Blog Category / Walking and Eating Healthy

Three simple workouts that will take off major pounds. Pick the one that's perfect for you. Easy? Check. Cost-free? Check. Gets real results...that really last? Check, check. Well, what more could you want from a slim-down plan — except that it be flexible enough to fit into your busy schedule? Okay, this one does that, too. In fact, this plan is so easy and natural, it hardly feels like a weight-loss program. Of course, that's the beauty of walking: The simple act of placing one foot in front of the other — no gadgets, no gear, no trips to the gym — can totally transform your figure,...


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Baked Alaska and Arthur's Walk There once was a turkey named Arthur, now you see Arthur was a very different turkey, because he lived in Alaska. It seems that he liked the winter, not because he did not want to be someone's Thanksgiving meal, in fact he never even heard of Thanksgiving! One day Arthur was walking to the store, when he saw a bunch of people chasing after him! He followed his gutt, and suprisingly didn't run! He held up his feathery wing and said in his calmest voice he could have, "Um.....hello, my name is Arthur, and I'm pondering why you are chasing me?!". They...


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OK, your a crazy walking machine and the exercise has become a part of your life and now you're looking for a step two. Step two is eating healthy and creating the same livable routine for healthy eating and wellness, same as you created for walking and exercise. Check out, Sensei for Weight Loss. Sensei & ZumeWalk, A Whole New Way to a Whole New You Forget everything you know about weight loss. Sensei isn't a fad diet or a magic pill, it's a whole new approach to long term weight loss. You life shouldn't stop because you want to lose weight. That's why Sensei doesn't make you wait...


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"Walking test can ID heart-lung fitness, mortality risk" by Anne Harding at Health. If you're middle-aged or older, a 10-minute walking test can give you and your doctor a pretty clear picture of whether you are at higher risk of dying during the next few years compared with other people your age, according to a large new analysis of data showing that cardiorespiratory fitness is intimately linked with the risk of dying of just about any cause. However, you probably won't get this exercise test unless you ask for it. The exercise stress test --or, in medical parlance, the graded exercise...


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This is straight from Sharon at Rising Sun Fitness, the premier triathlon training in the Washington DC area. Summers are a great time for dinner salads, however be careful what you put ON them!! You may think you’re eating healthfully, but actually loading up on fat and sodium unless you watch the dressing.  Below are some healthy dressings and also keep in mind, squeezed lemon on salads, fat free cottage cheese INSTEAD of dressing, grilled peach instead of dressing (the juice will do the trick) and many more ideas! MEDITERRANEAN COUSCOUS SALAD: 1 cup whole wheat couscous ¼...


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One of the best ways to lose those love handles is walking and if you wantt to shed those unwanted pounds try walking to work. Here's a great article from Detroit News written by Tali Arbel titled, "6 Ways You Can Put a Little Exercise Into Your Work Day." Stressed at work? You need some exercise! But if working out after or before the job isn't working out, make your desk a gym, says the Mayo Health Clinic, which offers these ideas on how to incorporate exercise intooffice life: 1. When you need to talk to a co-worker, get up and walk to other desks and offices rather than calling...


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Eugenie Jones | Fitness Guru And The Age-Old Questions Aging is a part of life but getting old is a matter of mind-over-matter, if you're working to live a fit life, then it don't matter. You've all seen me write this a hundred times, walking is the exercise is the rest of us and for the rest of life. If you commit to slowly working yourself back into shape, good health and find a form of exercise that you love, a life time will be easy because it becomes a part of who you are, what you do and keeping fit. Eugenie Jones writes for the Kitsap Sun that, "We've come accustomed to thinking "older...


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Man, I saw this salsa and knew I had to have some kiwi salsa, like right now. I'm off like a speeding bullet. It might be good on a piece of fish or chicken. Anybody got an idea for a ride along? I love kiwi, you probably could tell and it sounds so refreshing and juicy, perfect after a good steamy workout. It comes from Sharon at Rising Sun Fitness blog, a triathlon certified trainer - check out her site. Thanks Sharon and keep training those triple threat athletes and creating recipes everyone can whip up. KIWI SALSA: 2 medium kiwis, peeled and diced 1...


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