Long time, no post — sorry about that! What have I been working on? Nerd alert: I’m on the organizing committee of a Harry Potter convention, and we had a “site visit” to Orlando a few weeks ago, followed by a heavy blitz of publicity for a week or so. It’s meant I’ve been dedicating [...]

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The concept of food deserts — areas where a significant population, usually low-income, has no access to supermarkets and/or affordable, healthy food — came up in Monday’s post about the cost of junk food vs. healthy food. It’s easy, especially for those of us who live in cities and read blogs using our high speed [...]

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Last week, The New York Times published an editorial begging the question of whether junk food really is cheaper than good, healthy food. It’s conclusion was more or less no, that buying ingredients at a grocery store and cooking at home will always be more cost effective than picking up fast food. We must teach [...]

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Artificial sweetener is everywhere. Calorie conscious individuals, such as myself, long gave up sugar — it’s how many calories for how many tablespoons? No thanks! — not wanting to “waste points” on sweet tea, sugar in coffee, etc.  And why drink sugar when the alternative was even sweeter, and advertised as zero calories? ZERO! But [...]

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Last month, I wrote about wanting to get a new scale — I’ve been in dire need of one. After my cat turned my last expensive scale into a nap spot, promptly turning it into an expensive paperweight (hello dead battery!), I went to cheap analog scale land — $9.99 on Amazon.com! But the problem [...]

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I finally decided to splurge on a fun new toy — and a new way to measure my success. You know what’s more important to me than pounds lost? Fat converted to muscle. Who cares how much I weigh if I still have a ton of fat all over? So I bought an Omron Body [...]

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Previously, I discussed how we need to overcome the obstacle of not considering ourselves “gym people,” and particularly stop caring how we look, and how others perceive us working out. You’re not going to fail, or look stupid when you’re getting active. This, of course, is easier said than done. You may legitimately feel uncomfortable [...]

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For years, I was That Guy. Yep. The one who would loudly proclaim “I’m not a gym person,” as the reason (ie: excuse) for why I didn’t exercise. It was too expensive, a meat market, I didn’t want to torture myself on a treadmill for an hour, it was too far, I didn’t have a [...]

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Ladies! Do you want to look your best at the gym? Is it important that you have a good line, and look sexy while sweating?* Well! Spanx has an athletic line now! Here’s the catch: you may not fit into it. While I will contend that there is a considerable market of people who could [...]

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In the same vein as my Europop running playlist, I would like to introduce you to Wynter Gordon, who pretty much exclusively produces music you want to run/move to. Vocally, Wynter Gordon a mix between Katy Perry (but better), Gwen Stefani (less rocky) and Kylie (more rounded sound), but she writes her own tunes and [...]

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