All Entries in the "Fueling up" Category
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, [...]
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 [...]
The Great Salad Lie
This guest post was written by Zalmi Duchman, CEO of The Fresh Diet, a Florida-based meal delivery company whose food is based on the 40% carbohydrates, 30% proteins and 30% fats diet concept. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say, “I’m trying to lose weight, I’ll just have a salad.” Now [...]
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 [...]
Low Point 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 [...]
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 [...]
Healthy Packed Lunch Ideas for You and the Kids
This year, make lunch not only part of the back to school/ work a thrill, but something you and your kids can look forward to each day! Instead of dreading yet another PBJ. Let them pick out a reusable, insulated lunch container (they make some that match their backpacks!) and let them help plan lunches at [...]
Beer Can Chicken on the BBQ!
Guest post from Melanie’s mom Wynne, and her great recipe collection Here is my recipe – it’s moist and delicious. The smell as it cooks is wonderful. You will need 1 rack (available at Walmart and many other stores) to hold a pop/beer can and a chicken. Not being a beer drinker I used Knorr [...]
8 Little Known Facts about Anti-Aging Foods
GiGi runs a variety of heath related websites. Her Anti Aging News provides well-researched articles on the latest topics in the field of healthy aging while offering low-cost solutions to aging prevention. Anti Aging News gives you quality, healthy solutions to the problems we all face in our aging society today. Start your healthy aging [...]
Top 10 Healthy Food for Under $1
Most of us don’t need to hear it or read it … we have felt it in our wallets every time we’ve gone to the grocery store. With the economy still recovering and people still struggling, I asked myself, can you eat healthy with one dollar? So this is the top 10 of the healthiest I could think [...]
How Whey Protein Helps Shed Pounds
Whey is a popular supplement for people looking to build lean muscle mass. The protein is a by-product of the process of turning cow’s milk into cheese. When you use it in its purest form, as whey protein isolate, it contains little-to-no fat, lactose or cholesterol. And, if you use whey protein along with a [...]
Recipe: Home-made Veggie Burgers
I love veggie burgers. Its so nice to have one BBQ’ed instead of the super high fat beef variety. But….I hate how much the stores charge for veggie burgers? The cheapest ones I have found are about $1 per patty. And, they are far from my favorite. So I decided to try to make some on [...]
Living on a Shoe String while Eating Healthy
Ranae from Ranesheart.com joins us as a guest blogger today. Ranaesheart.com was born as the result of a life-changing weight loss and the commitment to “pay it forward” in helping others achieve the same success. This site is dedicated to helping people transition to a healthier lifestyle by implementing nutritional food choices, moderate exercise, positive [...]
Power Milk for Fitness Review
What do you drink after or before working out? Or maybe you use a certain drink as a mini-meal/ snack? Well, we wanted to test some pre-bottled milk drinks and let YOU know what this GGS gal thought of some flavored POWER milk. Shamrock Farms sent GGS 3 flavors of Rockin’ refuel to try out. Vanilla, chocolate [...]
KIDStrong Drink Review + Minute Maid Giveaway
Winner~Pammi Wammi Congrats! It’s summer and the kids are off school. My active two kids constantly are thirsty and it is hard ,and just not practical, all the time to offer only water. I wanted to find something that my kids would like and was fairly good for them without all the chemicals and other additives. KIDStrong was [...]
Review: Pomi Tomatoes + Recipe
Did you know how good canned tomatoes are for you? Well, here is a new take and in different type of packaging of an old stand by. It’s Pomi Tomatoes from Italy, in a box. Need a reminder why tomatoes are so good for you? Well, Pomi has a list of 7 great reason why you should eat [...]
