Fittingly Mad: Showing Too Much Skin While Exercising
Posted by admin in Exercise on 01 31st, 2010 | No Comments
When I taught yoga this week, I was surprised to see a new male student show up in not much clothing. He was wearing the teeniest, tiniest, tightest shorts I’ve ever seen. I was like, “Um, this is not a naked yoga class !” This isn’t the first time I’ve noticed men and...
Don’t Call Her Granny!
Ernestine Sheperd is 72 years old. She runs 80 miles a week, lifts weights every day, and is a certified trainer. Among her many accolades is a first place showing in a body building competition. Talk about inspiration. I was floored watching this video of Ernestine that Kristen - a FitSugar reader...
We Have Our Winners!
To celebrate the holidays, I wanted to inpire your healthy lifestyle by offering the chance for five lucky people to win this amazing yoga package from our friends at Saka! It includes the uniquely designed Pinda Yoga Backback (which I love!), a yoga mat, a foam block, and a strap. We have our five...
Get Fit For 2010: A Day of Food
Check out the visual food journal that FitSugar reader thatgirljj kept for this week’s challenge in the Get Fit For 2010 giveaway . If you haven’t blogged your food journal yet, don’t worry - show us what you’ll be eating this weekend! OK, my day of food in pictures. I wasn’t...
Lauren Conrad Works Out to Get a ModelBody
Posted by admin in Exercise on 01 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Although we’re not sure if Lauren Conrad has ditched trainer Jarret Del Bene for good, she is spending time with someone new . With the help of ModelBody trainer, Shaun Horner, Lauren’s been changing up her fitness routine. Shaun has worked with other Hollywood notables like Jesse Metcalfe,...
The Bigger the Person, the Smaller the Discount
In a controversial new program, Whole Foods will be rewarding its healthiest workers with larger employee discounts. According to a Whole Foods memo: “The goals of this voluntary program are to encourage and reward Team Members for making healthy, positive lifestyle changes and to reduce the costs...
If at First You Don’t Succeed . . .
How’s everyone doing with their 2010 fitness health goals so far? Based on all the inspiring posts in our Get Fit For 2010 community group, it seems like most of you are right on track. But don’t get discouraged if you’re struggling a bit. It’s hard making these kinds of lifestyle...
Go Shopping With Alicia Silverstone
On yesterday’s Oprah Show , actress Alicia Silverstone took cameras grocery shopping with her. I have to say that I was surprised at how many processed foods Alicia picked out. Although I know a lot of vegans who rely on synthetic meat and processed foods as the backbone of their diet, I expected...
Get Fit For 2010: One Reader’s Food Journal
Here is the food journal that FitSugar user mshoema shared with us for this week’s Get Fit For 2010 community challenge and giveaway . OK, food journal time! I have never kept a food journal before so this should be good. You happened to catch me on Tuesday, my “Biggest Loser day.”...
Oh, Martha!
I’ve seen my share of awkward moments on The Martha Stewart Show - she’s spun around a stripper pole , not so subtly insulted Rachael Ray, and threw down rhymes with Snoop Dogg about “green” brownies. Awkward moments and all, I can’t ever turn away from Martha. Maybe it’s...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Bob Harper
Posted by admin in Exercise on 01 27th, 2010 | No Comments
I recently was able to join a couple of bloggers on a three-way phone chat with Bob Harper , one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser . While the interview’s focus was on tips for meeting our fitness and weight loss goals for 2010 , I found out a few things about Bob that I wanted to share with...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]