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 [...]
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Easy Diet Changes
August 7th, 2008 — , 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
How about a Walk?
August 4th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health, Weight Mgmt, calories, fitness, training, walking, weight from Mark Salinas @ Mark Salinas, MN
In the past I was always under the impression that not eating resulted in lower body fat…..WRONG! I did not understand the importance of food as a fuel source. I did not understand what my body was telling me and so on. I wouldn’t eat for a day, I tried different diets…low carb etc. [...]
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July 21st, 2008 — , Daily Recommended Values, Food, calories, carbs, cholesterol, fat, fiber, protein, saturated fat, sodium from jim @ Journal of Healthy Living
Do you know what the daily recommended values (DV) are for everything on that nutrition label? It’s like budgeting, you don’t know if you’re doing well or doing poorly unless you have a reference point. Daily recommended values is the FDA’s way of setting reference points and it’s important to know what they are, even [...]
Retrain Those Taste Buds
July 16th, 2008 — , Diets, Low Carb, alternative ideas, bleh, calories, cardboard, cues, curry powder, diet, fatty foods, flavors, grilled chicken breast, healthy eating, lemon zest, moderation, old favorites, palate, peanut butter, persistence, spices, stalk of celery, taste buds, white pepper, yuck from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
One of the biggest problems for many people on diets is that the food simply doesn’t taste good. It’s very hard to stay motivated on your diet when you feel like you’re eating cardboard and bad cardboard at that. After years of indulging in your favorite fatty foods, your palate and taste buds have been [...]
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July 14th, 2008 — , calories, diet, food diary, food journal, weight loss blog from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog
The first goal in my goals for this week was to record 100% of everything I ate today. Mission accomplished:
Breakfast
2 egg omelet with avocado, mushrooms and a little smoked provolone. (531 calories)
12oz Spicy V8 (75)
16oz decaf coffee with 2 sugars at McDonalds (for the commute) (30)
Morning Snack
Banana (105)
Lunch
Small bowl Thai Curry soup with no [...]
Weekly Roundup
July 13th, 2008 — , 100 Pushups, Exercise, Meals, Motivation, Pushups, apple juice, cacao, calories, chocolate facts, comrade in arms, delusions, diet, emotional eating, fitness health, food budget, fruit drinks, fruits and vegetables, goals, health network, healthy eating, lazy man, magnesium rich foods, ncn, nutrition, orange juice, push up, push-ups, pushup, roadblock, roadblocks, teenage son, using electricity, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Welcome to the Sunday roundup. I hope everybody has had a good weekend so far and that you are all staying healthy and fit.
Check out my Trophy Jack Crevalle. Sf Boater is paying for fish stories with pictographic evidence. Tell everyone you know about my trophy catch. If it gets the most unique visitors out [...]
3 Ways to Avoid Middle Age Weight Gain
July 10th, 2008 — , 10 000 steps, Exercise, activities, battle of the bulge, bonkers, calories, diet, doing laundry, eating habits, empty nester, estrogen, healthy eating, hormone levels, hormones, middle age, million times, parents, passive victim, pedometer, stairs, weight gain, women age from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
For years, many people have labored under the impression that middle aged weight gain is inescapable. Middle aged spread as it is commonly called is usually accepted as just hormonal, especially for women, and many people don’t take the steps that can actually prevent it. While there are some factors that can make you [...]
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July 7th, 2008 — , Exercise, bends, calories, co workers, dress sizes, elevator, exercise options, five minutes, heart rate, housework, knees, legs, little bit, lunch break, skull, spic and span, stairs, stomach, vacuum, wellness, whittle, workout from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you are finding that you don’t have enough time to exercise due to a busy work or home life, there are techniques that you can use throughout the day that will accelerate your weight loss. Most of these can be done just about anywhere and only require a few extra minutes.
1. Take the [...]
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Snacking Without Ruining Your Diet
June 25th, 2008 — , Diets, amazon, burst, calories, candy bar, chips, daily intake, diet, 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 [...]
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June 23rd, 2008 — , Antioxidants, Vitamin C, calcium, calories, cells, cravings, dealing with stress, dehydration, diet, extent, muscle cramps, nutrients, orange juice, potassium, processed foods, proper balance, sodium, supplements, table salt, thyroid, tomato, vitamin A, vitamins, weight loss plan from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Whenever you start a diet you’re going to need to make sure that you are taking the right supplements for your body. Most “diets” lack one or more of these supplements. Without the proper balance of nutrients and vitamins, your body can easily feel deprived and your cravings can skyrocket out of control. There are [...]
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Sibling Day Weekend Roundup
June 22nd, 2008 — , Exercise, Roundup, buddies, calories, carbonated beverages, diet, fitness health, good luck, har, health network, healthy kids, match, meal ideas, neighbors, personal workout, pickup games, played sports, sibling day, stretch marks, viewer mail, wellness, work colleagues from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
While this is not Mother’s Day or Father’s day, I called this week’s roundup post Sibling Day’s Roundup because of the accomplishments that my younger sisters have achieved. One is getting ready to be in an all state juried art show, another is ramping up to audition for all county orchestra, and the youngest has [...]
