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Open Thread: The "43 Folders" of health and fitness sites?
Merlin Mann | Feb 8 2006
Over the last six months or so, I've gotten a lot of requests via email from people looking for (yes, thanks, more than one person called it this) "the 43 Folders of (health|exercise|fitness) sites." Naturally I set my Google fu in motion, fully expecting to turn up dozens of excellent sites on how to stay motivated about workouts, how to eat properly, and how to psych (or "hack," if you prefer) yourself into straightening out, losing weight, and getting that fat ass in motion. Funny thing: I came up pretty thin -- and not in that good, healthy, slender kind of thin way. In at least three sittings of searching over the past few months, I just did not turn up more than a couple of independent sites that really blew me away. Really surprising, and maybe I was just looking in the wrong places. Like under a 12-pack of beer and a rib roast. BUT. I'm sure they're out there, and I can't think of smarter people to ask than you, so you tell me: what's your favorite website or blog about getting healthy? What are your favorite apps for tracking progress and watching a diet? Who's got the best "health hacks?" Post your faves in comments and help your geeky friends get as theoretically fit as they are theoretically organized. 95 Comments
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 Sally Squires at the Washington...Submitted by Leah (not verified) on February 8, 2006 - 5:29pm.
Sally Squires at the Washington Post has a regualr column in the Health section called the Lean Plate Club, which is dedicated to eating right, usually avoiding fad diets and other trendy weight loss tactics. There is a weekly online chat that accompanies the columns where readers can ask questions, exchange advice, etc. Online tools like the already-mentioned FitDay have gotten acolades on the chat. I like reading the chats since they give "real world" feedback on tips to eat right and people usually aren't selling anything (all comments in the chat are moderated by a producer). It also creates a community feel where regular chat participaters check in on each others progress and provide encouragement. The only downside is that since the chats are archived in transcript format it's hard to go back and locate something later, thought I think there may be a Google hack to search the transcripts only? Lean Plate Club chat (registration required): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401720.html PS - The Post has a number of other great online chats in a variety of topics. Definitely a productivity killer at work if you feel the need to tune in live, but every discussion is archived later. » POSTED IN:
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