Sheri’s Workouts: Graduated Glute Training

November 14, 2010
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A reminder that these sets are for intermediate to advanced exercisers with weight room experience –  it’s assumed you know the basics.  Talk to your coach, get a good book on weight training or hire a trainer if any of this doesn’t make sense to you, okay? This is serious stuff, weight training, and you […]

Body/Mind Perspective: Plank Pose

November 14, 2010
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Next Step in a basic traditional Sun Salutation sequence is Plank Pose: 1)  From Uttanasa (forward bend) bend the knees and bring the hands along side your feet with the fingertips facing forward.  Spread the hands wide and engage all four corners of the hands.  2)  Jump or step back one leg at a time […]

Sheri’s Rants # 46: Twinkie Diet ‘works’ for Professor

November 10, 2010
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(CNN) — Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts. For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety in his steady stream of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, […]

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Sheri’s Rants # 45: Grousin’ in the Graveyard

October 31, 2010
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In the middle of a recent busy morning I took a break – a stroll through a large neighboring graveyard.  Ruminating on my whelming workload I was completely caught up in ‘she said this and now I have to do that and then they will act out there and I’ll be damned if…’ My brain […]

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A Grateful Feast of Health: Thanksgiving

October 31, 2010
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Make a memorable feast to be grateful for with our Thanksgiving recipes!  Thanksgiving is one of the easiest holidays to center around real food, since the centerpiece is a clean protein:  the ever-so-healthy roasted turkey.  Yes, many ‘traditional’ modern tables will be laden with gooey sweet potatoes, green beans swimming in canned soup and topped […]

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Portland Women’s Expo 2010

October 31, 2010
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Samantha Ray and Christy Ewing We were fortunate to attend the 2010 Portland Women’s Show in the beginning of October.  We enjoyed meeting and conversing with all different ages and types of women.  We found it fascinating how many were very surprised to hear that the old paradigm of eating less, exercising more does not […]

Gettin’ the Gratitude – notes on Fueling

October 31, 2010
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Peggi Ingram, RN I know many people struggle with fueling and I just wanted to present another perspective.   I remember eating all of that food and I was tired of the preparation, the packing, the planning and eating all of that food. It was hard. I had other things to do. My family had […]

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Be Sure to Get Your ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ’s!

October 31, 2010
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Christy Ewing Millions of Americans suffer from sleep deprivation.  We sleep as much as one quarter less than our ancestors did with average total sleep time decreasing from 9 hours in 1900 to less than 7 hours over the past 10 years.  In 2001, researchers found that sleeping less than 6 hours per night and […]

Jan’s Journey: November

October 31, 2010
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October was a learning month.  I started the month off great.  I was on a roll of fat burning and then poof!  The fat loss stopped and I started gaining…up 1, down 1, up 2, down 1, up 1, down 2.  What the heck was going on?  I wasn’t cheating but I did change protein […]

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The Skinny on America’s ‘Fat Facts’ – guest blogger

October 22, 2010
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Suzanne Holman A recent study has revealed that most Americans are getting it all wrong when it comes to their body weight issues. According to the survey which had respondents giving their height and weight and pollsters calculated the BMI (body mass index) which is a relation of weight to height. Out of those considered […]

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