Yupp, I mean exercise. To me, the most important question is: How much and how hard should I work out to live a good life? That wasn’t always the key question for me. A couple of years ago, I got wrapped up in the San Francisco overachiever exercise madness. “What are you training for?” seemed to be the key question then. And you better not answer that with anything less than a 10K! 5Ks are for losers – and not the weight-loss kind of losers… At least that’s the message. It never quite jived with the anecdote from my mom’s … Continue reading »
Aug 152009
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I should do something today. I am just being lazy. The sun is shining and I should go outside for a long hike. Walking around the block wouldn’t be long enough. Just sitting in front of the computer is lazy. Never mind that I went on a hike yesterday. I am getting fat if I am not hyper-active every day. Okay, I am gaining weight. But that’s probably more because of those delicious desserts I’ve been eating than because of lack of activity. Don’t get me wrong: Being active is important. But there’s no evidence that we have to work … Continue reading »
Jan 202008
NPR excitedly published a story on research that supposedly shows that you can will yourself to loose weight. The research was done by Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer on hotel maids. To her amazement, she found that hotel maids – those women who seem to be on the move all the time – feel like they’re not getting any exercise. Reality is, though, that they are getting a lot. So, she set out to find out what would happen if she’d told them. The test group, 42 maids, were told that their “activity already met the surgeon general’s definition of an … Continue reading »
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