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Getting your cardio kicks

17. December 2009

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Getting your cardio kicks

Another in a series of peeks into your exercise options.
It was a thing of beauty in an evening otherwise dominated by sweat and missteps. Two women stood facing one another, red vinyl body bags on their left and right. On cue, they began punching the bags with side kicks – left foot/right, left foot/right, [...]

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A deeper reason you can’t lose weight?

15. December 2009

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A deeper reason you can’t lose weight?

Around this time of year, a lot of us begin experiencing a certain level of dread. Great, you may be saying to yourself. Another New Year, another round exercise and nutrition regimen doomed to failure. No matter what I do, I just can’t seem to shake this fat. There may be a deep-seated physiological reason [...]

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Survive the holiday feasting season: A strategy

10. December 2009

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Survive the holiday feasting season: A strategy

The holiday party season officially begins this weekend (because the first party I’ve been invited to is this weekend). That means lots of seductive holiday treats, from sausage puffs to rum balls, from one kind of chocolaty thing to 50 other kinds of chocolaty things. As the thoughtful Mae West once said, “I generally avoid [...]

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A new you in 2010? Yes, but why

9. December 2009

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A new you in 2010? Yes, but why

You know you want to be healthier in 2010. But do you know why you want to be healthier?
It’s human nature that as one year draws to a close we wonder how we might make more out of the year ahead. In our neck of the self-improvement universe here at GetGoingNC.com, that translates to how [...]

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Walk, but why?

2. December 2009

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Walk, but why?

In my New-Year’s-On-Thanksgiving post, I touted the benefit of walking. But I didn’t address the benefits of walking. If you like to see evidence before making a committment, here’s some recommended reading on the benefits of walking.

The Mayo Clinic One of the best Web sites for information on any health topic, the Mayo Clinic’s Web [...]

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Recommended reading: the biggest losers (really)

27. November 2009

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Recommended reading: the biggest losers (really)

If you’re debating whether to go the extreme, quick-results road with your New Year’s Resolution (which started yesterday, remember) or adopt a healthy, lifelong lifestyle, check out a New York Times story this week on past contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” As you might expect, the long-term impact for many of the contestants over [...]

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