So in my quest to find the perfect diet (which I have definitely not achieved by any means), I’ve come across two diets that have gotten a lot of attention; vegan diet and the paleo diet. Both diets claim to be the most natural, healthy diet possible; able to reduce your chronic diseases and allow [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health’
19 Feb
Final Spartacus Review
Hey guys, sorry for posting this week’s review a little late. I am now into second week of the 2012 Spartacus workout. I still find the workout physically challenging, although I have started to get a little bored because there is no variety; it is the same 10 exercises everyday you do this. Also this [...]
15 Feb
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
One of the hottest things in fitness right now is HIIT or high intensity interval training. Basically, this means exercising in short bursts of intense exercise (usually somewhere between 30 seconds and 2 minutes) with a similar amount of rest. These types of work-outs are usually shorter in duration than a typical workout, lasting for [...]
12 Feb
Redefining “The Good Life”
I woke up this morning craving something fresh. I was going to make some eggs or just have a piece of toast with peanut butter, but I had this intense craving for something truly delicious and this morning, delicious meant fresh. Somehow, everything in my kitchen that came in a package was unappealing; I wanted [...]
8 Feb
2012 Spartacus Workout: Week 1
Well, I am a week into this thing and for the most part I am feeling pretty good about this routine and about my healthy weight. For about the past 5 months I have been running with my wife to help her train for her ultra race, and it really feels good to get [...]
6 Feb
10 tips to lose 10 lbs
For some of us, when we start a diet or exercise program, we don’t have 50 pounds to lose. We aren’t morbidly obese or appallingly unhealthy; we’ve just realized that we put on a few extra pounds and we’re not as fit as we used to be. We’d like to make some small changes to [...]
3 Feb
Healthy SuperBowl Recipes
So, it’s that time of year again; time for chicken wings, chips and dip, pigs in a blanket and tons of beer! Happy Super Bowl! Unfortunately, this is definitely not the best time to be on a diet. You probably have a great superbowl party to go to this weekend, but you know you’ll be [...]
31 Jan
Challenge: The Spartacus Workout
“What if?”…………..could be the either most powerful, or the lamest statement I have ever heard. However, if someone throws a “what if?” at me in proper context, I feel like the gauntlet has been thrown out and I must rise to the occasion. If you are wondering what I am blabbing about let me give [...]
28 Jan
Make This, Don’t Buy That: Breakfast Tacos
In this week’s installment of Make This, Don’t Buy that I have decided to take on south Texas’s favorite morning treat, the breakfast taco. Now, some of you reading this are going to question the validity of having a taco for breakfast, but rest assured this item is everything you want in a breakfast. Fast, [...]
25 Jan
Fat Burning Zone
You may have heard this advice sometime, “If you want to burn fat, you need to be exercising in you fat-burning zone.” Even the cardio machines at the gym have a nice little graph of where your heart rate should be if you want to burn fat versus where your heart rate should be if [...]
