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Decorate your plate for successful weight loss
Filed in archive Healthy Eating by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 30, 2007
Can food decorating be the way to successful weight loss? I would like to say yes actually, or that it is a vital key when it comes to watching what you eat. Whether you are counting calories or doing...
Walking can save your life
Filed in archive Walking by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 29, 2007
Walking is one of the safest forms of exercise that you can do. It is also one of the easiest. Even those who are very sick can usually go walking if only short distances. By walking you keep the bl...
Why you shouldn't believe every health advice your mother gave you
Filed in archive Exercises For Everyone by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 28, 2007
Knowledge and experience is passed on from generation to generation. We learn from our parents and do as they say, and end up believing that they are right. Surely you have heard your mother saying th...
Are you a supportive parent?
Filed in archive Kids and sports by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 27, 2007
I want to become a real soccer mom! Well actually it doesn't even need to be soccer; it can be just about any sport. I really hope that my son will take up a sport when that time comes and that he...
Practicing sports because you like it and not because you have to
Filed in archive Exercises For Everyone by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 26, 2007
When we start going to the gym because we "should" and not because we like it we can easily be led onto the wrong track. Exercising isn't about punishing yourself to go to the gym and ...

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When self criticism is good
Filed in archive Inner Health by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 25, 2007
Being critic to oneself is never good. It usually brings negative feelings and can even lead to depression if you start being too negative. But there are times when we should be more critic towards ...

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Fun facts you didn't know
Filed in archive Fitness Gadgets & Fun by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 24, 2007
With the human body there are so many things we don't have a clue about. Here are some fun fitness facts you perhaps didn't know; "An apple a day" you have surely heard but have you...
Don't use pregnancy as an excuse not to exercise
Filed in archive Pre/Post Natal by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 24, 2007
Life is unpredictable and our lives rarely turn out exactly like we had planned to. That is what happens when you have just decided to lose weight or join a gym and you find out you are pregnant. Du...
Coming up: 31 Days to a new you.
Filed in archive Stay Healthy by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 23, 2007
Let's change this year. Let's change now and not after New Year. This thing with "A New Year, A New You" that's not working and you know it just like I do. Let's start the ...
Menopause- Sweat it out!
Filed in archive Stay Healthy , Yoga by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 23, 2007
Entering into puberty is hard for anyone, girl or boy. But what about entering into menopause for a woman? This can happen to younger women as well as those after 45. Realizing the chance of you becom...
Get a fitness calendar for 2008
Filed in archive Fitness Gadgets & Fun by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 22, 2007
One of the basic things in our lives is our calendar. We write everything in there, meetings, birthdays and everything else we need to remember. But do you write how much exercise you do or what food ...

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Discuss with other chicks!
Filed in archive Fitness Gadgets & Fun by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 21, 2007
When you are trying to diet and change your life to lose weight then it's good to be around those who understand what you are going through. The 3 Fat Chicks Forum will help you with just that. ...
Enjoy a healthy Thanksgiving
Filed in archive Healthy Eating by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 20, 2007
What most people are looking forward to in the next couple of days is getting together and enjoy delicious food for Thanksgiving. The best way to not regret what you ate afterwards is to eat a little...
A healthy life from the beginning
Filed in archive Kids and sports by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 20, 2007
When you become a parent you want to make sure your kids get the best of life. You want to save money for their education, make sure they are dressed well, have nice friends and get a good job when th...

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Treadmill walking or outside walking?
Filed in archive Walking by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 19, 2007
There are various reasons why you should use a treadmill for walking as why you should walk outside. The best would be to use both, that way you will never have an excuse to not walk or exercise. Why...
A healthy body requires a healthy mind
Filed in archive Inner Health by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 18, 2007
When we are stressed at work or at home and feel that we are slightly losing control over our daily tasks we have to take a step back and try to take back the control we lost. That is also the time wh...

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Work out with an Elliptical trainer
Filed in archive Exercises For Everyone by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 17, 2007
Talking about climbing stairs and walking up and down I thought it would be good to explain a bit more into detail what an elliptical trainer is. The elliptical trainer can also be referred to as Stai...
Sugaroholics- beat the sugar cravings
Filed in archive Fitness Videos by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 16, 2007
If there was such a thing as "Anonymous Sugaroholics" I would go there. It doesn't even need to be anonymous, I'd go anyway. I wish I could tell you I am this incredibly perfect fi...
Take the stairs and get a healthy heart
Filed in archive Exercises For Everyone by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 15, 2007
At our local shopping mall there are only escalators and an elevator in the main section of the mall. If you come from one side of the building there are stairs. I don't like the escalators at all...
Starting a walking program
Filed in archive Walking by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 14, 2007
If you have decided that you will use walking as your form of exercise then it can be good to create a walking program. If you want to make sure you get the most out of your walking, as with any other...

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The calorie burning soda trend
Filed in archive Healthy Eating by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 13, 2007
As part of weight loss or a healthy life we often include light products and diet sodas. Some are said to speed up our metabolism and others to be sugar or calorie free. And this year it is the calor...
Bodybuilding for women
Filed in archive Strenght and workouts by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 12, 2007
Some women are not very strong by nature; I am not one of those. I have more muscles than I'd like to have actually and I don't even do a lot of weight training. That could of course be an adv...
It's not the food you eat, it's the exercise you do
Filed in archive Stay Healthy by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 11, 2007
When we notice that our clothes don't fit as they used to we immediately say we need to cut down on what we eat. And that's where many go wrong. Why do we think it's the food we eat? Why d...
Simple interval running
Filed in archive Running by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 10, 2007
I hope you are having a nice Saturday wherever you are. We are having storms here and have had so for the last few days, thereof my absence. Frequent power cuts means no Internet access, I do hope thi...
Peaceful Ashtanga yoga outside
Filed in archive Yoga by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 8, 2007
Practicing yoga is a peaceful experience and watching this video from India where they practice Ashtanga Yoga outside is a nice little break. The music and movements are very soothing and you can se...
Get in shape with volleyball
Filed in archive Exercises For Everyone by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 6, 2007
Do you want to play a sport where you will have lots of fun, that is challenging and you get good looking legs and a toned body from? Start playing volleyball! volleyball or beach volleyball is grea...
Why you should give yoga a try
Filed in archive Yoga by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 5, 2007
If you are looking for peace and inner harmony but don't feel that your gym sessions aren't bringing you that, then maybe you are doing the wrong exercise. Striving for inner peace and harmo...
Win a 3 month trial from HyperStrike
Filed in archive Fitness Gadgets & Fun by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 4, 2007
Now you have a chance to win a 3 month trial of the fitness program HyperStrike! HyperStrike is a fitness program that is just like a personal trainer only that it's online. Cindy over at Go Wor...
Walking to work
Filed in archive Walking by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 3, 2007
Walking to work instead of taking the car or use public transportation can be a great way to exercise. Too many use the car to go to work when they really could've walked instead. If you live rea...
Get in shape for the holidays with dancing
Filed in archive Dancing by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 2, 2007
Christmas is approaching at a rapid speed and before we know it it's time to tuck into the Christmas food. Why not get into shape for the holidays with dancing? You will have fun learning a new d...
Mind how you walk
Filed in archive Walking by Linda Hernestal da Silva on November 1, 2007
Walking with friends or being a part of a walking group is great. What usually happens though is that you get so caught up in chatting that you don't pay attention to what happens around you. I ...
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