Government and Obesity

I don’t want to spark any political debates but it is a SAD day when government needs to get involved and tell us what to eat and how to exercise. Personally I blame the government, both state and federal, for this rise in obesity. The FDA isn’t very strict about nutritional labeling (Read Steve Edwards … Read more

Obesity Rate in U.S. Still Climbing

Obesity Rate in U.S. Still Climbing August 27, 2007 08:40:40 PM PST By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) — More and more Americans are sliding into obesity, a clear signal that this national health problem is getting worse. According to the fourth annual report prepared by the research group Trust for … Read more

Going Beyond

New Page, New Picture, now a New Challenge For the new people, every Sunday I call for a roll and a check in and issue a challenge to help keep us accountable and focused toward our goal and also to help improve ourselves as people. The first challenge was not to miss a scheduled workout. … Read more

Ideal Waist to Hip Ratio

Taken from The Abs Diet by David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Heatlh Magazine. Waist-to-hip ratio Researchers have begun using waist size and its relationship to hip size as more definitive way to determine your health risk. This is considered more important than BMI because of that visceral fat I talk about earlier—the fat that pushes … Read more