Living in Nevada, choosing health in a land of temptation, part two

Opportunities to eat out in Northern Nevada are ridiculously plentiful. A local dining guide for Reno / Lake Tahoe had 430 separate restaurants listed and these are family dining, fine dining and upscale restaurants only. They paid to be in this guide. That does not include all the fast food joints and pizza places.

Reno, although dubbed the "Biggest Little City in the World" has a sizable population of 220,500. A Google search reveals Reno sports ten McDonald's, six Burger Kings, eight Taco Bells, seven KFCs, ten Subways, ten Port of Subs, ten Quizno's and four Jimboy’s Tacos. Cheap, tasty and quick food is always a few minutes away.

Nearby Carson City has a population of 57,701 and has more than 15 fast food restaurants alone, four McDonald’s, three Taco Bells, one KFC, two Subways, two Port of Subs, one Quizno’s, two Burger Kings, and one Jimboy’s Tacos. The capital city, though much smaller than sprawling Reno, is no slouch in the fast food game.

Never mind that Reno has a flair for offering exotic cuisine on nearly every block of our main drag, Virginia street. Click here to read more.

Skillet Tex Mex Corn and Bean Salsa

Fresh and spicy Tex Mex can be diet friendly and you don't have to settle for Taco Bell's version of healthy south of the border. Try this fast and easy recipe in your own kitchen for fabulous fast food that won't break your budget or expand your waist line.

To go low carb, replace corn and black beans with cooked ground beef and chorizo. Other delicious options are as simple as substituting sharp cheddar cheese for Pepper Jack cheese. Or substitute your favorite fresh salsa for the picante sauce. If you like it spicy, add a half teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper or ground chilpolte pepper.

Click here for recipes, video.

Decadent quiche recipes everyone loves

Even the occasional liberated man has claimed not to be into quiche, but a luscious and meaty version is irrisistable. Quiche is a French dish, but Americans have made it their own since the 1950s. Variations abound, but Quiche is most popular in times of economic hardship due to the fact eggs are almost always inexpensive and a great source of protein.

Fitness models and bodybuiders look to eggs as an inexpensive source of protein. Low carbohydrate dieters also relish delicious, money saving egg dishes. If you can't afford the meat at the moment, or you want to go lacto-ovo vegetarian, check out the second recipe below .Also check out the fun video demo below on how to make mini quiches by Howdini.

Read more and get the recipes.

Luscious, diet friendly macaroni and cheese recipes (classic, low carbohydrate and low fat versions)

Macaroni and cheese is an all time favorite comfort food. Not usually considered diet friendly, macaroni and cheese recipes feature high fat cheese, cream, and carbohydrate loaded noodles. But a few simple tweaks can make for a weight loss friendly dish you'll be proud to serve.

The classic macaroni and cheese recipe below is delicious, but loaded with calories, carbohydrates and fat. Recipe two below will show simple changes to make a classic macaroni and cheese recipe into a low carbohydrate dish. Recipe three below shows how to prepare the dish as a low fat recipe while keeping lots of flavor.

Click here to read more and get the recipes.

400 Calorie Fix diet fits well with holiday dining, here's how to start your fix now

The holiday season is full of opportunities to eat. The 400 Calorie Fix Diet can help you stay slim and even lose weight throughout the holidays. Below are easy meals and snacks to get you started today. It's time to eat your way thin and boost your metabolism with the right foods. This diet allows you to go low carb, low fat, or simply eat what you love as long as your meals are approximately 400 calories each.

Endorsed by Rachael Ray, this eating program allows you to lose as much as ten pounds in two weeks eating foods you'll enjoy. If anyone knows delicious foods are a must even when cooking and eating healthy, it's Rachael Ray. And one lady who testified to the effectiveness of the 400 Calorie Fix on The Rachael Ray show lost 6 pounds in her first two days. You can too eating by the 400 Calorie Fix rule. You can also jump start your 400 Calorie Fix with these delicious recipes. To read more on how to start your 400 Calorie Fix today, get recipes and meal examples, and see video click here.

Women's Health launches free 'Slim Down Shopping List' application for iPhone

Now, weight loss help is literally at your fingertips. Available for free from Apple's app store, you can turn your iPhone into a nutrition coach.

