Facebook Fittest Cities in the USA

Just read a great article on the top cities for staying shape, based on Facebook searches. Now this may seem an arbitrary way to define a healthy city, but it brings up a major point we at Healthify are trying to make: working out should be social! They looked at all the cities and tried to figure out which ones had the most people using social media in connection with staying in shape.

While the top cities don't really interest me, what gets me excited are the points about how to make your fitness and wellbeing more social. There are many great ways to stay in shape, but by putting yourself out there on Facebook or other media with pictures and social interactions you have a much higher chance of actually achieving your fitness goals. This is according to a University of South Carolina study that basically said those who tweeted about their weight loss were much more likely to actually succeed. Here is that article

This all being said, GET SOCIAL! Get your friends on facebook together and form a group where you all post about healthy eating and working out. Or keep it from your friends and join one of the many existing groups of fitness people out there.

4th of July and roof deck season!

I love all things America so it should come as no surprise that the 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays!

It is also a great time to get out that BBQ to celebrate and perfect time to hit up some local rooftops!

We had a nice lunch break yesterday from work at the Little Goat Bread and even managed a celebrity sighting of the founder! It's always fun to run into people like Stephanie Izard in their natural setting. I will say the sandwiches were fantastic and the roof deck was an awesome atmosphere.