This article is a re-post from ShapeFit. This article is about choosing foods wisely for a fit Thanksgiving and at home workouts to keep fitness up through the holidays. This can also be applied to the Christmas Holidays and Halloween! This is the season where sweets and treats are prevalent, tempting and in your face [...]
What’s hiding in your brew? From the 1,200-calorie “triple chocolate mocha” to a Dunkin Donuts option akin to a Big Mac and fries, The Daily Beast ranks the most fattening coffee drinks. Read the full article. See the media gallery.
Healthy Refrigerator – Stock Your Fridge With Nutrient Dense Foods In order to maintain proper nutrition, it is important to have the best foods available to you. It is important to eat from the major food categories, i.e. protein, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, beans/legumes and fats. There are many protein sources to choose from including [...]
* Article By Michael Masterson on http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/12/21/what-does-it-really-take-to-change-your-life.html I was 14 when I first heard the word “underachiever.” Mrs. Growe, my ninth-grade English teacher, used it to describe a student who had, in her opinion, failed to work to his potential. The student? Yours truly. “Mr. Masterson,” she announced to the class, “is the classic example [...]
A Realistic Approach to Weight Loss, by Michael Masterson Sally has an ambitious weight-loss goal for 2010. She told me she is planning to lose 40 pounds. She said she figured she’d lose four pounds a month for 10 months, and then celebrate in October. If she fell behind a little bit, she’d have two [...]
Why are some people more successful than others? I think there are 5 traits that play into to: 1. Intelligence – Some people are just smarter than others. Not really ‘book smart’, rather more ‘street smart’ with things that can be applied in the real world. 2. Aptitude – everyone is good at certain things [...]
“Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley says sugary drinks shouldn’t be a part of anyone’s daily diet, and that almost half of the 200 or 300 extra calories that people consume these days compared to 30 years ago come from sodas, sports drinks and sweetened coffee and tea.” Read the full article
Here are 5 things that are often the difference between success and failure – or at least mediocrity. 1. You don’t set *real* goals and hold yourself to them. Most people dream big dreams, but never set anything tangible and spend their time muddling along from one thing to the next. Do you have specific [...]
Scientists see little dietary benefit in food companies’ scramble to swap out processed sweeteners for natural ones, according to this article in the Chicago Tribune. As with everything, the most tests that scientists do, the more studies the clearer the truth becomes.