Success Stories

Nancy Andrews’ Success Story
Nancy Andrews Won $1,000 in December 2009 Fit and healthy for most of her life, everything … [Read More...]

Krist Voiles' Success Story
Krist Voiles wasn't extremely obese, but he was out of shape and unhappy with his body. He … [Read More...]
Healthy Recipes
Best Choice Recipes Features New Indian Curry Chicken Recipe and Easy Salmon … – SBWire (press release)
Best Choice Recipes Features New Indian Curry Chicken Recipe and Easy Salmon ... - SBWire (press … [Read More...]
Thai Inspired Coconut Soup with Chicken and Tofu – Patch.com
Thai Inspired Coconut Soup with Chicken and Tofu - Patch.comThai Inspired Coconut Soup with Chicken … [Read More...]
Fitness Motivation Blog

The Law of Choice
The Law of Choice is a universal law that has the power to help you achieve your wildest dreams or sabotage your dreams completely. Every day you are given 24 hours a day, we are all given the daily gift of 24 hours; no more, no less. What you do in those 24 hours is a choice and you are responsible for each and every choice. In those 24 hours, you are presented with many choices and … [Read More...]

Law of Fascination
Today I want to share with you about a law of life or a mental law that I have came across. It is called the Law of Fascination. Using the Law of Fascination on purpose can cause you to change any area in your life and yes, including your weight and fitness level. What is the Law of Fascination? The Law of Fascination is basically; what you have a fascination with or for, you will become. … [Read More...]

Mindset to Maximize Your Workouts
Why start your exercise routine in a negative unproductive mental state? You are only setting yourself up for a weak performance. There is a way to ensure that your workout is beneficial by using the power of your mind. You are a human being filled with this unlimited power within you. Even at your weakest mental and physical state, you can tap into internal resources that can help you … [Read More...]

Life in your mind
How do you see life? What does life mean to you? How you define life has a major impact on the actions you take, what you accept a true, what you accept as fact, what you think is possible and ultimately the results you experience. If you see life, circumstances and situations as just coincidences, luck and failure, then you will probably fall for anything that comes your way. When bad … [Read More...]

If You Want to Lose Weight – Cancel That Negative Thought
Do not entertain a thought for even one second that is telling you not to exercise today. Your thoughts are extremely powerful; one thought will turn into multiple thoughts affecting your emotions which will eventually convincing you to terminate your workout. Your thoughts affect your emotions and your emotions affect your actions. Your brain automatically generates thoughts and the more … [Read More...]

Perseverance; Never Ever Give Up
Today, I feel inspired to write about perseverance. Perseverance is one of the mental tools and characteristic traits that you will need to accomplish any goal or dream that you have. What is perseverance and how is it going to help you achieve your body and fitness goals? According to www.merriam-webster.com the definition of this profound and goal achieving word is: continued effort … [Read More...]

Commitment for Your Weight Loss Goals
If you want to lose weight, you have to do the things that will help you lose weight. You have to be brutally honest with yourself and ask the question if you are doing what you need to do to lose weight. Just about every day I hear people complain about how they have gained extra pounds but I see no evidence of them doing anything to drop those unwanted pounds. People think that they can … [Read More...]

Law of Accumulation
One important fundamental of life is the “Law of Accumulation.” This law basically states that to accomplish anything worthwhile or great, it will take the compounded effort of every persistent and purposeful action that you take. Basically, every action you take counts towards something in your future. You may have to take countless acts that do not seem be doing anything, but in … [Read More...]

Visualize Yourself Doing the Insanity Workout
You can’t seem to make yourself do that Insanity workout or the P90X or the CHALEAN workout. Whatever the workout, you just can’t seem to get motivated crack open that box. How are you going to trick yourself into working out? How are you going to stimulate your lazy mind to push pass your unproductive comfort zone? Well, this a challenge that can be defeated. A technique you can … [Read More...]

Your Mind is the Garden and Your Thoughts are the Seeds
Your mind is the Garden that is controlling your destiny. The thoughts and images that you are thinking are the seeds that will determine the effects of your future. Your emotions are the fertilizer for your thoughts. Once you become aware of this, you will want to be very mindful on what you are planting and feeding your mind garden. In order for the garden to harvest what you want, you … [Read More...]

Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
Unfortunately, your social environment can affect you both positively and negatively. If you are trying to change your diet and fitness habits, but your friends have no desire to eat healthy or exercise, then you could be sabotaging your results. We socialize with people who have similar hobbies, likes or habits as ours. Overtime, we pick up certain tastes, accents, sayings, knowledge and … [Read More...]
Healthy Recipes
Oliver promotes healthy eating at Stadium – Yankees.com
Oliver promotes healthy eating at Stadium - Yankees.comOliver promotes healthy eating at StadiumYankees.comThe hope is the students will replicate the recipes with their families, leading to a lifestyle of healthy eating. "It sticks to you," student Jennifer Leon said. "You just learn something new, and when you come out with a product, you just get so ... … [Read More...]
Healthy recipe: Quick and Easy Omelette – JOE
Healthy recipe: Quick and Easy Omelette - JOEHealthy recipe: Quick and Easy OmeletteJOEUs men have an awful lot to deal with during the day, and cooking ourselves something that's both tasty and healthy just takes up too much precious time. So with that in mind here's how to make a tasty, healthy omelette in no time at all. … [Read More...]
HelloLife Announces New Recipe Section on the Smart Living Network – Seattle Post Intelligencer
HelloLife Announces New Recipe Section on the Smart Living Network - Seattle Post IntelligencerHelloLife Announces New Recipe Section on the Smart Living NetworkSeattle Post IntelligencerToday, HelloLife announced the unveiling of their new recipe section on the Smart Living Network. The recipe section contains recipes from users, culinary creations from locally renowned Sue Chef, healthy … [Read More...]
Healthy helping of laughter and food in ‘The Cooking Show’ – Philadelphia Inquirer
Healthy helping of laughter and food in 'The Cooking Show' - Philadelphia InquirerHealthy helping of laughter and food in 'The Cooking Show'Philadelphia InquirerShe learned new recipes while still preparing Iranian foods for her husband and dishes from her native land, including that radish-greens dip. From his parents, Karimi learned the nutritional benefits of having not just different … [Read More...]
Summer Snack Tips and Recipes From – Patch.com
Summer Snack Tips and Recipes From - Patch.comSummer Snack Tips and Recipes FromPatch.comRegistered dietitian and certified personal trainer at Des Peres Hospital shares easy ways to eat healthy this summer. By Simone Valle Adding veggies to the grill is an easy way to eat healthy at a cookout. Simone Valle A popular way to beat the heat ...and more » … [Read More...]
Teresa Giudice discusses her new heart-healthy cookbook – NorthJersey.com
Teresa Giudice discusses her new heart-healthy cookbook - NorthJersey.comTeresa Giudice discusses her new heart-healthy cookbookNorthJersey.com"This one includes 70 heart-healthy, delicious, Italian, authentic recipes," says Giudice, who'll do her first of three North Jersey book signings tonight at Barnes & Noble in Clifton. "And I've never talked about fitness … [Read More...]
Recipe: Salmon Cakes with Ginger-Sesame Sauce – USA Weekend
Recipe: Salmon Cakes with Ginger-Sesame Sauce - USA WeekendRecipe: Salmon Cakes with Ginger-Sesame SauceUSA WeekendA key strategy for eating well — even when life is at its most hectic — is to have a pantry stocked with healthy foods that can be pulled together quickly and tastily. One of my go-to cupboard staples is canned or pouched salmon. … [Read More...]
Recipe: Healthy pistachio passion ice cream – Times of India
Recipe: Healthy pistachio passion ice cream - Times of IndiaRecipe: Healthy pistachio passion ice creamTimes of IndiaWould you still go for a commercially prepared pistachio ice cream, if we told you that you can easily enjoy a homemade, healthier version in less than 30 minutes? Add to that the health benefits from pistachios; a 30 gram serving of pistachios, ... … [Read More...]
Nutrition, Where the Rubber Hits the Road to Health – Huffington Post (blog)
Nutrition, Where the Rubber Hits the Road to Health - Huffington Post (blog)Nutrition, Where the Rubber Hits the Road to HealthHuffington Post (blog)This list of "Sodium Savvy" Healthy Dining choices is growing as more restaurants are finding ways to reduce sodium in their recipes. Along with its search functions, the site offers expert guidance, articles, recipes and tips to help … [Read More...]
Healthy Recipes: Joy Bauer’s soft-baked chocolate-cherry oatmeal cookies – Baltimore Sun (blog)
Healthy Recipes: Joy Bauer's soft-baked chocolate-cherry oatmeal cookies - Baltimore Sun (blog)Healthy Recipes: Joy Bauer's soft-baked chocolate-cherry oatmeal cookiesBaltimore Sun (blog)By Andrea K. Walker Just because you're trying to eat healthy doesn't mean totally abandoning your sweet tooth. Healthy eating guru Joy Bauer includes many healthy deserts in her healthy recipe … [Read More...]
Get Professionally Cooked Seafood Recipes With Parchment Paper
