I’m happy to be able to offer my first fitness eBook, The Exercise Blueprint: Building the Foundation of Fitness — it’s a series of my best fitness articles on making your workouts simpler, efficient and more effective in building muscle and improving cardiovascular endurance. I wrote this
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It is difficult to eat vegetables when you don’t like them! If I can be completely honest with you, eating vegetables seems like a punishment to me most of the time. If vegetables didn’t matter, which they clearly do, I probably wouldn’t eat them. I can’t say that
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As frustrating as weight loss can already be, low calorie diets are not the answer to losing fat. Many diet programs exist that recommend an extremely low calorie intake to lose fat. To keep things in perspective, the average amount of calories a woman should eat per
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For years I spent a lot of time in the gym trying to get “ripped,” or really develop the tone in my muscles. My workout program changed frequently, but I could not quite the get results that I wanted. Aware that nutrition was important, it did not
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As doctors, we preach to our patients to “improve your diet, stay away from sweets, etc.” The most common question is “Well, what about watermelon and diabetes?” It’s true that watermelon contains its fair amount of sugar, but the beloved fruit is also a rich source of
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Avoid Eating Out! I love New Orleans, and I love the great cuisine this city has to offer. I have to admit to taking advantage of eating out from the many tasty restaurants in the region. To be honest- meals have ranged from succulent grilled shrimp salads
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If you are looking for a simple way to avoid packing on the pounds, slow, mindful eating may be another practical tool to add to your weight loss tool box. You may have come across the theory that slow, mindful eating can significantly help you lose weight.
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Thanksgiving Day dinner is the Final Exam of your diet and weight loss program! You have now made it a habit to eat half a plate of fruits and vegetables with most meals and you have successfully converted from white rice to brown rice. You prefer fish
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This Healthy Coffee Recipe is a guest post and recipe provided by Joyce Barbee. If you start each day with a cup of coffee like most of us, why not make a healthy coffee and apply a “healthy slant” to it? You can enhance your health by just
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The key to eating right is to make sure you have a healthy food pantry in your house, and to keep unhealthy foods out. Think about it, if you are passing the bag of chips and box of cookies every time you pass through the kitchen, the temptation
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