Lower Body Burnout Set
Leg day accomplished? Excuse me, but you ain’t finished yet. Tack this burnout set onto the end of your leg day routine. It’ll only take a few minutes. A burnout set will put the Oooo in your Ahhhh and keep you on the fast(er) track to transforming ‘dem legs and ‘dat booty. LOWER BODY BURNOUT SET (complete one round) 10 slow, deep squats with 2-second pause on the low end 20 alternating curtsey lunges 15 static lunge low-end pulses (left leg) 15 static lunge low-end pulses (right leg) Time under tension and proper form is key. Don’t perform these exercises …
Weight Loss Success Story: Elizabeth Alteri
Tonight’s Success Story is a beautiful lady named Beth. Just by sticking with the Weight Watchers program to a “T”, she managed to lose 110 pounds IN A YEAR!!!! Check out this hottie! She is now living the life her husband and children deserve. She is a rockstar and you are going to love her story! Tell us a little about yourself, your family, your job, etc… Weight has not always been something that has been a struggle for …
Are 2 Steps Really All You Need to Get That Bathing Suit Body?
My friend Carla wrote an awesome post about only needing 2 steps to get a bathing suit body. These are the steps to a bathing suit bod I want for my Tornado of a girl. Put on swimsuit. Hit the beach. Click here to read her whole post. I didn’t tell her I was going to write a response because I didn’t want to be influenced by our offline conversation. My immediate, honest, gut reaction after reading her post was, “Well, that’s easy for you to say. …
Best Tips for Losing Stomach Weight
Hi Everyone,Sorry for my long absence, I’ll be adding a fab new weight loss story here later this week. Lose the BellyThe news today is that we’ve updated the free app “Lose the Belly”. This is truly a hugely helpful app filled with quick tutorials and tips for losing weight, especially around the stomach. Video tutorials include;* The best exercises for slimming the abdomen* Great nutritional advice for losing weight fast* Five ways celebrities lose weight* Amazing photos of people before and …
The three D’s to that perfect bikini body
If we’ve got our dates right, then we’ve all got about five months to get our bikini bodies whipped into shape.
Determine Your Food Sensitivities
Chef Christy is back with part 2 on how to determine your food sensitivities. In case you missed it, here is part 1: Elimination Diet Tips. Helpful Tools There are some other tools that are helpful in determining your own food sensitivities. Blood Pressure Test An easy one is to take your pulse at a resting state before trying out a particular food (you should not have eaten it for at least 24 hours before), and then try eating a small portion of that food only. If you are trying out gluten, don’t eat a sandwich, eat a slice of plain bread. If you are testing eggs, eat a plain scrambled egg instead of an omelet. Wait 20 minutes and then take…
New Joy After Weight Loss
Hailey before (2009)Hailey after losing 130 poundsHailey is a very happy young woman these days. She has succeeded in losing 130 pounds. She feels so good in her new life and she’s offered her story to encourage people who are justing starting out in their journey to get fit. Hope you enjoy.Three and a half years ago, I was 20 years old and weighed 287 pounds. I had always been the person that everyone turned to, the confident and the support system. I had a really hard time putting myself first and talking about my own pain with friends and family who often felt so comfortable divulging what they were going through to me. I turned to food as means …
Low Carb Salmon Recipe
Low Carb Salmon Pepper Pureé Guest post Easy, delicious, and healthy. With this low carb salmon recipe, you don’t have to choose between good food and good-for-you food. This recipe only takes around 20 minutes, so it’s a perfect go-to for a weeknight. I love this flavorful dish simply because it is easy, healthy, and helps you feel satisfied on fewer calories. It’s your turn to make this low carb dish so that you can start eating healthy, losing weight, and …
Slow what?: Review of “Slow Gardening”
By now, I’m sure that all good Ethicurean readers are familiar with Slow Food and the tenets of this movement: the pleasure of good, clean, fair food and celebrating our many food traditions. The idea of “Slow” has shown up in other organizations and ideas, such as Slow Cities and Slow Money, both of which encourage local engagement in community and economic life. Now the concept of “Slow Gardening” comes in a new book of the same name, from gardener and author Felder Rushing. So…
5 Secrets To A Long Healthy Life
Wouldn’t it be great to know the secret to a long, healthy life? Here today is guest blogger, Carol, who believes she has 5 tips to do so. These do not necessarily reflect my beliefs, but read through them yourself and choose what resonates with you. Then share your thoughts in the comment section! Tweaking some changes in your lifestyle can not only help you live a long life but also live it up to its fullest. A comprehensive study conducted by nutritionists and researchers across the country concluded that four principal behaviours were responsible for putting people in an early grave, and causing them to age faster than …
White House and USDA announce "support for innovative, sustainable" wood construction
“Building stronger markets for innovative new wood products supports sustainable forestry, helps buffer reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and puts rural America at the forefront of an emerging industry.”
