Calorie spiking isn’t a technical term. In fact, I’m not sure its a real term. But its the only term I can think of to describe what it is. I use this term to describe a day when you eat more calories than what you should. Some people call it a cheat day, but I
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I see people spending a lot of time on cardio equipment. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but weight lifting is just as effective to burn calories. As an added bonus, when you build muscle, you’ll naturally burn calories as muscle consume calories to remain strong. When I talk to people about weight lifting for
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I read a lot of weight loss blogs and I lurk on weight loss forums. I read as much as I can to learn from others, get new ideas and to get inspired. When reading about diet and nutrition I’ve noticed a trend in many of the forums and blogs. It seems many people get
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This post is a bit random as its basically a dump of thoughts I have on exercise, weight loss and the use of Polar Heart Rate Monitor. I was at a family gathering with my wife’s family over the last weekend where I saw many of her family members that I haven’t seen in a
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I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis. I read mostly weight loss, fitness, healthy lifestyle blogs. I’ve learned so much from reading these blogs and I continue to learn everyday. There are two themes that seem to be present in each blog: 1) everyone has their own way of doing things and
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Them: “You look great” Me: “Thank you” Them: “You’ve lost weight. You look great!!” Me: “Thanks!” Them: “What are you doing” Me: “Living” Them: “I mean, what are you doing to lose weight” Me: “Living” Them: “How are you losing weight” Me: “By living an active and healthy lifestyle” When I first started on my
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Losing weight, getting healthy and fit are great in and of themselves. I feel great, I feel healthy, but I wasn’t sure how to find out how well my fitness has improved. If I took some sort of fitness test, I would be a baseline of where I am at now and wouldn’t give me
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I’ve written many posts where I state that weight loss bloggers are 1) numerous and most importantly 2) there to help others on their weight loss journey. I’d like to use this post to create a small blogroll of the weight loss blogs that I read on a daily basis. These blogs have given me
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There really isn’t a magic formula, but in my opinion there is a formula to losing weight. Its not a secret either. People that have lost weight know the formula. The formula looks something like this: 20% Desire/Will + 25 % Sacrifice + 20% Diet + 5% Exercise + 30% Action = Weight Loss Success
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed several commercials from leading athletic performance companies (Nike, Under Armour, Reebok, Adidas etc) that all target the same market. All of these companies are targeting the in-shape, fit athletes. And, to be honest, it makes sense. They manufacture performance apparel, they are endorsed by professional athletes, and they
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