My Fitness Blog

[Marissa Lily]

Hello everyone. I started this discussion for two reasons:
1. so you know I have a fitness blog since i am taking the time to write it :)
2. so you can suggest topics

Please suggest topics here that you may like to see covered or issues that concern you and I will provide an answer for you in my blog. I am going to shoot for about 3 postings a week.

this discussion forum won't take the place of the blog, it is to introduce you to it and provide you a place to see what is coming up or offer your suggestions for future postings.

Remember that fitness is about being healthy, not just losing weight. The better you take care of yourself now, the better your body will take care of you later :)

[Marissa Lily]

Rachel, about eating 5-6 small meals a day, this is entirely true. This will not only help to boost your metabolism, it will also help you to have less headaches, make you less likely to have a drop in energy in the afternoon, and you will be more mentally alert. This will definitely be a later blog topic. Many people have heard about eating several times a day rather than just 3 meals. It definitely depends on what you are eating though, but overall it is the way to go! So if you are already doing this, keep on doing so!!

Rachel said:

Wasn't this partly also due to an entire different fashion? I mean it wouldn't have as much an effect on a person as diet, but the average lady doesnt wear girdles or corsets to shape their torso in th wasp-like kinda way...on a different note, ive heard that eating 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day is better than eating 3 large meals since your metabolism is always working to process the foods in the small meals whereas with a 3 large meal diet, carbs, fats, sugars can end up sitting in your stomach for a longer period of time and will end up getting stored instead of immediately used for energy.

Marissa Lily said:

i will get back to you on that, that is something I noticed myself. A lot of it has to do with nutrition though, they had a lower body fat percentage overall to start with.

Delyssia LaBelle said:

oooh, ok i has one. you know, looking at old movies and pics i've noticed that their bodies dont look like our bodies. the ribs seemed more prominant and they allways had nice waists. no six packs or ripped arms, but healthy slender bodies with lots of shape. i wonder what kinds of exersizes they did to keep their curves while being tone and slender. I want to be more toned but i dont want to loose my coke bottle figure! hee.

[Marissa Lily]

don't forget to check it out under "PL exclusives" or on my page. Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll gladly help you out.