All Entries in the "Fitness and Health" Category
Consumer Diet Guide: Sizing Up America’s Most Popular Diets
2009 is a new year and I know many of you are considering losing weight. Here is a good article to help you weigh out a few popular diets. Experts weigh in on the pros and cons of each plan.
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen for MSN Health & Fitness
The key to losing weight—and keeping it off—is to [...]
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What Are Your New Years Resolutions?
The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, Babylonians celebrated the beginning of a new year on what is now March 23, although they themselves had no written calendar.
The tradition of the New Year’s [...]
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Phylicia Rashad Next Spokeswoman for Jenny Craig
Phylicia Rashad, is the latest actress to be tapped as a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig, PEOPLE Magazine reports. Ms. Rashad joins Queen Latifah as an African American spokes woman for the product.
I am glad that Ms. Rashad has joined the campaign. There are others who would disagree with me but I think that her endorsement is [...]
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Is Oprah A Bad Role Model?
All over the net everyone is up in arms about Oprah’s come to Jesus about her weight. In January 2009’s O Magazine, Oprah Winfrey confesses that she now weighs 200 pounds and has “fallen off the wagon.” Winfrey states, “I’m mad at myself. . . [and] embarrassed. I can’t believe that after all these years, [...]
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How To Survive The Holiday Eating Frenzy
The holiday season is upon us and between Thanksgiving and New Years Day Dinner there will be more holiday parties, random baked goods, peer pressure to try someone’s dish, and general overeating than a day at the Klumps dinner table. The holidays can cause emotional eating and a relaxed attitude toward fitness as you think [...]
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Ask Hungry Girl-Thanksgiving Tips and Tricks!
Hungry Girl Today: 11.26.08
ASK HUNGRY GIRL
Dear HG,
HELP! How on EARTH will I survive Thanksgiving? I’m afraid I’m going to
snowball out of control on the big day. Any last-minute tips?
Turkey Day Troubles
Dear Turkey Day Troubles,
Well, tomorrow is the big day. And while the average Thanksgiving meal
contains over 3,000 calories, that doesn’t mean that YOUR [...]
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11 Quick Tips: Slim Down Your Fast Food Orders
We all are trying to save a buck in this messed up economy and one way we do it is by hitting up the fast food spots for a value meal. The Daily Spark provides a few ways to save on money and not beef up on calories. You don’t want to have to work [...]
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Will You Live To Be 100?
Wonder how long you’ll live? Think you’re in for a long life? While we can’t know for sure, your genes, lifestyle choices, diet and exercise habits and even your relationships can be foretelling.
Prevention magazine recently had an article on “14 Surprising Signs You’ll Live Longer Than You Think.”
My outlook was good: I skip sodas, [...]
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10 Ways to Fight Obesity
By Steve Edwards
Most of us are aware that we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic. And while we can’t open a newspaper or turn on a computer without a reminder, the problem is still continuing to grow. A recent article in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, predicts that two-thirds of children and nine [...]
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Negative Body Images: Road Blocks To Weight Loss
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall….who is the most unfit of them all? Do you have a negative body image? Do you ignore your figure in the mirror and say to yourself I really dislike what I see but do nothing about it? Are there parts of your body you wish you could change but you [...]
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