Friday is finally here, but chances are good that the cumulative stress from the work week has settled into your neck and shoulders. If you feel tight from sitting in the car and hunching over your keyboard, we have a few stretches you can do to relieve that tension quickly. Yes, getting a massage or making plans for happy hour can be helpful, too, but these movements are the best things you can do to loosen up that area right now and experience immediate relief.
Green Mountain senior fitness specialist LynnAnn Covell demonstrates a quick two-minute routine that will have you feeling better in no time and ready to tackle the weekend feeling more relaxed! TGIF! (Email viewers, head over to the blog to see.)
If you’re against weight bullying and a believer that health, not weight, is the true important measure, you’ll be interested in this effort spearheaded by Ragen Chastain of Dances with Fat.
To quote Ragen, “For the last 9 months, every single day, children in Atlanta have seen billboards, commercials, and signs at bus stops like [the ones pictured here]. If you are thinking “it’s not that big a deal” I want to tell you that, as a former bullied fat kid, I think it is a very big deal. The messages couldn’t be clearer. If you’re fat – you should be ashamed. If you’re not fat – you should be terrified of becoming fat because fat people are diseased gluttons by choice and it’s ok to publicly shame them.”
She’s put together a campaign to raise money to sponsor billboards and print media campaigns that present the Health at Every Size® perspective, to “show kids of all sizes that they are valued and respected.”
The goal is to raise $10,000 TODAY and they’re already well on their way. There’s a matching grant of $5000 available if they have 1,000 people sign on to the effort. So if you can donate only $1, you’ll be helping in a big way to achieve that.
Generally people believe puppies and bunnies are cute and snakes and spiders are creepy. Sunsets are beautiful but drop-crotch skinny jeans are an abomination. How is it that visually, some preferences can be so similar for so many people, yet the sense of taste is so varied? How can one person can list broccoli as their favorite [...]
Well, I had never heard of Intuitive Cooking until last week. I was walking with a friend who told me about Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabriella Hamilton. I was so happy to discover this concept because I have always called myself a “throw together” cook. Who knew that all along I had actually been [...]
Why is it that I can barely remember how to stretch my muscles when I’m doing strength training on my own? I would bet that I’m not alone here; stretching seems to be something we want to hurry through or just skip all together if no one is watching. And it’s not just that we [...]
After the little town our healthy weight loss spa resides in was hit hard by the flood waters of Irene, we lost our one and only grocery store. As a result, our town grocery store has been operating out of a tent for the last four months. As of today it will close completely for 10 days in order to move back [...]
Binge eating is a frequently discussed topic with Green Mountain alums. One woman was telling me about her desire to just numb out at the end of the day. She was looking to the binge to help her cope with feelings, but she didn’t have a clue about what the feelings were. I call the [...]
Before the current “planking craze,” which consists of lying face down in strange and unlikely places and having someone take your picture, another form of planking for exercise existed: the abdominal plank. Though it may seem intimidating, the abdominal plank is a great move for your back and your abs, even if you are new [...]
Because we’re doing Fitness Fridays much of the time now on the blog, I thought I’d put together my round-up of interesting posts on Thursday, at least this week. No promises for the future, though. We have so much going on at Green Mountain these days — all good — but it’s taking me away [...]
