Another Reason to Get More Sleep: Performance


Updated 06/24/07 11:14 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 12 comments

Another Reason to Get More Sleep: Performance

Your lack of sleep could be affecting your performance at the gym... The amount of sleep a person gets affects his or her physical health, emotional well-being, mental abilities, productivity and now performance too. Studies have associated lack of sleep with serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. According to new Read more

OnSugar Blog: The Great Delivery!


Updated 04/28/11 12:20 AM · Posted by OnSugar Blog · 1 comment

Baby's Birth Story

There's an amazing tale to be told of how each baby enters the world. We've been following along with CherylDee's pregnancy. She presents her lil one's birth story on the latest post to her Lipsticks to Baby Bottles blog. Here's an excerpt. So the best friend and her sister met me at the clinic for my checkup. (It's great to have your best friend by your side!) My doc had to check how dilated I Read more

Weight Loss Tips: 10 Ways to Increase Your Metabolism


Updated 06/29/11 5:29 PM · Posted by Shape · 0 comments

How to Speed Up Your Metabolism

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Weight Loss Tip #1: Maximize Your Muscle — Muscles are fat-burning furnaces, so be sure to do enough resistance training to build and maintain them (these fast workouts tone your whole body in 30 minutes), and follow your workout with a healthy meal or snack that contains protein, carbohydrates and fat. Building new Read more