January 7th, 2009 — about, basketball, best things in life, exercise, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, job, kal, memoir, moderation, motivation, nutrition, nutrition fitness, pro health, rewards, spirit, weight loss, wellness, woman of my dreams, wonderful child from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
I have been tagged by Fat Man Unleashed to write a 6 word memoir. His was Be About It!
My 5 word memoir is Healthy, Happy, Wealthy, and Wise.
At the end of the day, this is how I will remember my life.
Healthy — this one is pretty self explanatory, but it does require work to get [...]
January 7th, 2009 — activities, balanced diet, body time, confusion, cramp, dieters, exercise, exercise 1, extreme exhaustion, fats, goals, gym, healthy eating, heart, loss of vision, low blood sugar, low fat cheese, nutrition, nuts, ok body, palpitations, perfect balance, point of no return, protein, proteins, shame, signs of hypoglycemia, water, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Have you ever hit the wall when you’re exercising? We’re not talking about an actual wall here, we’re talking about that point of no return when your body says “Enough” and refuses to do anything else. Most of us have hit it once or twice, but during the summer months, it is all too easy [...]
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January 6th, 2009 — being overweight, black coffee, calories, diet, diet changes, diet soda, drastic change, failure, goals, healthy eating, lifestyle change, mindset, odds, radical changes, splenda, sugary drinks, target weight from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When we need to lose weight, it’s really common to get swept up into the mindset that we need to make radical changes. While this may be true, it may not be healthy to make such a drastic change in the way you eat. In fact, you may be increasing your odds of failure by [...]
January 6th, 2009 — Meals, Weight Loss Journal, alcoholic beverages, barbeques, calories, diet, downer, drinker, endurance, fast food, goals, having fun, healthy eating, inhibitions, late night, little fizz, margarita, party time, sparkling water, staying in shape, summer fun, summer parties, teaspoons, truth of the matter, white wine spritzer from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Summertime is party time for many people and there will be plenty of barbeques and nights out that may test your dieting endurance. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to become a hermit just to keep your body in beach ready condition. Here are some tips on how to enjoy your summer fun and [...]
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January 1st, 2009 — apple education, baby food, carnivals, cash money, diet fads, discount thanks, education discount, fitness health, food diet, food engineer, food glorious food, guest writer, health habits, health network, healthy eating, ipod touch, lazy man, money life, olympic athlete, purgatory, tight ass, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
The flooding Fay has caused in Florida is a nightmare. My sympathies go out to those who were affected.
This week from the Fitness Health Network:
Get Fit Slowly takes a look at the Average Athlete vs. the Olympic Athlete.
The Journal of [...]
December 31st, 2008 — 100 years, advice books, balanced diet, carbohydrates, carbs, consciousness, dangerous conditions, diet, diet myths, diets, effective weight loss, factoid, healthy eating, high starch foods, ketosis, medical conditions, oats, organ damage, problem areas, starvation, weight loss tool, wellness, white rice, whole grains from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When it comes to dieting over the past 100 years, there have been so many new techniques and advice books that they could literally fill a library all on their own. With these new techniques have come a lot of myths that have been ingrained in our consciousness. We may not even know where we [...]
December 30th, 2008 — Food, Weight Loss Journal, additives, aisles, bakery, breads, cheeses, diet drugs, exercise, frozen meat, fruits and vegetables, good health, grocery store, healthy eating, healthy foods, lean meats, losing weight, metabolism, nutrition, nuts and legumes, perimeter, proteins, skipping exercise, unnecessary treatments, weight loss, weight loss efforts, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Do you understand the concept of natural weight loss? If you want to promote successful, long term and permanent weight loss, then you need to employ natural weight loss efforts rather than turning to other methods for losing the extra weight. Natural weight loss is weight loss facilitated by eating healthfully and naturally, and working [...]
