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27 Yellow highlight | Page: 4 T’ai Chi, creating balance is both the means and the goal. The same is true for ChiWalking. For instance, you can create energetic balance in your life (the goal) by creating balance in your body with an aligned spine, a balanced walking form, and a great program (the means). Yellow highlight...

30 Yellow highlight | Location: 149 Also avoid the bathroom scale—weight is deceptive, and not a measure of body fat. Instead, waist size is a better way for most people to monitor body fat—as fat-burning progresses, we get leaner with a smaller waist. Yellow highlight | Location: 176 In our study, we defined the condition of overfat as...

51 Yellow highlight | Page: 13 own body fat for fuel instead of relying on bursts of sugar, the way nearly all of us do today. Yellow highlight | Page: 13 Mark Allen, the greatest triathlete in history, made his breakthrough when he discovered a way to burn body fat in place of carbs. Yellow highlight | Page: 28 They...

33 Yellow highlight | Location: 168 Even though Silicon Valley types have a sanitized name for this phase, “engagement,” we fear it enough to keep our own children away from it. Many of the Silicon Valley kids I know attend Waldorf schools, which generally forbid electronics. Yellow highlight | Location: 251 The prime directive to be engaging reinforces...