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Fitz's Bapaloneo Pops: A perfectly healthy summer snack

Posted: May 15th 2008 9:08PM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Healthy Home, Natural Products, Vegetarian, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Healthy Recipes, Celebrities, Healthy Kids, Healthy Products, Cellulite, Obesity

The other day, while hosting over a dozen of my children's playgroup friends here at my house for some outdoor fun....I created a frozen treat guaranteed to fill their little tummies up in a completely nutritious and fun way. Bapaloneo (a weird word my three and five year old children made up) Pops served the purpose I had intended and energized the group for several hours of insanity. Try them this summer.

Fitz's Bapaloneo Pops:

  • Cut bananas in half length-wise, and stick a popsicle stick in the flat end.
  • Coat the banana with creamy peanut butter.
  • Roll the peanut butter coated banana in a bowl of regular cheerios.
  • Place pops on a pan covered with freezer paper and then put them in the freezer for an hour or so.

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Take if off with trainer Jillian Michaels

Posted: May 15th 2008 2:45PM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Celebrities, Fit Fashion

BIggest Loser trainer Jillian Micheals, once a chubby girl who transformed her body and her life, has just the plan for shedding a few pounds prior to that perfect party, wedding, or class reunion.

Cut the carbs, says Michaels. Not permanently -- just two days before the big event. Ditch the grains, rice, pasta, cereal, sugar (even fruit sugar) and you'll look stunning and feel fabulous.

An idea for more long-term weight loss: Make a list of reasons why you want to lose weight and get into shape. Be realistic -- don't plan to run a marathon right off the bat -- and use your list to guide your efforts. Take responsibility, says Michaels. Choose your actions wisely. And your actions will influence your results.

Now get to work -- Jillian continues to pave the way right here, at AOL's AmericaTakes It Off location.

Fitz's Cool Tools: Dannon Light & Fit 0% Plus Yogurt

Posted: May 8th 2008 2:22PM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Health in the Media, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Healthy Home, Natural Products, Vegetarian, Vitamins and Supplements, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Healthy Recipes, Healthy Kids, Healthy Products, Cellulite, Obesity, Healthy Events, Fit Fashion

This week I've been sampling Dannon's Light & Fit 0% Plus Yogurt, and I absolutely love it. Before I go any further though, let me tell you how I feel about yogurt. I like it, but only if I feel like I'm getting a high in calcium, low in sugar, legitimately fruit-filled snack. Now, there is always yogurt stacked up in my fridge, because I have two little children. But, rarely do I even open up a cup for myself. Not that I would ever buy my babies anything "bad"... cause I don't. But I regularly expect perfection of the things I put in my mouth. I'm simply not willing to waste 100 calories on a teeny cup of yogurt. I'd rather have two big pieces of fruit.

So! I was thrilled instantly by the calorie count on Dannon's new Light & Fit 0% Plus Yogurt. Each cup boasts only 50 or 60 calories, depending on the flavor. That I can do! The fruity varieties are also full of real fruit chunks. Fresh and healthy fruit chunks, not the icky stuff dumped in from a can. On top of all that, each flavor has proven to be delicious to both my children and me, and then a few of my personal training clients as well.

Before you go give Dannon's Light & Fit 0% Plus Yogurt a try, I encourage you to do a side-by-side comparison of it's nutritional content versus that of other yogurts. I did this a few days ago and couldn't find anything as good. This is the type of thing you want to put in your fridge if you're trying to lose weight. It's a great fix for your sweet tooth, while providing a decent amount of protein, calcium, vitamin D and other important nutrients.

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Ask Fitz! Your Fitness Questions Answered -- When weight loss causes loss of curves & Exercise induced insanity

Posted: May 7th 2008 6:13AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Hey Fitz. Yesterday I did two classes in a row - Cardio sculpt and Extreme training, which are both really tough. Two days before that I ran three miles to the gym, did a class and ran three miles home. For the first time in a long time I did not enjoy the exercise one bit. I have been exercising regularly for a long time now - usually I love it. I have been practicing good nutrition habits with the occasional sweet tooth fix, drinking lots of water and STILL the number on the scale is staying the same. I feel like I am on the verge of burning out. I can't seem to lose the flab around my tummy - particularly under my belly button and backs of my thighs, no matter what I do. Plus, short of starving myself and getting very cranky, I don't know how to actually lose the weight. Funny how a number on a machine, the scale, can be so vital to my state of mind. It's ridiculous, really. PLEASE - do you have any advice? Cindy

A. Whoa there Cindy! You need a break! Sounds odd for me to say this, but put your sneakers away and sit the heck down! Fitness is not supposed to make us insane, fitness is supposed to help us maintain our sanity. You are burnt out to the max, and need to just let it go for a while. I'm not suggesting forever, but take at least a week off. I know what you're going through. You already have an elite fitness level, but particular parts of your body are just not responding the way you want them to. You have incredibly high standards for your body. That often leads to frustration. Especially when you're 'starving' and running a million miles a week!

