myTakes: Health & Fitness

Firstly, Websters Dictionary defines someone as fat if they have a lot of extra flesh on the body, have a lot of body fat, have a full rounded form, and/or are unusually wide or thick. I am sorry if that definition and...

Are you a workin' girl or guy? Are you confined to a desk all day or something close to it? Do you feel the need to exercise a bit more during the day, though you feel like you cannot? If you answered "yes" to any of...

Growing up, I had this friend who was legitimately poor, but he had what a lot of people felt were stars in his eyes. He would always tell everyone he was going to grow up and drive a fancy car and travel the world. Just...

Hello everybody, captain of #TeamRJ coming back at you again with this week’s installment for #BATTLEROYALE. This week we’re tackling the health and fitness category, and whilst I have been prompted by a few special...

There are healthy people, and then there's you. You wouldn't necessarily call yourself obsessed with working out, but others would. If you think you're the healthiest person you know...well, you probably are. 1. You've...

#BATTLEROYALE #TeamRJ This take is a quick one. In the form of a public service announcement, basically. There is ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING as a "naturally fast metabolism". Nope. It's not a thing. __ I wrote a take...

While working towards losing or maintaining weight and trying to eat healthy, many of us struggle to keep up with our diets because food is simply TOO. GOOD. Right? Chocolate is too delicious and those brownies or that...

If you are overweight or obese, then you may definitely think that buying a few cheap, unprocessed, bulk food will be better for your financial health. First of all, many packaged processed foods I found actually cost...

It's easy to scoff at how simple it "should" be for extremely overweight people to lose weight. "Just eat less and move more," people say. That seems like an easy enough prescription... right? It seems insane NOT to do...

As someone who aims to (and usually does) work out at least 5 days a week, fitness really is something I'm passionate about, so it hurts me when I see other women, and younger girls, and even men worry so much about...

Below is a list of things that anyone can do to become more attractive and/or healthy. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Work Out and Eat Better Work to...

As someone who has struggled with oily skin and acne, I thought I’d share some tips on how I learned to control mine. Although acne is often influenced by a genetic predisposition to the condition and hormones, a change...

1. Everything is easier Carry heavy boxes, move furniture, anything that requires strength is possible and easy AF. 2. Metabolism boost Helps you to reduce bloating and boost your metabolism to the max. And who doesn't...

Nowadays, the term "healthy" is meaningless. Anybody can say so-and-so is healthy without really going into depth in the presumptive health benefits. I used to be one extremely impressionable person. I can watch any...