Women’s Health, a leading women’s lifestyle publication from Rodale Inc. announced the launch of its second application for the iPhone and iTouch, 'Your Slim-Down Shopping List.' From low fat diet staples like cereals & breads, to frozen diet meals, this free application provides information on about 250 of the most convenient supermarket finds. For each item, there is a detailed description of the product's attributes and nutritional information, including calories, fat, sodium, carbohydrates, and fiber. Read more.

Food manufacturers play tricks on consumers and dieters

One of the biggest mistakes dieters make is trusting food manufacturers, not reading labels, and not researching nutrition information on unlabeled food items like meats. This can lead to consuming hundreds of extra calories a day. Not only can this stall your diet it can lead to unwanted weight gain. You may think you're eating healthy, yet end up packing on extra pounds.

Food manufacturers play tricks on consumers by commonly marketing products like sodas, candy, and snack foods like chips and cookies, in packages that appear to be single servings. But most are actually two or more servings per package. Few people who eat high calorie, refined snack foods bother to read the nutrition labels. This is one reason so many people are overweight. Simple oversight on how much you're really putting in your mouth is a crime against your waist.

We assume we're sticking to our diet when we shop the frozen foods section and buy prepackaged diet foods. They're portion controlled for us and low in fat and calories. Well, maybe not.

On example is Michelina brand Lean Gourmet Snackers Baked Pepperoni Pizza. The package is the same size as the other diet entrees. Read more and and watch the videos.

Lack of basic nutrition knowledge contributes to overweight and obesity

Too much high calorie foods add up to too much body fat.

As we grow fatter as a nation, we seek answers as to why our waistlines continue to grow. We know we eat too much and move to little, but still seek an elusive and easy way out of our predicament beyond the old answer of diet and exercise.

Reading through the blog-o-sphere of diet and nutrition blogs, readers will find differing opinions on why people become overweight or obese. Recent blog entries included Kevin Dill of 'Low Carb HIT' asking “WHY DO WE GET FAT??”

The author of 'The Last Atkins Dieter' blog stated “People know what the right foods to eat are, and when they're ready, they'll make the right choices.” See below why this isn't always true.

'Diet Blog' commented on a UK Times piece – “Besides, there is the embarrassing fact that those who eat and drink junk do so for cheap comfort and because they are either too poor or too ignorant (or both) to prepare healthy food.” The author of 'Diet Blog' said, “To say that fat folks are too stupid is one heck of a judgment call.“ Again this viewpoint doesn't always hold up.

And Jimmy Moore of 'Livin' La Vida Low Carb' wrote an entry entitled, “Why Do People Have An 'I Don't Care' Attitude About Their Need For Weight Loss?”

People get fat for a miriad of reasons including emotional difficulties, using food as a coping mechanism, eating for entertainment, and simply not understanding what constitutes a portion size. (Hint: NOT the heaping mounds of food brought to you on a platter at Applebee’s or the Super Size Value meal at McDonald’s.)

Click here to read more and see video demonstrations below.

Eat your way to a beach body

If you want to be buff by swimsuit season you might want to stock up on steak and shrimp. Fire up the barbecue and eat to get lean. Or whip up some cool high protein ice cream, see video below.

Ask any bodybuilder, whether a knowledgeable amateur striving to improve health and physique, or a hard core pro going after a Mr. Olympia title, and they’ll tell you what you eat and how much is 50 to 75 percent of your results. This holds true for the housewife looking to lose fat and “tone up”, the college student looking to bulk up and make the football team, or the serious amateur bodybuilder looking to build the ultimate physique. Inadequate nutrition is the main reason people fail to reach their goals. Read more and watch the video How To Make High Protein Low Fat Ice Cream.

Make healthy fast food at home in minutes

For as little as 64 cents a day you can eat your fruits and veggies. For optimal weight loss and good health, these low calorie antioxidant rich foods are essential. A recent USDA study revealed that fresh produce costs less than most processed foods.

For example, a five pound bag of fresh potatoes cost roughly the same as a bag of potato chips. The potato chips which will feed two or three people are fat laden and high in calories. While the bag of potatoes is naturally low in fat and calories and would feed up to 12 people! Need help learning to prepare or cook produce? Check out the recipes and videos.

