I Am What I Eat

Food.
Michael Pollan’s oft-quoted line from In Defense of Food is a good place to start. I try to:
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
It wasn’t that long ago that I wouldn’t make this claim for myself. While I spurned “fast-food nation” except for the occasional visit to KFC, many of my meals were composed [...]

Internet Find #1

Through some friends, I found a fitness blogger and gym owner (who lives up in Sacto- not far from me) that I’m enjoying reading. Chip seems knowledgeable and sincere. And his ideas of empowerment through movement?
LOVE IT.
So I introduce you to Bodytribe Fitness.
An example from a recent blog post:
Wouldn’t we be in a [...]

Today’s Workout

Today is one my balance/stability/core workouts.  These become aerobic in nature -I get all sweaty, energized and completely exhausted in the end.  The only equipment I need today is a stability ball and some kind of round bouncy ball -I’ll use a 6 or 8# medicine ball most likely.
Worked in a circuit style-moving from one [...]

The 12 Super Foods Reviseted

This post originally published 6/29/06.  Slightly updated with new notes added.
How many of these do you eat each day? These foods are supposed to provide great nutritional support for our health, and many suggest they should be a regular part of our diet.
Avocado: high in mono-unsaturated fats, folate, and antioxidants, avocado can decrease the risk [...]

Is cardio key?

I’ve been doing more reading, and finding some evidence -in spite of what my doctor claims – that the medicine I switched to last fall DOES tend to cause most people a weight gain -fat gain specifically- of about 20-40#.  I would love to stop taking it for a while and test to see if [...]