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Fitness Programs for Pets

Just like with humans, one half of the key to pets losing weight is for them to receive more exercise. Did you know that many veterinary centers and other groups across the country actually offer pet fitness programs? If you’re not sure how to help your pets lose weight, if everything you’re doing just doesn’t seem to work, or maybe you just don’t have the extra time to spend to help your pet shed those pounds, check to see if you have any such programs in your area. Public pet fitness programs have the added benefit of being extra social … Continue reading →

Nutrition Made Easy

Are you at a loss as to how you should be eating healthy? The new food pyramid website can show you how. At http://www.mypyramid.gov/ you can learn about anything pertaining to healthy eating. This website will let you know what you should weigh, what you should be eating and how much you should be eating. You can track your weight and activity on My Pyramid as well. At My Pyramid you will be taken inside the pyramid to discover what food groups and how much of each are recommended. There are tips and resources available to answer any of your … Continue reading →

Dear Heather … Can you really be fit and fat?

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Dear Heather, I enjoy reading your blog regularly and I have been tempted to send you a question in the past, but I always refrained. Now I’m biting the bullet and I’m sending you a question that I’m really curious about. I am basically in good health. I exercise regularly – 4 to 5 times a week. I enjoy riding my bike and walk every chance that I get. I play sports with my boys (they are 14 and 17) and I have low blood pressure and low cholesterol. The problem is I am 5’4 and I weigh about 220 … Continue reading →

Momma’s on a Diet: Secret Weapon 1

Being on a diet requires secret weapons. The aces you keep up your sleeve that help you to keep on track on the days when the “nibblies” strike and threaten to kill your pound loss resolve. My number one secret weapon isn’t what you’d usually associate with weight loss, but it works for me so I thought I’d share. As far back as I can remember I’ve loved beetroot. I’m not sure what you call it in the US, beets perhaps? It’s a root vegetable, that’s purple in color. You boil it in its skin then the skin just rubs … Continue reading →

Coach Mom: Making Up Your Game Plan

You know, when we became parents no one mentioned that being parents made us: Chefs Doctors Nurses Teachers Coaches Nutritionists Physical therapists Psychologists And much, much more But in essence, becoming a parent makes us the jacks and jills of all trades. We provide for our children and our families. It’s amazing, in some ways, that as parents we become even more aware of the needs of the rest of our families as well. We pay attention to the health of our parents, our siblings and our grandparents. So when it comes to our family’s fitness – we’re the primary … Continue reading →

Brain Fitness: Did You Do Your Mental Aerobics Today?

One of my personal resolutions this year was to get my mind back into creative shape. You may think I do this everyday with the writing I provide here in the fitness blog and elsewhere, but like an athlete who gave up equestrian sports to become an endurance walker – both keep me mentally fit, but each challenges a different set of muscles. My Resolution I know that regular exercise performed every day helps to keep me physically active and fit. But I also know that regular exercise can help increase my cognitive abilities and function. I know that daily … Continue reading →

5 Ways to Pump Up Your Metabolism

One of the complaints I am most familiar with when it comes to working out and fitness programs is that a person can plateau and while they may continue their workout or their exercise regimen, they are not losing any more weight or getting in any better shape than they are now. What you need to do at this point is to pump up your metabolism, which may already be running on high, but is now meeting your output of energy in to energy out. Here are 5 ways to pump up your metabolism: Reduce Your Sodium Intake – You … Continue reading →

10 Things You Need to Know about Nutrition & Fitness

The following 10 things are what you need to know about nutrition and fitness. It’s not just that you are what you eat, but you are when you eat and how you eat. The following list comes from Pamela Smith’s Eat Well, Live Well. A nutritionist, Pamela Smith teaches that people become fitter by eating healthier. Never Skip Breakfast – Breakfast has the reputation as the most important meal of the day for a reason. It provides you with a boost for your energy levels and metabolism from the beginning of the day rather than letting your metabolism slow down … Continue reading →

Avoiding Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is on the rise. It’s an epidemic of grand proportions (no pun intended). In this society that values looks and idolizes anorexic models, we simultaneously abuse our children’s bodies and stand by as they grow larger and larger and become more and more unfit. Childhood obesity has got to stop but the cycle begins at home. How do you know if your child is obese or at risk of becoming overweight? Knowing is half the battle. So many parents are in true denial, believing their children are simply “built big” or “sturdy” or retaining “baby fat”. It’s time … Continue reading →