Carole Carson - An Apostle for FitnessCarole Carson - An Apostle for FitnessThe blog includes fitness-related articles, inspiring quotes, recipes, and opportunities to connect with others who are enhancing their lives through healthy living habits. 
Articles
Defensive Strategies When Eating Out
2008-04-18 00:00:00 More Americans are eating out on a daily basis than ever before. According to statistics reported by the United States Department of Agriculture, nearly half of the dollars expended for food are spent on eating outside the home. Not coincidentally,... More About: Strategies , Eating Out , Eating
Insight of the Day
2008-04-18 00:00:00 "There is no love sincerer than the love of food." George Bernard Shaw More About: Insight
Insight of the Day
2008-04-12 00:00:00 "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick More About: Insight
Do You See What I See?
2008-04-12 00:00:00 Look around at our children. Do you see what I see? Many of them are overweight. Although the standard is not as precise for children as it is for adults, most experts estimate that between 20 and 30 percent of...
Insight of the Day
2008-04-12 00:00:00 "Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." Unknown More About: Insight
Enlightened Favorites
2008-04-12 00:00:00 I?m not about to quit serving our family?s favorite dishes, even though we are trying to manage our weight. None of these dishes are fancy, yet they benefit from tradition. Many were once the signature dishes of my grandmother?s, then... More About: Enlightened , Favorites
Exercise: The Elusive Fountain or Foundation of Youth?
2008-04-05 00:00:00 Raise your hand if you?d like to age successfully?that is, without acquiring a chronic disease, losing a few precious marbles, gaining a few surplus pounds or suffering diminished mobility. Most of us would like to age successfully, right? That being... More About: Foundation , Exercise , Youth , Fountain
Insight of the Day
2008-04-05 00:00:00 "To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable." Oscar Wilde More About: Insight
Insight of the Day
2008-04-02 00:00:00 "The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things." Plato Plato More About: Insight
Creating a Family Tradition: Fitness
2008-04-02 00:00:00 My four-year-old granddaughter, Isabelle, visits on weekends several times a year. Because I live on three acres atop Banner Mountain, we need only step outdoors to find ourselves in the woods. Once outside, we play hide-and-seek among the trees, we... More About: Family , Fitness , Tradition , Creating
Inside Big Pharmas? War on Fat
2008-03-31 00:00:00 Twice I read the article "Inside Drugmakers? War on Fat" (BusinessWeek, March 17, 2008, and I may well read it a third time. The article was informative, well written and troubling. Arlene Weintraub, senior writer, reports on the intensely competitive...
Insight of the Day
2008-03-31 00:00:00 "I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life." George Burns More About: Insight
Insight of the Day
2008-03-25 00:00:00 "Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available." Jim Beggs More About: Insight
Smiling May Become Your Favorite Exercise
2008-03-25 00:00:00 A smile does more than trigger a smile in return. Research reported in the December 2007 issue of Consumer Reports on Health suggests that the act of smiling triggers positive physiological changes. Interacting with another person in an engaging way... More About: Exercise , Favorite
From Fat to Fit Trivia
2008-03-25 00:00:00 What phenomenon does the term obesity paradox refer to? 1. The more you eat, the hungrier you get. 2. Forbidding oneself to eat a particular food triggers a craving for it. 3. The survival rate from heart attacks for persons... More About: Trivia
Insight of the Day
2008-03-25 00:00:00 "I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated." Paul Anderson More About: Insight
Does Trimming Down Bulk Up Government Costs?
2008-03-25 00:00:00 Although it seems counterintuitive, my decision to shape up and lose weight may end up costing the U.S. government more than if I had stayed obese. I?m indebted to the February 5, 2008, National Public Radio broadcast of All Things... More About: Government , Costs , Bulk
Can a Robot Help Us Become More Fit and Lose Weight?
2008-03-17 00:00:00 Intuitive Automata Inc. creates robots that are designed to help us in our everyday life. Its first product Autom, a robotic weightloss coach, was designed to help people who are trying to lose or maintain weight. Autom helps individuals stick... More About: Robot , Weight , Lose Weight
Insight of the Day
2008-03-17 00:00:00 "One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the... More About: Insight
Insight of the Day
2008-03-14 00:00:00 "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao-tzu More About: Insight
Stepping Out with a Pedometer
2008-03-14 00:00:00 Electronic gadgets worming their way into my daily life threaten to overwhelm me. A 220-page manual accompanied my new digital camera. I am certain of the length because when I lost it, I had to contact the manufacturer through the...
The Positive Power of Negative Thinking
2008-03-11 00:00:00 As one who consistently promotes the idea of a positive mindset, I may be accused of being inconsistent if I write about negative thinking. Yet I am convinced negative thinking is one of the more neglected elements in an effective... More About: Power , Positive , Negative , Thinking
Insight of the Day
2008-03-11 00:00:00 "Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes." Walt Whitman More About: Insight
What Are the Three Best Eating Habits?
2008-03-08 00:00:00 In the past few years, we seem to have reached a consensus that most of us would benefit from regular exercise. The U.S. Surgeon General recommends we average a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise a day, although 60 minutes... More About: Habits , Eating
Insight of the Day
2008-03-08 00:00:00 "Exercise is king. Diet is queen. Put them together and you have a kingdom. And, if you want to lose weight, you have to count calories." Jack LaLanne More About: Insight
Don?t Complain. Change!
2008-03-06 00:00:00 How ironic that the above quotation on imitation and plagiarism is itself a paraphrased version of the original line from T. S. Eliot: ?Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.? Speaking of copying and stealing, Martha Beck is one of my... More About: Change
Insight of the Day
2008-03-06 00:00:00 "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." Anonymous More About: Insight
Insight of the Day
2008-02-28 00:00:00 "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." John Andrew Holmes More About: Insight
Recycle, Recycle, Recycle?Your Tennis Shoes
2008-02-28 00:00:00 If you play tennis like me or engage in any kind of exercise, you can easily end up with extra pairs of tennis shoes in various states of disrepair in your closet. For my part, I have to be careful... More About: Shoes , Tennis , Recycle
Are You SMART About Setting Your Fitness Goals?
More articles from this author:2008-02-25 00:00:00 Conventional wisdom says we need to set goals if we are to achieve anything of consequence. Like a lot of accepted truths, the idea has its detractors. For instance, goals give us focus but at the same time limit us.... More About: Fitness , Smart , Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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