Soy is not a health food

Soybean crops cover 72 million acres of American farmland. Soy products have an image as being healthy. Yet much evidence has come out recently on the health dangers of soy. As far back as the 1960's there was considerable evidence that soybeans harbored harmful substances. Soy has been linked to "malnutrition, digestive problems, thyroid dysfunction, cognitive decline, reproductive disorders, immune system breakdowns, heart disease and cancer," according to Dr. Kaayla Daniel, author of 'The Whole Soy Story." Read more and view soy videos.

How your body loses fat

My last article on carb cycling brings up an excellent point many low carbohydrate advocates and dieters overlook. Active amateur and professional athletes, including those who weight train or pursue bodybuilding, have different energy needs than sedentary and moderately active people.

The physiological mechanism behind low carbohydrate weight loss theory is ketosis. Ketosis is one way the body uses body fat. The mechanism “is a stage in metabolism occurring when the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies which can be used by the body for energy."

But ketosis is not the only way to lose body fat. If it were, moderate and high carbohydrate diets like the Biggest Loser diet, Weight Watchers, Nutri-system, and The Dr. Oz Diet would not work at all. Read more.

How to burn body fat

Super Bowl junk food hangover?

Are you screaming at the scale today? (Yes, I yelled out "Stupid scale!" this morning. Those potato chips pack a big sodium wallop. But I can still feel my ab muscles beneath the bloat). If you're one of those weight watchers who fell off the diet wagon on Super Bowl Sunday and want to escape the bloat, here's a few tips to get back on track (like I'm about to do).

First, clean up your act. Read more.

The five rules for choosing a diet

Ready to go on a diet, but you don't know where to start? Here's your mini guide to choosing a diet that's right for you.

Rule one: Skip the fads. If a diet eliminates a whole food group (example: "no whole grains ever"), demands you must never, or always, combine two food groups (example: "always eat fats with proteins"), or claims certain foods have magical fat burning powers ("eating grapefruit burns fat"), skip it. Only consider diets that stress a wide array of healthy foods including fruits and vegetables, lean meats, healthy fats like Omega 3's, and portion controlled amounts of high fiber carbohydrates. Read more.

Fructose Proves An Unhealthy Option

Fructose Metabolism More Complicated Than Was Thought

ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2008) — A new University of Illinois study suggests that we may pay a price for ingesting too much fructose. According to lead author Manabu Nakamura, dietary fructose affects a wide range of genes in the liver that had not previously been identified.

See also:

* Diabetes
* Obesity
* The Double Danger of High fructose corn syrup
* Fructose Intolerance
* Carbohydrate overload
* Soft drink dangers

Chances are you consume quite a bit of fructose. Most Americans do—in refined sugars such as sucrose or table sugar (which is half fructose) and in high-fructose corn syrup, used in products as diverse as soft drinks, protein bars, and fruit juice.

But many scientists believe that high dietary fructose contributes to the development of metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predict heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Read more at Science Daily.

Dr. Mercola & Hodge Podge Of Links & Videos

I'm off to Carson City for the day to shop, and to tour the house Jerry's been remodeling. He's very happy about how nice it's turning out. People are already showing interest in it although it's not officially on the market. This house is a two-story charmer overlooking the governor's mansion in one of Carson City's nicer historic districts. Seems everyone who enters this house falls in love with it. Now with all the upgrades it's irresistible.

Last night, Bruno and I stayed up late making a trampoline video but it came out sort of dark. We're going to do a remake today. The kid can jump for 30 minutes nearly non-stop. He's a bundle of energy. We'll post the video eventually.

When we get home, we'll make homemade pizza and play Scrabble into the evening. Sunday will be a relaxing day in the swimming pool. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

I'm a fan of Dr. Mercola. He's (almost) always right.

