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5 easy steps to make meal planning a regular part of your life

5 Easy Steps to Make Meal Planning a Regular Part of Your Life

Meal planning. The concept seems so simple, yet can be very daunting when you’re up to your ears in Tupperware and can’t possibly seem to find the time to make a grocery store run. It may appear easier to revert back to the old ways…
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Why cheat days are a bad idea and easy ways to eat healthy anyway

Why Cheat Days Are a Bad Idea and Easy Ways to Eat Healthy Anyway

We’ve made it past the holidays, but we’re not out of the woods yet! The time of year that we become inundated with opportunities to overindulge on sweets at work, at office parties, and family gatherings continues into this month – especially…
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Get better fitness results with this resistance training efficiency hack

Get Better Fitness Results with This Resistance Training Efficiency Hack

Resistance training is an essential part of any workout program, regardless of whether you want to lose, gain, or maintain weight. However, most people are either doing way more resistance training than they need, or are doing exercises that…
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Exercising pregnant - the fine line between doing too much and too little for expecting moms

Exercising Pregnant: The Fine Line Between Pushing Too Hard And Doing Too Little

Being a fitness instructor and athlete, I knew exercising would be safe while pregnant. While I've been able to stay very active, and still exercise every day, there are definite modifications that I wish I would have known about when I first…
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Tips to reduce inflammation in your diet and the diseases it may cause.

Tips to Reduce Inflammation in Your Diet and the Diseases It May Cause

"Inflammation" is the new buzzword, and for an important reason - it’s often a good indicator to us that something is going on we need to attend to. For example, inflammation can happen as a result of injury. Additionally, if it’s happening…
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Burn a ton of calories with this mom-friendly 45-minute workout

Burn a TON of Calories with This Mom-Friendly 45-Minute Workout

To say Kristin Strom, regional Pilates manager at Fitness Formula Clubs, has a busy schedule would be an understatement. She has little time to sleep, let alone burn a ton of calories! In addition to managing the Pilates program and teaching…
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3 Best Registered Dietitian-Written Nutrition Books

In response to our readers' suggestions, we put together a list of more of our favorite resources - a list of some of our favorite nutrition books written by the nutrition experts themselves. Add these RD-written nutrition books to your must-read…
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Weight training vs cardio - which achieves greater fat loss?

Weight Training VS Cardio, Which Achieves Greater Fat Loss?

How many people do you see at the gym riding the same stationary bike, gliding up the same treadmill incline, churning away at some other piece of cardio equipment or taking the same step or cycling classes? If you look at the rest of the…
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Are you performing one of these potentially unsafe exercises?

Are You Performing One of These 9 Potentially Unsafe Exercises?

Exercises are like music; there are a million options to choose from, but not all of them are good. I've put together a list of some of the most common exercises found in peoples’ fitness programs that are inefficient, and often times, not…
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Why intuitive eating is important and ways to practice eating mindfully.
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Why Intuitive Eating Is Important And 4 Ways To Practice Mindful Eating

Have you ever sat down in front of the TV screen with a big bag of popcorn and before you know it, you’ve reached into the bag and discovered the entire thing has magically disappeared? If you are like most people, this is something that…
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Best happy hours in West Loop in Chicago

Best Happy Hours in West Loop

Now that happy hour is legal in the city of Chicago again (yes, there used to be restrictions on the happiest hours of the day in the past), we thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of the best happy hours in West Loop for you…
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5 fitness tips for any kind of injury or pain

5 Must-Have Fitness Tips for Any Kind of Pain or Injury

If you love activity as much as I do, chances are you’ve had to battle your fair share of pain or injury. I’m not only talking about the blown-out knees, dislocated shoulders and all the cringe-worthy stories - I’m also talking about…
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