The best most of us can hope for during the holiday season is a “maintain, don’t gain” scenario. Due to the holiday parties and prevalence of treats during the season we probably will not be able to lose weight or dramatically increase our level of fitness but we can maintain them. Here’s how. Weigh yourself…
70% of losing weight is about diet. Don’t think that you can spend 2 hours in the gym, work your ass off, and then reward yourself with two value meals from McDonald’s. If it did work that way, I think we would be at the gym a heck of a lot more though! Losing weight…
Everyone is concerned about gaining weight during the holiday season. As we have said in past fit tips, it takes about 15 minutes for the stomach to send signals to the brain that it is full. This means that if you eat your food quickly, like most people, it is easy to continue to eat…
It is said the average American gains between 7 and 12 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Yearís. We all know it is harder to lose weight than it is to keep it off in the first place. Why? Because it takes 9 kilocalories of energy to burn a gram of body fat. It only takes…
You eat right, you exercise, you take vitamins, but you still aren’t losing weight or feeling that great. So what’s missing? It could be something more important to your body than food: SLEEP! Lately, I have been having some problems myself, so I did a little research to compile a list of good sleep habits.…
So good blog people, I confess, its been weeks since I stepped into a gym, any gym. Its been weeks since I walked the stairs, walked anywhere for that matter. This rain has taken over, the weather has either been too muggy or too cold, I have either been too busy or too lazy, It…
A little change of pace today. Our bloggers know me but you readers may not. I am the Technology Coordinator here at Brick Bodies. Among other things one of my roles is to oversee our social media. I moderate all of our blogs and would like to thank everyone who is blogging for us, and…
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