Category Archives: MOVE

Body Composition is a Better Goal Weight isn’t the best measure of health. It’s the muscle to fat ratio that matters Quick Weight Loss often means you’ve lost body fluid and lean tissue. (Bodies can’t really convert more than 2.5 lbs per week into energy, so anything more than that isn’t really ‘weight loss’ andContinue reading “Ditch the Scale”

By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff A new study from researchers at Harvard University has found that exercising later in life may help stave off chronic illnesses like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and even some cancers, the school said in the Harvard Gazette, a university publication. “It’s a widespread idea in Western societies that asContinue reading “Study: Exercising later in life reduces chronic illness”

Staying at home has been a change for many of us. Some of us are eating more, some are eating less. But what do we really need to stay healthy and either lose, gain, or maintain weight? Here’s website with a helpful tool. BMR Calculator Calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate. It will tell you howContinue reading “Body Math”