Fitness and nutrition have played a significant role in my life since my days in Arizona as an undergraduate, a skinnyfat 19 year old who had only ever played music (not sports) as a kid, trying to impress a very tall athletic ex-volleyball player. (I'm now married to that guy!) In over 20 years, …
Lessons From My Daughter: Love Your Thighs
She's growing like gangbusters, stretching out the fabric of her footed onesies until her little toes are curled up and ready to bust out the bottom. So grow her thighs. I examine them in all their glory - soft, buttery skin with rolls of fat, they look like croissants. They are so voluminous that …
Exercising to relieve stress? Stop logging the miles!
"Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another." - Anatole France As a recovering chronic cardio queen, I often sacrificed sleep to get in another run in hopes of "staying fit" during residency. First up, I apologize for the lengthy gap between …
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Are chronic sleep deprivation and call nights making you fat?
A new study out in the journal Science Translational Medicine makes a direct link between disregulated sleep and metabolic derrangements that lead to poor health and weight gain. While there have been several epidemiological studies drawing correlation between sleep deprivation and hyperglycemia, …
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