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Enjoy Your Travels: Adjust to Time Change

FitSugar — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:30:00 -0700

One of the hardest things about traveling over the holidays is adjusting to the time change (if your travels require one). The key to feeling good is to get adjusted to the new time zone quickly. One thing I suggest is to set your watch (to the new time) on the airplane before you take off (from your origin). This way you'll start to adjust to the time change well in advance.

If you're always saying, "Well sure it's 9 am here, but where I live, it's only 6am. No wonder I'm so tired...," your brain is going to have a hard time adjusting -- Especially since you keep reminding it of how offset things are. Instead of focusing on the time, focus your energy on eating healthy, exercising and relaxing.

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The Road To Happiness: Move Your Body

FitSugar — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:00 -0700

Who isn't looking for more ways to get and stay happy? I've heard a lot of random things, but, "I'm just too darn happy," is not one of them.

Time.com has created a list of the top 20 ways to get and stay happy and I think it's important to point out #5 on the list: Move your body. Here's why...

We've all heard about a "runner's high," but there are plenty of other ways to achieve that feeling. Dance. Play a sport. Work out as hard as you can. Take a walk so your stress will take a hike. Moving your body releases endorphins, the quintessential feel-good chemicals found in your brain. How endorphin release is triggered by exercise is somewhat of a controversial science because researchers don't know if it is caused by the positive emotion felt upon meeting a physical challenge or from the exertion itself. Either way, physical motion can provide a rush of good energy that can lift a mood, be it anxiety or mild depression, and it's a good way to keep healthy.

This comes as no surprise to me (and you, I'm sure, especially if you read FitSugar regularly), but it's nice to have a reminder every once in a while.

Want to see what made the rest of the list? Then read more

Count Your Blessings
Hear the Music
Snog. Canoodle. Get It On.
Nurture Your Spirituality
Move Your Body
Laugh Big
Do Something Nice for Someone Else
Make More Money Than Your Peers
Seek Positive Emotion as a Path to Success
Identify With Your Heritage
Use a Happy Memory as a Guide
Play the Part of an Optimist
Try New Things
Tell Your Story to Someone
Balance Work and Home
Be Like the Danes: Keep Expectations Realistic
Make Time
Visualize Happiness
Smile
Marry Happy

For the article in its entirety, check out Time.com.

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Healthy Dose Link Time

FitSugar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800

Seems like Demi Moore has lost her hip on the cover of W - Never Say Diet
Meet Gwen Stafani's trainer Mike Heatlie - Fit Bottomed Girls
Going for the fastest marathon time . . . pushing a jog stroller - That's Fit
A little blue pill for the ladies is on the way - Vitamin G
Workout starved? Try the kitchen boogie workout - Fresh Fitness Tips
A 500 calorie Thanksgiving Day meal. How can that be? - Daily Spark
Tame your hunger with these five healthy snacks - Health

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FitSugar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:53 -0800

Research indicates that Wii Fit won't really make you so - Daily Spark
Along with diet pills, Kim Kardashian is selling salads - That's Fit
Star of film Precious began dieting when she was just six - FitCeleb
New iPhone app simulates plastic surgery? - Never Say Diet
Boogie your pounds off and dance the night away - Shape
The color inside your Sigg bottle indicates its BPA status - Fit Bottomed Girls
Jude Law likes to do his workout on his balcony - Social Workout

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FitSugar — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:42 -0800

The skinny on high fructose corn syrup - Shape
There could be a bug in the gut that causes weight gain - That's Fit
Advice on supporting your sporty gals from A to DD - Vital Juice
Kate Moss has a food motto that is unsurprisingly anti-food - FitCeleb
Goofy looking feel good scalp massage helmet tames tension - Vitamin G
Get fit tips from the best: Jillian Michaels says do what you hate - Self
Get out of the big apple for some big time natural fun - Social Workout

Pass Gym Time With Healthy Competition

FitSugar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:59 -0800

Watching TV, listening to music, and perusing magazines are all great ways to pass the time when you're on a cardio machine, but even those can get boring. They also require a bit of attention, compromising a good workout - you can't turn pages while doing sprint intervals. When you need a little motivation, utilize your fellow gym-goers and compete with a stranger. While on the treadmill, look for someone near you who is clearly working it, and try to run a little faster or stay on the machine a little longer than that unsuspecting runner. When they end their run and you're still going, get ready for the sweet taste of victory. This works on a bike, elliptical, or in the pool. While it's helpful to use someone else's drive to push yourself, just make sure you also listen to your body and don't exceed your personal limits.

