Sports & Cooking

Everyone knows diets can be expensive. This is because healthy food is usually more expensive than unhealthy food. This doesn’t really make sense, but hey, we can’t do anything about it, can we? Well, we can in one way or another. Instead of buying the more expensive healthy food, we could look for alternatives. And 1 of those alternatives is legumes. (more…)

21% of your daily calorie intake comes from drinks ⁽¹⁾. This could be sodas, fruit juices, tea, coffee and so on. For a female this would mean about 400 calories and for a male about 500 calories. Now imagine you’re only drinking water throughout the day, this would mean you taking in 400 (500) calories less daily. If you care about your waistline, don’t only look at what you’re eating, take a look at what you’re drinking as well. (more…)

It’s time for the 4th post in the “MrX said” post series. In this series I will write a post which’s basis is a comment from a reader. In return for the great comment I’ll link back to the blog of the reader who left the comment, which one day will hopefully help him or her out. And that’s what the “MrX said” series is about, making some of the readers famous. (more…)

Everyone knows we live in a fast paced world today and there is little time left to exercise regularly. Even though you’re in a hurry, there is still time left for you do some exercises. You might not know about the possibilities, but they are there and you just have to see them. To help you see them I’ll list a few tips that can help you exercise  regularly. (more…)

“I’m going to the gym regularly, but I’m gaining weight. Am I doing something wrong?” That’s a question I hear regularly and you could be asking the same question right now. It surprises me how little some people know about the human body. If you are determined to lose weight or fat, at least do a bit of research so you know what’s ahead of you in the weeks or months to come. (more…)

Just yesterday, both Reuters and CNN have reported that there has been a salmonella outbreak in the Southwestern U.S. The source? Raw tomatoes. Not your every day tomatoes, but large tomatoes, including Roma and red round tomatoes. Of the 40 people that were infected, 38 were interviewed. The majority of them said they have eaten raw tomatoes. (more…)

“How come you’re losing weight faster than I am?” Have you ever asked that question to a male friend of yours? If you have asked that question, don’t feel bad or weird or anything else. Because it’s perfectly normal that men lose weight faster than women. This is because of several reasons. The reasons vary from a faster metabolism to a larger lung capacity. (more…)

Ever since I started to blog I also started to learn about blogging. Doing a couple searches I came across Problogger, DailyBlogTips and DoshDosh, where I have learned a lot and I’m still learning every day. LaurensFitness and Prohealthblog are the two blogs I stumbled upon and with the bit of knowledge I gathered from the other blogs, I contact them and got the ball rolling. (more…)

Remember the old days when Mario was the next best thing after sliced bread? The days when you jumped all over the place while you were jumping in the game. These days will be coming back thanks to the Wii Fit by Nintendo. Well, you won’t be jumping all over the place, but you will be burning calories in the comfort of your own house and you will get fitter by playing “video games”. (more…)

I decided to make a small list of the articles that were most read in May 2008. Below you see the 5 most read articles: (more…)