Be Realistic About That Home Gym
Filed under: Fitness , Motivation and Inspiration I’m looking at it right now. The empty wall in our family room that used to hold a love seat. My fitness soul is tingling at the thought of placing a treadmill right in that spot. Or maybe a rower or elliptical? I’ve wanted an at-home cardio...
Weight Loss – Is Diet Advice Dumbed Down?
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss I hate it when weight loss information sounds defeatist. And, to my ears, that’s exactly how this New York Times article sounds . It states that some of the “facts” about obesity and weight loss are either pure speculation or oversimplification of...
Kelloggs Halts Peanut Butter Cracker Sales
Filed under: Food and Nutrition It looks like the Keebler elves have been laid off. After King Nut and Parnell’s Pride peanut butter was recalled because of the recent salmonella outbreak, Kellogg’s has decided to be cautious and halt sales of their peanut butter crackers . Though no cases...
Barack Obama Loves Chili – How to Make it Healthy
Filed under: Food and Nutrition , Celebrities and Entertainment A lot has been said about President-elect Barack Obama’s love of food. He’s got favorite restaurants all over Chicago — both chichi gourmet hot spots and local greasy spoons. But his favorite meal to cook at home is rumored...
Losing Weight on Your List? Don’t Clip Coupons
Filed under: Food and Nutrition , Diet and Weight Loss Someone I know saves bundles of cash on groceries. Coupons are her secret. I don’t normally use coupons. Well, I did when diapers were on my list but now that my babies are big, I’m not really on the lookout for such savings. I’d...
Fat – Ground Turkey Can Have More Than Ground Beef
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Filed under: Food and Nutrition How can ground turkey possibly contain more fat than ground beef, asks one Good Housekeeping reader. Hey, I’d like to know the answer to that question too. How about you? GH Food Director Susan Westmoreland says in the January 2009 issue that both kinds of ground...
Biggest Loser Couples – Bob Goes Ballistic
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Filed under: Fitness , Food and Nutrition , Motivation and Inspiration , Diet and Weight Loss , Celebrities and Entertainment It’s only the second week over at the Biggest Loser Couples ranch, but the drama seamlessly continued from week one’s surprise wave goodbye to nine contestants. Trainer...
Eric Stoltz – How He Cuts Weight for a Movie Role
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss , Celebrities and Entertainment , Celebrity Fitzness Report Curious to know how celebrities squeeze fitness into their daily lives? Want to know the secrets of the stars? Bi-weekly our That’s Fit fitness expert Fitz sits down with the celebs we want to know more...
1 in 200 Kids Don’t Eat This
Filed under: Food and Nutrition No, the answer is not french fries, it’s meat. It’s probably more like one in a million kids who don’t eat french fries. But back to the young veggie tale, the Centers for Disease Control recently released the first estimate of how many children younger...
2008 Caffeine Survey – Tampa Bumps Chicago for Most Buzzed
Filed under: Food and Nutrition Seattle, the mecca of drive-thru java huts, may be number one nationwide for slurping down coffee, but it’s not the most caffeinated. The 2008 HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey is out and Tampa gets Most Buzzed, while last year’s most-wired Chicago bumped...
