A Husband’s View of Feminine Strength

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Appears courtesy of TLB Flow LLC. A couple days ago a man came up to me and told me that I should have Lisa stop lifting weights because she is getting too strong.  I thought he was messing around because I have recently been beaming with pride as I’ve watched Lisa do heavier power and [...]

Why Healthy Living Blogging Isn’t for Everyone

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Appears courtesy of Simply Nicole. In the past, blogging had a somewhat negative connotation.  Bloggers were seen as anonymous individuals sitting behind a computer screen using their online journals as a way to rant about whatever moved them.  Some people may still view bloggers in this way, but I hope that after reading this post [...]

Fitblogger: The Book

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This one’s short and sweet folks. We’re putting together a book of inspirational and motivation stories written by Fitbloggers of all shapes and sizes. Think chicken soup for the fitblogger soul kind of thing. We want to harness the amazing motivational power of all the healthy living blogs out there and put it together for [...]

Fifteen Minutes of Exercise Per Day Is Good For Your Heart, Taiwanese Research Study Finds

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Early Morning Tai Chi Exercises, Taipei City, Taiwan Christian Kober Buy This Allposters.com Fifteen minutes of daily exercise is enough to reduce cardiovascular risk, concludes Taiwanese researchers in the 16 August 2011 online issue of the Lancet. The idea that people can safely get by with less than 150 hours of exercise per week is [...]

Welcome Our New Editors!

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It’s been a flurry of activity around these parts lately getting ready for the start of our three new editors here at Fitblogger. I would like to thank everyone who applied as well as the community as a whole for all the work they have put in to making this site as helpful, inspiring and [...]

It’s Not About the Food

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You know what a healthy lifestyle looks like but can’t seem to execute it no matter how hard you try – it’s not about the food.

10 Ways to Grocery Shop on a Budget (While Saving The Planet)

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After spending a little too much money on groceries for the past few weeks, it’s time to get my budget in order. When I go to the grocery store, I always get the essentials first. If there is money left over for a specialty nut butter or gourmet cheese, I pick it up. Life is [...]

Dude, You Got Chicked

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Appears courtesy of Creative Conditioning. Chicked (verb): When a man is outperformed, and therefore passed, by a woman during a physical activity, such as running, biking, or swimming. (I.e. “Dude, You Got Chicked!”) It’s a common term that most men hate. But what is it with guys who don’t like to be passed by women? [...]

There Isn’t a Wagon, You Can’t Fall Off

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There is no healthy living band wagon.  You can’t fall or get back on.  Whether we like it or not, each day, each choice, we are moving farther away from or closer to your healthiest self.  Health is not a static place of being.  Your health is a cumulative journey that is made of a [...]

Heavy A&E TV Show: The Screening Review

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Heavy Series Premiere: 10/9C Network: A&E Tonight a new weight loss reality show enters the fray: Heavy. However, I hesitate to call this a reality show. Those words conger up images of the Biggest Loser and Survivor but Heavy is far more like a documentary. Each of the 11 episodes of Heavy, follow 2 individuals [...]

Are Body Fat Scales Worth the Money?

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Body fat scales are pretty and the lure of what they can do seems fascinating right?

Weight Loss Pill to the Rescue

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A quick glance at keyword searches for Google popped up about 501,770 monthly searches that contained the phrase “weight loss pill.”

Over a half million, every month. Yet how many of us would admit to that?