Earlier this week, I was really- and I mean really craving salty foods, specifically seasoned french fries and/or tortilla chips with salsa. At first, I tried to substitute something healthier to make up for this craving; but in the end, I wound up making a couple of trips to the local fast food place to get someContinue reading “Why Can’t I Crave Healthy Food?”
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Are You Really Burning as Many Calories as That Cardio Machine Says?
This is the age old question that even I wonder about sometimes. You step on whatever machine it is to do your 30+minute cardio workout and you proceed to enter your weight and/or age before you begin. Then you continue to workout until the machine tells you that you’ve burned “x” amount of calories. You step offContinue reading “Are You Really Burning as Many Calories as That Cardio Machine Says?”
No Pain; No Weight Gain
Exactly how long does it take for the average person to gain weight? I was thinking about this again the other day. With so many people around who are overweight, it really makes you wonder what people are doing wrong so that you can avoid it. Given my personality, it is easy to become paranoidContinue reading “No Pain; No Weight Gain”
Spotlight On: Kelly Brown-Calway
Sometimes, people leave a really great impression that you take with you no matter where you end up in life. When I was in college at NC State, I was friends with a girl named Kelly Brown. She always went out of her way to be nice to me, and even invited me to herContinue reading “Spotlight On: Kelly Brown-Calway”
What is Carb Loading, and is it Bad?
This past week, my boyfriend and I went out of town for a few days. Up until then, I had been eating fairly healthy- maintaining a super low calorie diet consisting of mostly fresh fruits and veggies and low fat milk products/high protein. However, during the two to three days that we were away, IContinue reading “What is Carb Loading, and is it Bad?”