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Get-Fit Clicks

February 7, 2012 at 11:55 am, by jbrown

* We will never pass up a chance to praise the health benefits of dark chocolate. (FitSugar)

* Wal-Mart is set to debut their own “Great For You” label to make shopping for healthy food easier. (MSNBC)

* If your ab workout doesn’t seem to be working for you anymore, give your core a new challenge with this resistance-band routine from our friends at Fitness. (Bonus: It’s easy to do while you’re watching TV.) (Fitness)

* Not all veggies are more nutritious when they’re eaten fresh. Greatist explains which ones get even healthier when they’re cooked. (Greatist)

* Designer Karl Lagerfeld deems Adele “a little too fat.” You know, because her weight is somehow his business. And because fat-shaming people is morally acceptable. Arrgghhhh. (US magazine)

Delicious chocolate photo via Shutterstock.

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Get-Fit Clicks

January 31, 2012 at 12:47 pm, by jbrown

* How to make healthy versions of pizza, pudding and more. (Discovery Fit & Health)

* Which workout will help you sculpt “long and lean muscles”? None of them! Thank you, FitSugar, for explaining the truth behind this aggravating fitness myth (which is clearly one of my pet peeves.) (FitSugar)

* How your weekend splurges can easily undo your best weight loss efforts. (USA Today)

* Seven unexpected reasons why we pack on weight in winter. (Fitbie)

* The secret to coping with a food craving? Tell yourself you can have that brownie/ice cream/bag of chips later—chances are you won’t. (WebMD)

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Teach Your Children Well (because your words may come right back at you!)

November 4, 2011 at 2:38 pm, by Louise Sloan

“No, I don’t wanna have radish soup, it sounds yucky!”

I’m sorry to report that was me, talking to my five-year-old son—not vice-versa.

Granted, I was a bit tired. It was the end of the day on a Sunday, after a weekend that was nonstop activity. Our last outing had been to a healthy food event at a local public school. My friend Jen is a big advocate of local and sustainable food, and she’d invited us to join her and her kids to the event, featuring a performance by her uncle Tom Chapin, a singer who was debuting his new kids’ album, Give Peas a Chance, all about healthy eating. There would be exhibitions about making veggie smoothies, composting and raising chickens in your backyard.  I figured it would be a fun outing with good music (it was), the boys would have fun playing, and maybe Scott would learn stuff. But me? I’m already an adventurous eater, well-versed in healthy options, I thought. I read “Chick Lit,” this month’s LHJ article on backyard chickens. My mom’s been composting forever. I had nothing to learn.

Enter the radishes. (For more of the story and an easy recipe, read on.)

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Get-Fit Clicks

October 25, 2011 at 1:06 pm, by jbrown

* It is possible to indulge in Halloween candy without developing a pumpkin-shaped belly. The trick: learn to spot the healthy-ish treats. (FitSugar via Fitness)

* If the thought of joining a gym is intimidating, let Fitbie put all your fitness fears (“I look fat!” “I’ll get hurt”) to rest. (Fitbie)

* Ah, coffee—is there anything it can’t do? New research suggests that drinking more than three cups of caffeinated java daily may help reduce your risk of basal cell carcinoma (the world’s most common cancer) by 20 percent. (HuffPo)

* Treat yourself to new workout clothes at Sports Authority today. Download this coupon for 25 percent off one item. (Deal News)

* The healthy recipe we can’t wait to try: black bean and butternut squash burritos. (Oh She Glows)

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Get-Fit Clicks

October 18, 2011 at 12:48 pm, by jbrown

* Not all fall foods are unhealthy. These seven autumnal ingredients are slimming, satisfying and pack tons of nutrients. (HuffPo)

* Trying to lose weight? Tweet about it! Senator Claire McCaskill used Twitter to hold herself accountable to her slim-down plan and now she’s 50 pounds lighter. (CNN)

* If you can’t afford a personal trainer, don’t sweat it—just steal the pros’ get-fit tricks. (FitSugar)

* Eating several mini meals a day instead of three squares is best for weight loss, right? Here’s why that may be more fiction than fact. (EatingWell)

* Oh, KFC: I’m going to withhold my commentary on your new Cheesy Bacon Bowl—a combo of cheese, bacon, fried chicken, corn and mashed potatoes with gravy—and instead quote comedian Patton Oswalt’s now-classic riff on your Famous Bowls. (The NSFWish video is here.) “Stop right there! Can you pile all of those items into a single bowl and just kinda make them into a wet mound of starch that I can eat with a spoon like I’m a death-row prisoner on suicide watch?…Is there a way that the bowl can play This Mortal Coil’s It’ll End in Tears album while I’m eating it at 2:00 in the morning in my darkened apartment, just kind of staring into the distance?…If you could put my lunch in a blender and liquefy it and put it into a caulking gun and then inject it right into my femoral artery, even better. But until you invent the lunch gun, I would like a failure pile in a sadness bowl.” (Eater)

 

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Get-Fit Clicks

September 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm, by jbrown

* Coffee = happiness? A new study suggests your java habit may lower your risk of depression. If my collection of Starbucks receipts is any indication, I’m the most gleeful person alive. (HuffPo)

* How your workouts boost your brain power, concentration, memory and much more. (Fitbie)

* Fun fact from CNN: Chocolate is fruit! If only that meant we had to eat several servings of it per day. (CNN)

* We know it sounds impossible, but scientists say you can actually train yourself to crave exercise. (Time)

* Is it Sunday yet? These healthy pancake recipes are making us way too excited about brunch. (FitSugar)

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Get-Fit Clicks

August 30, 2011 at 12:19 pm, by jbrown

* FitSugar explains why our excuses for not eating enough veggies are all pretty lame. (FitSugar)

* How the wildly fluctuating stock market could widen your waistline. (MSNBC)

* If you think eating healthy is always expensive, check out these nutritious meals for under $5. (Fitbie)

* Though both strength-training and cardio are key to weight loss and good health, a new study shows cardio may be the best way to melt dangerous belly fat. (Science Daily)

* I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who overate during Hurricane Irene. (I like how I deemed Brent & Sam’s Triple Chocolate Bliss cookies non-perishable essentials.) Today.com asked its staffers what they binged on, and the answers are kind of fascinating and funny. (BITES on Today)

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