Reality-Based Wellness
How to respond if you realize (GASP) you're not exercising today. Oh, look – you’re not working out. Big deal. Before you slip further into your special blend of self-hating meanspeak and self-pity, I have a few suggestions: 1- If today’s not the day, let it not be the day. Unless you're being … [Read more...]
You’ve probably see it on Facebook: the 'Squat Challenge.' It looks logical enough - start with 5 and work up to 50,000 a day. Since these 'challenges' offer no instructions to the beginner and don't allow for proper recovery periods, they're putting squat novices at a tremendous … [Read more...]
For folks like me, cookies are cannibalistic: we choose to eat just one, but that first cookie chooses to eat untold hordes of other innocent cookies. Luckily, this snowball effect can work in our favor, too. Weight training, especially for the novice, works in much the same way as the cookie … [Read more...]
Formerly obese personal trainer Kelly Coffey answers the question on everyone's mind, "What is the BEST exercise for weight loss?" Q: "I’m overweight and I want to lose weight. What exercise will make me lose weight?" Let me cut right to the chase: Exercising to lose weight is like bailing out … [Read more...]
The best reason to exercise isn't to lose weight or get strong - it's to maintain sanity. Work. Money. Relationships. Kids. In-laws. Time. Betrayal. Warts. Inevitable death. You’re stressed. I can feel it from here. You should exercise more. Stress has a purpose: to inspire one of a few … [Read more...]
Sometimes, other people’s criticism is the least of our problems. I’d been talking circles around my good friend Emily, at the time also in her 20s, complaining about my stupid relationships, my stupid apartment, my stupid boss, and my stupid job. “So what WOULD make you happy? What do you WANT?” Emily asked, finally. I […]
Spare yourself some pain and madness – stop taking in messages that aren’t meant for you. I’d tested the limits of what you can do to a body without killing it. Drugs, alcohol, fast “food,” and a garlic & vampires-type aversion to exercise. After a heart-jolting come-to-Jesus moment in my kitchen, I started taking good care […]
