You do know that HEALTH and FITNESS are not the same thing, right? A lot of people get them confused, and no wonder -- we love to think that the prowess of athletes comes from their incredible healthiness, but it really isn't like that. Sure, you will usually perform better when you are healthy, but a lot of the things that measure fitness don't ( Read more... )

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I found out someone I used to know/work with died. This is one of the people I know who had bariatric surgery. I do not know if she kept off all the weight, I hadn't seen her in years. I think she stopped speaking to me because I wasn't 100% supportive of her weight loss. I wasn't tempting her with baby-flavored donuts or anything, I just kept ( Read more... )

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As I was formerly vegetarian/vegan and now am paleo. One caveat -- despite pretty good adherence to my chosen foodway it has not completely solved my health issues. That is why I really worry about the new health care plans. Even when I do the "right things' my numbers aren't improving -- should I be punished for that?

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I also believe that we essentially do this very thing in our own inner eyes. We look in the mirror and distort our own perception of ourselves to fit our beliefs about ourselves, that we are or are not pretty, that we are or are not fat. And, I think we also look on our fellow human beings and distort them as well. We don't really actually look ( Read more... )

Okay -- this is all I will say about it -- since I don't buy drinks with sugar anymore, my opinion is kinda limited ( Read more... )

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