Biking Key to Sustained Health

By On 8 May, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In articles, health, Posts by Gina

This was originally posted on my bike blog.

I’m basically preaching to the choir for my awesome readers who bike (and run and swim and do other myriad of outdoor fun activities), but in the spirit of sharing…

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Finally, a Bike for Me

By On 27 June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In environment, for fun, health

After years of wanting a bike to exercise and commute with, I finally—FINALLY—purchased one. Granted, I don’t have classes to go to anymore, I’m looking forward to the eventual commute to and from work. But baby steps—casual fun rides/exercise runs on the gazillion trails that surround me in the D.C. region first.

I [...]

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Reduce Waste by Reducing Portions

By On 28 May, 2012 · 3 Comments · In articles, culture and society, environment, food, health

For the longest time, whenever we went to an “American” restaurant I always ordered from the appetizer section of the menus. The portions were perfect for me, and I hated seeing food go to waste. Now, fully cognizant of my food intolerances, it’s come to the point where I scour the menu for gluten free, or potentially non-stomach-debilitating items, like a salad and hoping that the dish isn’t some supersized beast with enough greens to feed a colony of dwarf bunnies.

Why do restaurants give you so much food?

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Fear of the Fat

By On 16 April, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In culture and society, food, health, life

 

Blog Post Revisit – April 2010 “Obesity – it IS a problem”

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

-Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher)

Two years ago I wrote about my observations and reaction to a Newsweek article about obesity [...]

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More Fruits and Veggies, Please

By On 26 March, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In culture and society, education, food, health, life, movies & tv, social

 

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to – act as if it were impossible to fail.

-Dorothea Brande (writer)

I’m not upset. Let’s get that straight. After all, how the hell are you supposed to definitively know your kid has a food intolerance-especially when your [...]

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Minimizing my waste

By On 27 January, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In for fun, health, life, social

It’s not a new year’s resolution. More like a personal challenge, and commitment to a better me. I’m 25 this year and I just finished my last undergraduate class. I haven’t made any decisions about graduate school, though I may not go for another few years. With the anxiety that’s associated with college and academic [...]

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