First and foremost, Happy New Year! I hope you have a healthy and fulfiling 2011! I also want to thank you for taking the time to read my humble little blog. I hope you’ve been able to take at least one tip or strategy away that helped you get even a little bit closer to reaching your health and fitness goals. With the beginning of the new year now here, I thought it would be a good time to give you some...

So you know vitamins and minerals are important, but if you’re a woman, you’re probably wondering what specifically, westernunion washington are the best vitamins for women? However, what you may not understand is WHY they are so important for your body. Since this is a question I get pretty often, I thought I’d levitra drugs put together this simple list of the best vitamins for women. Vitamin...

What is the Glycemic Index and Why Should You Care? We’ve all heard the term “Glycemic Index” (GI) but few people really understand what it is or why it’s important. My goal is to give you a simple overview and explain to you why you should know what it is. The Glycemic Index is important because it has a direct impact on the blood glucose levels in your body.   Your insulin levels are...

Today I have a special guest post for you from Mike Geary, abs expert and the author of Truth About Abs. I love this post because it addresses a question I get ALL the time. I hope it finally clears up this common question for you as well. ===================================================== I order diet pills was on a weekend trip with some friends recently and one of my friends was cooking breakfast for the...

Hang on to your seat, because I’m about to astound you. OK, maybe astound is a little bit of an exaggeration, but I did get your attention didn’t I? Today I found myself explaining to my colleague how that “low fat” muffin she had for breakfast really wasn’t healthy but was really just a funny shaped piece of cake. I asked her to put that piece of cake muffin on a napkin and see if...

We know there are “good fats” and “bad fats”. But did you know that consuming certain types of fat can actually help you lose fat? The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a study in 2007 that showed that people who swallowed 1.9 grams of of omega-3s daily and did cardio a little more than 2 hours a week reduced their body fat, lowered their triglycerides and raised their HDL...

For many of us, this is the beginning of the season where we start packing on the extra pounds. Between football season (and all the food and beer that goes along with it) and the holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, etc) we tend to eat more over these next few months. Combine that with staying indoors more and less physical activity, it’s hard NOT to gain some extra weight. Of...

Many of my friends are busy professionals and fairly high level executives. After a 10 to 12 hour day in high pressure jobs, many of them end the day with a drink or two. Then they get up the next morning feeling exhausted and do it all over again. And they always seem exhausted. Forget the fact that most of them have terrible eating habits. Forget the fact that their idea of a “good workout” is...

I’ve received several requests to summarize my “21 Days of Gut Check: Fat Loss” series and put all of the links in one place, so here you go. buy levitra cheap online cheap diet pill I hope you enjoy them and find them useful. Day One: This is where it all begins. I’m fed up with the extra weight I put on and decide to kick it back in gear. Check out how I plan on losing some excess fat....

In my experience one of the biggest hurdles people face when they’re trying to reach their goals is actually believing they have the inner strength and fortitude they need to improve their health and their lives. The biggest mistake I see is that most people wait for things to happen to them instead of going after their goals and trying to do things that will help them achieve them. Remember, you don’t...

I’ve written about “bad fats” before, but it’s a subject that requires constant evaluation and study. http://georgelouris.blogspot.com/2009/10/avoid-these-demons-for-accelerated-fat_19.html http://georgelouris.blogspot.com/2009/10/avoid-these-demons-for-accelerated-fat_18.html “Bad fats” include corn oil, sunflower oil, ampicillin 500mg peanut oil, safflower oil and to a lesser...

Yesterday I shared the first half of my list of top ten “superfoods”. The list focused on cancer prevention, heart disease, overall wellness and potentially helping with weight loss. Today, I bring you the second half of the list. Hopefully it will provide you with some newfound knowledge that you could put to use towards a healthier life. Eggs Although I’m not a huge fan of the taste/smell of...

Choosing what foods to eat can be one of the greatest challenges that a person has. Understanding the advantages (and disadvantages) of each food could be a herculean task. There are so many excellent, healthy choices of what to eat on a daily basis that trying to understand all of them would seem impossible (or the job of a nutritionist). However, understanding the benefits of even just some of the “best...

As you might have noticed, my posts have been much less frequent over the last week or so and for good reason. I’m on vacation. I’m in sunny, rainy Orlando taking a much needed vacation with the family. Yesterday we did something that my wife and kids have wanted to do for many, many years… swim with the dolphins. I had a lot of fun, but what brought me the most joy was just watching how much...

I’m pretty much caught up with posting my workouts now and have included my two new workouts below  for the rest of the week. Alternate these workouts for a six day period (resting on the seventh) day and you’ll get a great full body workout (and a great ab workout) geared toward losing fat and building lean muscle. Although I’ve been alternating my workouts weekly, you can just as easily take...

I apologize for squeezing four days of “Gut Check: Fat Loss” into one post, but things have been quite busy and I’m trying to catch up so that you’re getting these updates the very next day. These posts take some time as I have to go through my notes from the day before and try to decipher my chicken scratch for you. Before I go onto my post, I wanted to talk to you a little bit about...

Since I’ve fallen behind with my updates, today I’m combining days 10 and 11 and if you give me a minute, I’ll tell you what’s up with that ice cream cone. Here’s a hint…I love ice cream. I’m now about half way through my 21 days of “Gut Check: Fat Loss” and I’m pretty pleased with the results. I’m six pounds lighter and my clothes are feeling...

I’m taking a short break from posting my 21 “Gut Check Fat Loss” posts, but I promise you’ll hear more tomorrow about how it’s been going. This morning I went food shopping with a couple of my clients to give them some guidance on what to look for when shopping for healthy foods and what traps to avoid. The supermarket is littered with foods that promote themselves as...

Before I go on to Day 9 of “Gut Check: Fat Loss”, I wanted to share with you yet anoher reason you should stay away from long, boring cardio and cardio machines. After a day off, I felt invigorated on Day 9. I was pumped to get up early and hit my workout. Today I added an opposing body part super-set to finish off my workout. 5:30: Two cold glasses of water 6:00: Glass of OJ 6:30: New BusyBod full...

Before I go on to Days 7 & 8 of “Gut Check Fat Loss” I wanted to talk about what you should focus on if you really want to get results. It’s actually quite simple. Focus on today only. Of course long-term goals are critical. However… Our focus must be on today. If you think about it logically it makes perfect sense. If you keep adding up all those days, one after the other, after a...