Posts filed under ‘Travel’
Exercising may lead to healthier eating
I often repeat the word “turnover” to myself when I’m out running as a reminder to aim for faster turnover (smaller steps, more of them at a faster pace). Often it works, but sometimes I just start craving apple turnovers, and in fact once ran straight to the grocery store–all sweaty in my running gear–to buy some (except they were out, drat!).
(For the most part, though, I’ll eat a fairly practical and healthy meal after a run, in case you were wondering–would feel terribly guilty to dig into something crazy fatty right afterwards–I save that for rest days so I don’t have to feel guilty, ha ha!)
In any case, a new review published in Obesity Reviews has found that working out may cause changes in your brain that lead to healthier eating. Regular exercise enhances our brain’s inhibitory control, so we’re better equipped to resist making impulsive diet choices (such as apple turnovers!).
(And that sign pictured above? One I spotted in Hong Kong this summer–and you know what I would’ve done had I had the time? Popped in for some cake. I do so heart cake!)
Gorgeous Grenada
I visited this little slice of heaven just a few weeks ago. Read more about what to see and do in Grenada on sweetspot.ca!
Swellness Sundays
(Anything I find swell. Posted on Sundays. Real scientific, I know…)
“Oh. Em. Gee. She’s straight outta an Anthropologie catalogue.”
That’s what I thought to myself when I met my latest girlcrush, the lovely Jelena in her darling pink sundress and her white-blond hair in the garden of the Belzeb aromatherapy shop in Grenada where she works. There were chickens walking and clucking their way around the herbs and flowers. The whole scene was almost too good to be true.
I’ve got bath and body products galore at home but I did pick up some fantastic lemongrass tea here, which I’ll enjoy in the pretty new cups I picked up at West Elm.
Business travel is bad for your health
Living life à la George Clooney in Up in the Air–that is travelling all the time for work–results in poor BMI and obesity, says a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Actually, referring to this business travel as down on the ground rather than up in the air is more accurate, as 81 percent was conducted in cars (in this study at least). And as you might expect, it’s the poor food choices while on the road and spending much time sitting that were leading factors to the health issues.
More specifically, employees who travelled 20 days or more per month had average BMI of 27.5kg/m2 compared to 26.1 for employees who travelled less than six days monthly.
Business travel not looking so glamorous anymore, eh?