Exercising Is More Than Losing Weight
June 20th, 2008 — , Exercise, Sleep, calories, doctors, favorite sport, gain weight, lean muscle mass, mood, obesity rates, weight exercise from Lazy Man @ Lazy Man and Health
While there has always been a big push to get people to exercise, obesity rates have continued to rise. Just because people have been told to exercise does not necessarily mean they will. While doctors and governments are always trying to push the benefits of exercising to people, they always go with one major sticking [...]
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June 19th, 2008 — , Diets, Meals, Sauces, alternative ideas, calories, chips, cottage cheese, daily rotation, dairy products, dips, eggs, fresh fruits, fruit and vegetables, fruit salsa, fruits and vegetables, healthy eating, low calorie, low sodium, nutrition, palate, pear, tomato juice, tortillas, tossed salad from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
All of us know that we need to start eating healthier and get more fruits and vegetables into our diets. The hard part is actually doing it. For many people, it’s just hard to get past the taste. However, there are ways that you can easily add more servings of fruit or vegetables to [...]
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Trim Your Waist By Avoiding These Pitfalls
June 2nd, 2008 — , Exercise, abdominal muscles, back muscles, calories, common misconception, doing crunches, exercises, goals, midsection, pelvic muscles, schools of thought, shoulders, sit ups, ups, waistline, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Nearly everyone wants to lose inches off their waist and there are many schools of thought on how to accomplish this. Many people believe that the best way to trim your waist is to do hundreds if not thousands of sit-ups or crunches, but in reality, this method will not do much good. In [...]
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How to Fuel Your Body For Exercise
May 28th, 2008 — , Exercise, caloric intake, calories, exercise weight, exercises, healthy eating, healthy snack, how many calories, how many calories a day, little bit, math, men anything, starvation mode, strict diet, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When you are trying to lose weight, it is very common to go on a strict diet and add in exercise on top of that. There is a problem with this however and you can end up feeling too exhausted to keep going. This usually leads to quitting your diet entirely or giving up [...]
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May 16th, 2008 — , blood pressure, calories, fats, food labels, healthy eating, nutrition, sodium from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you’ve ever tried reading a food label, chances are it’s tough to get through all of the different amounts, crazy names and percentages. However, there is an easy way to read those labels to get exactly the information that you need to know in a lot less time. By targeting those labels you’ll know [...]
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Bad Meal of the Day - Breakfast Cereal
May 15th, 2008 — , breakfast cereal, calories, cereal, diet, golden grahams from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog
I don’t usually eat cereal for breakfast but the last couple of days were exceptions. I needed something fast, and having a bowl of cereal with skim milk sounded like it would hit the spot. How bad can a bowl of cereal be?
How about 640 calories.
How’s that, you ask? Well, first you [...]
Jumping Rope–Not Just For Kids!
March 28th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health & Fitness, Kids, calories, fitness, joints, jumping rope, muscle, osteoporosis, workout from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
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Remember when we were little and got our first jump rope? How fun was it to think of different jumps we could do? Who would think that jumping rope burns calories and is a great workout? So, instead of just giving your kids a jump [...]
Dietary Fats–Sorting Through the Types
March 19th, 2008 — , Cooking, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, fat, heart disease, saturated fat, trans fat, unsaturated fat from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. As we continue along through National Nutrition Month®, our final key message is: Find the healthy fats when making food choices. By choosing polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats, you can keep your saturated fats, trans fat, and cholesterol low.
Not all fats are created equal. Some fats can help [...]
How to Read Food Nutrition Labels
March 19th, 2008 — , ADA, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, carbs, diet, dietitian, fat, fiber, food label, healthy, mypyramid, national nutrition month, nutrients, nutrition, nutrition label, protein, registered dietitian, salt, saturated fat, sodium, trans fat, vitamin from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. The next to last key message being promoted for National Nutrition Month® 2008 is:
Read food labels to get nutrition facts that help you make smart food choices quickly and easily.
It is important to know how to read a food label in order to know [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Traditional Irish Foods & Nutrition
March 16th, 2008 — , Cooking, Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, calories, eating, fat, healthy, heart, irish, nutrition, nutritional value, physical activity, recipe, salt, saturated fat, vegetables from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Many of you may be cooking Irish food today and/or eating/drinking Irish cuisine. I have a few strategies to this feast day:
Eat whatever you want, treating today as a “cheat day”, and not change your physical activity
Eat whatever you want, treating today [...]
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Take the Stairs!
March 16th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, physical activity, walk from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. How many times are you at work, standing in line for the elevator? How often do you take the elevator or escalator at the mall or at the workplace instead of taking the stairs? For those of us who are able to take the stairs, why don’t [...]
