Archive for October, 2011
Calories in Your Favorite Halloween Candies
Who doesn’t love Halloween? With free candy and a bonafide reason to dress up in a wacky get-up, it’s tough not to have a secret soft-spot for this sugary-sweet holiday. While we all make Halloween resolutions such as “I’ll only allow myself two pieces of candy,” or “I’m donating all leftover candy to the local soup kitchen,” you [...]
Three Ways to Survive Halloween
The holiday that celebrates sugar is just a few short days away. As the temptation mounts each time we step foot into a grocery store to purchase (and indulge in) an 8-pound bag of Snickers, Milky Ways, Reese’s, lollipops and Starbursts, here are three surefire ways that will allow you to relish in the sweetness [...]
Super Cheap Delicious Protein Bars you NEED to Make at Home
Suggestion for Maple Omega Crunch Review and Recipe A friend of mine, who just by chance is in the best shape of her life, has completed 6 Ironman Canada and eats like crazy, passed on this protein bar recipe to me. She eats every few hours and takes time each day to prepare her mini [...]
Finding ‘ME’ Time can be Hard to do so Let us Help
Finding a balance in life is one of the hardest things to do. Splitting time between what I want to do (yoga, meditate, train for a marathon, etc.) and what I need to do (work, household chores, take kids to practices, etc.)…Well, now that’s a balancing act. Sports Authority has partnered with GGS Media to help spread the [...]
How to Control Family Food Pushers
Food is the first and most basic way that we nurture each other. It is one of the reasons that many of us turn to food for comfort. Providing nourishment was one of the very first ways that our mother’s soothed us as infants, both feeding us and soothing us emotionally by holding us close. [...]
Expert Advice from a Professional about Running
Autumn is upon us, and now is the perfect time to hit the pavement! Cool temps and beautiful scenery paired with the excitement of a cheering crowd are just a few reasons why Autumn road races are gaining such widespread popularity. Whether you’ve signed up for a 5K to support your favorite charity or you’re [...]
5 Very Creative Ways to Use your Halloween Candy
Halloween is a special time of year. Ushered in by aisles full of candy and celebrated with a touch of imagination, it is a magical event where adults and children alike can be whatever they dream to be for one single night. A part of the magical spell Halloween has us under is our diet. [...]
4 Classic Halloween Recipes with a Healthy Twist
The October Featured Guest Blogger of the Month, are two talented ladies from ChewOnThat Blog. They’re two foodies who can’t help but share their knowledge of and love for the edible everyday on their blog. They’ve always got an engaging anecdote as to why this or that recipe warms their heart, and the recipes are [...]
Here is a Method that is Helping People to Meditate
To meditate is to disengage from a seemingly ever-present mental chatterbox and reflect on just one pure thought. If you think this sounds easy, stop reading this article for a moment and witness your thoughts. Are they jumping from subject to subject? Are you thinking in fragmented thoughts? Do thoughts randomly pop into your head [...]
Are you Weighing yourself Correctly?
It’s natural to want to weigh in frequently while you’re on a weight loss program. The feedback can keep you motivated when you succeed, and keep you on track by warning you that you’re starting to slip. But weighing in the wrong way can have just the opposite effect, with your body’s natural rhythms giving [...]
Confessions of a Weight Loss Consultant
Speaking of previous lives… In one of my last ones, I doubled as a weight loss consultant for a very popular weight loss center. It was one of the most gratifying, albeit low paying positions I have ever held. I probably would have stayed on forever had I been able to afford cat food but [...]
Tighten Your Backside Easy with this One Move
Guest Tip from a top trainer, Jillian Michaels So you think you need a machine to work your glutes, hamstrings, and lower back, huh? Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t think so. He relied on stiff-legged dead lifts, which produce killer glutes if done properly. Dead lifts were cool in the seventies and eighties, but modern machines made [...]
How to Overcome the Guilt of OverEating
I’m sure nearly everyone trying to manage their weight feels guilty when they overeat. There’s a reason they call it “stuffed.” It doesn’t feel good being bloated, especially after some time of eating reasonable portions and re-training the stomach to understand what a comfortable, full feels like. My mom had a magnet on our refrigerator [...]
The Secret to Creating a Healthy Dinner in 10 Minutes or Less
I try, as much as I can, to have dinner plans made well in advance of the evening hustle. It’s my goal to, at the very minimum, know what I’m making for the evening meal, and many times if I have time I will prepare the dinner in the afternoon. Last Tuesday, life had a [...]
Healthy Foods That Naturally Boost Metabolism
~Heather Ashare, DietsinReview Eat food and lose weight? No. This is not the marketing slogan of some quick-fix and potentially dangerous diet pill. But rather, research and nutrition scientists have identified specific compounds in certain foods that have a thermogenic effect. The word “thermogenic” is a fancy term that refers to metabolism and when it [...]
Join the Plank a Day Revolution
Guest Post by Lacy Ok, confession time. Or better yet, twitter-fession time. I’m a bit of a Twitter addict. Ok, maybe more than a bit. I may be a big enough addict that I find myself talking about my “tweeps” like they are good personal friends. But it’s a new world and social media serves [...]
