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The Best Snacks for Weight Lost
Snacking can actually help you lose weight and maintain weight loss. That’s because by eating a planned between-meal nosh, you’re less likely to overeat at your meals. The trick, however, is to not overdo the snacks. Here are some guidelines for weight loss snacks: Women should strive for two snacks per day. If you get [...]
6 Easy Steps to Avoid Weight Gain
Keeping off the pounds you worked hard to lose may not be as difficult as you’d expect, particularly if you follow six weight loss strategies. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that roughly 20% of overweight people who lose at least 10% of their initial body weight are able to [...]
Review: Mountain Mama’s ActiveWear
Hello, I am one of the pregnant friends of the GGS gals. Currently, I am about 5 months pregnant with my 2nd child. I was thrilled to be asked to try some maternity wear for the active pregnant woman, as I know far too well, maternity wear can be down right UGLY! Ever since I was [...]
Review: Genuine Health Instant Smoothie a day Vegan+
I prefer getting my nutrition from whole, natural foods, but since I’m a pescetarian (I eat seafood, but otherwise follow a vegetarian diet), I’m always looking for easy ways to add protein to my diet. Of course, I go with all the standards—beans, eggs, nuts—but sometimes, an active girl like me needs a little help [...]
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. [...]
Champion Clothes Giveaway
Winner~Katherine Sullivan Finally the Champion giveaway is HERE! The winner will receive her choice (from my review) a top, bottom (pants) and a sports bra. Just to be super clear….. You must pick from the outfits that I have reviewed already. You may mix and match. You may pick any color and size that you like. Be [...]
Giveaway: Invite to a Party with Bob Greene! You do not want to MISS this!-CLOSED
GGS, Omron and Oprah’s personal trainer Bob Greene are teaming up to help you make Fall the most fit season of all! Greene recommends walking as an easy cardio activity to step up your fitness routine. A walking partner that’s with you every step of the way, Omron pedometers motivate you and remind you to [...]
Simple Ways to Keep it Healthy During Crazy Busy School Days
Guest Post~by Kati — Registered Dietitian Twitter: @AroundThePlate Getting children ready for school can be a daunting task. There are new clothes to buy, new books to pick up, and a plethora of new after school events to add to the schedule. Perhaps that is why finding time to prepare and provide nutritious meals and [...]
It’s a Fitness Outfit GIVEAWAY from lucy!~CLOSED
Winner: Charlene Kuser…congrats! Who does not need new workout clothes to rock that body into Autumn? Not just any work out clothes either, we are honored to be giving away lucy workout gear. We have teamed up with lucy for one very lucky GGS superstar to win a complete lucy outfit! Yup! A whole outfit! First [...]
Healthy Sandwich Ideas for your Next Picnic
Just in time for summer, comes new Arnold/Brownberry/Oroweat Nutty Grain Health-full Bread. This not-quite-diet bread has big, bold nutty flavor that will help your readers keep their bodies bathing suit-ready without sacrificing on size or taste. Typical diet breads are 40- to 50-calories a slice and half the size of regular bread. Health-full is 80 [...]
How to Handle the Moments that Make you Gain Weight
When you are trying to lose weight it can be easy fall off the diet wagon and slip back into patterns of unhealthy eating and lack of exercise. Recently, CNN identified “The Moments That Make us Fat” which included your friends suggesting a buffet restaurant for dinner or finding tempting dessert options at a cocktail [...]
Giveaway: nuun Gift Package
CLOSED! Winner-Carrie! nuun and Girl Get Strong Media have teamed up to give our GGS readers a chance to win this great giveaway! Yipeee we love giveaways! In this giveaway prize package: two nuun water bottles (BPA free) one nuun tee-shirt made by American Apparel a mixed 4-pack of nuun flavors; Tri-Berry, Lemon-Lime, Orange, Citrus-Fruit [...]
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 [...]
Venus Williams Workout and her Favorite Recovery Meal
Just in time for the US Open, Venus Williams reveals her workout secrets. Of course, the tennis star spends two to three hours training on the courts, but it takes a lot more to stay in top-performance shape. “It’s kind of a nine to five thing with a full day of working out,” she told [...]
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 [...]
