Monday is National Chip and Dip Day. I'm serving up a few recipes so you can celebrate early. Believed to have been created by the snack food industry, National Chip and Dip Day shouldn't be confused with National Potato Chip Day on March 14th. After all, potato chips are our number one snack food. All other chips have to stand in line to get to the dip.
Most Americans celebrate this favorite snack duo of chips and dips more often than they should. Here's a few healthy recipes with a low carbohydrate twist on the old favorites. Remember, portions still count!
I just realized I haven't posted here for a week. A lot of distractions in my life right now, including a new eight week old puppy. I'm still struggling with the last vestiges of flu. This has been the worst flu we ever suffered through. Luckily, Bruno fought it off in just over a week, but we two "old dogs" are still not completely recovered.
I received my ChaLEAN Extreme system and when I'm closer to 100 percent, or even 75 percent, I'll be using the system, and reviewing it here and in my Examiner column.
Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels agree. A major part of weight loss success depends on what you put in your mouth. Any nutritionist, dietitian, or personal trainer will tell you this fact. So learn exactly what Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels advise their clients to eat, as well as how to train... Read more and watch the videos!
The economy is in the toilet and almost everyone is slashing spending. Our personal budgets are under careful scrutiny. Luxuries are the first items to get slashed. Unfortunately, for most people this includes gym memberships, fitness equipment, supplements, and even diet products.
Even if your household budget and wallet are losing weight, it doesn't mean you can't lose weight at the same time. You can get fit for free. What's the catch? Just the small inconvenience that you'll have to be self motivating and not rely on your $50 an hour personal trainer to whip you into shape. Oh, and you can forgo that pricey gym membership while saving on time and gas.
For more information, including three sources of free exercise videos and sample workout videos check out my latest column at The Examiner.
In the tradition of YouTube Watch ME Melt, Inc. has launched the world’s first online weight loss and fitness focused video sharing community.
Dedicated to your adventures in fitness and weight loss Watch ME Melt is for you and by you. Grab your video cameras and show the world what you’re doing to lose weight and get fit.
Upload and share webcam workouts and diet video blogs, as well as personal and professional weight loss and fitness content. Anyone who’s interested in joining should visit the Web site and sign up. It’s free!
The CTV.ca News Staff (article link) and other news sources including Reuters reported that new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that a predisposition to obesity may be as easy to overcome as spending a few hours a week at the gym. This study found that study subjects performing a high level of physical activity basically counteract effects of gene mutations that predisposes them to obesity. The findings were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Mark McManus, McDonald's, Food Porn, Crohn's & Tom Venuto
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Muscle Hack)
McDonald's Double Pounder - Talk About Food Porn
Food Porn - I can't eat most of this because they irritate the colitis.
Crohn's Comedy
Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle: Tom Venuto & Adam Waters Live
At risk of receiving low carb hate mail, (AND BOY DID I!) I had to post this. It's NOT anti-low carb, it merely
looks upon the latest low fat versus low carb study without a jaded and preconceived viewpoint.
I've said this before, I tend to listen to and follow the advice and lifestyles of "experts" who look fit. Not other
dieters - mostly the non-resistance training folks - don't reach goal or they look unfit.
Tom Venuto rocks (he's also rock hard) and he makes some valid points in his latest post href="http://www.burnthefat.com">at Burn The Fat. And if you're serious about being fit subscribe to his free
newsletter and buy his books. I highly recommend them.
Fat Burning Tips "Live" Weekly e-zine Friday, July 18th, 2008 In This issue:
* What the new "low carb study REALLY says"
A news media feeding frenzy erupted earlier this week when a new dietstudy broke in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Thursday, July 17th.
Almost all the reporters got it wrong, wrong WRONG! So did most of the gloating low carb forumites and bloggers. Come to think of, almost everyone interpreted this study wrong.
Some valuable insights came out of this study, but almost everyone missed them because they were too busy believing what the news said or defending their own cherished belief systems ...
This part is pretty laid back. I did my kicking aerobics while Bruno did some swimming. We get rowdy with pool tag and some wrestling in part two.
In 94 degrees that pool feels oh, so cool.
Notice the smoke. You can barely see the hills but not the mountains. And it got worse the next day (see photos in my last entry). This evening my eyes, nose, throat and lungs are burning despite a breeze blowing some of the smoke out.
This treadmill is our latest Craig's List find (and believe me our list of Craig's List finds is long including my 1993 Ford Club Wagon, my Thoroughbred mare, my horse trailer, a travel trailer, Jerry's flatbed truck, a utility trailer, my Chef's Magic double oven / range, and more). We've all tried it and love it. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a high end treadmill. It has a lot of bells and whistles including 6 personal trainer programs and goes from 0.1 mile an hour up to 10.0 miles an hour. I love that you can adjust the speed by 0.1 mph increments. Check out our demo video below.
Before picking up the treadmill we had breakfast at the Sparks Denny's on Nugget Way. And yes, the meal was high carb and oh so good! Hey, we'll burn it all off on our new treadmill.
We've weeded out all our duplicate exercise videos and we're giving them away! Watch our video about the giveaway below.
We have enough single videos and sets of videos for at least 12 weeks of giveaways.
