Peace and Fitness

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The More We Know

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Skimming through some health and fitness articles the past few days, I found the following tidbits worth sharing... **According to science out of New Zealand, cyclistists who downed drinks with lower carb and sodium concentrations exercised longer and harder than those who had Gatorade or Powerade.  Try something less concentrated like G2, or my personal version of a sports … [Read more...] about The More We Know

Let the Music Move YOU

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Looking for a quick, fun, immediate sense of stress reduction?  Let the music move you.  A study in Nature Neuroscience found that listening to our favorite songs or even simply anticipating certain parts of a song can cause a pleasurable flood of that feel good chemical, dopamine.  Pick a few of your favorites and listen to them a few times a day.  "These doses of dopamine can … [Read more...] about Let the Music Move YOU

To Cut or Not to Cut…That is the Question

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I am trying hard to understand and wrap my brain around the news that gastric bypass surgery is also being called diabetes (type 2)  surgery.  News reports (based on a study at the Cleveland Clinic) say that studies on patients immediately after the surgery show such great improvement in their glucose numbers that the surgery is being recommended as a treatment (even a cure) … [Read more...] about To Cut or Not to Cut…That is the Question

The Day Before and The Week Ahead

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Good morning and welcome to the day before spring.  As mentioned in a recent quote, this is the time to take our winter dreams and make them into reality.  If you have been waiting for better weather to get outside and get moving, the time has come.  Mitch and I took a nice walk on the beach yesterday and my calves were telling me, though I get plenty of different kinds of … [Read more...] about The Day Before and The Week Ahead

Today on Today

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I decided to watch The Today Show and see last week's BL eliminated contestant, Cassandra, before sitting down at the computer, this morning.  She is down 86 pounds and looked just awesome in her fitted dress and high heels.  While many didn't care for her quirky ways on the show, I liked her from the beginning because she came on to the ranch with her grandma.  I thought that … [Read more...] about Today on Today