July 31st, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, aquasana, contest winner, giveaway, gymsoap, water filter from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog
Congratulations to the winners of my Soap & Water contest, I’ll be contacting you for details on how you can receive your prizes.
There were 3 winners of a bottle of GymSoap and 1 Grand Prize winner of a water filter combo pack from Aquasana.
Congratulations again!
I recommend the Don’t Go Broke Weight Loss eBook
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July 31st, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, What Greta's Eating, diet food, diet humor, greta rant, lard lookers from Greta @ Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?
As Kiki posted yesterday, we’re in the middle of a redesign. It’s kind of like having 25 pairs of black shoes and 20 pairs of flip-flops. We like to change. So we switched temporarily back to our theme from way back in January, when we started this whole crazy journey.
Which got me to thinking…where am I going and where have I [...]
July 31st, 2008 — from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Grey hair - not just for geriatrics anymore! Ah, I love Jay.It’s the weekend! Everyone who’s planning on ending up in a restaurant (minus the tray and apron), raise your hands. To everyone else: what kind of American are you? The economy is failing …
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Q and A, treadmill from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
Me first:
I’ve decided to buy myself a treadmill. I never buy myself presents, but I’m buying myself this one to celebrate my promotion.
And also because:
1) The weather is starting to turn bad and I wont be able to walk/run outside (im wimpy and I’ll melt)
2) I’ll save money on gas by not driving to the [...]
July 31st, 2008 — , fitness health from BK @ Weight Down....Money UP
It’s short and sweet.. a lot going on
Weight - STAYED THE SAME
Workouts - Easing back into it.. working out 2-3 days of cardio and 1 - 2 days with my trainer.. I’m back on the schedule or teaching which is exciting for me.. 1 class a week which I can definitely handle and possibly by [...]
July 31st, 2008 — , News from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
Did you ever wonder what it is that we do on Thursday nights at Maine Running Company? Here’s a video of some of the folks I work with:
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Chicken, Health, Health Blog Posts, Portland, almost fit, almostfit, fitness, free range chicken, health and fitness, organic chicken, ranger chicken from Metroknow @ AlmostFit.com
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July 31st, 2008 — , Food, nutrition from Mark Salinas @ Mark Salinas, MN
A challenge over the weekends for me has been snacking, in the past I would grab what was convenient which usually was not a healthy choice. If was going to take larger strides during my journey to a healthier me, not only was activity important but I also needed to pay attention to my eating [...]
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Golden Rules from NCN @ No. Calories Needed
I bit the bullet and ordered a new scale. The one I have now is old and it’s readings are inconsistent. Tomorrow, I’ll weigh myself on the new scale and that will be my new “start weight”. I’m 99% sure that I’ll weight “more” on the new scale, but I’m cool with that. (Really, I’m [...]
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July 31st, 2008 — from Jenn @ Run Jojo Run
Today’s my anniversary! Four years with my best friend.We put together a 5k the morning of our wedding day. Friends and family all signed up and ran. It was great. Happy anniversary Bry, I love you!
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Health, Personal Improvement, Prevention, Worker Bees' Weekly Bites, diet, nutrition from Worker Bee @ Mark's Daily Apple
Slippery Saturdays
Researchers say Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the most productive days of the week. Monday tends to be “recovery” day from the weekend, and the rest of the week, well, we’re often coasting along waiting for the weekend to arrive, aren’t we? (Ah, the lure of the weekend: the free time, the social activities, special [...]
July 31st, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts from GretaKiki @ Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?
We’re currently perking up the look of our blog. While we undergo our makeover please enjoy our temporary but we think kicky little theme!
Diet humor will continue uninterrupted as Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat sits under the hair dryer and waits for the chemicals to work.
July 31st, 2008 — , Health Blog Posts, catch phrase winner S.L.A.P. from MizFit @ mizfitonline.com
your catch phrases? beyond my wildest dreams & expectations.
when I slapped (I know. I PUN’Y) the post up saturday morning I didnt think many of you would have the chutzpah to make yourself look like the mo’ron MizFit does on a daily basis.
So thank you.
I really had planned to use the ole random [...]
