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4 Step Meal Planning Crash Course

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." As the holidays approach it is how you eat NOW that will make or break your ability to either avoid weight gain or continue to achieve fat loss. Here's a simple 4 step meal planning crash course to get you on track now so you can enjoy the holidays guilt-free! Why Meal Planning Rocks and How To Get Started!… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on November 15, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Using Your Child’s Fitness Personality to Create a Fun Exercise Regimen!

Personality traits, genetics, and athletic ability combine to influence kids’ attitudes toward participation in sports and other physical activities. Help your kids figure out their fitness personality based on their overall personality to ensure a lifelong love of exercise! If your child is very social, encourage team sports, dance classes, biking, or skateboarding with a friend. These activities will keep your child active and entertained for hours. For the introspective child, try exercises… Continue

Added by Joanna Dolgoff on November 2, 2009 at 12:36pm — No Comments

How To Stay Fit When You Are Sick

Not feeling so so good, but are worried about breaking the fat loss progress you have made? "What's the best wor… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on November 1, 2009 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Your Ideal Body Weight

Do you know what you really should weigh? Your ideal weight is not some magic number pulled from the air, or some hopeful number that works best for your beautiful best friend. Your ideal body weight is your lean body mass plus your "ideal body fat" percentage based on your ag… Continue

Added by PraiseWalker on October 30, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments

Halloween Workout Video Cheerleader Style

Are you getting a jump start on your Holiday Weight Gain? Yes, I wanted to give you a bit of a scare – I need to grab your attention – for did you know the typical holiday weight gain is 5 and even up to 10 pounds through the holidays and into the New Year? And guess what........it all begins with Halloween! How could it NOT with all the sugar laden treats! Candy just isn’t around for one day. Halloween treats at home, Halloween treats at the workplace, and Hallowee… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on October 26, 2009 at 6:49am — 2 Comments

Acupunture and Weight Loss

Last month, a colleague approached me about exploring the role of acupuncture in weight loss. As a traditional Western medicine physician, I was skeptical about its merits. While many of my patients have used herbs and other holistic treatments, I have never been a believer. But, since I am willing to do anything to help my patients, I decided to use myself as a guinea pig to see if acupuncture was something I should be recommending. First, I did some research. I wanted to know the science behi… Continue

Added by Joanna Dolgoff on October 19, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

5 Fast Busy Mom Energizers

Commitments, cooking, chores, chauffeuring around town, working at home, on the home, away from home, housekeeping, laundry, volunteering at your… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on October 18, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Our Worst Fears Are Coming True. America's Children Are Dying.

Our worst fears have finally come true. Overweight teens are dying from heart disease. Pediatricians have long feared that the rising number of severely obese children and teens would soon start to suffer from adult complications of obesity, like heart attacks, strokes, and death. And now it is happening. According to the St. Louis County medical examiner, a 13-year old football player who collapsed during football practice died as a direct result of “hypertensive cardiovascular disease”, also… Continue

Added by Joanna Dolgoff on October 12, 2009 at 12:15pm — No Comments

The 10 Must-Have Kitchen Items Essential For Keeping A Healthy Home

A healthy, well-stocked kitchen can be a recipe for success if you equip yourself with a master grocery list! Certain items for the freezer, fridge and pantry are all necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Here is a list of my favorite kitchen staples that no kitchen should be without. Freezer Ready Frozen bags of fruits and vegetables are frozen at the peak of freshness to provide the optimal amount of nutrients your body needs. Make sure you buy the items with no added salt, sugars or sa… Continue

Added by Joanna Dolgoff on October 12, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

The BEST Busy Mom Diet Tool

When it comes to a Busy Mom's Diet, it is… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on October 11, 2009 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Detox Diet Day 27 of 28

Hard to believe it's day 27 of day 28, of our Gillian McKeith's Slim for Life Detox Diet. I know the big question on your mind is, so how much weight have you lost? How's Hank? But, before I get to all that there a few things I want to say. Of course, that trainer telling me that I was carrying around 50 pounds of fat was like a bucket of cold water in my face. This "process" has been about two years in the making. I didn't wake up 27 days ago and say, "Let's go on a highly restrictive, pretty m… Continue

Added by Amelia Dellos on October 8, 2009 at 1:22pm — No Comments

"I Workout ALL The Time But Still NO Results!!!"

