Category Archives: Health & Fitness

Basic Fitness – 3: Stop Making Excuses For Yourself And Letting Others Do The Same

Posted on March 12, 2018 by JC

There have been various controversies over the years from negative public reactions to advertisements promoting health. One was a physically fit and attractive Asian woman with tight abs posing in front of her multiple children with a caption, “What’s your … Continue reading →

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Basic Fitness – 2: Don’t Try To Buy Results

Posted on March 4, 2018 by JC

Let me begin this with by going through an experience I had when I first came to live in Japan many years ago.

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10 Steps to Basic Health & Fitness

Posted on February 25, 2018 by JC

This is just a post collecting the links to each chapter of booklet I put together on basic health and fitness through this blog. At this point it has become an abandoned project but I do hope to go over … Continue reading →

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Basic Fitness – 1: Getting Up

Posted on March 7, 2017 by JC

I have been slowly putting together a general advice book for health and fitness. I wrote a couple of posts in the middle of last year related to this which can be seen here and here. Rather than trying to … Continue reading →

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Having Meals Together

Posted on December 19, 2016 by JC

One of the benefits of returning to traditions is that your time outside makes it easier to understand why certain practices were done and why. One simple example is the concept of having meals together. Now one might wonder, (and I … Continue reading →

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Obesity & Child First Education

Posted on August 21, 2016 by JC

This is something I’ve wanted to write about generally for a while. Coming back to Australia, the one thing I always notice is just how big people are compared to Japan. I’m not judging as for a decent portion of … Continue reading →

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If I buy it, I will get results

Posted on June 19, 2016 by JC

In my last entry I mentioned that I had a follow-up that was tangentially related and this is it. This is something I was thinking about earlier and had noted down but hadn’t really developed. This is also another one … Continue reading →

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General Advice for Weight Loss & Fitness

Posted on June 12, 2016 by JC

This is not something I’m normally interested in writing or reading about but as someone who has twice lost a significant amount of weight, I thought I’d give some advice to those interested. I’ll also have a follow-up post that … Continue reading →

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