Archive for December, 2010
Are you an Emotional Eater? Take the test!
Are You an Emotional Overeater? Take this short quiz to find out. I turn to food when I’m sad, disappointed, or lonely. Yes ___ No ___ I often eat past the point of fullness. Yes ___ No ___ When I’m upset, I crave sweets or salty snack foods. Yes ___ No ___ When I go [...]
Adapt to Stay on Track-Week 10
The ‘Lose 10 lbs Challenge before New Year’ is officially over but Rob, the developer of this program, wants us to be sure that if you didn’t reach our goal, just keep going. I have lost 8 pounds and I feel great. Doing this program over the holidays was difficult and I usually end up gaining [...]
New Balance and Westin Hotels Join Forces
How cool is this? No more excuses when travelling for business or pleasure for that matter! Read on….. New Program Provides Guests with Complimentary Athletic Footwear, Apparel, Accessories, equipment, In-Room Workouts and More Boston, Massachusetts and White Plains, NY (December 14, 2010) – Two renowned global brands in the fitness and hospitality categories are joining [...]
An Inspiring Weight Loss Story just in Time for the New Year
Jill Knapp Wife,Mom,Diabetes Advocate Before weight: 237 For years I was depressed being over weight. I had no idea about food addiction back then. Now I do. So I am always trying to help others get the help they need to change their life and lose their addiction to food. I was diagnosed with gestational [...]
Overweight is Quickly becoming the Female Norm
I hope everyone had a great holiday! Now time to get back to business…. We all know how startling the latest obesity trend numbers are. It’s estimated that 38 states in the United States have an obesity rate of 25 percent in its population. It turns out, this increase in obesity is having a negative [...]
Five Ideas for Holiday Fitness Activities
The following is a guest post: During the holidays almost everybody gains weight, eating too many holiday cookies and drinking too much egg nog. But does it really have to be that way? Is it possible to actually lose weight and become more fit over the holidays? It’s worth a try. Besides, exercise can help [...]
Exercise can reduce Carbon Gas Emissions
Cycling into the Grid Steve Nash Sports Club is the First Fitness Facility in Canada to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Exercise Bikes The green trend hit a few years ago, with high profile personalities like Steve Nash leading the way. At the 2007 opening of his first sports club in Vancouver, the six foot four [...]
Diet Myths VS. Facts-Week Nine
There are two more updates for Lose 10 Pounds before the New Year Challenge. We can see the light at the end of this challenge and can give ourselves a pat on the back. But, the journey in not over…yet. You can start this program anytime so if you missed the last 8 weeks…no worries [...]
Healthy Sandwich Ideas plus Coupon Giveaways
I love to pack our own lunches for the office so we can have more control on the nutrients going into our hard working bodies. I do love the 100 calorie thins by Arnold Bread. The nutritional stats are excellent and they just taste really great. Check out Arnold Bread’s story….. Arnold Bread is a love story [...]
Well+Good’s 10 New York City Wellness Trends to Look for in 2011
Check out what fitness trends to look out for in 2011 from Well + Good NYC….(guest post) For our second annual trends report, we didn’t wait for epiphanies during savasana or consult our neighborhood psychic. We waded through the hundreds of interviews we conducted in 2010 with the city’s wellness experts and cognoscenti, and evaluated [...]
Innovated Lunch Box Giveaway
GGS and Bright Bins have teamed up for a giveaway! It’s a super cool, innovated, easy to use, compartment lunch box. Here are just some of the benefits and features: 100% waste-free. No plastic bags and no lids or small storage containers to get lost. Can be used on its own as a lunch box or can be inserted inside [...]
GGS Holiday Gift Guide – Fitness for the Family
Girl Get Strong’s Holiday Gift Guide Giving the Gifts of Health and Fitness Fit Family Edition It can be a challenge keeping ourselves fit, let alone thinking about the rest of the family. But who needs family fitness when you can play together? Here are a few gift ideas – both low tech and high [...]
Reebok EasyTone Launches New Clothing Line
Reebok may just be trailblazing a new era in women’s fitness fashion – clothing that looks good and inspires you to move with more intention. Reebok EasyTone is best known for their their line of toning shoes, which are specially designed to tone a woman’s rear, calves and thigh muscles and improve posture. Just recently, [...]
GGS Holiday Gift Guide-Stocking Stuffers
Girl Get Strong’s Holiday Gift Guide Giving the Gifts of Health and Fitness Stocking Stuffer Edition Only a few days until Christmas! If you are like me, stocking stuffers get left to the very last moment. Even a treat yourself to a great jump start for a healthy January with these goodies! Project Earth H2O has created reusable water [...]
Giveaway: Finding Eternal Happiness
The GGS Crew would love to give you EVERYthing you possibly want for Christmas BUT, of course we can’t so instead we want to give you the chance to give it all to yourself with ‘Tapping the Source: Using the Master Key System for Abundance and Happiness ‘ book. Which will help you on your [...]
Christie Brinkley Shares her Fitness Routine
Have you ever wondered how a middle-aged model like Christie Brinkley has been able to stay so beautiful? Me neither, but after seeing recent photos of her, it hit me how amazing she still looks at the age of 56. While I don’t keep up with such things, plastic surgery may have a role, but [...]