Fat Loss Troubleshooter Can working out TOO much prevent fat loss results? "I am working out ALL the time!… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on October 4, 2009 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Fear, How to Embrace It

Fear ! Just reading that word puts most people in a state of anxiety. Fear, it makes your palms sweat, your heart rise, and the tiny hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It is the four letter word that binds us all. It is the one thing that makes us human. It causes stress, it causes change, desire, movement, and many times success stories come out of fear. The word itself is nothing to run from. What you do in response of fear is what is important. Fear doesn’t have to be scary or debilit… Continue

Added by Julie Wilcoxson on September 30, 2009 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Must Have Workouts ~ Burn More Fat In Less Time!

Your Must Have Workout: Resistance Training! If muscle is your… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on September 28, 2009 at 7:39am — 1 Comment

Healthy Menu Options for Kids

Tired of french fries with every entree? Visit www.MyKidsPlate.com and leave us a comment about what you would like to see restaurants change on their kids menus. We are soon to unveil our Healthy Kids Menu Initiative in which participating restaurants will offer 2 healthy kids menu options approved by our panel of board certified nutritionists and help fight childhood obesity. www.MyKidsPlate.com Setting National Standards in Kid-Friendly Dining Continue

Added by MomX4 on September 26, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Are Your Workouts Busy or Productive?

What type of feedback are you getting from your workouts? Are your workouts Busy or Productive? Being busy means being engaged in action. Being productive means yielding results or benefits. I hear all too often that women are just working out to workout. Sure, there is a goal out there to lose weight, but the workouts chosen are getting them nowhere fast and leaving so many feeling frustrated, exhausted or worse - in real pain due injuries from over traini… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on September 20, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Hank is Trying to Seduce Me

Hank, my bathroom scale, is trying to seduce me. I told him that our relationship is over. Well over for the next 28 days while I am on the Slim For Life food plan. Hank and I have been through a lot of ups and downs over the years. He's been with me through Weight Watchers, the Atkin's Diet (that was more of an up than a down) and the South Beach Diet. He was virtually ignored during my pregnancy, especially towards the end when I tipped the scales at 174 pounds. And over the last few years, we… Continue

Added by Amelia Dellos on September 15, 2009 at 7:41am — No Comments

10 Healthy After School Snacks In A Hurry

Need some quick, easy and healthy after school snack ideas? Tyler is excited to show you what is in his Snack Box!

The key to making your children’s after school routine successful and stress free is Planning Ahead. Yes - there is the "P" word again, again and again - maybe if I tell you enough, it will make a difference for you. You must know what… Continue

Added by Holly Rigsby on September 14, 2009 at 4:29am — 1 Comment

Slim for life diet day 2

I recently had a startling realization. I am sort of fat. I have one full length mirror in my house and it's what my friend Gretchen calls "the Barbara Walters mirror." My condo was built in the 1920's and the mirror is faded and gives you this soft watery reflection, kinda like Barbara's soft lighting. I had two distinct incidents which let me know that I am fat. Me vs the Mirrors in Old Navy I was at Old Navy buying Alena some back-to-school clothes. Oh by the way, Old Navy has these really c… Continue

Added by Amelia Dellos on September 12, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Eat Fat to Lose Fat?!!!

I've been spending a LOT of time researching nutrition. In addition to reading dozens of books from the library, I'm reading lots of magazine articles, and actually taking some nutrition courses. It's a very confusing topic! I think that part of the problem seems to be that most people who create weigh loss plans have only half the info, and build whole principles out of misunderstood facts. I also think that nourishment as God planned it, is much more complicated than we like to think. An app… Continue

Added by PraiseWalker on September 7, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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