Archive for December, 2011
The Best of Girl Get Strong for 2011
Where did the year 2011 go? I’m sure we are all feeling this way. I hope your year was full of great health and happiness. Here are the top posts from 2011 and some of my favorite motivational quotes to bring you into 2012. 7 Detox Smoothies With Added Health Benefits Review: Reebok EASYTONE – [...]
Warning: Are you Changing Lanes too Often in Your Effort to get Fit?
Guest Post – Andrea Holwegner To get to high school most days, I caught a ride from our suburban neighbourhood to downtown with my dad. My dad, a laid-back banker, had done the busy rush hour com-mute most of his life and learned to chill out, merge over to the right hand slow lane, and [...]
BareFoot-Inspired Running Shoes-Trend for 2012 ?
If there’s any trend that we’re going to see this winter, it’s an avalanche of minimalist or barefoot-inspired sneakers, from brands such as Nike, New Balance, Reebok, Adidas and Brooks. Carson Caprara is the product line manager at Brooks, and he has overseen the development of their new “PureProject” line, a series of four light-weight [...]
Fitness or Fatness – Which has more Impact on Health?
When an overweight person walks into a physician’s office, the conversation often veers to weight management. It may not be the main focus, but people with bulging waistlines now expect some level of weight-related lecturing. To an extent, the patient should expect at least a quick speech. But is this focus on weight a fair [...]
Simplify to boost your health this New Year
The New Year is upon us, in all of its promising potential. A year of new beginnings, new resolutions, and new possibilities. There may be much we cannot change around us–the economy, our jobs, housing, insurance. But we all can focus on our most important foundation–our health–to help carry us successfully through the next year. [...]
The Best Christmas Morning Super Easy Casserole
We make this casserole the day before Christmas and Mother’s Day. Well, actually I don’t make it, my wonderful husband does. That is why the other known name for this recipe is ‘Wife Saver’: 12 -16 slices white bread 1 (1 lb) package cheddar cheese (I prefer med.) 6 -8 slices back bacon or 2 cups chopped [...]
Top Tips to Gain as Much Weight as Possible Over the Holidays
*Happy Holidays from our Home to Yours 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the holiday spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they’re serving rum balls. Aren’t carrots for Easter? 2. Drink as much eggnog as possible. And quickly. [...]
30 Unique Ways to Practice Being Happy in 2012
If your biggest accomplishment in 2012 is to simply be happy, you’ll be tickled to know there are many ways to achieve success. Scroll through the following unique ways and find out how a happy smile can be forever yours. Pick one, or practice them all. 1. Ask not, “What was I thinking?” but rather, [...]
Looking Back: Diet and Fitness Trends for 2011
The year in fitness and dieting 2011 was far from uneventful. The introduction of MyPlate, larger conversations about nutrition in school food, and the condemnation of too-thin celebrities kept things interesting and proved that we don’t see diet, nutrition and fitness as just fads, they’re a part of our lifestyles. From our vantage point, there [...]
Holiday Meal Makeover- Dessert with Soy
In my last post in the #SoySimple campaign, I recommended bringing a healither version of a dessert to your holiday event to help with unwanted pounds. That way you could indgule without too many extra calories. Here is a great recipe for a low calories, low fat, high protein dessert made from tofu. This one is also great for someone that does [...]
The Tops 15 Diet and Fitness Apps for your Smart Phone or Blackberry
Smartphones offer a convenient way to stay on track with your diet and fitness goalsanywhere you go. It’s important to find the app that will best meet your needs and with which you are the most likely to interact on a regular basis. If used wisely, these apps can be an important tool in meeting [...]
GGS Holiday Gift Guide – Five Health Books for any Budget
. Girl Get Strong’s Holiday Gift Guide Giving the Gifts of Health and Fitness . Book Edition . Books are meaningful gifts at affordable prices and they’re the perfect presents to cuddle up with in front of the fireplace this holiday season. Here are five books on health and fitness that caught our attention [...]
The Secret of Yoga to Help Winter Athletes
After a full day of snowboarding, skiing or snowshoeing the muscles of the hips can shorten and tighten. Flexible, open hips are a must for winter athletes. Without them performance may decrease while the risk of injury increases. The following hip opening yoga poses are a must for keeping the lower body healthy and limber. [...]
Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Health
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! Body Media This [...]
Jessica Simpson is the New Celebrity to Join Weight Watchers
Not surprisingly, Jessica Simpson has made the news again regarding her weight. We’ve learned she has signed up with weight loss giant Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight. So what makes that newsworthy? She hasn’t even had the babyyet. Simpson has signed a $3 million contract with Weight Watchers to start trying to lose [...]
