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From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Workouts Without Weights at Home

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Benefits of Workouts Without Weights at Home Why even consider workouts without weights at home? Saves time – no need to commute back and forth from the gym or waste time standing around there waiting for your turn on the machines. Saves money – no gym membership, no expensive home equipment needed! Convenient – get [...]

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Alcohol and Fat Loss, Weight Training and Brain Power, & The Truth About Corn

by Susan

This Week’s Must-Read Posts: Over on Mark’s Daily Apple, Mark Sisson instructs you how to make the perfect primal omelet – fluffy, french, or full of veggies. Alcohol makes you fat – true or false? Swing on over to Craig Ballantyne’s fat loss blog to find out. Weight training and brain power – what’s the [...]

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7 Easy At Home Workouts That Blast Away Calories

by Susan

My Mom has been out of town all week visiting my sister in CT. So I have been picking up her mail. Today she got a Health Magazine (Oct 2010 issue), so I did what any good daughter would do – I swiped it! There was an interesting article inside which listed the 7 best [...]

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Will Eating Potatoes Make You Fat?

by Susan

Guest post by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer, and Author of TruthAboutAbs.com I’d like to start a little discussion today about carbohydrates… and in particular, “white foods” as well as potatoes. One reason I wanted to mention this is because so many health and fitness professionals trash talk potatoes about being a [...]

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Pumpkin Soup and Home Workouts

by Susan

Wow, last week it was 95 degrees here in Upstate NY but felt like 104 degrees with the humidity. This week it is in the 60′s and damp. Not to mention the days are getting much shorter everyday making night time come sooner. Fall is fast approaching. I generally like this time of year – [...]

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Cutting Back On Carbs, Improving Hip Mobility, & Matthew McConaughey’s Workout

by Susan

Hey, I’m taking a break from my home workouts because it’s time for this week’s top stories. Here’s some of the posts from around the internet that I thought you could benefit from seeing. In Mark’s Daily Apple, Mark Sisson talks about why carbs are bad and how to dial them in for optimal fat [...]

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The Truth Behind the Confusion of Fat Loss and Fitness

by Susan

Guest post by Rob Poulos, Fat Loss & Fitness Expert & Creator of ‘Fat Burning Furnace‘ People are confused more than ever about how to burn fat.  They are confused about the best way to go about achieving the body they want.  They are confused about what works and what doesn’t, and the reasons why.  [...]

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How To Lose 5 Pounds in 14 Days

by Susan

Think it’s not possible to lose 5 pounds in 14 days while avoiding the gym and doing home workouts? I am going to prove, once again, that it is possible. Today is September 16th and by September 30th I will be 5 pounds lighter. Here’s my plan: 1. Set my goal Goal: Lose 5 pounds [...]

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Secrets For Losing Stubborn Stomach Fat

by Susan

If you’re interested in discovering some areas where you may be going wrong in your abs training and your attempts at losing stomach fat, I have an interview for you below that you’ll want to read. In it, Men’s Health Magazine writer Craig Ballantyne, grills Abs-Expert Mike Geary, author of the internationally popular book, The [...]

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Using Intermittent Fasting as a Simple Method for Permanent Weight Loss

by Susan

Guest Post by Brad Pilon, Nutrition Expert and Author of Eat Stop Eat: If you’ve been looking for a way to lose and keep weight off permanently, then you would do well to consider using intermittent fasting as a method of reducing your caloric intake to aid you in your weight loss quest. Intermittent fasting [...]

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Why Should You Include Fasting In Your Lifestyle?

by Susan

In keeping up with the “eating less” motto from this week’s nutrition challenge, I wanted to talk to you a little bit about intermittent fasting. So I asked Brad Pilon, Author of Eat Stop Eat to do a blog post for you today on why you should start fasting (in addition to doing your Home [...]

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Why Do I Eat So Much?

by Susan

That’s really the question I wanted you all to ask yourself this week. If you take my nutrition challenges each week, you know that this week’s challenge was to only eat when you were hungry and eat less. And as enthusiastically as you all have undertaken this challenge, I wasn’t shocked to see how many [...]

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Why The Wrong Diet Can Actually Make You Gain Fat

by Susan

If you have been doing everything right, but just can’t seem to get rid of the fat around your belly, hips, neck, or thighs – it may not be your fault. (Are you doing your home workouts?) It turns out that in a world of “one size fits all” weight loss plans, actually losing weight [...]

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Best Equipment For Your Home Workout

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What Equipment Should You Use For Your Home Workout? This week’s Q&A session about your home workout comes from a question I received via Facebook: Hey Susan! I am a single working mother of 2 young children and, over the years, have neglected my health and fitness. I am 25 pounds over weight but am [...]

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