Being able to hike to a beautiful place like this is the reason I exercise. Back when I first started exercising, I would have never been able to do something like what I did last Friday, but now I have the video to prove it.
Enjoy this little vacation courtesy of my treadmill and weight bench (oh yeah, and my camera).
Odd Pairing by pheochromocytoma from Flickr
This article from MSN shows how grocery stores set up their floor plan to increase sales. Unfortunately, sometimes that means food that we didn’t want ends up in our shopping carts. We’ve all heard the adage to never go grocery shopping hungry. Here are some other things you might want to know.
Here is quick run-down of their list:
I have heard that the best way to shop at a grocery store is to only go around the edges. The fresh food like veggies, fruits, dairy and meat needs refrigeration and ends up along the edges and in the back of the store. Avoiding the inner aisles helps keep tempting (and “kid-friendly”) food out of your cart.
My BEST weapon to protect me from buying food that I shouldn’t be eating has been my camera. If I see something that I like and think I want to buy (despite the cost or sugar content), I snap a picture of it instead. Then, if I REALLY want it later, I can go back and buy it without worrying that I’ll forget. EVERY time, so far, I have looked at the picture and wondered what I was thinking.
Via: Ten Surprising Facts Supermarkets Won’t Tell You | Organized Home
I just wanted to send out a thank you to all my readers. Thank you so much for reading every day. I know there are some of you out there that read every day and don’t comment. I see the statistics and there are lots of you there lurking. Thank you for lurking every day.
Thank you to everyone who has bought a Starling Fitness DVD or yearly journal. I’ve priced them as low as they can go because I want them to be affordable, so when you buy them, it doesn’t really affect my bottom line, but it sure makes me happy to know that there are readers out there who are interested in the things that I like.
A special thank you to Val at iPortion, ashjoy at Runner+ and Megan at The Former Gymnast. You have each given me positive comments when I went MIA and I am so grateful to all of you.
It was nice to know that someone is noticing us here at Starling Fitness. We were named #16 on the Top 100 Health and Wellness Blogs by the Nursing Online Educational Database:
Diet Blogs
Although some blogs listed below talk about fitness, the main focus is on diets. We don’t promote any diets, so don’t consider our choices as recommendations of the diets that any of these individuals espouse.
- Fitness, Diet, and Health: You’ll find entries in this blog about fitness, diet, exercise programs and gadgets, and health. This blog is written by a Weight Watchers user who provides life experience information with passion.
They might not have gotten our name right, but they linked to us, so I’m pleased as punch!
Thanks, NOEDb!
Every time I’ve run for the last year has been with my iPod. Because the Nike+ records my runs, I WANT my iPod with me when I exercise. NekFIT is an iPod holder to use while you exercise. It can be used with all three styles of iPod Nanos and the shuffle.
For a video showing it in action, see here:
This looks pretty cool, but at 34 bucks, it’s a little pricey. I would be worried that it might fall off or get really sweaty on my neck. Cool thing is that it will work with the Nike+ without any problems. Have any of you tried this? It’s looks kind of cool.
The truly embarrassing thing about posting the winners every week is my mileage. I was sick all last week and didn’t even walk around the block, so my numbers look horrible. Next week, I’ll do better! Let’s see how everyone else did!
Megan barely beat gingermc this week on Level 1. Good show! Uncool, blackang! Choose the correct level for your mileage.
It was a close race, but Ivano_M beat out manical on the Level 2 Challenge. blackang, go to Level 4 where you belong.
Bad form, timmz and SEEN. Join the appropriate level for your mileage. The true winner of the Level 3 Challenge is gkoenig!
timmz was disqualified because he joined a level way below his ability. The REAL winner of the Level 4 Challenge is jr_indy. Keep it up!
For the third week in a row, Ashjoy has taken Level 5!
Rasmus‘ mileage is back up to its huge numbers. Good job!
Congratulations to all the competitors! Join us at Runner+ and show off your mileage!
If you exercise by running or walking, you can compete in the Starling Fitness Challenges on Runner+. All you need is an account at Runner+ (free) and you can log your miles there. If you have a Nike+iPod kit, then your runs will automatically be added, but the site will also allow you to add your runs manually. If you would like to compete against runners on your level, here are the links for this week’s challenges:
Level 1 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 0-10 miles a week.
