Donovan Baldwin

Childhood Obesity Is A Solvable Problem

I don't know if childhood obesity is "rampant" or an "epidemic". What I DO know is that it does not have to happen to our children. However, just to put things in perspective, over a recent 30 year period measured by the National Health And Nutrition ... Read >

9 Pioneers of Fitness

While not perfect, the following nine individuals are my choice for a short list of important pioneers in weight lifting, body building, aerobics, health, and fitness. Eugen Sandow The Non Pareil (1867 - 1925) Born in Germany, Eugen Sandow has often be... Read >

5 Major Ways to Save Money on Gas

I know you just want to get to the meat of how to save money on gas, but let me just lecture for a moment. Petroleum products, including gas, are not going to become cheaper. One of the reasons for this is simply that they are limited and more and mor... Read >

What's Your Body Mass Index? What Does It Mean?

One term we hear a lot about recently is "Body Mass Index", or BMI. It seems to be important, but many people are not sure what it is, what it means, or why they should be concerned about it. In this small article, we are going to try to shed a little l... Read >

A Place to Hear the Last Silken Sighs of a Dying Art

It is a small gallery on a side street in Carmel, California. There are more prestigious and glamorous sites in town, such as the Hogs Breath Inn Restaurant and Bar, owned by local resident Clint Eastwood, and it may be easily passed amid the maze of gal... Read >

Can We Keep Her?

It was 1994. I had just gone through a divorce after several painful and tumultuous years that had resulted in my becoming distanced from my children...or them from me. I had met and married a lady with two children...twin teenage daughters. She, and... Read >

How Badly Do You Want To Lose Weight?

There is an old story about a great pianist who was approached after a performance by a middle-aged woman who said something like the following, "I play the piano too, but nowhere near as well as you. I would give anything to be able to play like you." ... Read >

4 Tips For Writers - Where To Find Ideas

Many people watching a writer at work probably wouldn't even realize that he or she was actually working. While the physical act of putting words on paper or into a computer is easy to recognize as "work" one of the hardest parts of any writer's task is ... Read >

5 Ways To Succeed With Any Exercise Program

The people who try various exercise programs often think they "fail" when what actually happens is that they simply don't understand what a succesful exercise program requires. The five main reasons that most people are not successful with their exerci... Read >

From out of Ancient Egypt Comes the Egyptian Mau

Only one cat has a valid claim to being the pet of Pharaoh and the idol of ancient Egypt. I give you the Egyptian Mau! After all, the very word "mau" means cat. Could you ask for a better set of credentials? Well, what if this breed of cat can be cl... Read >

Exercise, Diet and Weight Loss For The Breast Feeding Mom

It's normal for a woman to be concerned about such things as weight loss and fitness, particularly after a pregnancy and during the breast feeding period. However, many new moms also want to know how diet, exercise, and a weight loss program will affect ... Read >

Try These 4 Simple Anti-Aging Steps

You can't visit a website on health these days without reading an article on anti-aging. That prompted me to toss in my 4 cent's worth. We cannot do much about the fact that we age, but we can do something about the effects that aging has on us. Here ... Read >

2 Basic Laws of Weight Loss

There's not too many ways you can look at weight loss. Effective, lifelong weight loss is simple...not easy, just simple. We all seem to be seeking some ultimate and absolute weight loss secret. However, the "weight loss secret" has been known for ... Read >

Should You Become a Freelance Writer

You would think that writing is writing. You would think that just because you are doing it in freelance mode rather than under contract to a publication or advertising firm, for example, that it's the same thing. You would think, huh? Well, like man... Read >

How To Make Exercise Easy

I just want to make a couple of points about this idea of making exercise easy before I get into the rest of the article. 1. A level of exercise that is relatively easy, yet effective, at one stage of your personal fitness or weight loss program may be... Read >