Clearing Up Confusion On Non Sugar Sweeteners mercola.com



Is Whole Wheat Bread Really Good For You? www.mercola.com



Who Else Wants to Painlessly Lose Weight? www.mercola.com/MT



Lose Weigh With The Law of Attraction



Goodbye Gluten. Hit The Road High Fructose Corn Syrup by Dr. Mercola

HEALTH BOMB #1: High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has become a modern-day plague. Not only does it contribute to our obesity epidemic, but it has also been linked to:

* Pancreas dysfunction, diabetes and insulin resistance
* High cholesterol and heart disease
* Cancer
* High blood pressure
* Anemia
* Liver damage
* Infertility
* And more

Sadly, the average consumption of fructose has doubled between 1980 and 1994. Soft drinks and some fruit drinks are a major source of HFCS, but it is also found in many other products, from crackers to salad dressing. Read more.

Fat Friends And Poor Education Helps People Think Thin

ScienceDaily (July 25, 2008) — Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the Joneses.

For a whole society, this can lead to a spiral of imitative obesity. The researchers will present their results on July 25th at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in Cambridge Massachusetts in a paper entitled Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility at the NBER Summer Institute on Health Economics.

Using data on 27,000 Europeans from 29 countries, the researchers find that nearly half of European women feel overweight. Less than a third of males feel overweight.

The authors suggest that whether for reasons of job promotions or finding a mate it is someone’s weight relative to others that matters. They show that overweight perceptions and dieting decisions are influenced by people’s comparisons with others of the same age and gender.

Highly educated Europeans hold themselves to a particularly tough standard, the research shows. For any given level of Body Mass Index (BMI), somebody with a university degree feels much fatter than someone with low educational qualifications.

Overall, the researchers believe that a person’s "utility" (an economic term roughly meaning satisfaction levels) depends on their own weight relative to the weight of those around them. They suggest that it is easier to be fat in a society that is fat.
Read more.

How Cranberry Juice Can Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

ScienceDaily (July 25, 2008) — For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) reveals that the juice changes the thermodynamic properties of bacteria in the urinary tract, creating an energy barrier that prevents the microorganisms from getting close enough to latch onto cells and initiate an infection. Read more.

Like A Snail Traveling Up A Slippery Slope

That's what my internet connection is like this morning. Slowww...And I have high speed satellite for criminy! Luckily I compiled a little something ahead of time to slap up today. Below are some links you might want to check out.

One the personal front: Last night's pizza and wine were de-lish-oh-yes-ous! No change in the scale this morning. And I'm so pre-menstrual I have cramps. That should go nicely with the cool pool...I shouldn't complain, at least I have a cool pool.

I'm reading the July 2008 issue of Iron Man Magazine - seeing as my internet reading has been nixed. There's some great stuff in this issue. (There always is, of course). In 'Smart Training' by Charles Poliquin there's information about controlling cortisol including this:

Step 7. Change your perception of your world. How you perceive reality has a lot to do with your cortisol output. If you perceive your world as unsafe, you'll make far more cortisol. ... There are many stress reducing modalities, such as yoga and meditation, that can help drop your cortisol and further your efforts in the gym. One study had Olympic lifters engage in so-called autogenic training, a form of relaxation through mental suggestion, after working out, and their cortisol dropped far more rapidly than those in the control group. That drop correlated with long term improvements in the snatch, clean and jerk, and squat.

I'm going to start meditating after my weight workouts.

Here's those links:

Time For Some Hot & Cool Links

Performance Nutrition Show

Dr. Jose Antonio and Carla Sanchez host the Performance Nutrition Show - a webcast/podcast for fitness enthusiasts interested in nutrition and training.

Dr. Jose also has an excellent article in Iron Man on "How Dieting Can Make You Fat" with research that backs up the importance of plenty of protein especially on a fat loss diet.

Volumize Your Diet-Eat Large, Stay Lean! Chris Shugart

Portion Control Sucks
It used to be low fat. Then it was low carb. Today it's portion control. And guess what? You're still fat. Or at least 66% of Americans are.

It's still junk food, fattie.

Sorry, mainstream media, food manufacturers, diet clinics, and TV weight loss gurus, but portion control — eating smaller amounts of the same ol' foods that made you fat to begin with — doesn't work. As I always say, portion control is about as effective as the "I'll only put it in a little" method of virginity preservation.

