Boost your body-esteem

Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, General Health, Diet and Weight LossBeyond going to the gym and eating right, we additionally need to stoke and stroke our body confidence. According to Judith Beck, author of The Beck Diet Solution, feeling great about your body — no matter its size — can s…

Week in Review: May 4th to May 11th

Filed under: Week In ReviewIf you missed our daily postings that past week, we invite you to take some day to catch up on our prior week’s news and gear up for a new week of healthy living knowledge and inspiration.Here at That’s Fit, we’re gearing up for summer with help from AOL Body and America …

Are you a disordered eater?

Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Women’s HealthAnorexia and bulimia are eating disorders where society use unnatural methods to get or stay thin. But there’s another category of eating problems; disordered eating is a term that describes any number of unhealthy eating patterns. While disordered eati…

Mother’s Day recipes

Filed under: Healthy RecipesToday is my very first Mother’s Day as a mom and it’s been wonderful. My son (adopted at age 10) made me a card at school and he picked flowers for me yesterday. nowadays, he’s granting my Mother’s Day wish by entertaining himself while I work and not begging me to take h…

Ward off allergies with nasal irrigation

I don’t know what it’s like in your area, but where I habitable spring allergies are in full force. According to a doctor from the Michigan Sinus Center and the University of Michigan, nasal irrigation is an easy way to get relief. In fact, the doctor states that it’s a good first line treatment…

What men crave: Real bodies

Gabriel Olds is a Hollywood actor. He’s presented on CSI, Law & Order: SVU and Six Feet Under, and his most recent film is Life of the Party. normally the naughty guy on TV, Olds is really a pretty good guy. Why? considering when it comes to women, it isn’t fake boobs or fixed noses he prefe…

Make It: Meringue Torte

Baking is one of my favorite pasttimes, and I just entered the realm of meringues.

With meringue, you either love it or leave it and my girls love it. I tried that simple dessert recently and was fairly pleased with the results. It was interesting to see which dinner guests ate the sorbet and which…

Does Your Mother Exercise?

It is Mother’s Day and here at FitSugar we want to know whether fitness for you is a family past instance with a matrilineal leaning. My mom is into walking and swimming, and she’s even a Jazzercise regular. She inspires me, just as I hope to inspire my girls.

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Are trans fats ever OK?

I’m a food label reader. I don’t always understand everything I read. But I read. I mostly look for foods with way low sugar, minimal levels of sodium, moderate amounts of calories, and pretty darn low servings of fat. But what about trans fats? What whether I find a low-fat item that happens to…

For pre-workout snacks, raisins manufacture the cut

Raisins are the perfect pre-workout snack, reports a study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. They taste better than commercial sports gels and have the same effect on performance. Raisins additionally help athletes meet their daily needs for vitamins, minerals, and fiber, say…

Nutrition For The Growing Athlete: The Good, The not good And The Ugly

For millions of American children and teens playing sports, good nutrition is critical for maximum health, performance and normal growth. Yet, with all the info available out there, it’s fitting harder than ever for a young athlete to filter truth from myth, and detangle the good from the poor and t…

Hood nearing stationary-bike Guinness World Record

I reported yesterday U.S. ultra-athlete George Hood is attempting to form the Guinness Book of World Records for consecutive hours cycling on a stationary bike — he has to defeat 175.5 hours to be exact. Just happens Hood has been cycling since final Sunday night at the Heritage YMCA Group’s Fr…

Nutrition for young athletes

Last fall, my son played soccer. Week after week I was disappointed in the snacks that parents brought for the kids. Now it’s baseball season and I’m seeing the same trend. My son has been given sugary juices, “sports” drinks that are loaded with sugar, cookies, chips, and snack cakes. I’m not t…

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