Ok, so given the extreme popularity of the last post titled “Tailgating recipes”, I’ve decided to make it a weekly post for the rest of the football season! So here are some more great healthy tailgating recipes:
Tailgating.com Recipes
Well, wouldn’t you know it… there’s a tailgating.com! So I researched the site and picked out the healthiest [...]
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Healthy Tailgating Recipes… Part Deux
Posted in Nutrition, The weekend warrior, tagged best tailgate recipes, college football tailgate recipes, college gameday recipes, cooking at a tailgate, health, healthy food, healthy grilling, healthy tailgating recipes, how to tailgate resonsibly, lobster tailgate, low calorie tailgating, salsa recipes, salsas for tailgating, tailgate recipes, turkey chili tailgate on October 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Glutamine – The cornerstone supplement for heavy exercisers
Posted in Supplements, tagged amino acid, athletes, body building supplements, body depletion of glutamine, build muscle lose fat, dietary supplements, essential supplements, exercise, ftiness, gaining muscle growth through supplements, glutamine, health, how do you build muscle?, increasing muscle mass, muscle mass, non-essential amino acid, nutrional supplements, protein biosynthesis, proteins, sports supplements, translation, what are the best supplements to build muscle?, what are the best supplements to gain weight?, who should supplement with glutamine? on September 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Glutamine is a naturally occurring amino acid found in the human body, amongst other places. Wikipedia defines Glutamine as:
…one of the 20 amino acids encoded by the standard genetic code… Glutamine is the most abundant naturally occurring, non-essential amino acid in the human body…”
The term ‘non-essential amino acid’ means quite simply that our bodies are [...]
Breaking Down The “Bikini Challenge” – Part 2
Posted in General health & fitness, The newcomer, tagged beach body, best diets for summer, best diets for women, bikini challenge, bootcamp program, cellulite, cellulite reduction diet, diet, eating right, exercise, fitness, fruits, health, meal plan, newcomers to fitness, newcomers to health, reducing cellulite, sexy swimsuit body, smoother legs, smoother skin, swimsuit season, tyra banks, vegetables, wellness on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey all! In the last post we discussed what Nivea’s “Bikini Challenge” is and it’s first component, nutrition. Now we’re gonna take a look at the other three components; fitness, cellulite and style.
Fitness
Under the fitness tab, there are three different types of exercise routines in The Bikini Challenge: Cross training, bikini circuit and cardio interval. [...]
Breaking Down “The Bikini Challenge” – Part 1
Posted in General health & fitness, The newcomer, tagged beach body, best diets for summer, best diets for women, bikini challenge, bootcamp program, cellulite, diet, eating right, exercise, fitness, fruits, health, meal plan, newcomers to fitness, newcomers to health, reducing cellulite, sexy swimsuit body, smoother skin, swimsuit season, tyra banks, vegetables, wellness on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve heard the same question from quite a few women I know, “What do you think about ‘The Bikini Challenge’”. When I first heard this, I was like “What’s that?” Apparently, the skin product Nivea has developed “The Bikini Challenge”, a four week diet and exercise plan to lose weight for swimsuit season. It has [...]
Gaining Definition In Your Abs… more diet, less exercise?
Posted in General health & fitness, Nutrition, tagged ab routine, ab workouts, abdominal muscles, abs, burning the fat, definition, diet, exercise, fitness, gaining definition in your abs, gettng cut, health, how to get a six pack, how to look good naked, how to tone your stomach, mid-section, more diet less exercise, obliques, sculpting, shaping, slimming down, stomach, toning, toning your core, training your core, what does it take to get ab definition? on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of people want to know the key to getting either a flat stomach or a six-pack. In this post, we will look at testimonials of those with a great set of abs, scientific research and my own personal experience with sculpting my mid-section. The truth is: there’s more than one way to do [...]
A solution to Lactose Intolerance?
Posted in Supplements, tagged Andrew Ritter, dairy, dairy pains, dairy regiment, dietary supplement, eating dairy without the pain, fitness, health, how do you get rid of lactose intolerance, how to eat dairy products if you have lactose intolerance, Lactagen, lactose intolerance, milk, preventing diarrhea, preventing stomach cramps, solutions to lactose intolerance on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is a disorder that affects almost 50 million people in the United States alone. And I was once one of them. Until the age of 14, I suffered from lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is defined as the, “Inability to properly digest lactose (milk sugar) and related dairy products” (as stated by the health blog [...]
What I ate on my cheat day… round 3
Posted in Cheat Days, tagged 5 meals a day, 7 meals a day, assorted berries, bananas, blueberries, bratwurst, cheat day, cherries, coca cola, cornbread, cranberries, diet, earning your cheat day, eating healthy, egg whites, fitness, health, healthy diet, healthy eating habits, hot dog, ice cream sandwich, is a cheat day good?, meal plan, peanut butter, proper portion control, protein shake, quesadilla, shrimp tostada bites, smoked salmon, spinach, sunflower seeds, yogurt on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of the week! Saturdays tend to be my cheat day more often than not. I really wanted to start the cheat day off right, so breakfast was definitely the best meal of the day… I wish I could say the same for the rest of my meals!!!
Meal #1
3 Egg whites
Smoked salmon
Spinach
Assorted berries [...]
The wonderful world of fiber
Posted in Nutrition, tagged cholesterol, colon health, digestion, digestive efficiency, digestive system, fiber, fitness, fruits, glucose, health, how much fiber should I be getting?, insoluble fiber, LDL, low density lipoproteins, lower cholesterol, lowering cholesterol, nuts, soluble fiber, stabilizing blood glucose levels, vegetables, wellness, what foods have fiber? on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So everyone knows that we should be getting fiber in our diet. But how much and why is it important? Here’s a couple of reasons why we need to incorporate a certain amount of fiber in our diets.
The Digestive System
The way I think of it is comparing the digestive system to a system of pipes. [...]
Rapid weight loss? Not so fast!
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged 5 meals a day, calorie deficit, calorie expenditure, carbs, daily caloric intake, decreasing your daily caloric intake, energy between meals, excess water weight, fitness, gaining lean muscle mass, good carbs vs. bad carbs, health, how do I lose weight?, lean muscle mass, losing weight fast, meal plan, rapid weight loss, shedding pounds, triglycerides, understanding the difference between carbs, water weight, Weight Loss, what are good carbs?, what's the best way to lose weight? on September 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In this post, we’re gonna discuss the part of weight loss that no one wants to hear, but everyone should understand nonetheless. When you begin on your journey towards a goal of losing weight, most people want that instant gratification of quickly shedding the pounds. However, this actually isn’t the best way to do it. [...]
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