Oh don't get me wrong, the idea of portion control sounds great. Eat what you want, just in small quantities. Problem is, like a lot of ideas that sound good on paper — socialism, welfare, a sitcom featuring those Geiko cavemen — it just doesn't work.
It might work if people could actually do it, but most people can't. In fact, daytime portion control is often the catalyst for nighttime binge eating — one of the biggest causes of fat gain.

So why are we, the fitness industry, promoting it?

Telling someone to stop eating before they're satisfied is like telling someone to stop having sex right before they climax. That's not just a crude joke either. Appetite and the pleasure we get from eating are classified as "sensual desires" and fit into the same category as the sex drive.

Appetite and sex drive: different and not so different.
These are core, continuation-of-life drives: innate and powerful and often hard to control. Combine the natural urge to eat until full with abundant, cheap, and calorie-dense foods and it's no surprise people overeat and get fat.

A Better Plan

So if low-fat diets suck, and low-carb diets are often short-sighted, and portion control has a 95% failure rate, then what's the best nutrition plan for shedding excess body fat so you can have sex with the lights on again?

Well, here's a big part of the answer: volumetrics.

Now, I actually don't endorse most "volumetrics" diets because they often ignore the benefits of good fats like omega-3s. And some fat sources, like olive oil and almonds, are healthy and calorie-dense. Chances are if you see a "Volumetrics" book on the shelf, it's mainly just a low-fat diet that encourages you to eat a lot of soup. I'll pass.

However, we can take a page from the volumetrics approach and apply it to our bodybuilding and fat loss goals. We can learn to manipulate recipes and choose foods that get us full without making us fat. In short, we can get ripped and stay ripped with practically no dietary suffering or excessive hunger.

As a side benefit, volumizing your diet will make you healthier and increase longevity since the most filling foods are often the most health-promoting.
Let's take a look at a real life example. Read more.


20 pounds in 20 weeks-Muscle Building Meals by Dr. John M Berardi


If you've read my articles, then you know that the goal of each and every integrated training, nutrition, and supplement program I design is to find the intersection of the habits that lead to optimal body composition, optimal health, and optimal physical performance. I call this the "Sweet Spot."

Dr. John recommends finding the Sweet Spot.

Once I've found it, my next step is to make it practical for everyday use by giving you strategies for making it happen in the framework of 9 to 5 jobs, significant others, weekends at the cottage, tournaments on the road (for yourself or your kids), and any other scenario that presents a challenge to your health and nutritional habits.

To this end, for all of you guys and girls transfixed by big muscles, today I'm gonna get as practical as we can. No fancy science here. Just one real-world eating plan straight out of the nutritional journal of one of my most successful clients. This guy, in 20 weeks, packed on 20 pounds of lean body mass, with more to come.

The Plan

Ok, 20 pounds in 20 weeks is a big friggin' deal. I imagine you're trying to guess what sort of "prescription" ol' Dr. John put this client on. You may even be wondering where you can buy some. Shame on you, my cynical friend. This client simply followed the training and supplement ideas laid out in my muscle-building guide Scrawny to Brawny and the recipes provided in Gourmet Nutrition. Read more.


Can Diets Make You Fat?

I've never been a big fan of diets (see: Reasons to Quit Dieting Forever) and now I've got some support in some new information by Dr. Len Kravitz.

Kravitz evaluated nine data-based research studies to find out what happens to our bodies when we diet. Here's what he found:

* In women who dieted, BMR was lowered up to 20%, even more in very low-calorie diets
* There was an average weight gain of 0-5 kg (0-11 lbs)
* The women in these studies experienced a rebound effect after going off the diets, gaining much of the weight back

Read more.

And if you're after the elusive six pack check this out:

5 Facts You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat & Get Flat 6-Pack Abs by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

Reasons Dieters Get Stuck & Solutions - Number Two: Low Carb Versus Low Fat: Part One

There are still two very distinct groups of dieters in the world. The low carb camp who limit carbohydrates and typically eat protein and fat indiscriminately. The low fat group limit fats of all kinds and typically eat carbohydrates indiscriminately. Most of the time these two ends of the dietary spectrum are diametrically opposed. And I'm going to step out on a limb and say both of these approaches used exclusively and long term are wrong for most people.

While both of these shotgun approaches won't necessarily hurt you in the short run, they also don't optimize your nutrition. And they may be hampering your metabolism and your fat loss and / or muscle building progress.

