Do you know what you really should weigh? Your ideal weight is not some magic number pulled from the air, or some hopeful number that works best for your beautiful best friend. Your ideal body weight is your lean body mass plus your “ideal body fat” percentage based on your age. You need a certain amount of body fat to be healthy, and women need a...

It’s in all the papers, and is the topic of choice on many newscasts.  H1N1 has hit the streets!  I think I might have had it last weekend.  Yech.  It’s a doozy, and you need to know you’ll be flat out for a while, even after the nasty symptoms (fever, aches, migraines, vomiting, chills, sinus congestion, etc.) are gone. ...

(For those of you who recognize this post, know that it posted itself  TWICE before it was finished last week.  Silly post.  It’s now under control and properly finished.  Take another read if you think  you’ve already seen it!) So, I’ve been AWOL from my walking since last week. I have lots of excuses, but I’m thinking mostly...

Oh, it’s been AGES since I posted – or even walked!  Yikes! A combination of weather (sudden dump of snow), lack of shoes to walk in said snow (Vibram is all out of the winter version of funky feet), and an extreme bout of the flu from which I’m just now slowly recovering, has put me totally out to pasture for the past two weeks. However,...

I completed level 2 in my training on Saturday by participating in a 10k race for a local church here. Even without the 1˚C (33.8˚F) temperature and brisk winter wind, it was an interesting experience. I warmed up well, started out by climbing up a reasonably steep but short hill, and proceeded through what was a beautiful, not-terribly-strenuous walk to complete...