Onion and Olives Vegan Bread Rolls
I only recently discovered onion in bread and I kid you not, every time I incorporate it in a recipe, it’s a mind-blowing success. So, when last night I took a dozen of these bread rolls to a friend’s party, everyone quickly forgot their reasons for being on a diet and the tiny fluffy rolls were the first to disappear from the table. For this recipe I use equal parts whole wheat and white flour …
Social Media May Be Better Than Tests And Credentials At Identifying Good Doctors
I am consistently bemused by those who recommend more rigorous or more pervasive standardized testing as the primary means for insuring physician quality. The vast majority of physicians have already passed through a complex gauntlet of multiple choice exams, extended credentialing and certification processes, and lengthy tests of knowledge and skill. And yet, some physicians (to put it bluntly, sorry friends) are very bad at what they do. Intellectual intelligence is necessary, but not sufficient, for doctoring. …
6 Time Management Mistakes You’re Probably Making
There’s never enough time in a day, especially if you’re making these six mistakes. Manage your time more effectively, and you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish.Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, calls it “time famine.” Your doctor calls it “dangerous levels of stress.” The ’80s band Rush called it “too many hands on my time…
53 Inspiring Self-Esteem and Self-Love Quotes
Some things may be equally essential but nothing is more important than a healthy sense of self-esteem and loving yourself. Why? In my experience, three of the most important reasons are: Life becomes simpler and lighter. When you love yourself more then things simply become lighter and easier. You won’t make as many mountains out of molehills (or out of plain air) as you used to. Or beat yourself up or drag yourself…
Shedding light on a permaculture farm: Review of “Bioshelter Market Garden”
As small farmers look for ways to cut costs and increase their profit margins, they focus more attention on the energy used on the farm. Whether they implement energy efficiency measures or find ways to produce home-grown energy (through wind, solar, biofuel, and more), farmers who examine the energy invested in their business often discover new ways to practice good stewardship on their land. Darrell Frey is one of those conscious stewards. He started homesteading in the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s and soon developed an interest in permaculture, a process-oriented approach to agriculture that takes a broader look at everything involved in farm or garden production. In 1983, he and his wife Linda established Three Sisters Farm in western Pennsylvania, seeing a…
Stop Smoking for Good: 3 Motivational Techniques You Haven’t Tried Yet
New Year’s is long over with now, nevertheless, it’s always a good time to consider stopping smoking (at least, that’s what I keep telling myself but my subconscious is arguing with me)! I’ve tried almost all of the smoking cessation methods except the following three, graciously presented to us by Juliana Weiss-Roessler. If you’re a smoker, you already know that regularly smoking cigarettes is bad for you. You’ve likely already heard some of the frightening statistics from well-intentioned friends and anti-smoking ad campaigns, but the problem is, just hearing the facts…
Cuckoos and crows teach us how parasites can be good
Birds previously seen as parasites can actually provide benefits to their hosts.
Whole Wheat Apple Muffins
I’ve been spending much of my time lately baking (because I’m a baking addict but don’t tell anyone) and experimenting with tastes and textures. I’ve been baking so much actually, that I thought of starting a separate Kanelstrand blog to journal my experiments but I doubt I would be able to keep up with both blogs, so I hope you’re up for some sweet or salty healthy baking from time to time. Today, I’m presenting whole wheat apple muffins that are very easy to make. I found the recipe…
More Evidence That The Mediterranean Diet Is Healthiest
We’ve known for quite some time that weight loss can reduce the risk of developing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, a healthy diet alone (without weight loss) may also help to reduce risk. In a recent Spanish study (published in the Annals of Internal Medicine), 3,541 men and women ages 55-80 at risk for diabetes were followed for an average of 4.1 years. Those who ate a diet rich in fish, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and olive oil were…
30 Simple Things You Don’t Realize You Do That Impress Everyone Around You
One the biggest mistakes people make when they’re trying to impress someone is that they assume people only pay attention to the important or “big” things they do. But the reality is that the little things are what matter most. It’s the little things we do or don’t do every day that shape us in to who we are. The little things…
Betsy DiJulio: 4 Simple Strategies for Keeping the Creative Culinary Juices Flowing
Baked Apples Baklava is an example of “Switching Courses”, one of the creativity strategies named in this article. This recipe is a switch from Dessert to Breakfast, as a sweet nutty filling is tucked inside the depression left when the apple core was removed, and then the stuffed apple half is wrapped in phyllo and baked before being drizzled with an apple cider reduction. What do aerobic instruction and vegan cooking have to do with each…
