Deciding I Don't Want to Die
Photo: Ann Larie ValentineBy Genie; posted by Crabby McSlacker I am seriously psyched to bring you this guest post--it’s quite inspiring and motivating, as you shall soon see. And another cool thing? This was sent by a heretofore anonymous “lurker,” who challenged herself to tell her story in a more public venue. However, I need a favor here. I'm hoping that when you get to the end and think to yourselves: "I want to hear more from Genie, she should have a blog of her own!" that you keep your big traps shut about that, ok? Say instead, "I hear starting a new blog is kind of a pain in the ass, but you sho...
Source: Cranky Fitness - August 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Will Restricting Carbs Make You a "Fat-Burning Beast?"
photo: pixabayBy Tiffany Reiss; With a Long-Winded Intro by Crabby McSlacker So for years I've been intrigued by notion of "Fat Adaptation," a concept advanced by Mark's Daily Apple and others. The idea is that by strategically restricting carbohydrates, you can reprogram your body to use fat as fuel instead of glycogen. According to Mark:If you’re fat adapted, the genes associated with lipid metabolism will be upregulated in your skeletal muscles. You will essentially reprogram your body. With that comes great benefits! Like more energy available during exercise and throughout the day, and an easier time burn...
Source: Cranky Fitness - July 30, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!
photo: xray delta oneBy Crabby McSlackerSo, a couple things to run past you guys this morning.First up...Can I coax you into sharing your thoughts with lovely appreciative Cranky Fitness readers in a guest post?And yes by "you" I mean YOU! ... You there, who are reading this right now, whether you are blogger or a regular commenter or a quiet lurker. Not if you are too busy, of course. Or if you have a commercial site and have been harassing bloggers relentlessly with "did you get my email" follow-ups in order to find a home for your generic prose and spammy links. Or especially not if you were the person w...
Source: Cranky Fitness - July 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Linkies!
photo: X-ray Delta OneBy Crabby McSlackerSo the last week or two I was in a bit of a funk. And I'm still struggling with minor transitory stuff like injuries, and the resultant lack of exercise, and a potential new restrictive diet. (FODMAPS anyone? Copious whining about that to follow, if it indeed happens). Plus of course there's the usual dreaded Crapload of Stuff That Really Freakin' Needs to Get Done But Where The Hell to Find Time?And yet? Funk gone for now! Perspective returned. Back to feeling mostly good about life. (At least for a congenital pissypants grouchbucket).I know that research says&nbs...
Source: Cranky Fitness - July 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Secret Menus and Special Requests: Staying Healthy When Dining Out
By Crabby McSlackerSo it turns out many chain restaurants have "secret" or "hidden" menus--there's even a blog called hack the menu devoted to describing items you can order that are not listed on the regular menu.The problem? Almost all of these secret items are even more evil and poisonous than the usual craptastic chain offerings. They may make you feel more like a hip insider as you use the special secret passwords and score an exclusive treat--but the items themselves don't deserve any coverage on a healthy living blog. Even one as half-assed as Cranky Fitness.There is one notable exception, however: P...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Takin' Care of Business
image: x-ray delta oneThis is just a short post today, with one quick idea, and totally unrelated link.First the link: it's a beautiful and powerful post, "The Cure for Not Being Good Enough," by Charlotte over at The Great Fitness Experiment.Seriously, it's well worth an extra click.Anyway, here's what I'm trying to do today, and I'd like to pass it on as a quick suggestion:Blow Off Something You Habitually Take Care of And Deal With Something Less Pressing but More Important That You've Been Avoiding.You know there's something, or maybe a whole list of things that you've been putting off. And you've been feeling gui...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Giveaway: Rick Hanson's Hardwiring Happiness and The FBG's Anti-Diet Book!
By Crabby McSlackerSo today we have a giveaway featuring 3 copies of each of these fine books...So SIX Winners! Plus the giveaway includes Canadians!And yeah, this is the weirdest blog post formatting ever, and I shudder to think what happens on a mobile phone, but I couldn't figure out any other way to not put one book "on top" and the other "below."Both are well-written helpful books by writers I'm already quite fond of: The "Fit Bottomed Girls," (Jennipher Walters and Erin Whitehead), and Rick Hanson. So it would bug me not to treat them equally--even though I know the authors themselves don't give a f... um, fig!...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Three Annoying Questions for Gigi of Gigi Eats Celebrities!
