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5 Carbs to Avoid on a Low Carb Diet
That white bread has been sitting in your refrigerator untouched ever since you started your low carb diet. You’ve been strong and followed the list of foods to avoid to lose weight while on a low carb diet, but why keep the temptation around? Throwing away the simple carbs lying around your house will help keep Read More
Ten Tips to Get In Shape
To help you out, here are 10 tricks to work in workouts, which can help you manage your time. Ride, run or walk to work. If you have a shower at work, this is a great way to start the day and make the most of your time. Work out at lunchtime. A midday exercise Read More
Give your Brain a Boost
For a long time we’ve known that exercise strengthens the heart and improves cardiovascular health. Makes sense, doesn’t it? The heart is a muscle, and if you exercise it, it will get stronger, just like the biceps or the quadriceps. And the job of the heart — one of them, anyway — is to pump Read More
Working Out on a Low Carb Diet
Ready to rev up your exercise program and get the most from your workout? First, lets learn how exercising on a low carb diet can help you reach and maintain your optimal weight and fitness level, plus tips for supercharging your metabolism—making your body even better at burning fat and calories. If you’re not yet Read More
Exercise Comes in Two Flavors
The best exercise programs combine aerobic and anaerobic activity: Aerobic exercise is any activity that increases your heart rate and causes you to consume more oxygen. Every cell in your body requires a constant supply of oxygen, and if you’ve been a couch potato for years, many of those cells are being deprived. This is Read More
Everyone Can—and Must—Find Time to Exercise
Still not convinced how important exercise is for everyone—including you? If so, take this chance to read about two recently published reports that stress the value of exercise in preventing significant health risks. The first study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, followed 73,000 postmenopausal women for an average of 3.2 years. In Read More
Carb Loading: What Is It & Why Is It Bad For My Diet?
Have you ever eaten a bagel or muffin for breakfast, and then felt either so ravenously hungry or lethargic by late-morning that you wolfed down a sugar-filled energy bar? Now ask yourself why anyone would want to go to the gym in that condition—you’d probably spend the whole workout feeling like you couldn’t get out Read More
Planning Your Low Carb Christmas, Traditional Recipes & Treats
Christmas is all about family traditions, which often means family recipes. Can you keep your family Christmas recipes alive and stick to your Atkins diet? The answer is a resounding “yes.” The main dishes usually associated with Christmas, such as turkey, goose, baked ham, or standing rib roast typically meet most Atkins requirements. Where you Read More
To stretch or not to stretch? There shouldn’t be a question!
Stretching is one of the easiest, yet most often neglected components to a balanced workout routine. It can be done virtually anywhere, anytime and requires zero equipment. Why You Should Stretch When performed properly, stretching does more for your body than increase flexibility. While you aren’t burning many calories in the stretching phase of a Read More
Throw a Low-Carb Memorial Day Bash: Delicious tips for a summer of low-carb entertaining
Traditionally, Memorial Day is the kick-off to a summer season of outdoor entertaining. And just because you are on Atkins does not mean you have to miss out on a single moment (or bite). We’ll show you how to throw a fabulous low-carb Memorial Day feast that everyone will enjoy—even if your guests aren’t controlling Read More
