Category: Weight Loss

Should we become obese, fat can spill out from our overbloated fat cells back into our bloodstreams and get lodged in our muscles. When this happens, it can interfere with insulin signaling, causing our muscles to become less responsive to insulin, a phenomenon known as insulin resistance. Normally, our muscles take up blood sugar in… Read More

By now you’ve probably seen the infamous ad in which a woman receives a Peloton bike for Christmas and then proceeds to make a video diary documenting her “fitness journey.” The ad disoriented Internet users across the board, many of whom called it sexist, critiqued the husband for gifting his already thin wife a Peloton… Read More

My name is Nevada Gray (@thepaleopharmacist) and I’m a 42-year-old pharmacist and registered nurse living in Boston. A health emergency motivated me to try keto and a carnivore-style diet, and I lost 90 pounds. I started to rapidly gain weight in my late teens and early 20s when I started struggling with hormonal issues that… Read More

If you’re like any of the women in these incredible weight-loss transformation stories, you’ve struggled with hitting walls while trying to drop pounds and, at least once or twice, felt the temptation to throw in the towel on the whole d*mn thing. That just means you’re human. It also means that you could use a… Read More

Published 3:00 pm EST, Friday, December 6, 2019 The Greenwich Choral Society will hold its annual Holiday Concerts, with this year’s theme of “A Holiday Tapestry,” at 4 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday at Christ Church Greenwich. The Greenwich Choral Society will hold its annual Holiday Concerts, with this year’s theme of… Read More

Transcript Creepy. Sexist. Dystopian. Those aren’t the rave reviews you want if you’re trying to sell exercise bikes. But that’s the response the company Peloton is getting after putting out its newest ad campaign for its exercise bikes than allow users to take internet-connected spin classes. The 30-second ad shows a montage of selfie-filmed clips of… Read More

Published 4:55 pm EST, Thursday, December 5, 2019 The Byram Shubert Library will hold its annual tree lighting and open house on Saturday. All are invited to attend the two-hour event, which will begin at 4 p.m., with a community singalong around the tree. The tree lighting will take place at 4:15 p.m., and then the… Read More

Somehow 2020 is only weeks away, and if there is one diet trend that totally dominated the past year (and the year before it), it’s keto. You tried it, three of your coworkers tried it, heck, even your dog tried it. (Jk…please don’t put your dog on a high-fat diet.) While on your keto-neato journey,… Read More

The fourth Dubai Muscle Show that kickstarts on Thursday, December 5, may not be high up on everyone’s agenda, but for one group of women, it’s an event they’ve long been counting down for. This year marks the first time that the show will host its Women’s Fitness Competition. “Some of the best female physiques… Read More