The last post in my series about eating healthy and finding deals on health food addresses a question many of us have had at one time or another: What does it mean to "go organic," and, "why buy organic?" Once again, Victoria has an awesome and informative post that addresses these questions, then finishes with mouth-watering recipe chock full of organic food. Thank you for sharing your passion with us Victoria! Making the choice to purchase and consume organic food is a personal one. However, it is a choice that you should feel very good about making. By purchasing organic foods, you are ch......
In part 3 of our series, Healthy Eating on the Cheap, financial blogger Victoria, happens to also be a health food nut who is passionate about organic eating. She has some great tips for buying organic foods if you are buying on a budget. Thank you for blogging for me today Victoria! Buying Organics on a Budget Perhaps you have decided that purchasing organic foods is going to be a priority for your family. Although your budget may not have much wiggle room, there are ways to make this lifestyle work. Fortunately with more and more interest in organically grown food, there are many options a......
We stump, stoop, slouch…so much so that the quality of our everyday lives can be directly affected from these posture problems. I thought of this while sitting at the computer working, and had to stretch to relieve that nagging tightness between my shoulder blades. At the same time, I noticed a whole slew of other bad habits I was committing, and quickly set about practicing what I preach. Why good posture is important: Practicing good posture can improve your breathing, decrease your risk of injury, help you move more easily through the tasks of daily living, and also improve your sports ......
Not long ago, if your neighbor had told you she was training for a triathlon, you might have looked at her crossed-eyed and with one eyebrow raised. Once thought of as an endurance sport for athletes who had both an unnatural pain threshold, and oodles of time on their hands, triathlon has in recent years become a sport for anyone who likes variety, has a few hours each week to dedicate toward training, and enjoys challenges small and large. No longer a sport just for the guys, the proliferation of female participants in triathlon events proves its growing popularity: in the late 1990s, women ......
Did you give yoga a shot once upon a time, only to walk out mid-class, scratching your head and wondering, what was I thinking? It is possible the style you tried didn't match your personality, athletic ability, or just moved at a pace geared more toward advanced yogis than beginners. It isn't uncommon to feel lost during your first several classes, but there is a way to ensure you don't feel too out of place: pick the right style of yoga first. Before you write off yoga for good, try a class that is a better match for your personal style. I've compiled a short list of the most common yoga sty......
The dedicated souls who exercise because they love it are a rare lot. The rest, well, exercise because it is an important step on the road to weight loss. And we all know that weight loss really means, “fat loss.” Am I right? Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation about the “fat burning zone,” which leads us to believe that exercising at a particular intensity, above a minimum amount of time, is the optimal “fat burning” place. Not so (and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing). And here’s why…
The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you’ll burn at rest, and since you burn a higher percentage of fat in a resting state than during exercise, it makes sense to focus on the large muscle groups first. Squats, leg presses, leg extensions, lunges, Romanian dead lifts are examples of weight training exercises that target these large muscles.
you burn more carbs than fat for fuel. However, the more total calories you burn, the more fat calories you’ll burn. Here’s a simple example of interval training: add intervals of 3-5 minutes that are at a higher intensity, then spend roughly equal that time recovering, then repeat. Thirty- to forty minutes is sufficient. Shorter intervals of even higher intensity are fine too – just check with your doctor if you have any pre-existing health conditions.
those calories would come from fat. However, if you ran at a 7 mph pace instead, you’d burn roughly 400 calories (depending on your height/weight), and 160 of those would be fat calories!