Five-time Olympic competitor and the oldest woman to have ever been on the U.S. Swim Team, silver medalist Dara Torres is an inspiration to men and women of all ages. But considering that she had retired eight years ago, and gave birth a mere two years ago, she’s certainly inspiring women over 40 with her [...]

Every month it seems the recommended daily amount of exercise changes. It’s 10,000 steps.
No, wait, it’s an hour.
Oh, no, 30 minutes is plenty, and you can even take breaks.
While few people really believe 10 minutes of daily exercise is enough, it turns out that for most of us trying to lose weight, [...]

Food eaten:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (1 whole egg, 2 egg whites) topped with 2 tbsp. salsa and 1/2 avocado, sliced; 2 cups coffee. Calories: 284
Lunch: Massive bowl of homemade pho soup. Calories: 384.
Snacks: 2 c. watermelon chunks; 2 brown rice cakes; non-fat latte (16 oz.). Calories: 311.
Dinner: Grilled sirloin (4 oz.), vegetables cooked in packet [...]

I’ve been telling you for a couple of weeks how easy it is to blog from my treadmill, but I figured maybe I should show you how little effort it really takes to trick one out so you can, too.
First off, mine is a Weslo Cadence C44 treadmill which, despite what other Amazon reviewers [...]

Earlier this week I mentioned that I’ve lost 4 pounds since I bought my new treadmill and began using it while I blog. (Yes, even this entry.)
The scale showed my four pound loss, but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out where that weight came from. Until today when, since I was actually [...]

In case you’re curious, I’m still keeping up with using my new treadmill while blogging — a fact that’s surprised my husband. When he first rearranged our furniture to make room for the treadmill and then rigged it so I could type while walking (by slapping a board on top of my treadmill’s hand rails [...]

I’ve abandoned my morning walk around the neighborhood. I’m not a morning person to begin with, so about the fourth time I hauled myself out of bed and headed outside to find it cold and rainy it just started to seem more frustrating than not.
Then there was the day my walk turned into a [...]

Last week I did such a good job of taking morning walks. Every morning I ignored the siren call of my alarm clock’s snooze button and lugged my sagging butt out of bed to pound pavement for nearly a half-hour.
This week?
I haven’t done squat.
Part of the reason is my innate laziness: sweating to the [...]

Since deciding that I’d start walking occasionally to lose weight, I’ve actually been somewhat good about it.
I didn’t even let the overdressed women who walk scare me off, although I admit I now wash my face then brush my teeth and hair before leaving the house. And, yes, I’m now wearing my “good” sweat [...]

I’d said before that I plan to get more exercise and hopefully lose weight by taking up walking this Spring. So this morning I did just that: I went for a walk. Oh, it hardly feels like spring around here yet — in fact, it was so foggy outside that I couldn’t see the end [...]