From an article in Diabetes Forecast magazine:A group of women ages 30 to 50 who answered a set of questions designed to identify goals and overcome obstacles worked out almost twice as long per week as a control group that received health information but did not learn the “self-regulation” technique.
The "technique" is really simple: it boils down ( Read more... )

When I get discouraged trying to stick to my goal for this month's challenge, I find it helps to remind myself of why I'm trying to lose weight. So, why is it important for me to reach a healthy weight? Well, lots of reasons. ( Health risks associated with being overweight: )

Alright, weekly check-in time for the November Health Challenge!

And I... am doing terribly thus far. It's been a bad two weeks for finding myself in situations where there's a lot of free food being offered, and I really have trouble turning down free food. Plus, there's all this Hallowe'en candy lying around. It's especially discouraging ( Read more... )

After a month of seriously working on cutting down my calories and upping the amount of exercise I've been doing, a week's break has seriously derailed all of my motivation. I've still been managing to keep track of my calorie intake per day via Zacking, but I'm having a lot of problems keeping up with it otherwise ( Read more... )