Category Diet

Gym Closed Due to Coronavirus?

I never thought I’d see the day that all of the gyms were closed. And I don’t even go to a gym!! HA!

But I know a ton of people who do, in fact, I don’t know many who actually work out at home as I do. I’ve never understood it. Getting to the gym and paying for a gym membership just seemed like extra work and an unnecessary expense. But hey, to each their own. I don’t judge.

So, since I am a person who works out at home, I haven’t been affected much by our new quarantine. In fact, except having the kids home now to do the exercises with me, I haven’t been affected much at all.

Although, I didn’t see the toilet paper shortage coming. Nope. Did NOT see that one coming. I did create something fun for us all to remember this momentous occasion, get the Coronavirus Survivor 20...

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Why Walking is the Best Form of Exercise

Normally when we think of exercise we picture exertion. We think of runners or weight lifting, the face that says, “Oh my god, I’m going to die.” Or, “I hate this so much.”

But did you know that the extreme forms of exercise are not only unnecessary but are often detrimental?

I love to exercise. I love extreme exercise. I’m all for pushing my body to its limits and reaping the benefits of hardcover workouts.

However, as I grow, age and learn, I’m discovering that most humans are either underdoing it or overdoing it. And rarely is there an in-between.

While dealing with new hormonal weight gain, something beyond my control, I have discovered that I was tending to overdo things and it was having the opposite effects of what I wanted.

It was while doing this research that I disc...

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