El Profesor has been out of town a lot lately, leaving me to my own devices. I have been on my own since Thursday, and have passed the time in an unsurprisingly tame and grown-up way: Thursday Physical Therapy Run Dinner at home Friend arrived to stay over Friday Work Swim Kosher kitchen for Passover […]
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Between Wednesday and today, I have prepared our home for the upcoming holiday of Passover. Preparing for Passover is like spring cleaning to the next level. Not only do the preparations involve emptying, cleaning and refilling all kitchen cabinets and appliances; they also involve selling, disposing and/or hiding (for the more secular/modern) the foods that […]
Last week’s training schedule worked out remarkably well for me. I did not need to move or even adapt any of the workouts. In the interest of keeping good going, this week’s schedule is very similar. The only minor tweak is that I am adding upper body strength training with weights back in to my […]
Today I began my “spring cleaning.” This may be the first official year that I have done this in my home; but I feel the need to organize, to turn over. It feels strange to pack away all of my winter things; to empty and then refill cabinets and drawers. But it feels good, too. […]
I am having one of those days where I just can’t seem to stop eating. This is somewhat atypical for me, and ordinarily brought on due to fighting off an illness or not having eaten enough the day before. I am thinking that the latter is the case here; and if it is, I am […]
Courtesy of a mid-nineties episode of Seinfeld, the “big salad” or large New York-style diner salad entered the mainstream. It’s the perfect lunch option for the health-conscious…or is it? The answer is, it depends. The bigger the salad, the more add-ins it likely contains. Each add-in ingredient brings its own nutritional value and adds to […]
Never underestimate the power of spending the day with one of your best girl friends.
I am pleased that chain restaurants in New York are required to provide calorie counts for menu items. I think it’s great, frankly, and I appreciate how easy it makes to eliminate the clearly unhealthy item from your order. But what about those instances where the calorie count is moderate? There are those times when you […]
It is easy to get sucked in to every piece of fitness advice that you see online or the cover of a healthy lifestyle magazine. But it is important to remember that the results of the best studies are based on statistics…and you are not a statistic. You’re a person. And had you been included […]
I sit next to a woman at work with a metabolism that confounds me. She is tall and thin, claims to exercise less than twice per week, and eats ALL DAY LONG. Miraculously, I don’t hate her. Shockingly, I don’t envy her. We work in one of those open-style synergistic work-spaces that offer no privacy […]
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