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Author Dr Melanie Rotenberg Explains How To Laugh Yourself Thin

February 28, 2011 by angishields

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Author Dr Melanie Rotenberg Explains How To Laugh Yourself Thin

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Author Dr Melanie Rotenberg explained to us how having fun and laughing helps keep you compliant so you can lose weight and keep it off. She said her husband challenged her to get up on stage and try stand up comedy and she did and she loved it.

It’s hard to imagine her being 50 pounds heavier – but she was and that weight gain and subsequent weight loss put her on the path to write this book in order to help people lose weight and keep it off forever.

She says that they key learning is that laughter is the key to weight loss: increasing joy, fun and pleasure in eating and activity decreases stress and negative emotions and results in permanent thinness. She believes that the happier you are then the thinner you can be.

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Fitness Magazine’s Top Workout DVDs from 2011 from Karla Walsh

February 23, 2011 by angishields

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Fitness Magazine’s Top Workout DVDs from 2011 from Karla Walsh

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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy had on our pal Karla Walsh gave us the highlights from her article in Fitness Magazine highlighting the Top 10 Workout DVDs of 2011.

Karla had 80 testers put the best exercise dvds to the test and they have put together their Top 10. A lot of the winners were familiar to Dr Fitness fans because we have interviewed a bunch of them. Bob Harper won for Advanced workout. Jackie Warner won for Makes you Sweat. Denise Austin won for Yoga and even Julianne Hough won something. You can go to the Fitness magazine website and sample each of the dvds to see which ones you like. And Fitness Magazine is running a contest to win a bunch of the exercise dvds mentioned in the article.

And if that wasn’t enough Karla tipped us off to a new Fitness Magazine blog that offers daily tips and interviews called FitStop.

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From Writing A PostIt to Writing A Book. An Interview with Caitlin Boyle Author of Operation Beautiful

February 21, 2011 by angishields

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From Writing A PostIt to Writing A Book. An Interview with Caitlin Boyle Author of Operation Beautiful

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What an amazing success story. Imagine having an idea to write supportive and inspirational post it notes and stick them anonymously on bathroom mirrors and within a couple of months have that simple yet powerful idea turn into a book deal and fame. That is what happened to author and blogger Caitlin Boyle with Healthy Tipping Point and Operation Beautiful

This is another one of those why didn’t I think of doing that stories. Within 3 days of posting her photo of her first note ” she had another 75 notes added from strangers on her website – and in 3 months she had a book deal – that is what going viral looks like. Some examples of what Caitlin writes on her note are: “Scales measure weight not worth” and “You’re good enough the way you are”. You can spend hours browsing through all the other notes that are posted on her blog. Now she’s got a couple of books, a couple of website and is inspiring people of all ages through her work.

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Weight Loss Tips From Dr Roni Deluz, Author of the Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox

February 15, 2011 by angishields

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Weight Loss Tips From Dr Roni Deluz, Author of the Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox

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Detox diets are all the rage – so we figured we would get the facts right from the expert. Dr Roni Deluz, from Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox fame came on the show to discuss her new book 21 Pounds in 21 Days, which is a NY Times bestseller.

Roni said to stay away from the detox diets that don’t contain any nutrients. She says that it is critical for you to ingest maximum nutrition every 2-3 hours. In order to do a good detox you have to eliminate toxins and processed foods. Drinking your nutrients is the best way to do this – she said that chewing and digesting takes up a lot of energy that your body could better spend healing you.

Roni took us through what happens when you go to Martha’s Vineyard and experience her detox in person. In the first day or two Roni and her staff do a lot of teaching – and it does get a little tough for some people. But by day 4 her clients start to feel better. And remember a detox is not forever – after the detox you have to slowly add food (and chewing) back to your diet. She said to: eat clean, eat good fats and proteins and drink lots of water.

In summary, Roni shared her weight loss tips about eating healthy foods that don’t require chewing and the health benefits of enemas. A good time was had by all so be sure to check out her websites www.21pounds21days.com and www.mvdietdetox.com

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Eat More Chickin. Get In Shape? Elizabeth Dixon Explains How Chick-Fil-A Employees Stay Fit

February 1, 2011 by angishields

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Eat More Chickin. Get In Shape? Elizabeth Dixon Explains How Chick-Fil-A Employees Stay Fit

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Elizabeth Dixon, Chick-Fil-A’s Wellness Initiatives person, does all kinds of innovative things to keep the Chick-Fil-A employees and their families healthy and fit. In the past they have taken their employees to participate in the Disney Marathon as well as hike the Grand Canyon.

Elizabeth’s Health Tip was “Information Doesn’t Change Behavior. People know what to do they just need to be motivated to do it!”

