Archive for the ‘Nutrition’ Category

A Drip of Water Can Make a Canyon

Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Shelby Murphy

Shelby Murphy

As much as our society craves quick fixes, the truth is that people who are in great shape most likely got that way, not in one week, not in one month, but after years of making exercise a habit. Like a drop of water eroding rock into curvy canyons, exercise acts much the same way. A little bit, time and again, over the years, chiseling your body into the shape you’ve always desired.
Like anything worth having, long term results come from consistent effort. A solid marriage is built over 20 or more years of faithfulness, attention, and commitment. Wealth grows from regular investing. And a healthy body is created from consistent exercise – not in marathon bouts, but regular sessions several times a week.
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Are You a Food Dummy?

Friday, September 25th, 2009
On our Empower Personal Fitness bulletin board hung a quote summing up the public’s confusion about nutrition. Known more for looks than brains,  fashion model Tyra Banks told a magazine reporter that to trim down she was “Cutting back on carbs and eating more fruits and veggies.”

 Hmmm… that’s kind of like cutting back on alcohol and drinking more beer, or cutting back on fat and eating more butter. The scary thing is, is that the magazine didn’t even realize how stupid the statement was and used it as a pull-out quote (which in publishing is usually reserved for witty, poignant, or quotes that sum up what the story is about.)
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