December 24th, 2008 — amazon, burst, calories, candy bar, chips, daily intake, diet, diets, healthy eating, how many calories, main meals, rcm, snack, snacking, snacks, target, urge from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
One of the major reasons that people have difficulty keeping on their diets is the urge to snack. For many of us, it’s hard to get through the day without having at least one snack. However, that one snack can easily turn into ten and before you know it you’re grazing all day long, adding [...]
December 24th, 2008 — Food, Meals, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, anti oxidants, black tea, broccoli, brown rice, delicious snack, diet, different foods, folate, green tea, hard boiled egg, healthy eating, lemon juice, metabolism booster, nutrition, omega 3, raw spinach, scallions, snack 2, stir fry, vinegar dressing, vitamin b, vitamin k, walnuts, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
One of the biggest questions that is arising often ever since Superfoods became a popular concept is whether or not these superfoods can actually help you lose weight. The truth? Yes, they really can. There are a lot of different foods that can significantly boost your weight loss program by being really healthy for you. [...]
December 23rd, 2008 — Choices, bad day, calories, detox, detox programs, diet, exercise, fad diets, fast food, food diary, food pizza, goal weight, goals, habit, health, healthy eating, healthy food, lifestyle changes, losing weight, massage, recipes, shopping, waist lines, weight gain from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When it comes to losing weight, chances are if you’re trying fad diets and special detox programs, you’re pretty fed up that the results never seem to last. Why is this? Well, most of us can only keep up with an extreme diet for so long. Once we’ve reached our goal weight, we can’t wait [...]
December 22nd, 2008 — alcohol, alcoholic drinks, alternative ideas, best choice, caloric intake, camaraderie, desert, deserts, diet, empty calories, entrees, fast food, glasses, grilled chicken, guilt, healthy choices, healthy eating, lean steak, moderation, nutrition information, plain water, restaurant food, sea bass, soda, trying to find a way from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you are having trouble finding ways to eat out with your friends or family while you are on a diet, you don’t have to resort to becoming a hermit. Eating out is not something that you want to do every day, but occasionally, it can serve as an important way of treating yourself for [...]
December 20th, 2008 — best bet, brain, caffeine, calories, cold turkey, cup of coffee, cup of tea, diet, diets, healthy eating, mistake, punch, signals, soda, sodas, sugar, sugar cravings, teaspoons, trigger food, trigger foods from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Whenever you start a new diet, cravings are pretty much inevitable. It can get to the point where you feel as though you’ll literally stop existing unless you cave in. Countless diets are broken due to cravings, but there are a few techniques that you can use to retrain your cravings and keep your [...]
December 20th, 2008 — Meals, amazing fish, carnitas, cilantro, favorite mexican restaurant, fish tacos, frameborder, good carbs, google, healthy eating, hips, honey mustard, hot salsa, lazy man, maps, mexican food, mild salsa, onions, perfect food, pollo asada, sancho, vegetables from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
I went out to lunch yesterday at my favorite Mexican restaurant with a friend: Sancho’s Taqueria. This place has the most amazing fish tacos on the planet and many many people swear by the carnitas super burrito… They really are inspirational…
This day however, I ordered the Sancho’s Cobb with the dressing on the side… Good [...]
October 23rd, 2008 — Food, Weight Loss Journal, additives, chemicals, chocolate cake, dressings, food labels, food rewards, food taste, fridge, goals, grasp, healthy choice, healthy eating, healthy food, initial period, lifestyle changes, losing weight, motivation, palate, processed foods, sad fact, sauces, seasonings, temptation from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you are focusing on losing weight and making lifestyle changes, the first two weeks are undoubtedly the hardest. Your body and your mind need time to adjust to your diet, and this initial period requires a lot of motivation and a desire to stick to your new plan. Anytime you make lifestyle changes, it [...]
October 13th, 2008 — 2c, Meals, banana cream pie, calories, chocolate cake, diet, diet tomorrow, diets, failure, healthy eating, lunch, mistake, monster, motivation, nutrition, piece of cake, pizza, rest of the day, retraining, scarf, snacking from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Have you ever fallen off the diet wagon and then said, well, I may as well enjoy myself today, since I’ve already messed up. I’ll get back on my diet tomorrow. If this sounds familiar, you’re dealing with one of the biggest reasons that diets fail. Cheat days are fine, within reason, but if you’re [...]
