Archive for October, 2008
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Friday, October 31st, 2008Children as well as many adults love Halloween. Not because of the candy or trick or treating but because we have an excuse for a day to wear a mask or costume to disguise who we are and let out a side of ourselves rarely seen. It’s a day we get to try on a new persona. We are [...]
Is there a difference amongst pedometers?
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Pedometers are small devices that you clip onto your hip or belt and it counts your steps. Millions of people use pedometers as part of a program to measure progress as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Pedometers range from cheap to expensive; inaccurate to quite precise. The following pedometers have been ranked and rated according to accuracy from most accurate to least:
Yamax SW-200, [...]
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Exercise has a way of relieving stress that perhaps baths and candles cannot. If you are feeling tense and tired at the end of each day exercise might be the key to help you relax. Sounds like a contradiction but read on and find out how you might be able to get fit and chill all [...]
World Record Day
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008During a recent Cable Organizer run I heard of this workout called the World Record Workout. Okay, so it isn’t officially titled that, but it’s what the duo who does the workout call it and I think it’s a great name that should be a part of everyone’s workout.
World Record day is done once a [...]
Push Up Til You Can’t Anymore
Monday, October 27th, 2008I was recently scanning the internet for ideas that I could incorporate into my group exercise classes or boot camp workouts and came across a push up workout. I don’t love push ups, let me be more precise, I hate push ups.
Push ups work the shoulders, pecs, abs, back, heck even the neck muscles are involved [...]
Things that junk food distributors don’t want you to know, Pt 7
Sunday, October 26th, 2008This is the last in the series of information blogs detailing what the junk food industry would prefer you did not know. Our children are facing an epidemic in their lives that we hold the cure for. A child is not able to drive thru the local fast food burger joint or shop at the [...]
Things that junk food distributors don’t want you to know, Pt 6
Saturday, October 25th, 2008In an attempt to fool us, food manufacturers often try to replace one unhealthy item with another while trying to convince us it’s a better option and that they have our children’s and our best interest at heart. The truth is that often times a supposedly healthy replacement food is hardly healthier than the food [...]
Things that junk food distributors don’t want you to know, Pt 5
Friday, October 24th, 2008Another way to get you and your family to eat more thus creating more profits for the junk food manufacturers, distributors and restaurants/ stores is to fill the products with processed foods. These foods fill you up far less than the healthier choices you can make. Apples are filled with fiber and other nutrients that [...]
Things that junk food distributors don’t want you to know, Pt 4
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008This week I am looking at what the makers of less than healthy foods would like all of us parents to believe about what we are feeding our children. You won’t hear this but it’s true: The more you can process a food, the cheaper it is to produce. In other words, more processing means [...]
Things that junk food distributors don’t want you to know, Pt 3
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Not only do junk food makers target your children via toys and advertisements as well as conduct their own studies which support their views, they also make donations in the form of large sums of money to professional nutrition associations. One has to question why a fast food or junk maker would donate money to [...]
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