Remember when Oprah lost weight?

She went from 237 pounds to 160 pounds.  Oprah looked like a new woman in her skinny jeans hauling pounds of lard representing her weight loss in a red wheelbarrow.  The audience was properly appalled at the white globs of fat. 

With 77 pounds lost,  Oprah’s had more energy, reduced her cardio vascular disease risk and she looked great.  

For those of us into walking it was great news to hear that she had

When it comes to calories burned walking and climbing stairs, there is an advantage to weighing more

According to MyFitness Pal , a person who weighs 200 lbs burns almost twice the calories walking or climbing stairs as a person who weighs 100 lbs.   Combine added weight with speed and you get even more of a calorie boost.

The faster you walk the more calories you burn in the same period of time.   A person who walks at

Acheiving your 10,000 step goal for the day gets a jump start when you walk a few thousand steps at midnight. 

Midnight is your bonus time when your pedometer resets and you start anew.  For those who are night owls, midnight walks with your Star Walk  iPad or iPhone app can be magical.  For newbie astronomers, this app is better then reading an astronomy book or looking through a telescope. 

We love to walk to an open area without

Unfortunately it came as no surprised to most Americans that Paula Deen has diabetes. 

As a southerner, Paula Deen’s cooking brings us back to our roots of Sunday pot lucks, cakes, cornbread, fried chicken, barbeque, sweet tea and fatback in overcooked greens.  Growing up in a southern beach retirement area, I know this cooking well. 

My first day in elementary school was a total freakout because all my friends were Paula Deen’s age or

When we think of compliance to laws and healthy behavior changes, fun is not the word that comes to mind. 

Authorities seem to take pleasure in barraging us with negative messages to scare us into compliance.  Law enforcement threatens us with penalties.  Drill sergeants delight in berating us.  Doctors warn us of horrible health consequences.  Teachers give us dentition.  Moms nag.  Gloom and doom fills our television air waves.

Move over wet blankets. 

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“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups.  A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”  Steve Jobs

Making small talk at a recent dinner party, I met a woman who shared a common addiction to iPhone and iPad apps.  Instead of the usual small talk, we had fun discussing our favorite tips, tricks, shortcuts, apps and ”must have” gadgets.  Steve Jobs would have loved