Continue reading Ask Fitz! Your Fitness Questions Answered -- When weight loss causes loss of curves & Exercise induced insanity

Weight Loss Quick Tip: Change 5 meals a week

Posted: May 1st 2008 10:17PM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Natural Products, Vegetarian, Vitamins and Supplements, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Healthy Recipes, Healthy Kids, Healthy Products, Cellulite, Obesity

An easy way to lose weight is to include more fruits and vegetables in your diet. Produce is famous for jamming massive amounts of vitamins, nutrients and fiber into very few calories. With most produce, you can consume lots of food for a very low caloric price. More bang for your buck that is!

I ask my personal training clients to try to include at least five meals per week consisting of pure produce. No meat. No grains. Most folks eat at least 21 meals per week, so this five meal plan doesn't deter anyone from getting enough protein. What it does do though, is get them to try new fruits and learn new ways to turn veggies into a meal.

Another benefit to this effort is that by keeping a few meals to just produce, you will more than likely be cutting quite a bit of calories out of the day. Over time, the more you rely on fruits and vegetables for snacks and meals, the more likely you'll be to achieve and maintain your ideal weight.

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Ask Fitz! Your Fitness Questions Answered -- Vacations without Weight Gain & Flat Smooshy Tushies

Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:18AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Healthy Recipes, Celebrities, Healthy Products, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity, Healthy Events

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Hey Fitz. I'm heading out for a week's vacation on a cruise ship next month, and worried that once again I'll gain almost ten pounds while gone. That's what I've done the last few times I've gone on a cruise. How can I get around it? There is awesome food everywhere! Susan.

A. Susan, Susan, Susan. I'm shaking my head. The deal with vacations, cruises especially, is that they're a time for you to relax, get away from the daily grind and have some fun. Pigging out and gorging are simply not what you should be focusing on...wherever you are! Yes, there is a lot of tasty food on cruise ships. There is also a lot of yummy things available at your local grocery store every single day! That doesn't' mean you should run through the aisles like a lunatic shoving everything you can get your hands on into your mouth. Just because food is THERE, just because food is FREE, doesn't mean you have to eat it.

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Healthy Hero Success Stories

Posted: Apr 29th 2008 10:33PM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Health in the Media, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Healthy Relationships, Spirituality and Inspiration, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Healthy Kids, Obesity, Healthy Events, Fitzness Fiends

Here at That's Fit, we're forever grateful for the service, courage and sacrifice made by the heroic men and women who serve as military, law enforcement officers, and firefighters. We're so grateful, that we'd like to dedicate some features to both showing our heroes off, and learning a little bit in the process as well. If you serve your country courageously, are a veteran or know someone who does, please return this form completed to Fitz along with a photo and we'll share your story with the world.

Name:

Age:

Heroic occupation:

If you're in the military...where are you?

How often do you exercise?

What type of exercise do you do?

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Can't lose weight without these 10 tips

Posted: Apr 21st 2008 7:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Healthy Habits, Diet and Weight Loss

If you're trying to lose weight and can't seem to turn out good enough numbers, chances are you're doing something wrong. When my pounds start stacking up, it's always because I've let go of something critical to weight management. Often, it's losing sight of one of these 10 tips that derails my success.

  • Eat a diet full of color
  • Eat whole grains
  • Eat good fats
  • Eat often
  • Snack before meals
  • Eat whole, fresh foods
  • Keep moving
  • Treat yourself
  • Decipher food labels
  • Beware of liquid calories

Gallery: Want to lose weight? Here's how:

Eat a diet full of colorEat whole grainsEat good fatsEat often

Ask Fitz! Losing Weight with a Disability & Frequency of Abdominal Training

Posted: Apr 16th 2008 6:16AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Alternative Therapies, Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Hi Fitz, My question for you is: how can I lose weight when I'm no longer able to exercise due to a life time injury. I'm even stuck relying on the government for my income and food. Lisa

A. Hey Lisa. As if staying in shape isn't hard enough! Dealing with a disability truly makes weight management a challenge. It's not an impossible accomplishment though. It's just going to take a decent amount of education about nutrition for you, and an even greater amount of discipline.

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Ask Fitz! Knee Pain & Squeezing in Exercise

Posted: Apr 9th 2008 6:05AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Healthy Relationships, Natural Products, Stress Reduction, Work/Home Balance, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Healthy Kids, Book Reviews, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Hi Fitz, I'm 56, run three to four miles, five or so days a week. Lately, as I'm walking to cool down, the back part of my right knee tightens up and bending it becomes very painful as I do post-run stretching. No pain when running. Anyone familiar with this condition? Dave

A Hey Dave. I get soooo many questions about knees. In fact, I had knee surgery long ago, so some people think I'm some sort of knee expert. I'm not. In fact, I don't think anyone who isn't a physician or physical therapist and hasn't seen you in person should give you advice on your condition. Not helpful, right? Wrong.