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March 13th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health & Fitness, Sleep, Stress Management, Weight Management, calories, diet, eating, energy, fat, goals, hydration, nutrient, nutrients, training, weight loss from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Watching The Biggest Loser each week, I notice that contestants lose between 0-15 pounds a week (and even these numbers vary). For the average person trying to lose weight, are these numbers realistic? And, do you, the viewer of The Biggest Loser, get discouraged when [...]
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March 11th, 2008 — , ADA, Food, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, carbohydrate, diet, eating, fiber, healthy, national nutrition month, nutrient, nutrients, nutrition, protein, vegetables, weight gain from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Welcome back to yet another day of National Nutrition Month®! To keep with the theme of “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact”, I would like to discuss another key message (this is key 8 of 10, so we’re almost done!):
Don’t fall prey to food myths and [...]
Good and Bad Foods - Not What You Think
March 7th, 2008 — , Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, american dietetic association, calories, chocolate, diet, eating, fiber, healthy, healthy eating, ice cream, mypyramid, national nutrition month, nutrient, nutrients, nutrition, vitamin from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. I hope that you’re enjoying National Nutrition Month® as much as I am! As you may remember, the theme for this month is “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact“. On that note, one of the key messages from the American Dietetic Association is:
“Think nutrient-rich rather than [...]
Balance is Key to Weight Management
March 6th, 2008 — , Exercise, Forever Diet, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, diet, disease, eat healthy, energy, fitness, heart, marathon, mypyramid, national nutrition month, nutrition, physical, physical activity, walk from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. March is National Nutrition Month® and Building Nutrition will be posting daily on various nutrition topics. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS Feed or our email newsletters to stay up-to-date.
As you may remember, the nutrition theme for this month is “Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact“. [...]
Did your teen eat breakfast today? Did YOU?
March 4th, 2008 — , breakfast, calories, fast weight loss, loose weight fast, lose weight fast, teens from OhYeahBabe @ Kimorexia
Breakfast-Eating Teens Thinner, Healthier
Teens and adolescents who eat breakfast every day are less likely to become overweight or obese in the near future and they typically lead a more active, healthier lifestyle than their peers who skip breakfast, according to the latest research published by…
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National School Breakfast Week
March 3rd, 2008 — , Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, Kids, News, breakfast, calcium, calories, cereal, children, healthy, milk, nutrition, protein, saturated fat, school lunch, vitamin from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. This week, March 3-7, is National School Breakfast Week and is sponsored by the School Nutrition Association. The purpose of National School Breakfast Week is to raise awareness of the healthfulness of school breakfast and the importance of breakfast in general. This year’s theme is [...]
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March 1st, 2008 — , ADA, Health & Fitness, News, Weight Management, american dietetic association, building nutrition, calories, diet, dietitian, eating right, fitness, food safety, healthy, nutrient, nutrients, physical activity, registered dietitian, supplement, vitamin from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
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So often, we turn to the latest “quick fix” to lose weight or get healthier. How many [...]
Safeway’s “Eating Rightâ€: Are You Really Eating Right?
February 19th, 2008 — , Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, calories, carbohydrate, diet, eating, eating right, frozen, healthy, low sodium, nutrient, nutrition, protein, safeway, turkey from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. I recently tried Safeway’s line of frozen entrees, specifically “Eating Right Baked Turkey“, and I must say that I was disappointed in the quality and the nutritional profile. I had been a big fan of many Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice entrees, so I thought that Safeway’s [...]
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Holiday Desserts for the Diabetic
December 17th, 2007 — Cooking, Diabetes, Foods, Health & Fitness, baking, calories, carbohydrate, carbs, chocolate, cookies, dessert, diabetic, nutrient, recipe, registered dietitian, saturated fat, trans fat from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Wondering what dessert to make for your holiday gathering, where several of your relatives, who are diabetic, will be there? Well, worry no more! Jackie Mills, a registered dietitian, (along with the American Diabetes Association) has written a “Big Book of Diabetic Desserts” to help [...]
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December 11th, 2007 — Cooking, Foods, breakfast, calories, cheap, diet, eating, energy, family, healthy eating, low cost, nutrition, sodium, thrifty from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. One of my colleagues asked me the other day how she can feed her family healthy food on a tight budget. She was looking for recipes and a meal plan. Luckily, I didn’t have to “recreate the wheel”.
I just sent her to an awesome website from [...]
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Nutrition Questions for Your Child’s Doctor
November 19th, 2007 — Exercise, Food, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management, appetite, calories, diet, disease, eating, fat, nutrition, pediatric, pediatrician, registered dietitian, weight gain, weight loss from Stacie @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. As the temperature drops, the number of kids getting sick usually increases. This might mean taking your kids to the doctor’s office. While you are there, whether it be for a check-up, routine physical, or for a sick visit, you should make sure to talk to [...]
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Review: Kashi Go Lean Crunchy Bars
November 6th, 2007 — Foods, calories, chocolate, fiber, go lean, granola, kashi, nutrition, pretzel,