I’ve been a mom for more than four years and the one baby gear item that I absolutely cannot live without is my double jogging stroller (before I had my second baby, it was my single jogging stroller!) Jogging strollers can be a lifesaver for running m…
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Eat Your Way To Recovery
Sometimes getting sick or injured while training is beyond your control, but your food choices can prevent you from sitting on the sidelines—or help you recover faster.
Written by: Sally Berry, R.D.
Eat To Prevent Illness (colds, minor viruses)
Ti…
Back to work: lose the post-holiday blues
How to lose weight, recover your energy and get back into the swing of thingsYou may have had a great summer, so why do you feel exhausted, 10lb heavier and as though your liver is thoroughly pickled? What should you be doing to get back into work mod…
Curried Egg Salad with Mango Chutney
Ah, egg salad. Is there anything easier or more unpretentious? Chop up some hard boiled eggs, add a little mayo and voilà! Instant sandwich filling. Or salad fixings. Add some chopped celery for crunch, and maybe some chopped chives or gre…
Best Procrastination Tip Ever
Post written by Leo Babauta.
Your first thought as you look at this article will be, “I’ll read this later.”
But don’t. Let the urge to switch to a new task pass. Read this now.
It’ll take you two minutes. It’ll save you countless hours.
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Why Can’t I Lose Weight?
Of all the questions I get, this one is the most frequent: Why can’t I lose weight?
There are usually one of two things going on in this situation. One: You are losing weight, it just isn’t showing up on the scale or it isn’t showing up where you ex…
Volunteering? Study? or Money?
We all have crossroads in our lives but what if you are presented with spaghetti junction? I had it all …Read the Rest
Chocolate is good for you, declares study (well, sort of)
Be it white, dark or milk, it’s better to eat chocolate than to avoid it, concludes large-scale health study. Just don’t overdo it!Chocolate may be good for the heart, say scientists cautiously, following a large study which found that those who eat mo…
The 5 Principles of a Profound Workday
‘Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.’ ~Laozi
Post written by Leo Babauta.
Let us toss out all we know for a moment.
Toss notions of productivity, time management, efficiency, and the bottom line.
Empty our workdays of all we’ve…
Want to be organized? Know thyself.
One of the best ways to create an effective organizing system is to know who you are. If you don’t know your strengths and weaknesses, you can’t build a system that reflects your abilities.
Someone who is easily distracted shouldn’t have an intri…