January 2014 – Experience Life

- Travel -

Field Notes: Hog Hunting in Texas

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Staff writer Maggie Fazeli Fard shares her experience hog hunting in Southwest Texas.

- Coming Clean -

COMING CLEAN: Cold-Weather Lessons From International Falls

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

It’s cold and snowy, but the good people of International Falls reminded me to have fun with it.

- Nutrition -

Kathie Swift, MS, RD, Shares Her Food Label Wish List

By Jamie Martin

The integrative nutritionist shares her top five recommendations for the FDA’s revised nutrition labels.

- Yoga -

Yoga for Runners

By Michael Dregni

Yoga poses to help you overcome running injuries — and in turn improve your running performance.

- Coming Clean -

Normally, I avoid the treadmill. At first, it was a bit of fear and nerves — I felt unstable and worried that I’d fall off. When I overcame that worry, I started to get bored. My usual weightlifting sessions seemed much more interesting, and turning it into a circuit was both challenging and satisfying. (Check… Read more »

- Coming Clean -

COMING CLEAN: Secrets and Health

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Keeping secrets can weigh down your happiness.

- Coming Clean -

COMING CLEAN: Embrace the Fool

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Trying something you see as odd often leads to great rewards.

- Weight Loss -

Effective Tool or Hype: Pill turns into balloon to jump-start weight loss.

By Experience Life Staff

The Obalon Balloon, researchers claim, helps patients feel full and can jump-start weight loss.

- Sports/Recreation -

On The Bike: Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever

By Michael Dregni

It’s not about the bike. It’s about the power and the glory and the money.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: The Happiness Factor

By Craig Cox

A new study out of the UK validates my world view: Do stuff that makes you happy and you’ll maintain your functionality longer.

Breaking Bad Fat

By Experience Life Staff

Physical activity can convert some of our bodies’ bad “white” fat into good, calorie-burning “brown” fat.

- Sleep -

How To Be A “Morning Person”

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Staff writer and natural night owl Maggie Fazeli Fard shares her tips to become an early bird and considers why it’s not always “better” to be a morning person.