Archive for 2006

Are Your Drinks Really Diet?

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Fitness Interviews
Is Your Personal Trainer Full of Crap?
The Dirty Facts About Eating Clean

When you’re eating out do you ever wonder if the diet soda you’ve ordered is really diet? I don’t drink soda so [...]

New York City Marathon

The New York City marathon is over and the winners came in with fantastic times. Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil came in with a time of 2:09:53 and defending women’s champion, Jelena Procopcuka, won with a time of 2:25:05.
Lance Armstrong was the celebrity to watch during the marathon and he made his goal [...]

Trying to Be Vegetarian Day 7

A week of being vegetarian wasn’t as hard as I thought.  My last vegetarian meal was at a Greek restaurant.  I ordered the falafel plate and it wasn’t as good as I had hoped, not because I don’t like falafel, but because the restaurant wasn’t that great.  It was the first time I had dined [...]

You On a Diet

If you happened to catch Oprah last Thursday, you were lucky enough to watch Dr. Mehmet Oz school the audience and tv viewers about losing weight. He and Dr. Roizen have written a new book called You: On a Diet: The Owners Manual for Waist Management (Book and DVD). If you’re not [...]

Trying to Be Vegetarian Day 6

Well, although I had planned on cooking last night, I was caught up on some unplanned errands that took up the evening and left me too tired to cook. As a result, I decided to order some Thai take-out and ordered my favorite dish of spicy drunken noodles with tofu. I usually order [...]