Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Is losing always harder than gaining? Hi, I am in desperate need of your help! Actually I am writing on behalf of my mother as well who is going through the exact same thing but I will use my specifics to give you the general idea… Up until autumn of this year I have always been By Hayley • Apr 25, 2014 10:45 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Shin Splints Hi Hayley, I recently moved to Vancouver (yay!) and am trying to get into running since there are so many beautiful places to run. Even when I was in excellent shape (I used to be a swimmer) I really sucked at running. So I downloaded this "couch to 5k& By Hayley • Apr 24, 2014 10:42 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Getting the runs Last week I talked about constipation and the effect it can have on your training as well as what you can do to help alleviate the issue. Click here for a refresher. This week I wanted to talk about the other issue. I am sure I am not alone when By Hayley • Apr 10, 2014 09:51 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Replacing calories Hi Hayley, Over the last few years I have lost about 55 lbs – and have maintained that more or less for about 2 years (I’ve gained and lost the same 5 or 6 lbs). With my upcoming wedding in late August I have bumped up my exercise and nutrition By Hayley • Apr 08, 2014 10:16 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Constipation I am going to talk about something that Lainey likes to bring up all the time but has never been talked about here on Smutty Fitness. Poop. As a runner and a cyclist, I understand that what is happening down there is very important and diet can play a major By Hayley • Apr 03, 2014 11:08 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: The Shame Cycle Hey Hayley! I read your column regularly and decided to ask for your help because I don’t think I can solve this problem by myself. I am almost 20 years old, and at 5’4 I currently weight 175 pounds, which is terrifying to me. I have weighted more By Hayley • Mar 28, 2014 09:51 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Holiday meals and weight gain I get asked a lot how to stay in shape while traveling and since spring break is here and I am heading off to London and then Ireland to visit and travel with my best friend, I thought it was the perfect time to share how I prevent those pesky By Hayley • Mar 18, 2014 10:43 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Weight fluctuations Hi Hayley, I’m going to give you a little background on my body and lifestyle: I am a 25 year old woman, 5’7” around 125lbs. I work at an office, so I try to stay moving outside of work. I walk to and from work daily, which adds By Hayley • Mar 13, 2014 01:06 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Body Fat Scales Hi Hayley, I am confused regarding body fat percentage and BMI. How much attention should I pay to the numbers and how accurate are they? I had my reading done at the gym on their new machine (the one you stand on, not the calipers), so I assumed the number By Hayley • Mar 04, 2014 11:44 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: A realistic exercise plan for weight loss Hi Hayley, I am an individual who is very overweight (I don't remember a time when I wasn't) and I am trying to become a healthier me (on the outside as well as the inside). I need to lose 100 pounds to be at a healthy By Hayley • Feb 28, 2014 09:49 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Staying focused and motivated I receive a lot of emails from readers expressing their battles with staying motivated in their workouts and asking me how they can spice things up and prevent themselves from becoming bored with their exercise routine. I just went through a period in December where I had lost complete focus, By Hayley • Feb 25, 2014 10:11 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Weight loss for mom Hayley, I'm writing this on behalf of my mom, in the hopes that you can provide some advice that will turn things around for her. All my life (I'm now 34), I've watched my mom struggle with her weight, going through yo-yo after yo-yo By Hayley • Feb 19, 2014 10:12 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Basic requirements for health Hi Hayley! I hope this question doesn't come across as "lazy", because I'm genuinely interested in the answer. What's the basic level of sport/fitness that a person should do on a weekly basis? I'm assuming stuff like HIT, training By Hayley • Feb 12, 2014 10:37 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Muscle weighs more than fat Hi Hayley, I booked a beach vacation that is 9 weeks away. Three weeks ago, I started a major overhaul of my diet and fitness regime to get ready for a week of fun in the sun (in a bikini!). I'm using an app where I track calories By Hayley • Feb 06, 2014 10:36 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Spring Running Shoes Spring is around the corner and what comes with spring is the start of what I like to call the running season. Here in Vancouver we have our annual First Half Marathon in 3 weeks which is followed by countless 5km, 10km (like the Sun Run which brings out nearly By Hayley • Jan 31, 2014 10:52 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Atrophy Hayley With most of us being so sedentary is muscle atrophy on the rise? How is it reversed? How do you rebuild severely wasted muscle through diet and exercise? What about those people who lose a ton of muscle from starving themselves? How do they gain that back? I' By Hayley • Jan 28, 2014 09:49 am