Level 2 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 10-20 miles a week.
Level 3 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 20-30 miles a week.
Level 4 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 30-40 miles a week.
Level 5 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 40-50 miles a week.
Level 6 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 50-60 miles a week.
The Runner+ Challenges keep getting bigger and bigger. It’s so fun to look at the person’s name right above mine and run just a little more than they did today. Let’s see who won!
Johnisfit blasted through Level 1 and will be competing on Level 2 next week!
It was an extremely tight race, but AirGar, squeaked by with a win on the Level 2 Challenge.
The winner on Level 3 this week was Tommaso! An additional note of congratulations to Tommaso, skyscraperilove and DaytonaS1985. All three of them have been invited to the Level 4 Challenge this week!
Uncool, xray999. You joined a level way below your ability. The REAL winner of the Level 4 Challenge is SLBplus. Keep it up!
Level 5 looks the same this week as it did last week. Ashjoy is on FIRE!
Another spectacular win from Rasmus.
Congratulations to all the competitors! Join us at Runner+ and show off your mileage!
If you exercise by running or walking, you can compete in the Starling Fitness Challenges on Runner+. All you need is an account at Runner+ (free) and you can log your miles there. If you have a Nike+iPod kit, then your runs will automatically be added, but the site will also allow you to add your runs manually. If you would like to compete against runners on your level, here are the links for this week’s challenges:
Level 1 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 0-10 miles a week.
Level 2 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 10-20 miles a week.
Level 3 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 20-30 miles a week.
Level 4 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 30-40 miles a week.
Level 5 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 40-50 miles a week.
Level 6 weekly challenge from Starling Fitness. This level runs between 50-60 miles a week.
This is an interesting commercial from a few years ago:
I love the final line:
Reebok Whatever your goal.
Last week, I wrote an entry about food snobbery and a lot of people disagreed. Honestly, I was pretty rude in that entry and I probably shouldn’t have accused anyone of being a snob. Of all the comments on my blog and Kate’s, the only one that stung was this one from Melissa on Kate’s blog:
I have a huge beef with people who write health blogs without credentials.
You know what? SO DO I. That’s why the comment stung.
All the other comments about how food is not just food had valid points and were interesting, but Melissa’s was the only one that felt like a pin sticking me in the butt.
What gives me the right to write a health and fitness blog?
I have a double major degree in Mathematics and Education, neither of which have anything to do with health, nutrition or exercise physiology.
The degree in Mathematics and my past work in a pharmacology research lab allow me to read technical journals, reports and statistics without getting muddled. I understand statistics and I understand how to lie with them. Too many companies out there are trying to lie with their statistics. Fortunately, I can see right through the lies and look at the numbers with clean eyes.
The degree in Education taught me how to write with clarity and teach subjects I know. After dealing with my eating issues for years, I’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. I’ve tried so many things that I can spot bullshit a mile away. My education degree helps me share what knowledge I do have with a clarity that most scholars lose over the years.
All that just sounds like bullshit to me.
Yeah, pulling out my degrees that have been pretty much useless my whole career sounds like bullshit to me, too.
Honestly, I started Starling Fitness because all my talk about my own eating issues was taking over my personal blog and I just wanted to separate them. That’s how it started, but it has grown into something bigger. Sometimes it feels way bigger than I can handle, so I need to keep reminding everyone.
All I can do is be honest with you about what I am so you won’t think I’m something that I’m not.
So, what gives you the right to write about health and fitness?
That’s the beauty of this medium. What gives me the right? I have a computer and I can put two words together. That’s the only right I need to start a weblog about health and fitness. Whether you read my words is your choice.
To the several thousand people who do read my words every day, THANK YOU. One of the things that took me back to Weight Watchers to deal with my bingeing AGAIN is the thought of not writing for you anymore. If I have ever helped you, please know that you’ve helped me threefold in return.
I’ve been out for a bit, haven’t I? I’ve gone through a bit of a computer switch-up. I knew I was getting a new computer, so I have been getting things ready for the change. Today, I got the computer and realized that I didn’t prepare nearly as much as I should have.
The bad news: It’s gonna take me a little longer to finish the switch.
The good news: It will be MUCH easier for me to do videos, so all of you who have been missing my talking to the camera videos, cheer up. I’ll be talking to you soon enough!
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