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How to Set Weight Loss Goals

by Stephanie Romero

09 Aug 2010 05:32 AM

If you have been frustrated with an inability to lose weight or you feel stuck in a rut, try setting some weight loss goals. Sometimes we go into the whole weight loss journey without a real plan in place. Goals give you something concrete to shoot for.

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Excuses For Not Exercising: #5 It Hurts

by Angel Lynn Diamond

Using the muscles that you have not used for a while takes some getting used to. The muscles have pretty much been dormant and the stretching that you encounter when working out a new exercise program will cause some discomfort until the muscle has been worked on regularly.

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Michael Phelps Caught Smoking Marijuana

by Michele Cheplic

Michael Phelps was supposed to be at tonight's Super Bowl game in Tampa, Florida. But instead, the Olympic great is at an undisclosed location hiding out from the press. Mr.

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Hot New Exercise for 2009

by Michele Cheplic

It's the latest fitness trend and it doesn't require a lot of expensive equipment or coordination. Nordic walking is consider the "it" exercise for 2009, according to fitness experts. The simple sport originated in Finland and spread throughout Europe.

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Fitness Fanatics Visit Oprah

by Michele Cheplic

Not just any group of fitness fanatics... we're talking about the best of the best. The world's most decorated elite athletes are heading to Chicago this week to meet up with someone who knows a thing or two about working out and losing weight--Oprah Winfrey.

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Have You Been Pulling Olympic All-Nighters?

by Michele Cheplic

I don't know how Michael Phelps is feeling, but I'm exhausted. The live drama at the pool and in the gym during these Summer Olympic Games has kept me up later than my days as a college student (or at least since those foggy nights breastfeeding my daughter).

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Olympic Diets--The Method Behind the Madness

by Michele Cheplic

Even if you haven't watched a single second of the Summer Olympic Games in China you likely know the following: A.) Michael Phelps is an American swimmer. B.

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Michael Phelps' Olympic Size Diet

by Michele Cheplic

I don't envy Michael Phelps' exercise regime, but who wouldn't love to adopt his diet? The 23-year-old swimming sensation recently revealed what fuels his intense daily workouts in the pool... and to say that the Olympic athlete puts away a ton of food is an Olympic sized understatement.

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Olympians Sizzling Bodies May Be Too Hot for China

by Michele Cheplic

If you needed incentive to get your body in shape then the Summer Olympics came just in time. Good gracious, have you seen the killer bods these elite athletes are sporting? Seriously, U.S.

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Michael Phelps... A Son and Brother First

by Michele Cheplic

Two down and six to go for U.S. swimming sensation Michael Phelps.

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