We’ve all done it a time or two – decided to try to lose a few pounds quickly in time for a big event.? Whether you are trying to look good at your best friend’s wedding or want to make a statement at the family reunion, losing a few extra pounds could be the difference [...]
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Today, a friend of mine asked me for some tips on how to get great abs. (And just to be clear, great abs means a flat stomach with some muscle definition.) Despite what a lot of people think, crunches don’t really do the trick. There are two important elements to great abs – Cardio and Diet. 100 [...] I’ve read a few articles recently that said the #1 resolution this year (and most prior years) is to lose weight. I’ll save my soap box speech about why that is a faulty goal for later (there are lots of ways to lose weight and not all of them are healthy). And so, having realized [...] A comment that a co-worker (who I will refer to as Candace) said to me recently struck me as very odd. We were talking about training for marathons (she had recently ran a half-marathon and I ran a full-marathon a couple of months back) and I was telling her about an article I had read that [...] This past weekend I hosted a Silpada jewelry party for my friend Jamila. I decided to bake a Tollhouse pie for my guests. I knew as I was preparing it that I wouldn’t be able to resist having a couple of slices (it is one of my all-time favorite desserts!). Sure enough, I had two pieces [...] Read the labels. This kind of goes hand in hand with “When you know better, you do better”. When you are conscious or aware of what you are putting in your body, you tend to eat less of the things that you know will sabotage your weight-loss efforts. Because of the great job that many [...] The challenge for most of us is in the area of whole grains and vegetables. Most of us just simply don’t get enough of either group. For whole grains, consider adding 100% whole grain bread (I LOVE Ezekiel 4:9 bread)or a serving of Kashi cereal to your breakfast regimen (I normally eat the basic flakes since some of [...] Get moving. Adjusting the way you eat goes a long way but nothing jumpstarts a weight-loss program like good old-fashion excersize. That’s right, you’ve got to get moving in order to see some good results. Now, I am partial to strenous excercising because of the amount of calories you can burn (as compared to moderate [...] I think that drinking plenty of water is an important component of weight-loss plan. I feel this way for two main reasons. One is that water helps move things along in the digestive system, which is key to making sure waste flows through and out of the body like it’s supposed to. The other is [...] My second strategy for reaching weight-loss or fitness goals is to have a plan. The old saying, ‘When you fail to plan, you plan to fail’ applies to most (if not all) areas in life – health and fitness is no exception. So what do I mean by having a plan? I think it is [...] |
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