Our first giveaway is a set of two new shrink wrapped Richard Simmons workouts 'Broadway Sweat' and 'Tone Up On Broadway' with a beginner level resistance band. (This is not the same band shown in the video and Bruno used this band a few times but it will work with it).
To enter to win simply post a comment here or email me and tell us in 25 words or less why you should be the winner of this video set. Humor is a plus. Be sure to leave an email address or a link to your blog or website where I can contact you if you win. I can't give away stuff if I can't get hold of you - I'm not psychic.
Below is a sneak peek photo of the other videos and three DVDs we plan to give away in the future.
The rules are there are no rules and I'm the final judge on who gets what or when we call it quits. Have fun and Good Luck!
Upcoming Giveaways Pictured Below - Videos and DVDs Only - No Exercise Machines Included, They Just Refused To Move Out Of The Way.
You voted for which exercise video you wanted to see us demonstrate and it was a tie between Power 90X Kenpo Karate and Jillian Michaels' Full Frontal which we'll do sometime soon. Below are all five parts of our demo of Kenpo Karate X, a video of about 58 minutes.
Here's our non-spectacular performance. You'll find all five parts in the five entries below.
Just a reminder or a head's up to those who are unaware, I have to modify some exercises because I have Cerebral Palsy, which means I have movement, gait, and balance issues. The objective of any exercise is to burn calories, not to be graceful, and I certainly accomplished both.
According to Fitday we burned around 465 calories in the hour it took to do Kenpo Karate X. Kenpo Karate X is one of three cardio workouts in the Power 90X set of 12 DVD workouts. And believe me by the end we were dripping sweat and close to wasted.
Here's our non-spectacular performance of Power 90X Kenpo Karate Part Four.
Just a reminder or a head's up to those who are unaware, I have to modify some exercises because I have Cerebral Palsy, which means I have movement, gait, and balance issues. The objective of any exercise is to burn calories, not to be graceful, and I certainly accomplished both.
According to Fitday we burned around 465 calories in the hour it took to do Kenpo Karate X. Kenpo Karate X is one of three cardio workouts in the Power 90X set of 12 DVD workouts. And believe me by the end we were dripping sweat and close to wasted.
Here's our non-spectacular performance of Power 90X Kenpo Karate Part Three - More Slaughtered Sweat Soaked Kenpo.
Just a reminder or a head's up to those who are unaware, I have to modify some exercises because I have Cerebral Palsy, which means I have movement, gait, and balance issues. The objective of any exercise is to burn calories, not to be graceful, and I certainly accomplished both.
According to Fitday we burned around 465 calories in the hour it took to do Kenpo Karate X. Kenpo Karate X is one of three cardio workouts in the Power 90X set of 12 DVD workouts. And believe me by the end we were dripping sweat and close to wasted.
Here's our non-spectacular performance of Power 90X Kenpo Karate Part Two - Jabs, Punches, Blocks and more.
Just a reminder or a head's up to those who are unaware, I have to modify some exercises because I have Cerebral Palsy, which means I have movement, gait, and balance issues. The objective of any exercise is to burn calories, not to be graceful, and I certainly accomplished both.
According to Fitday we burned around 465 calories in the hour it took to do Kenpo Karate X. Kenpo Karate X is one of three cardio workouts in the Power 90X set of 12 DVD workouts. And believe me by the end we were dripping sweat and close to wasted.
Here's our non-spectacular performance of Power 90X Kenpo Karate Part One - The Stretch and Warm Up.
Just a reminder or a head's up to those who are unaware, I have to modify some exercises because I have Cerebral Palsy, which means I have movement, gait, and balance issues. The objective of any exercise is to burn calories, not to be graceful, and I certainly accomplished both.
According to Fitday we burned around 465 calories in the hour it took to do Kenpo Karate X. Kenpo Karate X is one of three cardio workouts in the Power 90X set of 12 DVD workouts. And believe me by the end we were dripping sweat and close to wasted.
This is the 300th post for the Kudos For Low Carb blog. I've been at it now since July of 2006. I'm not sure I ever planned to get this far...who knew I had it in me to write so much about fitness, diet, and well, anything?
Today's video shows our rather extensive collection of exercise videos and DVD's we've collected over the years. And we've made this video interactive.
We Want Your Vote!
Vote for the exercise video you want to see us demonstrate or mangle slash perform badly. Hey, it's still good exercise as long as your moving!
We introduce the six candidate videos in part two. (I haven't been able to upload videos at Blogger lately and YouTube allows videos only up to 10 minutes and Bruno and I don't know when to shut up).
You can vote by way of the poll at the top of our sidebar or by leaving a comment. In case of a tie or *GASP* no votes Bruno and I will pick a video and tape a segment of us doing part of it and show it here later.
Check out the video below for a look at our collection and feel free to tell us we're lunatic shopaholics.
Part One
Part Two
_______________________________________________________________________________ The Bardelli Family Exercise Video / DVD Collection started in the late 1980's after I bought my first VCR. Richard Simmons started selling a few exercise videos and I snapped them up.
The bulk of our collection was purchased between 1995 and today. And yes, we overdid it. We estimate the collection at about 275 videos and 150 DVDs. Many of the VHS tapes we bought used along with a handful of the DVDs at garage sales, thrift shops, eBay, and Amazon.
