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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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 I've had relatively good luck...Submitted by Frank (not verified) on February 9, 2006 - 9:06am.
I've had relatively good luck with following a 40-30-30 diet, which apportions your carbohydrate, fat, and protein (calorie) percentages in the eponymous amounts. In the beginning I was relatively religious about it, but after a while I learned what sorts of foods would completely blow the balance of a meal and which ones are more or less OK. The bad foods then migrate over into the "treat" category. If I'm short on sleep, or about to exercise, I'll have the omelette for breakfast instead of the french toast, secure in the knowledge that I won't completely bonk due to what I've eaten. In terms of commercial 200-page-book diets, the Zone Diet is firmly in the 40-30-30 camp, but adds some hooha about eicosanoids that I haven't completely bought into. I should add the disclaimer that I'm not now, nor have I ever been fat, but I'm down 15 pounds from college years, and it's not because I've lost muscle mass. » POSTED IN:
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