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The 7th Challenge-Body Maintenance

Moving on from the Eliminating Liquid Calories Challenge from last week.   Ok here is your challenge for this week. Take care of your muscles, joints, etc... Now is the time to learn of the healing powers of foam rollers. If you don't have one or access to one it's...

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Health and life lessons from a puppy

Just going to be up front and let you know this was mainly an excuse to show you a picture of my new puppy Shug. Feel free to admire his cuteness.   If you've ever had a puppy, you know it is much like having a baby. Lot of cuteness, a lot of work, lot of bodily...

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Top 10 ways get out of an exercise rut and stay motivated

    Have you gotten to the point in your exercise program where you dread doing it? Has it become like a part-time job? You go put on your gym clothes, go through the motions, and then do it all over again the next day. You aren't getting results, your motivation is...

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The 6th Challenge-Liquid Calories

Were you able to handle the 5th challenge ok last week? One thing that can derail your nutrition program very easily is liquid calories. It is secretly one of biggest things that keeps weight on people.   For instance, there are coffees at Starbucks that have more...

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Healthy Recipes for Super Bowl Sunday

With the Super Bowl coming up on Sunday, I wanted to get you some healthier alternatives to the traditional football foods.   Hope you like them! Homemade Fresh Salsa Ingredients: One large tomato (about 8 ounces), seeded and chopped Three green onions with green...

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The 5th Challenge in The Free 13 Week Free Challenge

What new fruits and vegetables did you try for last week's challenge? I've had a few bad ones and a few good ones, but I'm glad I tried them. This may be controversial, but I'm not a fan of jicama. Just putting that out there. Probably not the greatest timing on this...

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How to wake up immediately without caffeine

So last week I found an awesome way to wake up IMMEDIATELY and without caffeine. Equipment needed: -1 spider That's all you need. I was putting on my pants when a spider crawled out of them and up my leg. I was alert and awake in a jiffy. Thankfully I didn't scream...

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3 Foods To Accelerate Fat Loss

If you know my philosophy on nutrition, it is pretty basic. So basic you can describe it in four words. Eat. More. Real. Foods.   In a world where Dr. Oz and others have a new miracle supplement from the rain forest every day, this might seem a little weird. Now I do...

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4th Challenge in the Free 13 Week Challenge Program

How did the Challenge from week 3 go for you? Last week we had the physical challenge, this week is an eating challenge. Your challenge this week is to eat 2 fruits and 2 vegetables you've never tried before. This has to be real fruits and real vegetables. Plus they...

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Double Dark Chocolatey Chocolate Brownies Recipe

  You know what people do when the weather gets bad? They tend to lock themselves in the house and eat food that is not so good for you.   Happens to the best of us. It is like weather comfort food. With that being said, I wanted to pass on a healthier version of...

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Finish the Day. Advice from a legendary Navy SEAL.

  Unfortunately, now is when a lot of people will start giving up on their New Year's Resolutions. Statistically nearly half of the people who started the year with a resolution will give up on them within the first two weeks.   They tried really hard for a few days...

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Challenge #3 in the Free 13 Week Challenge Program

Are you sitting down? Well you might have an excuse this time. How did you do on last week's challenge? This is the exercise challenge week. Here's what your challenge is this week. It is to exercise 5 times this week and to stay active on the other 2 days. Now before...

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This doesn't happen to Dirty Girls

Does your GNO stand for Girls Noshing to Obesity? I know it stands for Girls Night Out usually, but you will see why I renamed it later. This is a study you may find interesting. When a person in the study became obese, there was a 40% increased risk their sibling...

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Second challenge in the free 13 week challenge program

You see that red part? That is where the rhomboids are located. Why do you care? Because one of the main functions of the rhomboids (rhomboid major for you sticklers) is retraction of the shoulder blade, AKA keeping your shoulders from slumping forward like a caveman...

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