I’m too busy to exercise.

So we bought these stretchy work-at-home bands put out by Gold’s. It came with an instructional DVD – cool. We popped the DVD into my husband’s iMac, and all sat back watching it start playing like we were at the movie theater.  The credits came and went, and then came the oh-so-chipper aerobics and/or step-class [...]

Repairing Your Metabolism

You’re eating “healthy”, you include weight lifting as well as cardio in your workouts, you track both your diet and workouts.  You seem to be doing everything right.  Yet, you aren’t getting any results or you were but they’ve stopped. Nothing you try (hi carbs, low carbs, low fat, low calories, fat burners, exhaustive workouts) [...]

METs – more than just a crappy NY baseball team.

METS (Metabolic Equivalents) are used in Nintendo Wii to measure the intensity of an activity. Wii Fit gives the example that it it takes 1 MET to sit still, and 4 METs to go on a light walk, or to golf. According to American Heart Association guidelines, a MET is a ratio that compares a [...]

Wii Workout Wednesday

For various and sundry reasons I am not at liberty to discuss (unless you have level 12 security clearance from the government of Namibia), I had to forego using the elliptical Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Instead, I worked out some of my frustrations over a non-paying client, among other things stress by playing our [...]

Pregnancy: Common Sense Approach to Weight Loss

It is important, however, to adopt a common sense approach when you’re trying to lose weight after your pregnancy. For long-term success and to keep yourself feeling good along the way, there are a few things to keep in mind.

Exercise May Not Be Enough To Lose Weight

People who exercise regularly will tell you they feel better. It improves their health, mood, strength and endurance. However what they don’t say is, in reality, the main reason for physical activity is fat loss.