By Leslie Kasanoff DC
It’s a new year and once again perhaps you’ve started it determined to rid yourself of your spare tire. Whether or not you’re successful depends to a large degree on your method, NOT your willpower.
Here’s the typical scenario: You’ve started your diet, maybe it’s even called a ‘detox’ and you’ve eliminated everything except lean protein, vegetables & a small amount of fruit. Maybe you’ve added some supplements designed to give you a little additional boost. Maybe they even have some whole food (fruit & vegetable powders) in them. Typically people do great with this program for a while but in the long run, the caloric restriction wreaks havoc both on ‘willpower’ and on your metabolism. Eventually, one of two things happens, either you go off the diet due to the restrictions you can’t maintain long term or you ‘complete’ the program. Either way, sooner or later, you add back some calories and some foods and you gain back some portion or perhaps all of the weight (maybe even more). This happens, NOT because you’ve failed again (and what you make that mean about you as a person), but because you’ve been so successful, you’ve put your body into starvation mode. It has now decreased your metabolic rate so much that you’re gaining weight on a 1,000 calorie diet! Continue reading How to Shed Fat Without Willpower
It is estimated that over 115 million people will watch the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks go at it during Super Bowl Sunday on February 1st. A number of you will find yourself sitting in front of the tube possibly with hot wings, beer and soda, chips, burgers, sweets. The football players will be busting their butts while we sit on ours. How about channeling some of that adrenaline into a fun exercise challenge with your buddies?
We asked a variety of people in the health profession to answer the question, “What healthy resolution should be on everyone’s list?” The idea is to get diverse perspectives from medical professionals who might have different approaches to what is best for a particular topic, in this case, healthy resolutions. 
San Luis Obispo’s new skate park in Santa Rosa Park will open on Saturday, Feb. 28, the City has announced. The grand opening ceremonies will take place at 1 p.m. with the park remaining open to the public until 10. The event will include comments from the leaders of the project, a ribbon cutting ceremony, music, food trucks, vendor booths, and skating. At its April 15, 2014 meeting, the City Council awarded the construction contract to ProWest Constructors of Wildomar, Calif. The 15,500 square foot concrete park was paid for by tax dollars and grants including one from the Tony Hawk Foundation. Businesses can email Faith McDonald at: for sponsorship and booth information. 
Read any magazine, newspaper or website these days and you could be forgiven for thinking we are in the midst of a new technology boom, especially here in San Luis Obispo. MindBody, Shopatron, Tektegrity, Rosetta are but a few names that either call SLO home or have a large presence here. Amongst all the noise these tech firms make it’s sometimes difficult to focus on some of the smaller yet vibrant exciting new comers to this particular sphere.