Archive for October, 2010

You Are What Your Friends Eat: How Social Networks Affect Our Health

By Stephanie S. Saunders Everyone knows that you are what you eat. But what if you actually are what your friends eat? What if obesity was not hereditary, but contagious? Sure, it’s easier to blame your parents for that sort of thing. After all, why wouldn’t the size of your hips be the result of [...]

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8 Ways to Keep Your Weight Loss Resolutions

By Debra Pivko Each year, so many of us make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get healthy. Now that the holiday treats have stopped miraculously showing up at our doors and desks, there’s no excuse not to get in health mode to look and feel better. Wanting to lose weight is a start. [...]

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Holding On To Water Weight? Lose It Fast!

By Debra Pivko Ever wonder how you gained 5 pounds overnight—even when you’re cutting calories? The usual culprit is water weight. If your stomach feels bloated, your face looks puffy, or your hands and feet swell, it’s likely that your body is retaining water. And this may show up on the scale as a few [...]

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Top 10 Most Effective Workout Videos of All Time

LiveStrong.com has rated the 10 most effective workout of all time. Workout DVDs overrun the shelves at the store. There are DVD routines that tone abs, rear end or whole body. These videos can be an efficient workout for busy people, who don’t have time to make it to the gym. With so many choices, [...]

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What is Beachbody? Fitness, family and freedom for your future.

For a limited time, you can get a 25% discount on ALL Beachbody products including P90X, Insanity, Turbo Jam, and Shakeology. The start up fee has been WAIVED, so there’s nothing left to stop you from becoming a coach. Sign up now, and get moving towards success with your New Year’s Resolution! You have nothing [...]

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Shakeology®: From the Fields

"Nature in a bag" isn’t just a cute phrase. It’s what we do. Follow the Ingredient Hunter as he brings Shakeology from the highest cliffs and densest jungles of Peru to a TV near you.  

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3 Weight Loss Tips For Fall And Winter Months

Original article from American Health & Beauty While the rush is often in the spring and summer to fit into your bikini, don’t neglect your body this fall and winter. Look your best yearlong with these 3 weight control tips! Summer was fun while it lasted: long, hot days on the beach, shorts and bikinis [...]

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Join The Team For FREE – Coach Sign-up Fees Waived

The New Year is right around the corner. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, then it’s here. Now is the time to put fitness, health, losing weight, and getting in shape on your list. Your Christmas wish list and your New Year’s resolution all-in-one. For a limited time, you can sign up as a Team Beachbody coach for [...]

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Top 8 Ways to Eat Out for Less

By Erin Huffstetler, About.com: Frugal Living Eating out can be a real treat, but often the resulting bill is anything but. Here are six simple strategies to cut your bill, so that you can enjoy your restaurant meal without the side of guilt: 1. Share a Meal Restaurant portions are often huge, so consider splitting [...]

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The Best Time to Buy Everything

A Month-By-Month Guide to the Biggest Bargains By Erin Huffstetler, About.com: Frugal Living Want to get the best deal on everything that you buy? It all starts with knowing when to shop. Here’s a month-by-month guide to the biggest bargains: January Food: Chocolate (Christmas clearance) Soda Diet foods Frozen finger foods Non-food: Linens Electronics Cameras [...]

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The Cheapest Fruits and Vegetables Month-By-Month

By Erin Huffstetler, About.com: Frugal Living Foods are at their best price-wise and taste-wise when they’re bought in season. Familiarize yourself with the growing seasons for your area. Then, load up on those fresh-from-the-farm deals. Remember: Most fruits and vegetables freeze well, so buy extra to stick in the freezer for later. An easy way [...]

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10 Ways to Break Bad Health Habits

By Amy Ludwig Choosing a healthy lifestyle is not, unfortunately, one of those "set it and forget it" decisions. Don’t we all wish it were? Instead, it’s a result of many smaller choices we make every day—with every meal. Every snack. And every workout. You always start the day with the best intentions. You eat [...]

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11 Tips to Get Fit at 40 (or older)

By Jeanine Natale When I turned 40 this past February, one of the pledges I made was to look and feel much better than I had at 39, or at 38, 37, or 36, for that matter. I’d become pudgy and very out of shape through a combination of a badly broken toe that stranded [...]

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