Category: Fitness
Food, Fitness and Fat Loss
Fueling your body before and after a good workout is important, but not hard to do after you get into a good routine. If you’re eating healthy foods that are right for your body type, the rest is all about timing, portions and how you choose to sweat! When are you working out? Very Early [...]
3 Tips to Lose 16 Pounds in 3 Months
Losing weight that stays off is easier than you think. Here are a few tips to lose up to 16 pounds in a few short months. Stop Eating When You’re Full: A lot of people continue to pick at food on the table or in the kitchen long after their stomach says, “enough!” Keep in [...]
Your Favorite Junk Foods, and How Long it Takes to Burn Them Off
A recent study done by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health showed that labeling soft drinks with information suggesting how long a person would have to jog to burn off calories consumed proved to be more effective than labeling with calories alone in four Baltimore inner-city neighborhoods. It’s no secret that many of [...]
Best of 2011: Your Favorite Exercise Tips, Recipes & Diet Advice
Who knew that writing a blog all about health, fitness and good-for-you foods would be so much fun? I can’t believe another year is nearly over. In the past year, this blog has taken me to The TODAY Show to chat with Hoda and Kathy Lee, every network in Chicago to talk food and [...]
What Would Happen if You Never Exercised Again?
Let’s say you stay active, to some degree, most days of the week. Then one day you decide to call it quits for one reason or another. Maybe it’s an injury, work, a relationship or sheer boredom. Regardless, you hang up your running shoes and close the drawer on your workout clothes for good. What [...]
Say “Bye Bye Belly Fat” with These 3 Changes
A recent University of California San Francisco study revealed stress levels go hand-in-hand with deep abdominal fat. Personally, I think this is a really big deal and important for anyone who often feels “stressed” to think about. The nine-week study included overweight women who participated weekly stress management and healthy eating meetings. None of them were [...]
Healthy Tips for the Holiday Traveler
Whether you’re traveling by car, plane or just walking downstairs to your living room – it’s easy to fall out of the healthy eating and exercise routine at the height of the holiday season. No one can be perfect, but there are numerous things you can do to try to counter some of the excesses [...]
No Excuses (Cardio) Workout #23
Here is a short and sweet workout that will get your heart rate up and hold it up for several minutes with a two minute rest. Repeated three to five times and you’ve got a high intensity workout that opens up your lungs, burns fat and gets you in and out of the gym quick! [...]
Gastric Bypass: The Reboot Her Body Needed
Gladys Alcazar-Anselmo was heavy her whole life. From her youth on, she always thought she’d lose the weight. Despite countless efforts to shed unwanted pounds, nothing worked. For years she lived with sleep apnea, joint pain and a myriad of other physical conditions that were the result of the strain weight put on her body. [...]
How Fast Can You Lose Your Fitness?
Thinking about taking a nice long break from working out? The holiday season is the best time of year to spend with family, friends, celebrate a little and maybe ease off on your regular workout routing. But if you’re thinking about throwing in the towel to start again in the new year, you’ll be facing an [...]
