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News Flash: Exercise can be Fun!

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

A lot of us don’t like to exercise. In fact, many of the people I see at the gym look like they’d rather be anywhere else, but I maintain that exercise can be fun. You may be skeptical, but if you think back to your childhood you can probably come up with at least a few physical activities that you enjoyed. It might have been jumping rope, playing ball or just running around in the woods. So if you could have fun then, why not now?

I encourage you to find exercise that you find pleasurable—for the simple reason that you’ll be more likely to do it regularly. (more…)

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The Nuts and Bolts of Losing Weight

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

In my previous article, I made the case for using both diet and exercise for losing weight. I even implied that this could be fun! I admit it might be a bit of stretch to claim that dieting is fun, but I have some ideas that should make it less painful.

For starters, it helps to know where you’re at.  (more…)

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