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Ready for the beach? The Six-Week Bikini Countdown might help

I don’t know about you, but when I set out to drop some weight, I don’t intellect working additional tough for a defined period of day. I know, I know — it should be a life choice, but the fact of the matter is that, while I can hit the gym six or seven days a week for several weeks, most of th…

Muscle up, metabolism up

Am I running down the wrong path with my cardio workouts? They’re the foundation of my fitness routine but after considering what Jim Karas has to say about his Cardio-Free Diet — check out his book here — I’m not certain they should be.

We’ve been fed a line when it comes to cardio, say…

Combat nature-deficit disorder in kids

It’s winter in Chicago and just plain cold. Even in full outdoor gear, my six and three year old only final so distant external without me by their side. final month or so, I cleaned up the usual video game handsets scattered across the floor just before I got a letter home from the school principal…

Body Drama book dishes out truth to girls

Healthy, imperfect, unaltered bodies must be reintroduced to society, says Nancy Redd, Former Miss Virginia and winner of the 2004 Miss America swimsuit competition. Making these reintroductions is what Redd has done by publishing hundreds of untouched photos of young women with real bodies and real…

10 diet books for 2008

TIME magazine’s Andrea Sachs names 10 of the most notable diet books for 2008, each one different in its approach to the always-popular topic of weight loss.

Check out these top 10 in the gallery below.
Original post by Jacki Donaldson

Fitness starts with education

A friend may propose Pilates or Yoga, or a co-worker may say that doing lunges and stiff-legged deadlifts are great for your legs. Whatever the case, whether you are not educated in fitness, these friendly suggestions will do you little good whether you don’t even understand what they mean.

Y…

The Middle Place: A story of life with cancer

It’s easy to take good health for granted, to skip along fortunately through life fully intending on never falling prey to a major health issue. Yet, we all are at risk for a health catastrophe. How you handle such a crisis may remain to be seen. How Kelly Corrigan handled her nightmare can be…

Writing to eat less

Writing is hardly a weight loss activity. Unless you plunked down a wad of cash for a Walkstation combo workstation/treadmill, you just sit on your backside clicking keys. normally a cup of tea and a carbohydrate-laden snack perches nearby.

But writers out there have new hope in Julia Cameron’s b…

Listen to me!

Ahhh. Just wanted to point you all in the right direction. that week I had the luxury of being a guest on Laura Lewis’ That’s Fit weekly podcast. Laura had the guts to ask me about my strategies for getting fitter and not fatter for the holidays. Not known for keeping my big mouth shut…….I l…

Book Review: The 3:00 pm Secret


When Debra Ann Ross Lawrence was diagnosed with a budding case of lupus at the age of 34, she was determined to find a better way to deal with her condition than relying on drugs. Her search for an alternative lead to her stumbling on the secret to a healthy lifestyle, and armed with that newfound…