Source: About.com
This about About.com post is a year old, but the advise is timeless. Tips sent in by readers about how to avoid tubbing out over the holidays. Some you’ve likely heard elsewhere (“Eat a healthy snack before a big holiday party …”), others maybe not (“Go for a brisk run about thirty minutes before you go to bed, this is a refreshing way to end the day and it keeps your metabolism working as you sleep …”). Advice from the masses.read more
Through year’s end, GetGoingNC.com will feature a hike in North Carolina that just about anyone can do. It won’t be a long hike (though we may throw in a recommendation for going long), it won’t be strenuous hike (but there could be an option to really get the heart pumping). This week, the 6.8-mile Neusiok Trail in the Croatan National Forest.read more
If you’re not already among the 21 million with a Wii Fit video system, odds are you’re starting to hear the steady drumbeat from your kids as the holidays rev up: “We just absolutely have to have a Wii Fit! It’ll make us healthy!”read more
In my New-Year’s-On-Thanksgiving post, I touted the benefit of walking. But I didn’t address the benefits of walking. If you like to see evidence before making a committment, here’s some recommended reading on the benefits of walking.read more