent tale gone viral....

June 26, 2016

How rescue dogs add value to and subtract fat from your life

You’ve probably heard about the value of having a running buddy, right? Someone to keep you accountable? Well, the problem with people, I’ve found, is that they’re easy to brush...

June 22, 2016

Some contraceptives to keep the food baby at bay

I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve hidden away and avoided going out. Am I talking about social anxiety? Insecurity? Depression? Nope. I’m talking about hiding a dirty secret...

June 20, 2016

How to get fitter from your kitchen

You probably haven’t given much thought to part your kitchen plays in fitness. TBH, neither have I until the past couple’ve years. However (while I don’t mean doing cardio at...

June 19, 2016

Roughage. It’s what’s for supper.

The road to weight loss can be rough. But did you know it can be less rough with more roughage? That’s right. If you find yourself hitting the slim down...

June 19, 2016

What’s the best water temp for weight loss? Does it matter?

When I was younger, I always preferred drinking water at a wintry temperature. Yet, refreshing though it was, there was always a problem. I wasn’t getting enough of it. Why?...

June 16, 2016

How snapping selfies slimmed down this Instagram widow

We’re constantly hearing about how harmful selfies can be for our mental health. It distances us from authentic connection, they say. It isolates us from those we love, they say....

June 10, 2016

Why does Vinyasa yoga burn the most calories?

A few years ago, a friend of mine saw my 600 calorie blasting stats from a workout on the elliptical. And – since I was complaining about my hatred of...

June 1, 2016

How quickly do I lose my gains by being lazy? (Or busy?)

Sometimes I forget how lucky I am only having to worry about numero uno. Well numero uno plus my furry numero dos, who likes to leave numero doses all over...

May 21, 2016

How to bob ‘n weave extra el-bees while battling Diabetes

“…and I walk five miles every day… because I like my chocolate at night.” I’d been in the park, trotting alongside this seventy-something year old lady (who legit didn’t look...

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