While most people can lose weight with either dietary approach they overlook the importance of tailoring their individual daily diet to their daily activity level and nutritional needs. At any given time your body's nutritional needs depend on diverse factors including activity level (how much activity you engage in), but other factors including what types of activities you're engaging in (aerobic, anaerobic, sedentary,) whether you're healing from illness or injury, stress levels, hormone levels, and even environmental factors like weather.

Here's a few generalized examples of why certain dietary approaches can be wrong in certain situations:

Scenario One, The Low Fatter (Pun Intended)

A typical yo yo dieter who has struggled with weight for years decides to go on a low fat diet because everybody knows fat is bad for you and cutting fat grams at 9 calories each (versus 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate) gets you more calorie cutting for the buck. (Myth number one: fat is bad. If you truly believe this "fat is bad" nonsense read this. Myth number two: cutting fat calories is the best approach. If you believe this "cut the dietary fat" nonsense read this).

Mrs. Low Fat suffers through hunger and denial, overlooks her thinning hair and dry skin, and bad things she cannot see like unbalanced hormones and vitamin deficiencies due to a lack of essential dietary fats. She manages to lose some weight. But she hits a wall, quits losing, and perhaps binges followed by a self conflagration over her perceived failure and probable weight gain. A lack of calories and unbalanced nutrition has lead to a compromised metabolism (already lowered by less body weight and loss of muscle mass).

Desperate, she moves on to a crash diet of less than 1200 calories a day and less than 30 grams of fat a day. Unless her willpower is irrational and her determination insane she will succumb to her body's protestations through manifesting hunger and lack of energy. (Unless this dieter has developed a form of anorexia) a starvation or semi-starvation diet never works. Both are unsustainable and go against nature.

(Note: low fat and low calorie almost always go hand in hand. Both, when followed too long, are bad dieting tactics. While low carbohydrate dieters often cut calories also, increased dietary fat and protein appear to have a positive effect on appetite - and improved 24-hour blood glucose profiles, insulin sensitivity - in the short term).

Scenario Two, The Low Carber

An Atkins style low carber who never limits fat nor counts calories loses weight easily for several months. Within twenty pounds of goal weight, the dieter's weight loss stalls. They hit a plateau, maybe even gain weight, and decide to cut even more carbs. They may even return to an induction phase of low carb. But this time induction only nudges a small loss or no loss at all.

One obvious but usually overlooked clue as to why their weight won't budge is calories. The other is a reduced metabolic rate due to their previous weight loss. The less you weigh the less calories you need. Even if you eat zero carbohydrates, if you eat more calories than you burn you won't lose weight. Fat and protein calories are not magical. Eaten in excess they can and will be stored as body fat.

Both the above dieters are making crucial mistakes. And there are solutions to these mistakes that are relatively simple and easy to incorporate.

I'll tell you what they are in part two. (Cue the Hitchcockian suspense music).

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Cool & Informative Links

Wow! Get a load of what's down there! (Our cats Karma and Zen)


















If you’re a regular and see a post of links, you guessed right – I’m too busy to blog. It’s spring break and I have an active eight year old boy on my hands. We’re accomplishing the mundane like household chores and computer gaming (I’ll let you guess who’s doing which!) A decent blog entry is impossible to write with a precocious and talkative kid around.

But I assure you, these links are worth your time. Hope you enjoy!

MD Junction Diet Online Support Group – People Helping People

A community of patients, family members and friends dedicated to dealing with Diet, together.

Disaboom - Live Forward

The premier Online Community and Information Resource for people affected by disability.

Ask Rocco – Smart and Outspoken Training and Nutrition Advice

Ripped Naturally For Men & Women

Ex Rx Net

ExRx.net (Exercise Prescription on the Net) is a free resource for the exercise professional, coach, or fitness enthusiast." ExRx.net consists of over 2000 pages, most of which are found in the Exercise and Muscle Directory.

Entrecard

The easy way to network with other bloggers. Get to know your dedicated readers and favorite writers of the blogs you like. Earn points for dropping your Entrecards at other sites and advertise your blog.

Get those darned dogs out of our cat territory! (Our dogs Dee Dee & Junior)