Exercise Addiction:Too Much of a Good Thing
Exercise Addiction Everywhere we look, we are told we are fat and need to lose weight. For the majority, that constant drone from the TV and magazines goes ignored, but for a growing number, fitting in a workout isn’t just no-big-deal, it’s non-negotiable. With the emphasis on fitness, calories and weight loss, eating and exercise [...]
3 Wacky Ways to make Exercise Fun
Maruchy Lachance is president of Running Ninja!, a lifestyle brand for runners by runners. Running Ninja! offers a wide variety of apparel and gifts for runners to keep you happy and inspired while you’re on the run. Let’s face it, if exercise is not bringing you some form of joy, you will more than likely [...]
Top 10 Healthy Food for Under $1
Most of us don’t need to hear it or read it … we have felt it in our wallets every time we’ve gone to the grocery store. With the economy still recovering and people still struggling, I asked myself, can you eat healthy with one dollar? So this is the top 10 of the healthiest I could think [...]
How Stopping my Cardio Classes changed my Life
Perhaps I shouldn’t be admitting this as the co-owner of this fitness blog, but I have lost my motivation to get to the gym since the kids have been out of school. I used to drop them off at school for 830am and than I would go straight to the gym. I didn’t even think [...]
Curves Closes Thousand Locations
I came across this story and really made me think about how the fitness industry is changing… While Curves fitness centers have been pretty easy to find in shopping centers all across the country, that has been rapidly changing in recent years. Since 2007, Curves International Inc. has closed thousands of its franchise locations. Curves [...]
Comparing the Toning Shoes..what shaping shoes should you buy?
With every shoe company hopping on the band wagon to get a piece of the “toning’ shoes pie (shoes that claim to shape up and tone up your legs, improve circulation, burn calories, and helps you “lose weight”), how does the savvy consumer decide which shoes to buy? They are sometimes referred as wellness shoes, shaping shoes or toning [...]
Working Out
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Finding and caring for the right yoga mat
A Yoga mat has two basic purposes. It needs to keep you from slipping and sliding while you go through your Asanas postures. It also needs to provide padding between you and the floor if you are very thin and/or do hard fast workouts like Ashtanga Yoga. There are so many different yoga mats available [...]
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Kacy Duke’s Top Tips for Summer Fitness
Disclaimer: The GGS Media was not paid for this advertisement. We decided to run this for Dove because we do like their Campaign for Real Beauty. We were given samples of Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth anti-perspirant/deodorant. Kacy Duke, fitness expert to celebrities including Gwen Stefani and Mary J. Blige, knows that feeling physically fit and [...]
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Small Town, Big Winners
I fell in love with this story. A tiny town in Oregon has started their own “Biggest Loser” campaign. Every Tuesday a lime cardboard sheet goes up in the only grocery store in the town with the name of the town’s biggest loser of the week. 20% of the town’s population is involved and together [...]
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Reviews
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Review: NoOodle, The No Calorie Noodle
Reviewed by Heather Ashare, from Diets in Review. If you’re a pasta-loving, carb-watching health enthusiast, you’ve probably heard of or tried the Miracle Noodle, a zero-calorie noodle-like product that is made from the konjac plant. The plant is sometimes referred to as elephant yam, even though it is an entirely different plant from the orange tuber yam [...]
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TrueBalance Toning Shoes from New Balance Review
We are continuing our “toning’ shoe ultimate show down on the pros and cons of all of these shaping shoes, wellness shoes or whatever the heck you want to call them. And, most importantly, do they actually work? I received the brand NEW, this July, New Balance TrueBalance Wellness shoes to review. Wow, that is a whole lot [...]
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Review: Gardein Protein Buffalo Wings
I hate when someone tries to be who they are not. Don’t you? I also hate when food products try to be something they are not. But, along came Gardein buffalo wings (meat free) trying to be the old stand by pub dish. I just had to see if they would even come close the real [...]
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Giveaways on NOW
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fitbook Review Plus Giveaway!
The sassy, funny, sarcastic Fitness and Spice introduced the GGS crew to the fitbook by fitlosophy. The fitbook is a little portable 12 week program book that helps you stay organized and motivated on your fitness/health journey. I loved using the one that was sent to me. There was a page to plan out your week of [...]
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It’s lucy Workout Wear GIVEAWAY!
