FitLifeSF

The University of Houston department of health and human performance is launching an international effort to recruit 500 participants for a study promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity.  The research is aimed at helping people develop healthy eating and activity habits.
Great, right?!  Awesome, yes?!
The whole thing takes place in Second Life.

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Kudos to Ruth Parnell, an 88-year-old woman who completely kicks ass at the Sit and Be Fit!  I admit, I harbor a bit of jealousy.
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“Meeeooowww… You’re a Mathematically-Significant 17.4!!” The international gymnastics douchebags, who were just one letter off in choosing the acronym “F.I.G.”, decided to be total tards and do away with the Perfect [...]

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What has your Board of Supervisors done for you lately?  Well, they made it illegal for pharmicies to sell cigarettes, for one.  They are pushing to prohibit smoking in ATM lines, Farmer’s Markets, common outdoor spaces of apartment buildings, and other shared public spaces.  Oh, and… lobbying to charge a fee for selling sodas containing [...]

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I hate the phrase “calorie counting” here, as I think it really discounts what these sites can do for you. I use The Daily Plate, and really find it useful. For years, I used FitDay, but found it to be clunky and lacking features like tracking what time of day you ate the [...]

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A new study out from Kaiser Permanente indicates that people who write down what they eat (AKA “keep a food journal”) can lose twice as much weight.  I keep track of what I eat on The Daily Plate (was using FitDay.com, but I find The Daily Plate free service is better than the FitDay free [...]

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