Comments on: Health & Fitness Goals for Week of Jan 24th

By: nofearingthefitness

nofearingthefitness — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:43:37 +0000

SingleMa,

I am so proud of you for taking the first steps on this journey. I was more than happy to encourage you on twitter and I am more than happy to read about your experiences with this on the repurposed blog. You’re doing great!

By: Sick of Being Poor

Sick of Being Poor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:55:03 +0000

I have lost 40 pounds by using Spark People in the last year. I find it to be a great resource for healthy living.

Awesome progress! [-SM]

By: Alonzo-MochaMoney.com

Alonzo-MochaMoney.com — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:58:58 +0000

Hey ma,

Glad to see you’re back. Didn’t think you could stay away =) Good thing for us. As a doctor I’m really into health and fitness – and think they go hand in hand with personal finances (healthy bodies spend less on healthcare!)

Researching the subject something that I came across that seems real interesting is plate size believe it or not. Our plate sizes have grown dramatically and in proportion so has the amount we eat – by nearly 20% to 30%.

Simply by switching from a 12 inch plate to 10 inch plates we dramatically cut down on how much we eat!

Check out the small plate movement at http://www.smallplatemovement.org/

Another great read is the book Mindless Eating by Dr. Wansink who runs a food lab at Cornell University – he has done very interesting studies on how our eating habits lead to excess weight gain. He’s also one of the forces behind the small plate movement.

Wassup doc! So glad to have you on this journey with me. I’m sure there’s a lot I can learn from you about health & fitness. [-SM]

By: keyalus

keyalus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:06:17 +0000

I silently followed you when you wrote about finance but maybe now I will speak up more. :) I love health and fitness!

I recently started over with running after having a baby and just wrapped up C25K. I ended the program without be able to run a full 5K (maxed out at about 2.4 miles during the running interval). However, the program took me far enough that I had the juice leftover to run the other .7 miles. I just ran my first “return to running” 5K last Saturday! It is a great program. – stick with it.

Welcome! So glad to have you out of lurkdom.

Congrats on your first “return to running” 5k! Your body goes through significant changes when having a baby, so I know that was a huge accomplishment. And thanks for sharing your c25k experience. It gives me a realistic idea of what to expect when I finish.

I’m adding your blog to my fitness links. [-SM]

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:53:12 +0000

Wow! Yay! Getting fit is a goal of mine too so this is great! I wish you were in Week 1 of C25K – Darn!

Otherwise, I have been THOROUGHLY engrossed in your blog. :) I am currently in May 2007 and feel like a fanatic waiting to see what happens next (ignore the fact that it happened 2+ years old).

I found you JUST as you were retiring the financial side of your blog as you met your goals. I feel like I have been reading the blog of a friend. When something happened to me, my instinct was to call you up on the phone to trash talk, “Guurrrrllll…” until I realized that I don’t know you – LOL. Or, is it you don’t know me.

Thanks!

This is funny! :-) [-SM]