Archive for August, 2010
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, [...]
fitbook Review Plus Giveaway!~CLOSED
Winners~AHealthySkin and Stacey M..Congrats! Send me your mailing address and your fitbook will be on it’s way! 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Who Else Needs Help over the Wall?
Tammy is a 40 something “wanna be athlete” in training who like most women out there, wants to do and be everything but hasn’t exactly figured out what that next step should be. She thought it might be fun to warm back up into her love for writing with her experience of training for the half marathon and trying to [...]
Low Calorie Sushi-California Roll Recipe
I LOVE LOVE California Roll. I order it everywhere I go. I LOVE it so much. BUT I would have to say depending on where I order it, it is always different. Sometimes the individual rolls are huge, some small, some with way too much mayo, some without cucumber-what no avocado? It is so hard [...]
Fitness Girls need their Sleep!~Giveaway
I am a horrible sleeper. I toss and turn to get to sleep and lord, help the person who wakes me up by accident from a sound sleep. Its such a hate relationship I have with sleep. But, I know I need it desperately. Studies have also been done to show that sleep loss may equal weight [...]
Know Why You Gained Weight: It May Stop Your from Regaining It
Today’s post is courtesy of Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, who is the Co-Author of The Serotonin Power Diet: Eat Carbs — Nature’s Own Appetite Suppressant — to Stop Emotional Overeating and Halt Antidepressant-Associated Weight Gain Sharon, my new weight-loss client, laughed when I asked her whether she had been on any other diets. “How much time [...]
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 [...]