July 31st, 2008 — , Recipe Thursday from Jenn @ Thinking Thin Too
This is a quick post. I haven’t forgotten! It’s been a busy day. I also had the pleasure of being invite over to MizFit’s to be a “guest chef”. I am not really sure how I qualified for that but thank you Carla 
So go check out my 2 minutes of fame……
July 31st, 2008 — , Advocacy, Food, Health, Personal, Question from mo pie @ Big Fat Deal
I’m suspicious, in general, of nutrition information provided by restaurants. The lowfat ice cream cone at McDonald’s is supposedly 150 calories, but I’ve had them hand me a cone that was piled so high with swirls that it was about to tip over, the dairy equivalent of a game of Jenga. I know full [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “If You Can’t Trust Macaroni Grill, Who Can You Trust?”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/07/31/if-you-cant-trust-macaroni-grill-who-can-you-trust/” });
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July 31st, 2008 — , Musings, emotional eating, food memories, kitchen smells, raising squares, sense memory from Dara Chadwick @ Fit In Real Life
Did you completely relate to Roxanne’s post about emotional eating yesterday? I sure did. In fact, I’m having an emotional eating episode myself today — but it’s not quite what you might think. When I was a little girl and…
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Christin Sherburne, Jimmy Moore, Kimkins diet, kimkins class action lawsuit, nutritionally bankrupt, podcast from OhYeahBabe @ Kimorexia
Jimmy Mmore has a new podcast interview with former Kimkins covergirl Chrstin Sherburne.
http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/christin-sherburne/
It’s really nice to hear from Christin herself how she’s doing after a really difficult year, including recovery from harm the Kimkins diet did to her…
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Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Food, HDL, LDL, Lycopene, avocado, cholesterol, tomatoes from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
As a child I never had the opportunity to eat much avocado. I’m Chinese and avocado simply didn’t make its way into many, or any, of the meals my mom prepared so I wasn’t exposed to the delicious treat until much later. I think my first try was sometime in college when I tried guacamole, [...]
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — from Brenda @ Throwing out the Fat Clothes
Whooo Hoooo! Only 97 more days until the presidential election. I think that our democracy and voting process are very important, but I am so beyond sick of all the mud slinging. I will be so glad when it is over.I know I sound like a cynic, but neithe…
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Exercise, Real-Life, history from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
About ten days ago, I had a rather depressing marathon training run. I had intended to run sixteen miles, but I could only make it three before pain in my knee forced me to quit. I then walked three miles back to the car — in physical and mental agony the entire way. This chronic [...]
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Christin Sherburne, Heidi Diaz, Jimmy Moore, Kim Drake, Kimkins, Kimmer, Livin' La Vida Low-Carb, Woman's World Magazine, class action lawsuit, dangerous, fraud, podcast, scam, starvation diet from anonymous @ Say NO to Kimkins
Be sure to listen to Christin’s Interview on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore!”
An Update On The Kimkins Lawsuit With Christin Sherburne (Episode 163) | The Livin La Vida Low-Carb Show
In today’s episode, Jimmy talks with Christin Sherburne, former cover-girl for Heidi Diaz’s Kimkins diet scheme that hit the big time last year [...]
July 31st, 2008 — , Cardio, Grounded Fitness, Motivation from Kelly @ Every Gym's Nightmare
30 minutes is no longer enough cardio for the clinically obese. head to groundedfitness to read the new requirments.
Alex and SarahF, Ill get your Q and A’s up this evening/morning on groundedfitness as well. Thanks for your patience.
Wow, how very telephone operator of me.
July 31st, 2008 — , Diets, Exercise, Motivation, bliss, cheese, diet, exercise plan, few minutes, first bite, food substitution, healthy eating, helpful tips, lifestyle changes, lifetime, old favorites, palate, pizza, rabbit, rest of your life, siren call, target, trigger food, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When you first start a diet, it’s easy to get all excited about the amount of weight you’re losing and how great you look. Unfortunately, most of us reach our goals and then go off of our diets. Within a few months, we may be back where we started, or in many cases, worse off. [...]
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — from Weight Master @ Weight Master
I wrote earlier about going organic. Of course we haven’t gone completely organic, but we do eat a lot organic. I can actually feel great. After I finish a meal, I don’t feel as bloated. I’m not sure if it’s all in my head, but I even feel better. Anyw…
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Exercise from Laura Moncur @ Starling Fitness
I saw these slippers on Amazon.com called Slipper Genie. You’re supposed to use them to mop the floor. They are said to
make mopping easy. They actually look kind of cool.
This video describes them and lets you see them in detail:
The question that I have is: if they are supposed to make mopping easier, does that [...]
