Boy, I’m telling you, this is one of the worst cases of cabin fever I’ve had in quite a long time. Even though I know my husband and I can’t afford it right now, I’m so tempted to just book us a quick little trip to Mexico, I keep getting emails on these great deals to sunny, warm destinations where I could actually not be bundled up and be comfortable, how tempting!

I saw an interesting headline that I just had to watch the other day on the news that said that exercise is actually not beneficial for some people in regards to helping them maintain or lose weight. Some people can exercise every day, and still look like they have never exercised, and the study that was originated in the UK wanted to look at why about 4 out of 5 people who work out do not really see any type of weight loss benefit or weight maintenance benefit from doing so.

I was just listlessly surfing the net, putting off my boring duties that I have to do every week like laundry, writing, doing bills, going to the grocery store, yada yada, and I came across a video of Jennifer Aniston’s most recent run in with the paparazzi. She was in one of her favorite places, Mexico, Cabo San lucas to be specific, at a private resort, when the annoying and ever intrusive paparazzo started to intrude, off the beach if you can believe it, in a boat.

Part of what I read about when I was reading about the PACE method of exercise, where you do shorter bursts of very intense physical activity to burn fat and help condition your heart and lungs, all in twenty minutes or under per day, I read about how exercises called Hindu Squats and Hindu Push Ups were supposed to be excellent for strength training and burning fat very quickly while conditioning the lungs and the heart.

I came across an interesting method of exercise, believe it or not, through a promotional ad that I got through my email. I was going to delete it, but I figured I’d open it up and see what it was all about and if it was worth any investment of time or even money if it sounded like something I might want to try. I have to admit, I’m very curious about it since it involves something that I’ve come to believe has been incredibly effective for me changing my body composition, and that is short, intense bursts of exercise.

Some exercises are just inherently really hard on your ankles. And if you happen to have somewhat weak ankles like I do (I’m one of those people who could just be walking along and suddenly their ankle just caves out or in on them), they really do require a little bit of extra attention and support if you are doing certain types of exercises.

If ever there were proof that exercising, and doing it on a regular basis instead of just when you feel like it or when you feel you have time to work it into your schedule, in other words, exercise as a way of life and a habit, like brushing your teeth in the morning, is vital to those of us that may suffer stress frequently in our lives.

Or if we have frequent stress because of our jobs or our livelihoods, it is vital that to maintain not only a working life without debilitating levels of stress and total lack of focus and ingenuity thanks to that stress, that we work out.

We all know that a couch potato existence is no good for our health and overall longevity, but now there is even more evidence that shows that sitting for long periods of time, even if you do habitually work out, is not good for your health, and triggers dangerous chain reactions in your body that send signals to your heart and other major organs to stop working as effectively.

Your blood sugar and blood pressure may also be affected. This is for all people with desk jobs by the way, even if you do happen to work out periodically, since most people with desk jobs happen to sit for long periods of four or more hours at a time.

I am a huge believer in the therapeutic benefits of massage. Not only massage, but touch in general. I believe that touch, particularly relaxing, premeditated, specific manipulation of the muscles type of touching, such as is done in professional massage, is extremely beneficial to the human body. Massage is especially good for working out muscles in people that exercise and may push them a little too hard one way or another.