Safe Sunning, Weight Worries and Foot Flops
A guide to the sun, the economy vs. weight loss, and a sad truth about a beloved shoe.
In the Hot, Hot Sun
Erin and I love the sun. With its warmth and brightness, it just makes a girl feel cheery. However, we all know that if you love the sun too much it burns you, literally. And as someone with skin the color of soy milk (even that might be a little too colorful for me), I really have to watch my time in the sun. If I go to the beach you can usually find me slathering on SPF 45, with a hat on, under an umbrella, asking you if I look burnt from that quick dip in the waves.
Weight Trumps Economy?
With the economy as it is these days, it’s hard to think of what could worry us more than finances. But, turns out many of us don’t list the economy as our top source of worry lines. Nope, 60 percent of people polled by Green Mountain at Fox Run, a healthy weight-loss retreat for women, say that stress about their weight is greater or equal to their stress about the economy.
Flipper Floppers
I love my flip-flops. Like love them. Like have pairs of them in every color. Like declare it flip-flop season and wear them nonstop from March 1 to November 1. I live in the Midwest, so this is really all my feet can take cold-wise. For years, I’ve walked around in my flipper floppers (what I like to call ’em), my toes wiggling in the fresh air, happy as a lark until…I stumbled upon and read an article on the dark side of my sunny flip-flops. I usually avoid articles that show the hard, cold reality about things I love and really don’t want to give up, but a recent study showed that these types of sandals can lead to potential injury because they alter your natural walking gait. Morose face.
Comments
As always, great stuff. I guess I don't have to worry about the flip flops. I WISH I could wear them! I have the ugliest feet ever!!! Flat, wide & bunions!!! I don't show them & I can barely fit in anything but my workout shoes & that is becoming problematic! 🙂
FitFlops are SUPER Comfortable by the way. Those are what I wear almost exclusively in the summer as I have completely flat feet and it hurts to wear anything without an arch.
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