Today’s Fit Five Friday features me! While this whole blog is about my take on these issues, I didn’t have anyone else to feature today. (That’s your queue to send me your responses to the Fit Five, people!) So, with that said, let’s see what I have to say about …
Our friend Laurie is now two weeks out from her weight loss surgery. Before we learn about what the surgery was like, and how she’s doing now, we have to play some catch up! The last time we checked in with Laurie, she had made the decision to have weight …
Another year is winding down. Time to take stock of our accomplishments for 2012, and start thinking about what we hope to achieve in 2013. What were your biggest healthy accomplishments in the past year? For me, it was a combination of overcoming my leg injury (thanks for the torture, …
Today’s Fit Five Friday features Lindsay from New York. Let’s see what she has to say about health, fitness, and her body. If you’d like to submit your answer to the Fit Five, email me at bigfitdeal@gmail.com! 1. What do you love about your body? As a practitioner and instructor …
Every year at this time, I get information about my medical insurance coverage for next year. As I was leafing through the materials the other day, I noticed that weight loss surgery is covered by my insurance, but nutritional therapy is not. So, the insurance company is willing to pay …
The last time we checked in with Laurie, she was struggling with her weight through a series of failed diets and exercise attempts. Today, she walks us through her experience talking to doctors about having weight loss surgery. (Catch up with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.) Part 4: …
What can you do but shake your head? While headlines scream “obesity epidemic!” and medical “experts” warn us that all American children are going to be obese if we don’t take action (a campaign that so far seems to mostly involve fear and shaming), we get word that Beyonce, one …
Today’s Fit Five Friday features James from New York. Let’s see what he has to say about health, fitness, and his body. While some of his answers are humorous, I think his responses to the Fit Five bring up an interesting set of questions: Is it easier to accept your body …
When we last checked in with Laurie, she had made a few attempts at dieting – and realized, in retrospect, that she wasn’t as fat as she thought she was. Now, she details her more serious attempts at trying to get the weight off. This is the third part of Laurie’s …
Instead of just getting mad and complaining about the ridiculous “fitspo” things that plague Pinterest, I’ve started a BFD Pinterest page to capture the best of health, fitness, food, clothing, and inspiration. Let’s take a look at what you will and won’t find on the BFD page. You won’t find …
