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Open Thread: The "43 Folders" of health and fitness sites?
Merlin Mann | Feb 8 2006
Over the last six months or so, I've gotten a lot of requests via email from people looking for (yes, thanks, more than one person called it this) "the 43 Folders of (health|exercise|fitness) sites." Naturally I set my Google fu in motion, fully expecting to turn up dozens of excellent sites on how to stay motivated about workouts, how to eat properly, and how to psych (or "hack," if you prefer) yourself into straightening out, losing weight, and getting that fat ass in motion. Funny thing: I came up pretty thin -- and not in that good, healthy, slender kind of thin way. In at least three sittings of searching over the past few months, I just did not turn up more than a couple of independent sites that really blew me away. Really surprising, and maybe I was just looking in the wrong places. Like under a 12-pack of beer and a rib roast. BUT. I'm sure they're out there, and I can't think of smarter people to ask than you, so you tell me: what's your favorite website or blog about getting healthy? What are your favorite apps for tracking progress and watching a diet? Who's got the best "health hacks?" Post your faves in comments and help your geeky friends get as theoretically fit as they are theoretically organized. 95 Comments
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 I have had great success...Submitted by Bridget (not verified) on February 9, 2006 - 2:32am.
I have had great success these last six weeks by adding these three tasks to my daily ToDo list: * Drink 4 pints of water (minimum) * Eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables (minimum) * Walk for 30 minutes (minimum) Listing Eating as a To Do reduces the feeling of deprivation; completing the daily veg gives me a sense of achievement. By thinking "Vegetables First" when putting a meal together, the plate looks quite full and satisfying before you get to adding the meat/potatoes. I combine the walk with an errand of some kind (getting that new key cut, taking a bag of clothes to a charity shop) instead of saving the errands up for one big weekly slog. The walking is so easy once I start, that I usually walk 50-90 minutes in a day - it's getting out for that first little thirty minutes which is difficult. I get the satisfaction of ticking off my tiny To Dos each day, and along with counting calories I've lost 14 pounds in six weeks, and cleared a load of niggling errands! » POSTED IN:
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