Walking for Weight Loss

If you were sedentary before you started your walking routine, you might lose a few pounds. But as your body becomes acclimate to the walking, what was once challenging becomes, well, routine. When you reach this stage, you will not see additional weight loss from walking (also known as a plateau). In order for you to continue to lose weight from walking, you must change one of the two variables: intensity or duration.

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One Tip on How to Eat Healthy at Work

Lunchtime is my favorite time of day. I usually head down to the break room with my lunch bag to catch up with some friends. I rarely ever eat in front of my computer. Even when I have no one to have lunch with, I still head down to the break room with my Kindle. [...]

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Torn Hip Labrum after Pregnancy

I got an email from a reader asking about my decision to have a baby prior to getting more treatment for my torn hip labrum. In the email the reader wrote: I am not a good candidate for surgery either… The doc has told me that in my shoes, she wouldn’t wait to have kids, [...]

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I want to lose the baby weight!

The days and nights are starting to become less of a blur as Hazelnut and I establish somewhat of a routine. Since I am slightly less sleep deprived (though I still could use more sleep), my thoughts are starting to drift to my weight. I gained 39 pounds of baby weight during my pregnancy. I [...]

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Welcome Little Hazelnut!

It’s been a while since I last wrote. Things have been a little hectic since our daughter, Little Hazelnut, was born a few weeks earlier than expected. After two weeks of being a new mom, I feel like I am finally coming up for air. I never knew sleep deprivation until now. I was not [...]

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The French Diet: Skinny from Wine and Butter?

If you spend any time trying to lose weight, then you must have heard about the French diet and how French women are skinnier than your average American women. The French diet is higher in fat and encourages wine consumption, and yet French women are less obese than American women. The French diet consists of [...]

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Eating Breakfast to Prevent Sumo Size Weight Gain

Do you know that sumo wrestlers have a rigid training plan like most athletes? One of the training techniques for turning regular size boys into sumo wrestler is by not eating breakfast. Do you skip breakfast in the morning? Not eating breakfast = sumo size The sumo wrestler training plan consists of waking early, not [...]

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What is an Ideal Body Weight?

The one thing I learn from my pregnancy is that you are never at the ideal body weight. Ever. There will always be someone who thinks you are too big and someone else who thinks you are too small. I am not just talking about pregnancy weight gain, but just body weight in general. I’ve [...]

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Pregnancy Update

One more month to go and I will be able to hold my little girl. I am at the point where I am ready for this pregnancy to be over.  Though I have a relatively “easy” pregnancy up until the last couple of weeks, I am at the stage where I am uncomfortable no matter [...]

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A Pill Splitting Horror Story

This weekend I found out that my mom is taking a generic maintenance drug for high blood pressure. Since she her blood pressure sometimes get as high as 150/90, her doctor wanted my mom to try taking half a tablet of a generic high blood pressure medication on a daily basis. The generic medication already [...]

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Can a Torn Hip Labrum Heal Itself?

The short answer is no. A torn hip labrum (or any labral tear) cannot heal itself.  However, when most people are asking this question, they are more interested in whether the pain of a torn hip labrum will disappear over time.  The answer to that question is “it depends.” Quick overview on your hip labrum [...]

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The Flex Diet Review

A new year, a new diet? Like most people this time of year, one of my New Year’s resolution is to lose weight. The only difference is that I am planning to start in May after the birth of my baby and some recovery time rather than start in January like everyone else. But that [...]

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Reduce the Cost of Medicine with Pill Splitting

Previously I discussed how to reduce the cost of prescriptions with generic drugs. Today I want to talk about how to reduce cost of medicine with pill splitting. Many prescription drugs cost the same regardless of the tablet size. That’s right — 20 mg of Lipitor cost the same as the 40 mg version. Why [...]

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 2010 has been a great year for me, but I know 2011 will be even better. I want to thank every one of you – new and old readers – for being here and supporting me and the site. With billions of websites on the internet, I am honor that you find [...]

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Are Generic Drugs As Effective and Safe as Brand Name Drugs?

Generic drugs are one of the best ways to reduce cost of prescription medication. Within the next few years you will see a flood of expensive brand name prescription medication lose their 20 year patents. Any qualified drug manufacturer that meets FDA standards can produce cheap, high-quality copies of what had once been an expensive [...]

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Voice to Text Software: Dragon Naturally Speaking Review

This post is a review of the voice to text software called Dragon Naturally Speaking. I’m sure that my regular readers notice a decrease in my blogging frequency in the last couple of months.  One of the symptoms that I developed early on from my pregnancy is mild carpal tunnel on my right wrist.  Since [...]

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How to Reduce the Cost of Prescription Drugs

Do you know that your doctor is your best ally when it comes to keeping down the cost of prescription drugs? However, the cost of prescription drugs is not the first thing your doctor thinks about when she pulls out a prescription pad. The existing health insurance system makes it easy for her to prescribe [...]

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Prescription Medication: Why Doctors Prescribed What They Do

In the United States you cannot purchase a prescription medication without a prescription from a doctor. Regardless of the type of drugs, many people die from drug overdoses. You probably believe your doctor learn about new drugs from reading scientific research from medical journals, from his own experience prescribing medicine to his patients, or from [...]

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Exercise During Pregnancy

This post is a discussion on the benefits of exercise during pregnancy and what is considered safe pregnancy exercises. I discovered that you cannot expect to pick up right where you left off prior to getting pregnant. As a matter of fact, exercise during pregnancy has its own unique set of challenges, especially since I am still dealing with my torn hip labrum.

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Random Ramblings of a Pregnant Woman

Pregnancy has been easy for me physically, even with the increase in my hip pain, but it has been hard for me mentally.  Pregnancy really slows you down because your body is so busy growing these tiny hands and feet.  You’ll think I would relish this time to take it easy and sit around with [...]

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