Having "Me" Time

With all my rantngs on good eats around Bangkok and around Malaysia, I assure you I have not given up on running.  I still do go running at least twice a week even after I hurt my back and had to give myself a one week break.  It has been hard to regain the momentum I had when I was on my diet after a week off, and a lazy week after, but it is important not to give up and stop running if you want to maintain that health you worked so hard for. I am planning to run the 5K at the Bangkok Marathon which is held annually every year in November and its about time I started training seriously.  If you are reading this, I hope you will join me this year. It's on November 21st, 2010.  ( http://www.bkkmarathon.com/ ) The last time I did the 5K (which by-the-way is considered  Micro-marathon, Walk and Fun Run which means they don't even consider it a "real" run) was in 2007 when I was totally unfit and unprepared.  My good friend invited me to join and ...

What type of exercise is best for weight-loss? Running. Before, if I went to the gym (which I hardly did), I'd choose either the elliptical machine, bicycle or the cross trainer. I did them but my weight never went down. I stayed big and even got bigger at times. I saw the treadmill machine but always stayed away from it. Running seemed too much of a hassle. It would be a pain to run with my weight and after trying it once, I felt dizzy and didn't want to ever do it again. I couldn't even remember the last time I ran..I might have been 10 or 11 years old. Anyways, it wasn't until Alex explained to me the benefits of running did I opt to try it again. My metabolism had been slow from my lack of activity for years and I needed to boost my metabolism so that it would burn more calories. Running burned the most calories and revs up your metabolism, so why not just run if you have limited time at the gym? For example, if you have only 30 minutes at the gym, you might a...