Are You Choosing Between Exercise and Nutrition to Lose Weight?

I hope you’re not having to make this choice.

“Hmmm... Should I eat healthy or exercise to lose weight?” By 2015, nearly a third of people in the world will be overweight, and many will be asking themselves that very question. After all, there are only so many hours in the day, and priorities often turn a bedroom treadmill into a $1,500 clothing rack. Well, choosing between healthy nutrition and exercise to lose those extra inches is a subject that shouldn't be taken lightly.  “Generally, rising obesity incidence is thought to result from the current Western lifestyle, in which activity levels and diet deviate substantially from the conditions under which our species’ metabolic physiology evolved,” according to a recent article posted on PLOS One, a peer-reviewed open-access journal. …

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OM Is Where The Breath Is

Does Yoga Make You Skinny?

Dispelling some of the myths about yoga.

I get emails, phone calls and Tweets constantly from people who want to begin a yoga practice because they want to lose weight. Maybe they see my silly, skinny ass and think that because I practice yoga that’s how I maintain my weight. Well, not exactly. Some of it is because I've never had children. It's also because I hike and paddleboard. But there are also yoga reasons. Ha! What Yoga Isn’t Aerobic. What a crock... unless you do laps around your yoga mat, and even then, you’ll probably just look really silly. There are plenty of yoga classes out there – particularly vinyasa classes – that might appear aerobic, but truth be told, it’s a veritable impossibility to get your heart rate high enough during any yoga class for it to be called …

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Mel Johnson

4:28 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Hey Sophie, Thanks for the comment. Funny how we can turn a yoga class into a gymnastics class, eh? ;) Cheers, Mel   more ›

The Golds Gym Experience

Lorton's Gold Gym caters to community members of varying ages and health goals in a fun, engaging atmosphere.

Gold's Gym, 7700 Gunston Plaza in Lorton, is a modern, eclectic big name gym with a small town philosophy behind it. Owners Jeremy Lowell and Joe Harrison make decisions big and small, such as the modern and energizing mood of the décor to the kinds of classes they want to offer. “We’re not corporately owned. Between Joe, my wife Laurie and myself, we make all the decisions, so we can respond to our clients’ thoughts and wishes,” said Lowell, who bases his decisions on “what is going to work best for the community, the staff and the members.” The gym was intended to be to be “very welcoming, not intimidating for members," said Harrison.  Creating that experience includes earth-tone walls, energetic music and a cozy sitting area with a fire…

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A Fat Runner's Guide to Being a Fat Runner

Practical advice and helpful tips for runners of all shapes and sizes.

When I first started telling my friends and family that I've taken to the name " The Fat Runner," they seemed shocked and a bit mortified that I would call myself such a thing.  One of my friends seemed genuinely upset saying she felt like I was putting myself down.  Not true at all!   I call myself a fat runner well, because I am but not just that.  I say it with pride. How many fat runners do you know?  There aren't a lot of us and that is a shame!  We've bought into the idea that somehow we can't enjoy running too and it is my hope that when you read about this fat runner, it changes your idea of who can be a runner. If you've ever dreamed about becoming a runner or are already on your way or maybe its never even crossed your mind …

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Kim

6:39 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Ilene, you should be so proud! What a great thing you are doing for your health. I did the same walk/run thing a couple of years ago for the first time. Although I had never been a runner, I figured I could do anything for a minute. And then another minute, and then another minute ... It really works!   more ›