5 Minute Carb Cycling Meals

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In my quest to implement the carb cycling diet into my daily routine, I’ve come across a frustrating problem. This diet requires lots of protein on the low carb days, which means that I have to cook some type of meat or veggie patty to fulfill the plan. I’ve tried some different solutions, but I’ve [...]

A Mysterious Diet Secret

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One of the most complicated and controversial things to do is pick a weight loss diet plan. There are literally hundreds of them, and many of them purport to be the only way to achieve permanent weight loss. Here are some common ones… The Low Carb Diet (South Beach, Dukan, and Atkins are common versions) [...]

How To Create a Diet That Works

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Wow, it’s the New Year again. Time to put away the Christmas decorations, clean up the house, and deal with those unwanted pounds that found my midsection over the last two months. Why are November and December so hard on the waistline? Every year I tell myself I’m not going to gain any weight over [...]

Checklists and Why Diets Fail

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One of the great secrets I’ve learned over the years is that we can’t visualize a negative action. You can’t picture in your mind NOT eating an ice cream cone. You can’t imagine NOT kicking a dog. You can’t imagine NOT eating that huge piece of FUDGE staring at you from the plate across the [...]

Weekly Calorie, Exercise, & Fuel Chart

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With gas prices topping four dollars a gallon here in the US many people are looking for solutions to an ever increasing fuel budget. Some people are selling their gas guzzling SUV’s and purchasing smaller fuel efficient cars. Others are cutting back on vacation trips and doing more things at home. I thought I would [...]

Fast & Fun Fitness Cards

I am a big fan of the Five Factor Fitness program by Harley Pasternak. This little book outlines a fitness program that almost anyone can do in 25 minutes per day. This book provides a combination of Aerobic exercise along with weight training in a twenty five minute, interval style workout. The book provides pictures [...]