Who does not need new workout clothes to rock that body into Autumn? Not just any work out clothes either, we are honored to be giving away lucy workout gear. lucy is launching their new X-Trainer workout pants, which is one pants for every need! Yippeeeee……we love giving away stuff, especially from lucy! lucy brand new X-trainer [...]
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iPOD and Sensei GIVEAWAY now!CLOSED
It’s finally here… we’re giving away six months of the Sensei for Weight Loss program – and an iPod Touch to go with it (yours forever). How cool is that? Or hot? Or phat? Whatever – that’s the skinny. Summer is only a few days away and once again I’m not as beach ready as [...]
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Your Stories
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Adventures in fundraising for children
I’ve written a few times about my upcoming Adventure Challenge race, and I thought I’d share with you an article featuring our efforts. It’s from one of our local newspapers, Peace Arch News. Can you see that I’m wearing my Lululemon crop pants on inside out? Shh, don’t tell anyone, lol! Adventures in fundraising for [...]
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Adventure Challenge Looms Closer
So excited!!! I’m still training for the Canuck Place Adventure Challenge, (5k kayak, 20k mountain bike, 5k trail run) and while I was hanging with the family at the lake I took some much needed me-time and hopped in the canoe for a little paddle practice. It’s not kayaking, but at least I’m still getting [...]
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The Never-Ending Story of my Weight Loss Struggles
Susan Wenner Jackson is a 33-year-old mother of two, living with her husband in Cincinnati, Ohio. She blogs at WorkingMomsAgainstGuilt.com and runs her own writing and social media business. In 33 years, I’ve learned a few things about losing, gaining and maintaining weight. For people like me who have “what doctors call a little bit [...]
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Other Recent Articles
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Should Jessica Simpson’s Weight be News AGAIN?
In 2009, Jessica Simpson was the topic of much discussion when she appeared onstage wearing a black tank top and “mom jeans” – high-waisted and unflattering pants. In a repeat of these pictures, Simpson’s weight is once again in the spotlight. On her way to a Dior beauty luncheon benefiting Operation Smile at the Sunset [...]
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Woman more Likely to Overeat after Exercise than Men
In my experience as a personal trainer, women like to blame exercise for a lot of things: making them tired, making them bulk through muscle gain (oh, please), and making them overeat. The last one is when I like to politely remind them that we, as humans, do in fact possess the gift of freewill, [...]
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Protein Muffins to GO!
These easy, healthy, energy-packed muffins are like small omelettes. From the new Company’s Coming book, Kids’ Healthy Cooking, they work for breakfast or lunch, and freeze well. The texture is good hot or cold, and it pairs well with anything crunchy, like carrot and celery sticks. My kids love these and I love that they [...]
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The Great Salad Lie
This guest post was written by Zalmi Duchman, CEO of The Fresh Diet, a Florida-based meal delivery company whose food is based on the 40% carbohydrates, 30% proteins and 30% fats diet concept. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say, “I’m trying to lose weight, I’ll just have a salad.” Now [...]
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Guilt Free Happy Hour with Rachael Ray
Tune in today, Wednesday, August 25 to the Rachael Ray Show to find out how to not derail a week’s worth of great dieting with Happy Hour. On the show, Liz Vaccariello, author of 400 Calorie Fix, reveals her strategies for making the best choices the next time you belly up to the bar: “Liquid calories are [...]
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Diets Essentials for your Weight Loss Journey
Guest bloggers Kenneth Schwarz PhD and Julie North Schwarz are the authors of Maria’s Last Diet and Breaking Up with Food. Dr. Kenneth Schwarz is a psychologist and psychoanalyst specializing in personal change and goal achievement. Julie North Schwarz writes about the non-food issues related to women’s weight loss. For more help with the psychological [...]
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Why you should care your Employees are in Great Shape
Life has its many lessons and journeys that we go through and right now Robbie Ray’s is to bring health and wellness to as many people as he can. He’s passionate about being a personal trainer and looking forward to working with anyone who wants to change their life. “DARE TO BE GREAT AND YOU WILL [...]
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Beginner’s Guide to Barefoot Running
I have seen so many people barefoot running in the last month than ever before. I am not sure how people do it without cutting and hurting their feet? Read on to find out how… There has been a ton of research done over the past few years on the benefits of running barefoot. Some [...]
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