Get Professionally Cooked Seafood Recipes With Parchment Paper Whoever taught you how to cook, be it Mom, Grandma or the Food Network, probably shared the secret to no-muss, no-fuss baking. After all, many chefs know that baking with parchment paper is key for moist cookies, brownies, cakes and other sweet treats. Do you also think of using parchment paper for meats, seafood, pizza, [...] … [Read More...]
Health Advice
Baby boomers asked to check for hepatitis C – Utica Observer Dispatch
Baby boomers asked to check for hepatitis C - Utica Observer DispatchCTV.caBaby boomers asked to check for hepatitis CUtica Observer DispatchBy MIKE STOBBE AP For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for Disease ...CDC … [Read More...]
Osiris shares climb on stem-cell therapy approval – BusinessWeek
Osiris shares climb on stem-cell therapy approval - BusinessWeekGlobe and MailOsiris shares climb on stem-cell therapy approvalBusinessWeekShares of Osiris Therapeutics traded higher Friday, a day after Canadian regulators approved the company's first-of-a-kind stem cell therapy Prochymal, a treatment for a deadly side effect of bone marrow transplants. The company announced that Health ...A … [Read More...]
Study: Increase in Cardiovascular Deaths After Using Z-Pack – 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
Study: Increase in Cardiovascular Deaths After Using Z-Pack - 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis93.1 WIBC IndianapolisStudy: Increase in Cardiovascular Deaths After Using Z-Pack93.1 WIBC IndianapolisBy Alex Brown (alex@wibc.com) The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine says there was a small increase in cardiovascular deaths in people who used a five-day treatment of azithromycin, otherwise … [Read More...]
MDs May Not Recognize Late Effects of Cancer Drugs – MedPage Today
MDs May Not Recognize Late Effects of Cancer Drugs - MedPage TodayU.S. News & World ReportMDs May Not Recognize Late Effects of Cancer DrugsMedPage TodayBy Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. This study was published as an abstract and presented at a telebriefing.Lack of Awareness … [Read More...]
Common antibiotic carries heart risk – Times of India
Common antibiotic carries heart risk - Times of IndiaZee NewsCommon antibiotic carries heart riskTimes of IndiaAntibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a "Z-pack" can be bad for your heart, warn researchers. In a study, Vanderbilt researchers have found a 2.5-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular death in the first five days of taking azithromycin when ...Popular Antibiotic May … [Read More...]
Half as many women dying in pregnancy, childbirth as 20 years ago – Los Angeles Times
Half as many women dying in pregnancy, childbirth as 20 years ago - Los Angeles TimesAFPHalf as many women dying in pregnancy, childbirth as 20 years agoLos Angeles TimesAbout half as many women worldwide die from pregnancy, childbirth and related complications compared with two decades ago, according to United Nations estimates released Wednesday. The declining numbers of maternal deaths -- from … [Read More...]
‘Marijuana Helps Relieve MS Pain’ – Medical News Today
'Marijuana Helps Relieve MS Pain' - Medical News TodayCBC.ca'Marijuana Helps Relieve MS Pain'Medical News TodayResearchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that smoking marijuana can help relieve pain, and muscle tightness "spasticity" in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study is published in the Canadian ...Marijuana may … [Read More...]
New HIV drug could spell ‘end of Aids epidemic’ – BBC News
New HIV drug could spell 'end of Aids epidemic' - BBC NewsBBC NewsNew HIV drug could spell 'end of Aids epidemic'BBC NewsA panel of US health experts has for the first time backed a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people. The panel recommended US regulators approve the daily pill, Truvada, for use by people considered at high risk of contracting the Aids virus.US panel backs first … [Read More...]
FDA Panel to Vote on Approval of Truvada for HIV Prevention – TIME
FDA Panel to Vote on Approval of Truvada for HIV Prevention - TIMETIMEFDA Panel to Vote on Approval of Truvada for HIV PreventionTIMERecent studies suggest that drugs used for HIV treatment can also protect healthy people from infection. But are these drugs safe — and can they really turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic? By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | May 10, 2012 | + A Food and Drug ...Drug long … [Read More...]
Stem cell shield ‘could protect cancer patients’ – BBC News
Stem cell shield 'could protect cancer patients' - BBC NewsBBC NewsStem cell shield 'could protect cancer patients'BBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News It may be possible to use "stem cell shielding" to protect the body from the damaging effects of chemotherapy, early results from a US trial suggest. Chemotherapy drugs try to kill rapidly ...Stem cell … [Read More...]

