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July 31st, 2008 — , Under Review from Jenn @ Fit Bottomed Girls
After such success with The Biggest Loser workout, I roped my hubby into doing The ABC’s of Couple’s Fitness: Total Body Blast. I’m glad Bob Harper made him a workout DVD lover because this one didn’t exactly hit it out of the ballpark.My first…
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July 31st, 2008 — , Under Review from Jenn @ Fit Bottomed Girls
After such success with The Biggest Loser workout, I roped my hubby into doing The ABC’s of Couple’s Fitness: Total Body Blast. I’m glad Bob Harper made him a workout DVD lover because this one didn’t exactly hit it out of the ballpark.My first…
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July 31st, 2008 — , Observations, documentation, history, weight loss, weight loss blog from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog
As you can easily see by my graphs I was doing well until the beginning of this year at which point I took a bit of a slide until a month ago, when I weighed in at my highest for some time, 279. I’m now a month in and had an unofficial weigh-in today [...]
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Ask Cranky Fitness, Gyms, Motivation from Jenn @ Cranky Fitness
[By Merry]Dear Cranky Fitness,My exercise partner has lost interest. Every time I bring my leash over and wag my tail, she makes some feeble excuse about needing caffeine, a nap, or something called “catching up on my email.” I don’t want to trade her …
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July 31st, 2008 — , Food Glorious Food from MizFit @ mizfitonline.com
This week’s guest chef is none other than Thinking Thin.
A funny inspiring blogger whose recipes I so thoroughly enjoy (if by enjoy you mean actually make—-which I do) that I beggedpleaded & lured her over to the MizFits for a guest post.
(you may thank me in the comments. her I mean. you can [...]
July 30th, 2008 — , Health from Will @ 4xlt
Today’s Weigh-In: 349.4 pounds Total Weight Lost: 90.6 pounds Days Till Next Goal: 19 Pounds To Go: 9.4 pounds
Well, to be honest, my “Blogging Bleh” continues. I crossed the ninety pounds of weight loss total mark this morning, and I’ve spent all day trying to think of something rousing to write about.
I’ve got nothing.
So, [...]
Related StoresJuly 30th, 2008 — , Interviews, Jimmy Moore, Kimkins, Low Carb Lifestyle, Motivation, healthy living from Kevin Kennedy-Spaien @ The Livin La Vida Low-Carb Show
Hello and welcome back to the longest-running and most respected low-carb podcast available today, “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore!”
In today’s episode, Jimmy talks with Christin Sherburne, former cover-girl for Heidi Diaz’s Kimkins diet scheme that hit the big time last year after landing on the cover of Woman’s World magazine. [...]
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July 30th, 2008 — , Fit living, Food from Jacqueline Carly @ Fitarella
July 30th, 2008 — , Anxiety News, South Beach Diet blog, What Greta's Eating, What's Eating Greta, diet blog, diet blog humor from Greta @ Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?
So it’s low carb. DAM -MIT!!!
Except I’ve been religiously low carb for 9 days. I’ve lost 5 pounds. We leave for the lake in 3 days. But it’s going to be ok right? It’s just the four of us. Me, my husband and the kids. We’re cooking everything we eat. It won’t be like last year. [...]
Continue reading → Welcome to My Anxiety Attack. Have Some Dip.
July 30th, 2008 — , 5k, Back Cove, Chris Harmon, Chris Reynolds, David Mann, Heather Pagano, Race Results, Scott Gorneau from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
It was a beautiful evening for a run tonight. Now that week 12 is under the bag, there are only 6 races left so if you haven’t run yet then you need to show up next week in order to appear on the leader board.
Chris Harmon made his first appearance since week 3, repeating [...]
July 30th, 2008 — , News, Weights, weight training from Peter @ Quick To Fit
Weight training only for those who want to bulk up?
Ok, the title may be obvious, but how many times have you talked to someone about doing exercise with weights, and get a response along the lines of “Oh, I don’t want to bulk up” or “If i lift weights I’ll just get those big muscles, [...]
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July 30th, 2008 — from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Nothing will make you choke on your morning oatmeal worse than logging on to CrossFit to discover the WOD is to run 15K (9.3 miles). Just as I was hacking up a whole raspberry that I’d inhaled, my phone rang - which is awesome, you should totally hear…
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July 30th, 2008 — , The Weight Loss Journey, Workout Videos and Pictures from Israel Lagares @ Fat Man Unleashed
Awwww yeah boyeeee! Lost another 2 lbs this week. I will take that any day. I knew I was going to have a loss this week because I had been busting my butt in the gym and in the kitchen. Well, let me rephrase that: I wasn’t doing the cooking, but …
Related StoresJuly 30th, 2008 — , 100 pushup challenge, Exercise, Miscellaneous, Progress Reports from Peter @ Quick To Fit
Well, I was planning on doing week 5 of the 100 pushups challenge this week, but every day something just seems to come up and get in the way. Yesterday we didn’t get home from a gathering at a friend’s house until late, and I was too tired to do any pushups. Tonight I had [...]
