Did you know that you burn 50 more calories an hour standing than sitting? It’s no surprise that a sedentary lifestyle is an unhealthy one. According to a study published last year, sitting for more than 3 hours a day can decrease your life expectancy by two years. Two years! I don’t even want to do the math for myself considering that I spend the majority of my days sitting at work.
Happy belated New Year, friends! I don’t know about you, but every time a new year rolls around, my resolutions always revolve around weight loss. And every year, that motivation dwindles in a matter of weeks and then I kick myself at year-end for being right where I started (and in this year’s case, a few l-b’s heavier).
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I often make mashed sweet potatoes as a side dish for dinner. I always use the pale root veggie that is labeled “Sweet Potatoes” at the grocery store (duh!). I never understood why sweet potato fries at restaurants were always orange. Aren’t those yam fries? After all, the orange-fleshed tubers are labeled as yams in the store.
Despite coming down with a gnarly cold and being ridiculously sore after running the Nike Women’s Half Marathon on Oct. 14, I was determined to get out and enjoy the gorgeous weather as much as possible for the remainder of my trip. It was sunny and in the 80s on most days!
Leave it to me to “celebrate” turning 30 by running a half marathon. On Oct. 14 I ran the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco. I was actually super stoked about this race for obvious reasons: I got selected in the random lottery the very first time I entered, the race was in my all-time favorite city, and I had a Tiffany & Co. finisher’s necklace waiting for me at the end.
I’m 30 today. THIRTY.
I’ve had mixed emotions about this milestone, mainly because I just don’t feel I am where I should be at 30. My thirties always seemed so far away and I was relieved in knowing that I had plenty of time to groom myself into an appropriate, well-rounded 30-something adult.
Many years ago, I arrived at my very first yoga session thinking I had it in the bag. I mean, how hard could a bunch of stretching and chanting really be? An hour later, I was sweaty, exhausted and felt defeated. I had totally underestimated yoga — it’s actually a killer workout! I left the studio with my tail between my legs and vowed never to come back.
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