Was Your Gym Teacher Wrong?

Many of the techniques that you learned in gym class are now considered passé – and downright risky. “A lot of it has to do with the evolution of the science,” says Jessica Matthews, M.S., an exercise physiologist at the American Council on Exercise (ACE). “Numerous studies have come out in the last decade about the most effective ways for stretching.

I learned quite a bit about stretching from this article in Weight Watchers. Who knew I was doing so many stretches wrong.

20 Minute Toning

Here's a workout for strength and tone from Better Homes and Gardens. Doesn't look very hard and would be easy to fit in during the day. It's got to be convenient. Gym memberships just don't work for me. I pay and then never go.

Funny Video Serious Tips on Women and Heart Attacks

Thanks Janice for sending me this. It's great.

#73 - A Year of Blogging and Journaling Ideas - Top Ten Favorite Songs

Here are 10 favorite songs that are guaranteed to get me dancing around the kitchen.

1.   I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
2.   Mercy - by Duffy

3.   Feeling Alright by Joe Cocker 

4.   Shake Rattle and Roll by Joe Turner

5.   Koop Island Blues by Koop Island

6.   Say Hey - by Michael Franti

7.   Dancing With Myself by Nouvelle Vague

8.   Let the Good Times Roll by Buckwheat Zydeco

9.   Stuck on You by Elvis Presley

10. Respect by Aretha

You can download, for free, my entire ebook - A Year of Blogging and Journaling Ideas

Nutritious Pizza

A cheesy slice of pizza doesn't tend to come top of dieter's list, but it soon could be if Scottish food experts have their way, as they’ve invented (what they claim to be) the first nutritionally sound pizza.

Supreme Court Rules on Obamacare

You can see the details here.

Tai Chi Boosts Brain Functioning

There's a new study that shows that Tai Chi slows down dementia and helps to keep the brain functioning. More in the article at Huffington Post.

15 Lazy Moves That Ramp Up Health

Prevention Magazine has a cool list of 15 small things to do that have big health payoffs. Some of my favorites are #5 - rock out to exercise, #6 - boost brain power with chocolate and #8 - fight a cold with red wine.
You can read the rest of the list here.

Visual Cues Can Stop You From Eating a Whole Bag of Chips

New research says that visual cues, like every 7th chip being a different color, can slow you down so you don't eat an entire can (or bag) of chips (or cookies). I'm one of those people who can't have chips in the house unless we're having company over. Not sure this would would for me...but interesting.
The article...

Jane Fonda - Still Looking Fabulous

Jane Fonda is 74 and still looks in great shape. Here she is at at the Cannes Film Festival. Wow. Now that's inspiration!

How Top Chefs Stay Slim

Now that I am counting points on Weight Watchers I am paying more attention to articles like this one. I found it on the Parade website. It has some good tips, including putting down the tasting spoon when you are cooking. Instead try dipping a leaf of lettuce or a small carrot into your sauces to taste.

26 Main Dish Salads

I'm counting points on Weight Watchers these days. (Liking the WW app on my iphone). So, I am looking at ways to get more vegetables and salads in my diet. Sunset Magazine has a feature this month on 26 ideas for main dish salads, including this Poached Salmon Nicoise, a Baby Vegetable Salad with Cornichons (and the mayonaise replaced with yogurt) and a Thai-style Jicama Salad. Yummmmmm

4 running motivation tricks for when you just want to skip it

We’ve lived in our current home for about seven years. And for every single day of those seven years, the older woman my family calls the “Energizer Bunny Lady” has raced past our house several times. She amazes me and I wonder what motivates her to run day-in-and-day-out. Another woman I know has walked two hours a day, every day (except the three days she was in labor with her three now-adult kids) for over 30 years…and this has taken place in ALASKA! Why can’t I just do it without giving myself a lecture about the pathetic mess of an old lady I will be if I don’t behave myself and exercise daily? Hmmm,,,,,,the word “lazy” does come to mind! more…Pam

This Is Why Yoga Should Replace Gym In Schools

In high school, I was the girl who did quite well in academics but wouldn’t walk the balance beam in gymnastics, couldn’t hit-that-baseball into lift field and shouldn’t have even attempted girl’s football. What can I say? I was an athletic klutz who depended on charming the p.e. teachers into passing me…..not easy with those hard nosed ladies, let me tell you! I suspect that I would have done better with yoga! Pam more…