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  • Happy One Year Contest!!!

    I am so proud and honoured to announce that today, February 12, 2011, is the 1-year anniversary of JuliaSunnySideUp.com!!! Thank you to all my readers and supporters. You are my inspiration, and I endeavour to being you entertaining and novel posts. Thanks to all the people who helped me with developing this blog in it’s [...]

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  • Stay Fit in the Winter

    While walking my dog outside, I see runners whizzing by, wearing impossibly thin thermal wear, steam puffing out of their mouthes. I’m not sure if it’s the cold or insanity that motivates them. Truth be told,  I just don’t have the kind of commitment to do continual physical activity outside. A day of snowshoeing or [...]

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  • An Alternative to Counting Calories: METs

    On a scale of one to ten, how much energy do you extend when you’re channel surfing on the couch? How about when you’re playing squash? That, in essence, is the simplicity of metabolic equivalents (METs). Used as a gauge of physical activities, metabolic equivalents measures oxygen used or expended. In other words, it measures [...]

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