Anna's Fitness Blog

Anna's Healthy Breaky Tips!

Anna — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:42:00 GMT

Your momma was right! Breakfast is the MOST important meal of the day . Eating after 6 or more hours of fasting (which is what is happening when you sleep) is absolutely key to maintaining a healthy body weight. Making breakfast a daily ritual will help...(read more)

Hit the hills: Anna's walking tips

Anna — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT

It's a gorgeous day here in Guleph! And one of the best things about this weather is that it inspires us to get outside and to get moving. Even if you were sluggish, and a bit more lethargic than you should have been over the winter months, this weather...(read more)

Stroke your metabolism fires

Anna — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT

We all know that the key to losing and maintaining a healthy body weight is your metabolism. The speed of your metabolism will determine how fast your body is able to burn calories. So obviously a faster metabolism has its benefits. The body is like a...(read more)

Tone those glutes!

Anna — Mon, 28 May 2007 12:54:00 GMT

Good Monday morning Fitness Gear 101 readers. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend, I know I did. Even though it was a gloomy one I still got in a day of shopping in with my favorite girls Michelle and Marlo, which meant a few hours of walking,...(read more)

The origin of the word DIET!

Anna — Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT

And it's already Friday again folks! It's been a fun and rather quick week. For me, it's been a week of learning, making some amends and a healthy re-evaluation of my lifestyle...am I really doing my best? On that note, I wanted to see the readers of...(read more)

Is there a difference between willpower and self-control?

Anna — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Every once in a while we all need a bit of a self-evaluation - even good ol' Anna! As soon as summer hits I make it a point to get outside more, eat more fresh produce and clean up any sluggish winter habits. Over the weekend a friend and I had a discussion...(read more)

Anna's Summer Skin Protection Tips

Anna — Wed, 23 May 2007 13:21:00 GMT

Welcome back from the long weekend Fitness folks! It goes to figure that it was so cold on the weekend and today is so gone dang beautiful! If you’re going to hit a patio tonight for a well-deserved shot of vitamin D, then please go protected. Everyone...(read more)

Congrats to my friend Jim!

Anna — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:54:00 GMT

Good golly it’s Friday – and a long weekend to boot! So I wanted to end this glorious week on a positive note. I have a friend named Jim that I’ve known since I was 6-years-old. Now just to give you an image of our history…this is the boy, who when I...(read more)

What are the sodium-rich culprits in your diet?

Anna — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Your doctor has given you a stern warning – cut down the sodium in your diet! So you start adding just a pinch of salt to your vegetables at dinner time. You think you’ve cut the sodium in your diet in ½ right? Wrong! Unbeknownst to you, the processed...(read more)

Exercise Makes People Smarter!

Anna — Wed, 16 May 2007 13:25:00 GMT

This should be a no-brainer By Fitness Mike A study reveals that exercise can make people smarter . New nerve cells developed in the brains of subjects after a 3 month aerobic workout plan. Growing new nerve cells in the brain was thought to be impossible...(read more)

Jessica Alba supports teen girls' self-esteem

Anna — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:33:00 GMT

Good Tuesday morning FitnessGear101 friends! I'm back today - after a day's absence spent fighting the evil flu bug. You'll be happy to know that this morning I'm 40% snotty mess and 60% fitness diva! Must get blog up...sniffle...ok back to business......(read more)

Anna's Top 5 Problogger Picks!

Anna — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:38:00 GMT

Ok fitness folks…as promised here are my Top 5 faves from the Problogger contest! For those of you who are just hearing about this for the first time, these posts came from a writing project sponsored by Darren Rowse at Problogger . Participants were...(read more)

Rock your socks!

Anna — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:52:00 GMT

My friend and co-worker Mark runs a fantastic finance site called Rock Your Stock . This site is great because it offers readers a daily dose of investment news, tips and, the best, a Rock Your Stock 'Pick of the Day'! The other day he asked if I had...(read more)

Check out these great Problogger posts - Day 3

Anna — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:24:00 GMT

Happy Thursday fitness freaks! I have some great health and fitness-related posts from the Problogger writing project to share with you today. I will be sharing Problogger submissions with you until tomorrow (Friday), when I will choose my own Top 5 faves....(read more)

Get fit while blogging

Anna — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:05:00 GMT

In yesterday's post I mentioned that I submitted it to the Problogger Top 5 project. In it I promised that I would be keeping my eye out for great posts submitted by the other bloggers. So today I'd like to share a link with you to a great post called...(read more)