Archive for December, 2007
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Depression and Me
About 10-12 years ago, when I was a sophomore in college, I got depressed. By depressed, I’m mean Margaritaville depressed – for all the same reasons as the famous song. When I look back on it, it seems that I must have either slept for 18 hours a day or just avoided the light for [...]
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“Butter Makes Everything Better?”
My in-laws have been visiting us for the last week. We try to make them feel at home however we can. For my mother-in-law that involves watching the Food Network. We don’t typically watch it, probably at least a little bit in fear that it would encourage us to eat more than we should. Last [...]
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How to Measure Body Fat
When I wrote about ways to measure your body, I got a question about how one goes about measuring body fat. I wrote to the person who left the comment, but it makes sense to cover the topic for everyone’s benefit. One of the best ways to measure fat is through hydrostatic weighing. In short [...]
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Your Diet and the Holiday Season
[My wife, EnergiGal, and I have an agreement. I spend ginormous amounts of time on the Internet with minimal harassment from her. In return, I grant her the ability to submit an article of her own writing. One example of those articles is below.] EnergiMom and EnergiSis are coming to visit this Holiday Season. Lazy [...]
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Is the Exercise Bike Going to Make Me Healthy?
A friend of mine contacted me recently about his health. He openly said that he was fat and was looking for advice. He doesn’t do any exercise and was curious if his exercise bike in the basement could turn the tide. In his e-mail two things stuck out at me: “Our diet is good, we [...]