They also do things that go beyond their company – they are hosting a family retreat in March featuring Runner Jeff Galloway. They also are involved in US City Challenges around the country where they try and find the fittest company in the city – they have started this annal event is Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville.

Elizabeth explained that at their corporate office they have an 11,000 sq foot fitness center with trainers and nutritionists available for counsel. We even talked about all the healthy food options there are on their menu like wraps, salads and chargrilled sandwiches . To learn more about Chick-Fil-A go to their website www.chick-fil-a.com and to learn more about the retreat please go towww.winshaperetreat.org and to learn more about the Most Fit Company Challenge please go towww.uscitychallenge.com

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Run Ben Davis Run – Inspirational Weight Loss Success Story From Ben Does Life

January 25, 2011 by angishields

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Run Ben Davis Run – Inspirational Weight Loss Success Story From Ben Does Life

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Ben Davis has a remarkable weight loss success story. Ben’s video with his Coldplay soundtrack has been viewed over 1 million times. It is hard to watch and not think about signing up for a race. On Christmas day 2008 Ben was depressed and weighed 360 pounds. On that day he made a promise to his grandmother to lose weight and get his life together. In two years he has lost 120 pounds and has run marathons and finished an Ironman Triathlon.

Ben started to run – it was extremely difficult at first but he perservered with the help of his brother. Together they signed up for a 5k and started training. Ben started to lose a lot of weight pretty fast – sometimes 8-15 pounds a week at first. After the initial success of his first 5k Ben started to train for more and more challenging races. Eventually he snuck into the Boston Marathon and completed the race as a bandit. He is going to be featured in Runners World magazine in April.

Here are some of Ben’s Weight Loss tips

Find an activity you love
Join a group that meets a couple of times a week to get into a routine
Change your diet – replace fast food with grilled lean meat and fruit and vegetables
Blog to keep yourself accountable and supported during difficult times
Use BodyGlide to prevent chafing

You can watch the video and read about his inspirational story on his blog www.bendoeslife.com

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Lisa Lillien Dishes About Her New Hungry Girl TV Show on the Cooking Channel

January 17, 2011 by angishields

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Lisa Lillien Dishes About Her New Hungry Girl TV Show on the Cooking Channel

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I did some research the other day and discovered that Lisa Lillien made her first Hungry Girl appearance on our show at the end of 2005. At that time all she was promoting was her super popular daily newsletter – that offered food swaps, calorie counts of favorite foods and stuff like that. Since then Lisa has added over 1 million readers to her daily newsletter, has written a bunch of NY Times best selling cookbooks and has now launched her own Hungry Girl TV show on the new Cooking Channel.

Lisa took us behind the scenes of her world a little bit and talked about what it takes for her to put that show on. She had to learn how to cut, cook and tell stories while looking at the camera. She produced 13 episodes in about 5 weeks. Upcoming episodes feature: chocolate, surprises and swaps, filling foods and more. You can check out that show every Saturday at 4pm or throughout the week – because they replay the show all the time.

Lisa also gave us some tips, shared her favorite music, her favorite kitchen appliance and her go to knife for chopping things up on her show. She loves pop music like Katy Perry and 80s pop has a special place in her heart. She wore the BodyBugg religiously for awhile. Her go to appliance in the kitchen is the Magic Bullet Platinum Pro and she uses Global Knives on her show. She is finishing up her new book 300 Recipes Under 300 Calories which will be out soon.

To learn more about what is happening in the wonderful world of the Hungry Girl please go to her website www.hungry-girl.com

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The Today Show’s Weight Loss Expert Joy Bauer Shares Health Tips From Her New Exercise DVD

January 11, 2011 by angishields

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The Today Show’s Weight Loss Expert Joy Bauer Shares Health Tips From Her New Exercise DVD

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Joy Bauer is the nutrition and fitness expert from the Today show. She grew up a competitive gymnast who always loved sports. She studied anatomy and exercise in school and in fact was on a path towards being a doctor. She currently spends her time counseling people with medical issues when she is not on TV and writing books and producing exercise dvds.

During the show she gave us a behind the scenes peek into the Today Show Green Room – especially the healthy food options. Believe it or not it is kind of challenging to find healthy food if you are a guest – you might have to bring your own if you are ever invited on the show.

Here are 7 health, wellness and nutrition tips Joy shared with us on the show.

You must get your head in the game
Eat less and exercise more
Define a long term goal that is your personal motivation
Frequently remind yourself of your goal
Get an olive oil mister for your kitchen
Eat more unlimited foods like; kale, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers and other non-starchy vegetables
Start meals with vegetables – in soups and salads

Joy has a great new exercise dvd out right now titled Joy Bauer’s SlimDown Workout. A Total Weight-Loss solution from the Today Show diet and nutrition expert. This features 2 twenty minute workouts plus more tips and recipes. To learn more please go to www.joybauer.com

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