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Living Healthier on the Road

fitness guy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:51:34 +0000

Over the last week I have been living in an airport in Toronto and a hotel that is connected to an airport and working really long days. This situation is a very dangerous one for your health as it seems to take a lot of control out of your hands as far as healthy lifestyle [...]

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Living Healthier on the Road

10 Canadian Thanksgiving Eating Tips

billyboy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:24:11 +0000

Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite eating days of the year. Thanksgiving dinner is now only a couple of days away in Canada and the Turkeys and Hams have already been bought and are waiting to be eaten. This thanksgiving maybe you can be more careful about your eating and well being and I hope [...]

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10 Canadian Thanksgiving Eating Tips

Portion Control and Meals

fitness guy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:23:44 +0000

I was just reading a great article on Zen and Fitness about portion control that really laid out to me about the size that meals should be and it got me to thinking about our own eating habits at home. I eat a good meal in the morning of Oatmeal or a bagel with Nutella and [...]

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Portion Control and Meals

3 Day Diet

fitness guy — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:10:42 +0000

There has been a diet floating around for many years called the 3 day diet. It is crap and promises a 10 pound weight loss but is in truth a lie. I have thought a bit about this and decided to come up with my own 3 day diet. Have you ever thought of going on [...]

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3 Day Diet

Healing Power of Strawberries

fitness guy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:23:36 +0000

It is Strawberry season and I love eating Strawberries a lot. I have just run across some great info on just how good strawberries are as a health food. Strawberries are one of nature’s healthiest “packages” of power nutrients. There is strong evidence that strawberries are a heart-protective fruit, an anti-cancer fruit, and an anti-inflammatory fruit [...]

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Healing Power of Strawberries

Cereal and Milk instead of a Protein shake?

fitness guy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:21:13 +0000

I have always pushed my kids to eat a better breakfast by having toast and natural peanut butter or cereal but there is anew study out today proving me right. It seems that cereal and milk are a great, easy to digest form of protein. Exercise physiologist Lynne Kammer, from The University of Texas at Austin, [...]

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Cereal and Milk instead of a Protein shake?

Good vs Bad Carbs

fitness guy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:57:46 +0000

We have always heard, and I have written a few times about the difference between good an bad carbs. I have just run across an article on “Thats Fit” website by Liz Neporent on the difference between good and bad carbs. Here is an excerpt from the article Good carbs are good for you because they [...]

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Good vs Bad Carbs

Stopping food cravings

fitness guy — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:46:04 +0000

Food cravings are every dieters nightmare. There are very few times that you will be on a diet and not be tempted at least a little bit by the foods that you see and memories of fatting foods that just drift into your mind from nowhere. I had a craving for greasy fish and chips [...]

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Stopping food cravings

10 Fitness lies

billyboy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:00:31 +0000

I always love hearing the myths and lies about fitness and thinking about where they cme from. Here is a list of lies, or at least partial lies and why. Changing your mindset to reflect reality is on of the best things that you can do to make better eating and exercise decisions. A lot of [...]

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10 Fitness lies

12 tips for healthier eating

billyboy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:21:11 +0000

Healthy eating is the first step to making sure that you are getting yourself more fit. There a a lot of great advantages to eating better and these include more energy, better concentration and less stomach and digestive problems. Currently, the typical American diet is low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and high in [...]

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12 tips for healthier eating

Cut your fruit and vegetable shopping bill

billyboy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:10:23 +0000

There are some very high costs for Fruit and even vegetables these days. One of the best ways to stay healthy is to eat lots of fruits but the cost can be terrible. If you follow a few rules then you can lower you fruit costs. Here are some tips to help you get a better [...]

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Cut your fruit and vegetable shopping bill

How much can you eat on a diet

fitness guy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:49:20 +0000

I have come across this article by John Timmerman. Joe is a sport specific performance and fitness coach. He is also the Founder and President of The New Fit. Calorie requirements vary from person to person. No two people have the same requirements. This is because we all have different body types and activity levels. So [...]

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How much can you eat on a diet

Cooking a Turkey

fitness guy — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:45:51 +0000

Well today we are for the 2nd time we are cooking a turkey. I tried cooking one last Spring and it was good although a bit dry. Years ago my wife made an Easter dinner with her mom and it was really undercooked, that night we ended up having Turkey soup at 10 at night. Just [...]

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Cooking a Turkey

Six Pack Abs

billyboy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:45:28 +0000

Over the years I have seen a lot of flimsy ideas of how to get a set of six pack abs. The most common scams are special machines that will do it and sometimes some kind of drink. I remember at one point Slim Fast seemed to be showing chubby people suddenly spawning a set [...]

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Six Pack Abs

3 Surefire Ways to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

fitness guy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:43:45 +0000

You might be thinking about shutting yourself out from the world and staying in your cubbyhole during the whole holiday season just so that there is no temptation for you to attend holiday parties and gain weight that way. But let me tell you that there is no need to make your life miserable out [...]

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3 Surefire Ways to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

3 Simple Weight Loss Tips for Holidayers!

fitness guy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:38:24 +0000

Don’t deprive yourself but control your portions: Many people think that avoiding or depriving themselves completely of their favorite foods is the surefire way to avoid weight gain! If you too think this way you cannot be further from the truth! If you deprive yourself of your favorite foods, your food cravings would increase all the [...]

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3 Simple Weight Loss Tips for Holidayers!

3 Simple Steps to Pregnancy Weight Loss!

fitness guy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:24:13 +0000

You are fondling your baby in your arms, and reading a lifestyle magazine, and what catches your eye is the sexy photo of Jennifer Aniston – her curves as well as her flat stomach. You look at your fat belly and immediately start hating it like never before! You now want your belly to be [...]

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3 Simple Steps to Pregnancy Weight Loss!

2 Things I Did to Keep My Weight Loss Resolution!

fitness guy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:04:48 +0000

There is hardly anyone who doesn’t take one resolution or other during the New Year, and one of the most popular New Year resolutions is the weight loss resolution. Every New Year, millions of people resolve to shed the extra flab and get slimmer, and just a few weeks after that, most of them break [...]

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2 Things I Did to Keep My Weight Loss Resolution!

2 Powerful Strategies to Lose Holiday Weight Fast

fitness guy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:52:39 +0000

Holiday weight gain is almost inevitable! In fact, you would need to be a staunch, self-disciplined, health-conscious individual to be able to avoid the temptations of cookies, candies and alcohol at parties! In fact, the ‘food season’ starts much before Christmas – usually from Thanksgiving Day! From Thanksgiving Day to New Year, people stuff themselves as [...]

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2 Powerful Strategies to Lose Holiday Weight Fast

2 Easy Ways to Keep the Pounds Away During the Holidays!

fitness guy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:07:19 +0000

It is easiest to gain extra pounds in holidays than at other times of the year. Guess why? Well you don’t need too hard on it! Come on, it is holiday season, so we don’t have jobs to run after, which in turn means that we are less active than usual. Add to it the [...]

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2 Easy Ways to Keep the Pounds Away During the Holidays!