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The Runner’s Diet

Posted: 10/09/2012

  If you’re a runner or have friends/family members who are runners, there is a pretty good chance that you’ve heard people ask, “What kind of diet do I need to follow to be like a runner?” Just as the specifics of everyone’s diets are different due to a handful of variables, each runner’s diet is as unique as his/her pre-race rituals....

Go Outside Your Comfort Zone Get Better Results!

Posted: 02/08/2012

  Convinced you “can’t” run a marathon, or sprint at level 10 on that treadmill? … Are you sure about that?   Even if you have a physical challenge or condition that limits you in some way, most of us also create false boundaries for ourselves — “no-can-do’s” that are only in our heads. And more and more studies are...

Why Weight Loss Might be the Wrong Goal

Posted: 01/02/2012

Why Weight Loss Might be the Wrong Goal   When you set a goal to lose weight, you are focusing on one very small part of the equation, and you are also focusing on a goal that can be pursued to the exclusion of other goals, which might in fact be more important for your health and well-being.    If you are focusing on the scale, you might just fail to notice...

The 10 Commandments for Losing Weight…and Keeping it Off!

Posted: 12/21/2011

 The 10 Commandments for Losing Weight…and Keeping it Off!   Success breeds success. What exactly, in terms of lifestyle changes, do people who have been highly successful at both losing weight and keeping it off over the long term do? That’s just what researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado set out to determine when they...