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Excy Thoughts: Weight Watchers My Butt and Brain Ad
Weight Watchers has a new end of year ad that puts the focus on losing weight on a woman’s butt. Here’s the Weight Watchers “My Butt” script: “This is my butt. My butt and I came into this world together. We were a great team. Then, we grew up and things weren’t as...
EXCY THOUGHTS: COMBATTING 5 FREQUENTLY USED FAT SHAMING COMMENTS – Part 2
In a recent Excy post, we called out “5 Frequently Used Fat Shaming Comments” and how research shows they create a negative impact on the people who hear them. We also demonstrated how a new study shows that highlighting people’s weight or discriminating against them...
Excy Thoughts While You’re Out for A Run in 2015
It's not something that most people know about me, but I can’t run more than a mile-and-a-half without severe pain. I can sprint (if that’s what you call a 41-year-old mom racing her kid) and run intervals, but an ankle injury completely knocked me out of commission...
Excy Arms, Legs and Core with Misfit Shine
Took a break at lunch today to squeeze in exercise while working. Decided to see how one of our favorite wearables, the Misfit Shine, would calculate an Excy workout. It's not 100% because the Misfit Shine is designed more to calculate steps like a Fitbit, but it does...
5 Frequently Used Fat Shaming Comments to Keep to Yourself Part 1
The idea of fat shaming is not only mean and wrong, a new study also warns that shaming those who are overweight fails to help them slim down to a more healthy weight. Instead, highlighting their weight or discriminating against them in everyday life can cause them to...
Study Finds Law Enforcement Is the Most Obese Profession
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, police officers, firefighters and security guards have the highest rates of obesity of all professions. Read more at The Wall Street Journal Excy can be used...
Excy Fat Burner, Next up HIIT for this Busy Mom
Part of the fun of creating a company is that you get to be the first person to test everything. We’re working on creating several interesting workouts that are easy to do at home, work, and on-the-go. Today I tried a 20 minute fat burner routine we’ve been working on...
Home Exercise Cycle Goes to the Dog
Came across this video of a woman doing exercise cycling / bicycle crunches alongside her dog as part of her home fitness routine. Made me think of my two dogs and how they’ve managed to become part of the Excy home fitness beta process. Might just have to make them...
Excy All About That “Thutt” Moves for the Vacay Groove
I am the first one to admit I love Meghan Trainor’s song “All About That Bass,” as does my family, and support her rally around positive body image perception. We too believe in loving every inch, while also striving for thoughtful and meaningful conversations about...
InStyle: Pedal While You Work
Just opened up the January 2015 issue of InStyle Magazine and came across a feature titled “Pedal While You Work." The article showcased a new under-desk elliptical exercise machine recently featured on Kickstarter and is designed to help those with sedentary desk...