While I'm not too crazy about the term ''New Year's resolution," I am most definitely a lover of goal setting in general. I jot down to-do lists all the time, which in essence are a bunch of short term goals I want to accomplish (even if ''do your laundry" is a rather small one!). For 2013, there are a few goals related to healthy living that I want to work on. I thought I'd share them with you, so here goes: For around 3 months, I've been going to physical therapy to rehab my torn calf. I'm happy to say that it's been feeling really good lately! The injury had been causing problems in my achilles and foot, but lately I haven't had pain in those areas. I think that taking it rather easy for a few weeks over the holidays did my body well and gave it some extra time to heal. My first ... [Read More]
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Horrors at the Dentist & Annoying Achilles Tendons
Hellloooo and happy Friday! With the holiday season well underway, I know that you've all got parties to attend - from Hanukkah family celebrations and ugly Christmas sweater parties to end of the year gatherings with co-workers. I have 2 to go to this weekend, and I'm sure a lot of your probably do too! If you're worried about how you'll keep your healthy diet on track with so many unhealthy choices around, check out my article on FitKit: 7 Tips for Making Healthy Choices at Parties. Now you're probably wondering what the hell my blog title is about, yes? Let's get to it... Though eating well and exercising daily are huge components of healthy living, there are other important aspects of living a healthful life - from having strong, honest relationships to finding ways to keep ... [Read More]
My Favorite Lower Body Strengthening Moves
Lately I haven't been blogging too much about my workouts. I've certainly been exercising, but as I've mentioned before, I've been going to physical therapy for a torn calf muscle. While I've been moving a lot, my workouts haven't been quite as diverse and hardcore as usual. This means no recent 2-hour sweaty hikes with Harley. No mountain biking excursions with Adam. And no workouts drilling my lower body as of late. Am I anxious to get back into workout normalcy? Absolutely. But I've been trying to abandon my ignore-the-pain-balls-to-the-wall mentality and adopt a more listen-to-my-body mindfulness. So what have I been doing? I've been trying to keep things at least a bit interesting by coming up with new workout ideas - like the 20 exercise routine or my sit up/push up/plank ... [Read More]
Everything But the Legs: Working Out Around an Injury
First off, I just wanted to say that my thoughts are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Sandy. It's been hard to watch the chaotic weather hitting my home state of New Jersey, where my family & friends live, while I'm so far away from it all. Luckily, all of my loved ones are safe and doing fine - just without power and with some minor damage, including the gigantic tree at my grandma's house that shines with Christmas lights every year that's now on the ground blocking her driveway. Natural disasters always remind me of what's most important in life -- the people I love. On a lighter note, let's talk workouts. I've mentioned it on the blog before, but I've been battling a calf injury for a couple of years now. I tore my calf muscle running, at first procrastinated getting help ... [Read More]