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Celebrity Fitzness Report: Pull-ups with Anthony Field of The Wiggles on Rings Part 2

Posted: Apr 8th 2008 9:15AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, General Health, Health in the Media, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Healthy Kids, Healthy Products, Cellulite, Celebrity Fitzness Report, Obesity

Curious to know how celebrities squeeze fitness into their daily lives? Want to know the secrets of the stars? Bi-weekly our That's Fit fitness expert Fitz sits down with the celebs we want to know more about, and digs out their great and not-so-great methods to staying healthy.

As if last week's Celebrity Fitzness Report with Anthony Field video wasn't cool enough....we're back with a new video that will literally chisel you and your abs up like Roman statues. Oh my! Think you're doing everything you can to slim down, build muscle and cut up? Only if you're doing this stuff!

Read more.....

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Celebrity Fitzness Report: All My Children's Colin Egglesfield's Tips for Building your Best Beach Body

Posted: Apr 6th 2008 7:12AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Natural Beauty, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Cellulite, Celebrity Fitzness Report, Obesity

Curious to know how celebrities squeeze fitness into their daily lives? Want to know the secrets of the stars? Bi-weekly our That's Fit fitness expert Fitz sits down with the celebs we want to know more about, and digs out their great and not-so-great methods to staying healthy.

This week I went back to talk with one of my favorite past guests, Mr. Colin Egglesfield. (To view Colin's in-depth interview click here.) Spring is here, summer is coming and this All My Children star has the most perfectly fit body one could wish for. We all want to know how celebrities earn their great bodies, and Colin was sweet enough to share his tips for preparing for swimsuit season. These tips are exactly as our favorite Calvin Klein underwear model gave them to me. So play close attention, follow his advice, and prepare to strut your stuff this summer!

  • Run! You can do all the weight training in the world, but nothing burns off that winter weight better than a good 30-45 run at least three times a week. I like to start out doing about 30min and then gradually work up to an hour over the course of a few weeks as I start to get my stamina back. I love to run outside by myself with my headphones and some great music on my iPod and just go! It's my time to be alone with my thoughts, and anything that might be on my mind always seems to be a lot clearer after a good run.

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Ask Fitz! Your Fitness Questions Answered -- Love handles & Celebrity slim-down secrets

Posted: Apr 2nd 2008 6:09AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Health in the Media, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Celebrities, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Fitz, For about a year now, I've been doing exercises for my obliques. I've done them about three or four times each week and have done a variety of different exercises each workout. I'm also a naturally thin person who recently lost 10 pounds (so I'm really thin now) and I still have those awful love handles! How do I get rid of them? Emily

A. Ugh Emily! This is a question I've answered before, but since it's such a tremendous source of frustration for so many...I believe the topic of love handles is worth visiting again. You're actually the perfect example of how annoying they can be. You are a trim person who does a variety of abdominal exercises frequently. Most folks would believe that would be enough. Unfortunately for some people, it is not.

Love handles often have to do less with abdominal muscles and more with body type. For example. I'm a pretty trim chic, but when I have gained weight...it's all gone to my boobs, belly and thighs. In fact, I used to be 40 pounds heavier than I am today, but I've never had love handles. Some people get it all in their hips. Even if they achieve their ideal weight, some of those people are still stuck with dreaded 'saddlebags'. Your issue is the same. Great fitness. Lean body. One or two annoying pockets of fat.

Continue reading Ask Fitz! Your Fitness Questions Answered -- Love handles & Celebrity slim-down secrets

Sit down, slim down

Posted: Feb 24th 2008 7:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Healthy Habits, Diet and Weight Loss

You should plan to take a seat next time you eat. It could help you shed a few pounds, say the good health experts at Good Housekeeping magazine.

Researchers at the University of Toronto fed two groups of people a meal containing the same number of calories. One group had lunch while sitting at a table decked out in white linens. The other ate while standing at a kitchen counter. The result: The standers ate 75 percent more at their next meal.

Perhaps it's the subconscious eating we do while standing that contributes to overindulgence. Sitting, focusing on our food, and consciously taking each bite is what we should strive for.

How do you typically eat?

Maintain weight with this calorie formula

Posted: Feb 14th 2008 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, Diet and Weight Loss

I'm taking my weight -- which at the moment is 135 -- and I'm multiplying it by 12. My answer: 1,620. That's the average number of daily calories I should consume to maintain my weight. Interesting.

Without knowing it, I must have been eating 1,620 calories each day for a good chunk of time. I know this because my weight has been keeping pretty stable. It could also be that I'm eating more and burning some of my calories with exercise, which is then delivering me back to that same 1,620 mark.

This simple formula, courtesy of Discovery Health and EatingWell.com, can also help me figure out how to lose a few pounds.

To produce a weight loss at the safe rate of one to two pounds per week, all I need to do is subtract calories from my daily total. For one pound, I should shed 500 calories per day. For two pounds, I should ditch 1,000. That would leave me with daily totals of either 1,160 or 620 calories which tells me something: This won't work for me.

Anything under 1,200 calories per day leaves little room for proper nutrition so if I really want to lose weight, I should reset my number to 1,200. It's still less than my maintenance number which means I'll still lose weight.

Want to take a stab at this simple formula? Tell us what you find out.

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