Not only do your feet shrink, so does your butt. But your ears grow a ton. Who knew?
Healthy Living
Run While You Can
You know, that's kind of how I feel today. Something always comes up. Either it's too cold, you're too busy, you didn't eat a good dinner last night, you didn't sleep well, whatever. Something comes up as an excuse for you not to run, so you don't. Not that...
Running with Asthma 2: The Reckoning
Yesterday was both a fantastic day and a terrible one. For the first time in over a week, the weather was clear and sunny (read: no ice storms in Tennessee). So I was finally able to go out for a run instead of hitting the elliptical or doing yoga. I ran a 5k in 27...
Weaning off Phentermine: 6 things I wish I’d known
If you're weaning off phentermine, there are a few things you ought to know. Oh, wait. You want to know why I know how to wean off phentermine? Well, it's because when I first started to lose weight, I didn't do it all by sheer willpower, diet, and exercise. I used...
Confession: I Hate Running
I have a confession to make. Here goes. *cough* Ahem. Deep breath. I hate to run. I'm a runner, and I hate running. I repeat: I hate. To run. There, I said it. I'm a runner, and I hate running. Now, let me qualify what I mean by that. I hate running...for the first...
Using the Low Glycemic Index and Complex Carbs for Weight Loss
The low-glycemic index diet is fairly complicated when you break it down and start looking at the science. The essential rule, though, is pretty basic: avoid simple carbs. When I started this diet in July of 2010, I lost 30 pounds without lifting a finger. All I did...
Your Fitness Quest, Part 3: Unlearn What You Have Learned…About Diets
Master Yoda was right: before we can even start, you're going to have to unlearn what you have learned...about diets and dieting. Because if you plan on losing weight--and keeping that weight off--you need to understand something:Â diets are bad. Here at Geek Fitness,...
Happy Birthday! I’m Nerdy-Thirty!
Happy Birthday to me! I'm thirty! Or, as my wife has taken to saying, I'm Nerdy-Thirty. Honestly, I'm freaking out a little bit about hitting the 30-year milestone. Just a bit. And while I may be getting older, I have to keep telling myself that I'm in the best shape...
2 Quick and Easy Fitness Tips for MMO Raid Nights
MMO raiding is stressful. Sitting at a computer, staring at a screen, and wiping to Korfok the Unintelligible for 3-6 hours can be hell on your body. Add in your raid leader and guild officers critiquing your performance, and there goes your mind. Fortunately for you...
Second Breakfast? What About the First One?
You know how I know I'm not a Hobbit? I mean, I have the feet for it, but I have never really been hungry in the mornings. So I had no interest in eating breakfast--much less second breakfast. The way I saw it, if I wasn't hungry, I shouldn't eat. Why take in extra...