October 9th, 2008 — Food, Meals, Weight Loss Journal, alternative ideas, calorie count, celery, diet, dressings, drink, feeling the pinch, fewer calories, goals, hard time, headway, healthy eating, how many calories, lettuce, losing weight, nutrition, portion control, potato chips, replacements, salads, salty snacks, size bags, sodium, spray oil, sugar, switches, temptation, vinaigrette from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
For many of us, trying to consume fewer calories can be very difficult. If you are someone that has a hard time feeling satisfied on little meals, or you just can’t seem to make any headway with your calorie count, there are a few ways that you can dramatically reduce how many calories you are [...]
Continue reading → 5 Ways to Dramatically Decrease Your Calorie Intake the Easy Way
October 7th, 2008 — Food, Weight Loss Journal, adult, allotment, calories, chemicals, convenience, diet, diet food, excess water retention, food choices, food labels, healthy eating, high blood pressure, labels, migraines, preservatives, sodium content, suggestion, vegetables, vital functions, warning signs, weight gain from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When you first get on a diet, especially one that is calorie restricted, you’ll find that you are pretty limited when it comes to food choices. For many, it’s simply easier to take advantage of prepackaged meals. While these are expensive, there is a lot to be said for convenience, and for having everything spelled [...]
October 2nd, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, calorie snack, chocolate cake, culprit, diet, diet food, diet plan, dietitian, exercise, finding the balance, fondness, food choices, food plans, fried chicken, goals, healthy eating, lemon chicken, losing weight, low carb diet, moderation, motivation, protein bars, real food, snack choices, sweet tooth, weight loss, willpower, workout routines from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you’re trying to lose weight but finding it nearly impossible, it may not be that you are to blame. Is your diet really the culprit? In many cases, failing on a diet doesn’t mean that you have no willpower or that you are incapable of losing weight. It just means that you may not [...]
September 28th, 2008 — Asparagus, Roundup, Weight Loss Journal, blogs, breast milk, corn syrup, cows, diabetes, diet, exercise, fast food, fitness health, grains, health network, healthy eating, hoot, nutrition, nuts, peta, reading material, weekend reading, weight loss foods, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Sunday Roundup - Corn Syrup and Happy Cows. In addition to the weekend reading material listed below don’t miss the PETA and breast milk blog post from Get Fit Slowly. That post plus one from Fast Food Confessional comprise the title of this post. Hopefully you’ll get a [...]
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September 25th, 2008 — Meals, better luck, blood sugar, brain work, calories, candy bar, chips, cravings, crunchy vegetables, diet, diets, fats and proteins, food choices, grazing, healthy eating, how many calories, losing weight, moderation, peanut butter cups, protein, proteins, second nature, snacking, string cheese from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
For many of us, it’s just too hard to get through the day without nibbling on something. If you have issues with your blood sugar being too low, or you are simply hungry during the day, snacking can be second nature. While snacking generally gets frowned upon, grazing is typically recommended for many diets. The [...]
September 24th, 2008 — Fish, band wagon, calories, caregiver, diet, food groups, fresh foods, hardest thing, healthy eating, hype, macrobiotic diet, macrobiotic diets, natural immunity, nutrition, preservatives, protein, shock, smart decisions, sun, temperate climates, vegetables, vegetarian, vegetarian diet, whole grain flour from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
As more stars jump on the macrobiotic band wagon, many of us wonder what this diet is and why it is so beneficial. A macrobiotic diet is not an easy diet, and it is not for everyone. However, it does contain some interesting principles that can be applied for any type of diet. Let’s take [...]
September 23rd, 2008 — blood sugar, blood sugar levels, brain, dinner plate, exercise, exercise plan, gaining weight, healthy eating, little bit, moderation, portion control, salad plate, urge, vegetables, willpower from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
For most of us, eating normally means eating whatever we want. The key to eating the way we want to eat and not gaining weight is portion control and extra exercise. It is possible to lose weight while not depriving yourself of the food you love, but you will need to make that commitment towards [...]
