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Burn those calories!
What is your favorite calorie scorching workout???
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Who supports you?
A strong support system is vital to the success in any goal we make. Having family members, coworkers, professionals and/or friends encourage us, or better yet who join us, can strengthen your resolve to achieve your health & wellness goals. They will stand side and see you through bad days while celebrating successes with…
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Welcome to the Holiday Freeze 2014/2015 MFP Group!
Congratulations on starting your journey to putting the FREEZE on winter weight gain this year! In the past I've randomly posted news letters and current news articles that related to health. This year I'm hoping to see our discussion boards become more interactive. I hope MFP not only becomes a tool to help you create a…
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Submit a starting weight for Holiday Freeze 2014/2015!
Be sure to email in a starting weight or head into the Delta Fitness Center or HealthCentral to be weighed onsite. Remember, even if you don't want to share your weight you should still submit a "zero" as your starting weight and then you weight change (i.e. +/-2) at the end. Starting weights MUST be submitted by Monday,…
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Go nuts! A handful a day may help you live longer!
Source: NBC News An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but if you want to live longer, a handful of nuts may be a better bet, researchers reported Wednesday. The biggest study yet into whether nuts can add years to your life shows that people who ate nuts every day were 20 percent less likely to die from heart disease,…
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Kids around the world are less fit than their parents were
Source: Star Tribune DALLAS — Today's kids can't keep up with their parents. An analysis of studies on millions of children around the world finds they don't run as fast or as far as their parents did when they were young. On average, it takes children 90 seconds longer to run a mile than their counterparts did 30 years…
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Track on the GO!
Welcome to the wonderful world of online tracking for you health! Adding your daily food & exercise online and letting the cloud calculate your daily totals is pretty nifty but wait.... it get even better! If you own a iPhone or other smart phone, you can now add food and exercise to your MyFitnessPal account from…
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Oreo cookies may be as addictive as drugs, study shows
Source: StarTribune.com Don’t be so hard on yourself if you’re unable to resist tearing into a bright blue bag of Oreos. Turns out that little cookie may be as addictive as cocaine. Researchers at Connecticut College made the discovery recently, after studying the effects of high-fat, high-sugar foods on rats’ brains. They…