Celebrate Daylight Saving Time With a Morning Workout

FitSugar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:30:05 -0700

It's that time of year again, where we "fall back," and turn our clocks back one hour. I love gaining an extra hour this one time of the year, so make the most of it. Don't just go through your day as usual, because you'll never even realize you received that extra 60 minutes.

Since most people complain that they don't have time to exercise, my advice is to get up in the morning when you normally do, and spend your freebie hour working out. It's a great habit to get into, especially if you love exercising outdoors. Mornings will be brighter, so it's safer to exercise before work, since it'll most likely be dark by the time you get home. Here are some ways to sweat it out for an hour:

Call a friend and go on a long, brisk walk. You'll burn 236 calories.
Pick up the pace and go on a relaxing run. An hour burns 473 calories.
Hit a mountain trail. An hour-long hike burns 355 calories.
Hop on your bike and tour a new spot in your neighborhood. After an hour, you'll have burned 473 calories.
Do a strength-training session and burn 177 calories after an hour.
Take a heart-pumping cardio class at your gym. You'll burn an astounding 414 calories.

Don't forget to change your clocks before you go to bed tonight. Daylight saving time officially ends at 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 1. Enjoy your hour!

Healthy Dose Link Time

FitSugar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:05:04 -0800

Revamp your belly in a month with these moves - Shape
Use your iPhone to find a yoga class near you - Social Workout
Two books to inspire the fit life. Win one with just a comment - Fit Bottomed Girls
Amy Winehouse's latest addiction is surprising - FitCeleb
Guess the most popular day to call in sick - Vitamin G
Wii Fit burns calories, but not as many as you think - Fresh Fitness Tips
It starts early even preschoolers affected by airbrushing - Never Say Diet

Don't Let Traveling Get You in a Bind

FitSugar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:30:31 -0800

The stress of traveling and being away from home can really mess with your bathroom schedule. Changing times zones, eating foods you're not used to, and skipping out on exercise doesn't help either. To prevent tummy issues, here are some tips on how to stay regular when traveling.

Drink water whenever you can as your choice of beverage. Not only will it keep you hydrated, but it'll also keep things moving.
When traveling, bring your own snacks that are high in fiber. Nibble on carrot sticks, apples (with the peel), trail mix with dried fruit and nuts, granola bars, and high fiber cereal. Having healthy snacks on hand will prevent you from eating processed foods that can tie the digestive system in knots.

For more helpful tips keep reading.

Ashley Greene's New Moon Diet

FitSugar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:19 -0800

If you were part of New Moon fever this weekend, I’m sure you were transfixed as I was watching the epic battle scene between the Cullen family and the Volturi. The young actors demonstrated dynamic moves coupled with super human strength that were spectacular to watch on the big screen.

Moves like that don’t come easy, Twilight actress Ashley Greene told Us Magazine. Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the films, said that prepping for the role involved a lot of training - up to four hours a day! In addition to working out with a personal trainer every day, she also had an intense week of fight training with the rest of the New Moon cast. No wonder all the actors look ripped.

To find out how else Greene stays in shape, read more.

Greene was pretty candid in admitting another reason she’s looking so svelte - 12 hour workdays don't "leave too much time to eat." Before dismissing Greene as an actress who starves herself to look good, the star did say that she ate well and stuck to healthy foods during filming. As for her day-to-day off the set she does Pilates six times a week.

"I do it early in the morning. It wakes you up, and it's kind of refreshing," said Greene, who is headed to London in a few months to begin filming the thriller The Apparition. "And that is basically it. Sometimes cardio. I am not a big weight person because when I do weights I build muscle mass."