Archive for October, 2009
Scents and Sensa-bility: an update
Can smelling food help make us feel full and lose weight? I’m putting Dr. Alan Hirsch’s Sensa Weight Loss System to the test to find out. If you missed my first post on Sensa, you can read it here. Sensa is unlike any other weight-loss program I’ve ever tried. It is a 6-month system of [...]
Best Ab and Inner Thigh Exercise
I love this exercise you can totally feel it, especially the abs!!! This is one that I for sure will add to my routine. Would love to know what you think of this workout.
Daily’s Food Scanner iPhone Application is a Food Journal Essential
~Brandi, Diets in Review If you count calories, food journal, or are simply concerned with keeping track of what exactly you’re consuming each day, then you must try the Daily Burn Food Scanner app for the iPhone. This hot new app might be the best new thing to happen in dieting and weight loss. Using [...]
Five Healthiest Foods for Fall
Carmen, DietsinReview After the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables all summer long, fall might seem lacking in variety. However, with a little research, there are some great fresh fruits and vegetables that are at the peak of flavor and nutrition in the colder months. Not only do they taste better, many of them are [...]
Pumpkin Protein Breakfast Cookies
I actually made these to eat as a breakfast cookie for our busy family during the week. They were a HIT! The kids actually thought they were having a ‘cookie’ for breakfast. I was the coolest mom ever! I just have to remember to make them when they are not around because if they saw [...]
Should you let go of green guilt?
~Sian I am fortunate enough to live 10 minutes away from a beautiful West Coast beach. My daughter, Lauren and I recently had lunch there, watching the waves crash and smelling the sea. Which was delightful. What wasn’t pleasant at all was the litter that was swishing around the sea. We saw one seagull with a six-pack rings [...]
Erica and Susan’s Core Rhythm Update
Erica: Over the past couple of weeks I have continued to combine the Core Rhythms workout with other cardio type workouts like running and the elliptical trainer. I feel fantastic and I can start to see some definition in my mid section….well, ok, who are we kidding….not quite definition….but, the waistband on my jeans aren’t [...]
GIVEAWAY – First 50 (U.S.) Readers WIN Fiber One Yogurt!
Update: You can still download a $1.50 off coupon if you missed out on the freebie four-pack. Just scroll down to the Yoplait graphic at the bottom of this post and click on the coupon to download it. Thanks so much to Yoplait for this fun giveaway! Look for our Nov 4th twitter party with [...]
Sensa and Sensability – Review of the Sensa Weight Loss System
Can smelling food help make us feel full? I’m putting Dr. Alan Hirsch’s “scentsational” Sensa Weight Loss System to the test to find out. We all know that some smells – think bread baking in the oven – can make our mouths water and our stomachs growl. But can smells do the opposite as well? [...]
How to Begin on your Healthy Journey just by Making Small Changes
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. Since joining the health and fitness world I have been privy to lots of great advice, inspiration and [...]
How to Survive an Ultra Marathon
~Rebecca, Diets in Review Because completing my first Olympic distance triathlon was not enough, I decided to follow up a week later with my first ultra marathon – a 50K (31 mile) trail race in The North Face Endurance Challenge series! If you’re surprised, trust me, I was too! I actually thought I was competing [...]
20 Unexpected Things I Learned From Running
~Melanie Because I am a runner myself, I don’t mind taking the heat for saying this: runners are a weird bunch. Bizarre. Peculiar. Obsessive, even. Not to mention downright compulsive. I don’t know if we are drawn to running because we are strange, or whether the heat we generate while running melts some of our [...]
Reading a food label 101
~by Kinsey, Diets in Review Reading a food label can be a hard and overwhelming challenge. Nutrition labels are so important because they provide you with a detailed look of what is inside the food you are consuming. Don’t worry because you can easily learn important things to look at when reading a label to [...]
GGS High Fives for Five Great Posts
You need a break this weekend. So relax and enjoy these fabulous posts we found! Happy Weekend! Rules to eat by and Rules to Live by by Feed me I’m Cranky You Asked: Working out Buzzed? by Fit Sugar Walk (or Run) Your Butt Off by Shape Chicken Shepherd’s Pie Plus 10 Riskiest Foods by Truth 2 [...]
A novel concept: stop eating when you are full!
~Sian When my 11 year old son, Connor is done with dinner, he’s done. He doesn’t keep eating. He doesn’t search for something sweet in the cupboard to finish off his meal. He’s not back in the kitchen 20 minutes later nibbling on the evenings leftovers. He’s truly finished-and then he is off to some [...]
The miracle is not to finish, but having the courage to start
~Allison Burbage As fall racing season begins, there is a lot of buzz about getting a “PR” (personal record) at local 5 and 10K’s around town, and some major marathons coming up across the country. Recently, I was lucky enough to be able to go to Collierville to see my nephews compete in a local [...]
