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Browsing Archive: November, 2009

The Benefits of Using Yoga for Stress Management: Part I-Breath

Posted by Rina Thibault on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, In : Stress Management

With the hectic upcoming holiday season we are experiencing the effects of stress on our life in mental and physical health. This is reciprocated in an increase of blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, etc. Society copes with these daily stresses by ignoring it and letting it dwell within to let it fruit into trees of depression and exhaustion or through medication, and in some cases it causes more harm than good. Yoga is becoming popular in society as a tool to reduce the everyday...
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Grilled Fruit

Posted by Ryan Rannelli on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, In : Nutritional Recipies

Dessert is great, but so is a six pack! Before you forego your fitness goals for another piece of pie, try this simple recipe.

Fruit is nature's candy - it's sweet, delicate and delicious. Grilling fruit extracts the natural sugar, making it a warm, tasty treat. Serve grilled fruit for dessert - you'll lose weight without depriving your taste buds.

Yield: 2 servings

Here's what you need:

1 mango (or apple, pear, melon, pineapple)
1 banana (or fig, apricot, papaya, peach, nectarine)
D...

Killing the Time Excuse

Posted by Ryan Rannelli on Monday, November 16, 2009, In : Time management

Getting rid of another "Excuse"

Step One: Schedule Your Workouts: You've heard this before, and it makes so much sense. If you treat your exercise time with the importance of a work meeting then you'd never skip a workout and you'd be in amazing shape.

While the scheduling concept is brilliant in its simplicity, you have to put it into practice to reap the benefits. Pull out your calendar and a pen. Don't laugh, I'm serious! Just do it. If you want to get into shape it starts with committi...

Veggie Power Juice

Posted by Ryan Rannelli on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, In : Nutritional Recipies

Veggie Power Juice

Remember how Popeye would drain a can of spinach and half a second later his muscles would begin to bulge? Think of this recipe as your own can of spinach. While your muscles may not instantly grow to three times their size, your body will surely experience a nutritious surge.
Yield: 2 servings

Here's what you need...

1 cup packed fresh spinach
2 green apples
4 large carrots
1 Tablespoon fresh ginger
Juicing machine

Wash the vegetables, cut the ends off the c...

Your Insatiable Appetite

Posted by Ryan Rannelli on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, In : Eating Habits

Hey, Ryan here,
Have you ever wondered why you can't say no to the donuts, muffins, chips and fries that surround you everyday? If you have then you will want to read this best seller, The End of Overeating, by David A. Kessler.
And i bet you're asking yourself- do I really need to read yet another book on weight loss? Well, if it's called The End of Overeating, by Dr. Kessler then the answer is yes- this book is both his diagnosis of the problem and his prescription for its treatment. I read...