Psychology Today is one of my current favorite magazines, but it’s published bi-monthly so it feels like an eternity between issues.  I was at their website a couple days ago for a PT fix and got sucked in to two great reads – both well worth sharing.

The Secret to Exercising More and Feeling Great

I highly recommend reading/skimming the full article for yourself, but the secret is to basically “become” something.  Become a runner.  Become a yogi.  When you try to “become” something, you practice all the time, you get good at it, it becomes a habit, it’s then tied to your ego and your self-image.  Voila!  You’re exercising more and you actually like it.  Genius.

Low-Carb, High-Protein Eating May Curb Cancer Risk

After nearly 6 months of going largely grain free, I’m now allowing some grains back into the shopping cart again.  Eating fewer carbs was an experiment really, and some great things came out of it.  We’ve easily adapted to eating less sugar.  The girls eat Ezekiel bread now, something that never would have happened if I hadn’t stopped buying bread for a few months.  I’ll occasionally eat oats for breakfast, I just use less now.  (1/3 cup as opposed to a 1/2 cup.)  We plan a fun, grain-filled dinner one night a week too – like homemade pizza, Mexican with regular tortillas and white rice (gasp!), spaghetti with garlic bread if that’s what we’re in the mood for.  We still enjoy all the classics, just less frequently.

My favorite paragraph from the low-carb article:

All this doesn’t mean we need to banish carbohydrates forever; however, we need to differentiate between less-healthy carbohydrates that cause a sharp increase in blood glucose and healthier carbs with a gentler glycemic impact.

Loved them both, hope you enjoy.