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Back-to-School: 3 Ways It Can Help You Get In Shape

School buses, backpacks, and new lunch boxes--these are the things that mark the end of long, lazy summer days, and a return to that more structured routine of waking up early, homework every night, and early bedtimes.

While many of us are busier in the fall with scheduled activities than we are in the summer months, there are ways to use the return of a more rigid routine to your advantage.

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September 3, 2009

How to Make Exercise Work For Your Fat Loss

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This is 3rd instalment of my TIME magazine article rebuttal series.

Truth be told, if you are currently active, exercise is ALREADY WORKING FOR YOU. You are improving your health in a way that no other intervention can match. If you exercise regularly, this should be the number one reason why you exercise. If you aren't, this should be the number one reason why you start.

From a fat loss perspective, I'm going to share with you how to use exercise to enhance your results.

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8 comments · August 28, 2009

5 Ways to Tame Post-Workout Hunger

This is a follow-up post to the TIME Magazine Rebuttal.

My original intention was to follow up with a "How to Make Exercise Work For You" post (which I will get to), but I decided I had lost sight of something important that should be addressed first: helping those who may overeat in response to exercise.

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29 comments · August 24, 2009

Can You Lose Weight During the Credit Crunch?

Sometimes, we're sure that throwing money at our problems would mean solving them more easily. Paying for specially-prepared diet foods, employing a personal trainer, buying fancy workout clothes may all be attractive ideas, but financially impractical.

Is it possible to lose weight without spending a lot of money?

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10 comments · July 12, 2009

7 Simple Ways to Avoid Weekend Weight Gain

Do you spend the weekend unwinding a little too much, only to find come Monday morning the needle on your weighing scales isn't quite as favourable as you'd hoped?

According to researchers our eating habits change quite dramatically at weekends, particularly as we reach for more alcoholic beverages and calorie-dense foods. If this is the case for you it can certainly be very easy to gain weight over time.

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10 comments · May 28, 2009

10 Essentials of Strength Training

There are no shortages of opinions about the right way to lift weights - the best set/rep spectrum, the ideal rest periods, the optimal exercises, lifting tempo, sequence, etc, etc. Let's put those things aside for now and key in on some of the most foundational aspects of strength training.

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9 comments · February 3, 2009

Phone Counseling Helps People Lose Weight

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They are 400 million obese people in the world, meaning that when most folks pick up the phone, it's to order an everything pizza with extra cheese and garlic knots.

But now, a new study suggests regular phone or email counseling helps people improve their diet and lose weight, especially for those unwilling to seek face-to-face support.

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8 comments · January 16, 2009

Get Organized to Succeed at Healthy Eating

Have you ever skipped breakfast because you were in a rush - and ending up grabbing a mid-morning candy bar to stave off hunger?

Have you ever wished that you had something healthy for lunch - when your canteen seems to specialize in greasy fried foods?

Have you ever phoned for a pizza just because there was nothing in the fridge?

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11 comments · January 14, 2009

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