photo: the unquiet librarianInterview By Crabby McSlackerOur next victim for "3 Annoying Questions" is the hilariously healthy Gigi at Gigi Eats Celebrities. Her videos and blog posts on celebrity diets, fitness trends, and other aspects of healthy or deranged living are so fun and informative that we can almost forgive her for being all gorgeous and talented and clearly destined to be a big-time celebrity herself. So please welcome Gigi as she bravely fields Crabby's "3 Annoying Questions!" Ready Gigi? 1. Which celebrity would you currently most like to eat and why? For the obvious reasons (well to me at least) I w...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Strange Adventures and Assorted Announcements
Photo: X-ray Delta One By Crabby McSlackerSo Happy Saint Patricks Day! Although aside from a green shirt that makes an appearance in a photo or two, I'm afraid we're not doing much on that theme today.This post is partly about seeking out "adventure!" But, if you are an anxious person, fear not. I haven't changed my opinion that there is absolutely nothing wrong with embracing your comfort zone, and staying way the hell away from "adventures" other people suggest if they seem too risky or otherwise unappealing.However, there is still a lot of excitement and novelty to be had in the world from within your comfor...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
OK, I'll Shut Up Now: Final Pics and Thoughts on Natural Products Expo West
By Crabby McSlackerRegular readers are probably now vicariously nauseated and exhausted from our many virtual hours wandering through the convention halls together, eating everything in sight. I "dead blogged" Natural Products Expo West on Monday and nattered on again with the Expo West musings on Wednesday and here we are again with more of the same on Friday. Sheesh!The sad thing? Still dozens of more pictures and thoughts, but enough is enough I'm thinking. Natural Products Expo West is a really humongous undertaking and a fun time. I hope to bore you with it again next year... if any of you are ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: J Graham Source Type: blogs
Take My Antioxidants, Please!
photo: neatly slicedBy Research Nancy(Hi there! This is Crabby poking her head in here to welcome Research Nancy back with another post full of actual research of the sort that I'm too lazy to sort through myself these days. You may recall she rounded up research on whether coffee is good or bad for you, and now she's looking into antioxidant supplements for us and finding some Most Unpleasant Surprises.)Take it away, Research Nancy! --Crabby)What happens when you find a good sale on the vitamins you like and purchase a 6 month supply? Sounds great! Well, maybe not when you discover there are a bunch of studies showin...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Dead Again! Best, Worst, Predictable and Shocking from Natural Products Expo West 2014
By Crabby McSlackerSo as you may recall from the first Dead-Blog of Natural Products Expo West 2014, we've established that I'm too lazy and greedy to "live blog" a trade show like most sensible bloggers. The whole "reporting" thing tends to get too much in the way of Eating Free Samples As Fast as You Can Snarf Them Up. And it's the same deal today! I'm in and out with clients to talk to and shelter cats to visit and Other Shit to do, and can't get it together to post all the pictures and impressions at once. Plus there are lots of "healthy" snacks left to sample and I can't do it all in one sitting or I'...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Up (Jack) Sh*t Creek: More Secret Blog Ramblings
Photo: WI Dept Nat ResourcesYet again Jack sneaks off from his own amusing blog Jack Sh*t, Gettin’ Fit and clues us in to the Secret Struggles of the Man Behind the Sh*t!Welcome again, Jack! --Crabby Here we are again. This is my ongoing series from my super-secret weight-loss blogging project called Man Overboard that I started and abandoned (much like many of my diets) last year. The Crankster has been kind enough to give me a new forum to run the posts. Hope they float your boat.Man Overboard: And The Band Played On I don’t know if it’s true or not….The story that the band aboard the S. S. Titanic cont...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Natural Products Expo West 2014: Dead-Blogged by Crabby!
By Crabby McSlackerSo, you know how reporters and bloggers go to an exciting event like the Natural Products Expo West and they "live-blog" it? Readers can virtually experience the happenings themselves as they see pictures and impressions scroll by in Real Time.Well, sorry, but "live-blogging" is SO not Crabby McSlacker! That would require flexibility, multi-tasking, and a focus on something other than "where is the next free snack and how many samples can I take home with me?"A Huge Crapload of Samples, Yay!However, since the expo is now over and it's too late to "live blog" it, how about I Dead-Blog it inste...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Tasty Links!
photo: X-ray Delta OneBy Crabby McSlackerYep, it's been a while since the last links post, so this should be more than a short rushed slopped-together compilation, and yet... that's exactly what we got. After I put this up, I'm planning a quick playground workout and then the Lobster and I are whisking off to a mystery destination for an exciting event.OK, so maybe not such a mystery location. We're talking Anaheim,where we're motoring up to cover the Natural Products Expo West.And if this year is anything like last year I'm going to be very busy......stuffing my face (and pockets) with all the free food I can cart a...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