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July 30th, 2008 — , Foods from NCN @ No. Calories Needed
I need a little help. I like chicken (white meat, boneless, skinless) and I’ve been cooking it on the stove top, stir frying it in a little olive oil (and adding a little teriyaki sauce when it’s almost done). But, I’m afraid that this might not be the healthiest way to cook it. So -
What [...]
July 30th, 2008 — , Diets, Eating Healthy, FullBar, dieting, fitness from none @
Hi, Everyone –
There is a really important trick in getting healthy that a patient recently reminded me of: Let yourself cheat. I actually require that of my patients. This may sound crazy, a doctor telling you that you should cheat on your diet, but if you don’t cheat then you will most definitely fail.
You have [...]
July 30th, 2008 — , Products, antifungal soap, aquasana, contest, giveaway, gym soap, water filter from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog
As a reminder, my Soap & Water Giveaway Contest ends tomorrow night - I’m not exactly sure when I’ll have the time to close it off so get your entries in early if you can. So far I think I have about 20 contenstants each with a varying amount of entries.
In this contest I [...]
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July 30th, 2008 — , Diabetes, News, ice cream, root beer, root beer float from Lazy Man @ Lazy Man and Health
On the local news today, I heard that the Oakland A’s were having a fundraiser. From the press release:
Today will be the A’s ninth annual Root Beer Float Day. A’s players and local celebrities will serve root beer floats from 10:35 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the West Side Club, with proceeds benefiting the [...]
July 30th, 2008 — , BlogHer08, Fashion, Guest Post, Meta, Personal, review from mo pie @ Big Fat Deal
Igigi MeetupOriginally uploaded by mo pie
Plus-size designer Igigi was the official sponsor of the BFD meetup at BlogHer. This meant that me, Weetabix, and three of our lovely readers got to pick out outfits from the Igigi website to wear and review at the convention. I went to Igigi on Friday morning to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Igigi Lovefest Review”, url: “http://www.bfdblog.com/2008/07/30/the-igigi-lovefest-review/” });
July 30th, 2008 — , Definitive Guides, Health, carbs, diet, how-to, nutrition, weight loss from Mark Sisson @ Mark's Daily Apple
Do the Math
In my recent Context of Calories post, I explained how the different macronutrients we eat at each meal (fats, proteins, and carbohydrates) have different effects in the body. I suggested that, despite their raw calorie values, it’s far more important to get a lasting intuitive sense of how much of each macronutrient you [...]
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July 30th, 2008 — from Jenn @ Living Healthy in the Real World
On Sunday I was planning on going to the beach, but unfortunately that didn’t quite work out. I was considering slugging through the day whining “woe is me!”, but then decided that I’d be more productive and a good deal less annoying if I made cracker…
Related StoresJuly 30th, 2008 — , Resources, Working Out, almost fit, almostfit, fitday, fitness blog, health and fitness, high fructose corn syrup, links from Metroknow @ AlmostFit.com
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Related StoresJuly 30th, 2008 — , Champion of My Heart, Pavlov, Roxanne Hawn, classical conditioning, coping strategies, dog training, emotional eating, healthy eating, operant conditioning from Dara Chadwick @ Fit In Real Life
Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Roxanne Hawn as my guest blogger. Roxanne is a fellow freelance writer who writes frequently about pets and other topics for a variety of newspapers and national magazines. She also blogs about her adventures in…
Related StoresJuly 30th, 2008 — , Exercise, Jumping Jacks, Pushups, crunches, fitness, squats from Mark Salinas @ Mark Salinas, MN
Today is hectic, you have minimal time for exercise? Can you commit a minute every couple of hours to get the juices flowing?
Workout Mommy offers a challenge in:”It’s just one minute….”
“You have one minute for each. Your challenge? How many can you do?”
PUSH UPS- “How to do properly”
SQUATS- “How to do properly”
JUMPING JACKS- “How [...]
Related StoresJuly 30th, 2008 — , Health, Sugar Addiction, stop eating sugar from Susan @ Nutrition Fitness Life
The steps I summarize here are discussed in more detail in Potatoes, Not Prozac. If you feel you have a strong attachment to sugar that is keeping you from living freely and healthy, you may want to give this book a read.
Click on the following links if you wish to read about steps 1-3: Breakfast, Journaling, [...]