Continue reading → How to Lose Weight And Keep Eating Normally
September 17th, 2008 — 3 fatty acids, Food, Meals, Weight Loss Journal, animal products, avocados, bad fats, canola oils, chicken eggs, corn oils, flax oil, good cholesterol, healthy eating, milk and dairy products, monounsaturated fats, negative connotations, nutrition, omega 3 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fats, reading labels, red meat, risk of heart disease, saturated fats, vegetable oils, waxy appearance, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Most of are trained to recoil in horror at the mere mention of the word fat, and it automatically has negative connotations for most of us. However, there is such a thing as good fat, and if you’re trying to lose weight, it is important to make sure you are getting the right balance of [...]
September 11th, 2008 — 15 minutes, Sleep, diet, drinking too much water, endurance, exercise, exercise plan, fad diets, health, healthy choice, healthy eating, metabolism, multi vitamin, nutrition, nutritionist, promises, supplements, vitamins and minerals, water from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
So many of us get caught up in the push to lose weight that we let our health slide. There are a few ways that you can make sure that you are staying healthy when you’re loosing weight, and they’re not hard to do at all. You will need to see a doctor or a [...]
September 10th, 2008 — Meals, Olive Oil, caloric needs, calorie reduction diet, calories, cardio workout, dieters, easy answers, easy solutions, exercise, exercise plan, fats, goals, healthy eating, healthy foods, losing weight, metabolism, omega 3 oils, plateau, ramp, right fuel, token, vigorous exercise, weight loss, weight loss goals, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Every year, millions of dieters experience the same problem. You’re going along great, losing weight steadily and then boom - nothing. No matter what you try or how you limit your diet, you can’t lose any more weight. There are a few easy answers to this and a few easy solutions that you can use [...]
August 15th, 2008 — Book Review, best way to lose weight, bradley trevor greive, caloric intake, calories, cereal, diet, diet books, diet fads, diets, exercise, fad diets, false hope, fool, healthy eating, journey, lifestyle change, motivation, motivator, new perspective, nutrition, piece of advice, premise, prose, sense of humor from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Out of all the diet books we have ever seen, this one simply has the best cover. Nothing gets the point of the title across better than a pie-eyed dog staring at you over a bowl of what looks like very unappetizing cereal. The author of this book is the renowned Bradley Trevor Greive, who [...]
August 12th, 2008 — bad breath, bind, blood pressure, blood pressure readings, bowls, cantaloupe, cucumbers, diet, exercise, garlic, garlic capsules, healthy eating, high blood pressure, lower blood pressure, medication, moderation, oatmeal, onions, soluble fiber from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
High blood pressure is a problem that affects millions of Americans every year. Many of us are struggling with numbers that are too high and we cannot seem to get them down. Before trying any of the advice mentioned here it is vital to speak with your doctor. You may need to have medication to [...]
August 3rd, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, animals at the zoo, bulldog run, coffee coffee, delicious way, diet, diet detox, diet foods, exercise, fitness health, food recipes, getting fit, goals, guest chef, health network, healthy eating, healthy habits, lazy man, memorial scholarship, moderate exercise, ncn, obesity research, smoothie recipes, thin style, weekend reading, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
For weekend reading from the Fitness Health Network this week checkout these posts:
How do you know if you’re properly hydrated? Journal of Healthy Living posts for Proper Hydration: Clear Urine Is Best.
Fat Man Unleashed asks Why Are We Fatter Than the Animals at the Zoo?
A Little Help - Best Way To Cook Chicken by NCN [...]
July 6th, 2008 — Food, alcohol addiction, bbqs, caffeine, change of pace, dirty word, drink, exercise, family time, fitness health, friendly food, goals, gym, health goals, health network, healthy eating, high intensity, hotel food, hydration, lazy man, ncn, nutrition, nutrition fitness, rocco castellano, self discipline, smoothie king, ups,