Great Medicaments

I had such a hard time deciding on a post topic this morning. There are so many good/important things to post about. What finally won was another discussion of Oprah's weight. But no salacious comments here.
The question at hand is not Oprah's up-and-down battle with serious weight loss but the measure by which many of us define success. Is it the government's definition of 'normal,' which Read the rest of this entry »

I’m having trouble sleeping – again. What’s up with that? I hate it when I can’t sleep. My eyes are lookin’ very patriotic this morning; red, semi-white and gun metal blue.

It’s 2 or 3 in the morning before I even begin to feel sleepy, and you know how watching the clock helps.

So, I was ever so pleased to read this morning the results of a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine Read the rest of this entry »

Much like diet books, exercise books try to sell us on sex appeal – the promise of wash board abs, celebrity authors and endorsements and the words “chiseled”, “ripped”, “lean” and of course my personal favorite… “toned”. Eric Cressey is of a different mold and so is his latest book, Maximum Strength. Cressey is highly accomplished strength coach that possesses a very unique blend of book smarts and practical know-how. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you feeling a bit fatter because of all the food that you have eaten over Christmas, or even a bit guilty because of doing that, if so then read on. Some scientists have found that the last thing for a prolonged amount of time, you may be able to burn the same amount of calories by laughing compared to lifting weights for a period of time.

They say that you can burn as much as doing 30 minutes of resistance Read the rest of this entry »