Entries Tagged as 'health tips'

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Health Focus: The effects of alcohol with your fitness

According to smh.com.au, going to the gym or exercising after a bender (on the same day or day after) is not such a good idea!
Apparently, studies have shown that the body can’t produce enough “glucose the working muscles require.” Whilst not having the glucose means you burn more fat, the level of exercise isn’t [...]

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Health Focus: What is exactly is 200 calories?

Ever wondered what 200 calories looks like? Wisegeek.com have come out with this great article. It’s certainly handy when you either need to fill 200 calories in your diet or you need something to eat and need to weigh up what is worth having!
73 grams of fries equals four slices of flax [...]

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Health Focus: Affirmations to keep you on track

The Skinny had an article a couple of weeks ago which showed a necklace on sale having the affirmation “No excuses!” This comes quite close to the heart with me, as last year I bought a necklace from Nomination for the same reason. The affirmation on mine says, “Freedom,” which has a personal [...]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Health Focus: Are you failing to plan?

The following article from eDiets entitled “25 Biggest Weight-Loss Mistakes” got me thinking about how I succeeded in losing 42 kilos plus last time on my diet and fitness kick and how I’m going to do it again.
To succeed in weight loss, the article (written by Julia Havey), mentions that the worse thing is “not [...]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

resistance band workouts

Bought a resistance band workout and not sure what exercises you can do with it? I found this handy pdf that goes through specific routines for body parts. It includes all areas of the body including legs, arms, neck, abs and shoulders.
Check it out here.
Thera-Band’s site also has quite a few articles on [...]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

handy links

just going through some sites and found some handy links worthwhile looking at for low calories, low fat, diet food and vegetarian/vegan links:

Three Easy, Low-Fat, Power Breakfasts - Some new ideas for brekkies. I’m definitely going to try the oatmeal recipe here. It’s similar to some of my ideas, but could be quite [...]

Monday, March 5th, 2007

want to burn more calories in a sesson?

An easy way to burn more calories in your workouts is to work more muscles.  To achieve this do compound exercises instead of isolation routines.  Compound exercises work more than one muscle group at the same time, where isolation, purely focuses on one muscle group.
A handy response from Raphael (e-diets.com) can be found here.
The below [...]

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

exercise tip - walking

We’ve all heard it, walking is a great way to lose weight. Yes, it is! Especially for those just starting out. It’s very cheap and you can do it anywhere.
Starting at a massive 131.3 kgs myself, I understand it’s difficult to be agile and increase the fitness whilst not impacting on the joints [...]

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Strawberry & Yoghurt Tiramisu

It’s basically a tiramisu inspired dish. Very simple, light and low in calories depending on your usage of yoghurt. I’m sure I didn’t use this much but just as a precaution, here it is with measured ingredients.
35 min 5 min prep
 
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