Tag Archive | "calories"
5 Caffeinated water drinks
A couple days ago I woke up and had a coffee in the morning. While this is a rare situation, it happens once a while. Usually I tend to drink water or thee in the morning, but these drinks don’t wake you up as much as coffee does and this make me wonder something. Aren’t [...]
Continue reading...Who said salads were healthier than fast food?
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Are you a person who goes to a fast food restaurant and orders a salad thinking it contains fewer calories than the burgers they sell? If you are the person I just described, I got some bad news for you my friend. For a while now, salads in fast food restaurants are getting a bad [...]
Continue reading...Be careful with energy drinks
Sunday, June 15, 2008
With the rapid popularity growth of the energy drinks, there is almost no escaping them. Nowadays you can see them everywhere. In supermarkets, fuel stations, your local grocery store on the corner of the block, just everywhere. It’s said that these energy drinks energizes you and give you a short concentration boost. While this [...]
Continue reading...Your diet and wallet partner: Legumes
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Drinks; Your diet’s archenemy
Monday, June 9, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Why men lose weight faster than women
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
“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 [...]
Continue reading...Get fit with the Nintendo Wii Fit
Monday, June 2, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Know what you are eating
Saturday, May 31, 2008
It’s Saturday again and this means it time for the post which’s basis is a comment from a reader of this blog. Early this week I got a short comment, yet there is so much information in that short comment. The comment was from Armando Williams and in his comment he said he didn’t know [...]
Continue reading...Think twice before you eat fast food
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Have you ever had a day where you were starving and you just had to eat or drink something, even knowing how unhealthy it is, you just ate or drank it? Well, after you’ve read the rest of this post, you’ll regret every time you ate or drank something that was unhealthy, because some of [...]
Continue reading...3 small changes will result in you being healthier
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Did you know by changing small things in your life, you could have a life which’s quality is a lot better? By doing things differently, you could be seeing things in a way that you didn’t before. Think of walking a bit more, taking your time do something or buying something you normally wouldn’t buy. [...]
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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