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Healthy drink review. Ugly baby alert.

Drink(s) to Your Health – A Beverage Review

You’re fit. You’re active. You want a drink that goes with that lifestyle. Or….you exercise your right to hang out and have a delicious, healthy, mouth-watering beverage! So many choices. No worries. After two conventions and hours of slurp-testing, we found some unusual and taste-tastic drinks that belong in your workout bag. Or lunch. Click on the link to read our review. Na zdarovye! Prost! Slainte! Bottoms up!

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Diet Dilemma

Which diet is the “best” diet? And who wants to participate in something that has the word “die” in it? Just to satisfy our curiosity about diets, magic pills and quackery, let’s take a look back at a few diets that were trendy in their time (you know, like last week).

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Fitness Fact or Fiction – Aaahh, Freak Out!

Kymberly Williams-Evans, MA and Alexandra Williams, MA QUIZ TIME! How well do you know your Fitness Facts? Yes, it’s time to get your freak on with Fun and Fit, who examine the DARK side of activity this time around. At least one of the following Freak Out Fitness Facts is in fact, not a fact. [...]

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How Many Calories Are You Burning? asks Aileen Sheron

“How many calories am I burning” is a question often posed to international fitness expert, Aileen Sheron. Her 30 second video answer? Are you willing to work hard enough to get all the benefits? Another fine interview from F and F at the IDEA Convention.

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Tweet Your Way to Workout Success – Biray Alsac

Need that extra accountability and community spirit to stick with your fitness program? Fitness pro and social media expert, Biray Alsac of Florida shares her 50 second Fun and Fit tip — tweet about your activities! Your twitter pals will birddog you to burn more than 140 calories in fewer than 140 characters!

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5, No, 10 Tips to Road Trip Dining

How do you keep from overeating when you’re out of town? Will one thin mint really make a difference? Here are ten tips to help Johnny FitTime (aka Johnny Eats Too Much) keep the convention calories to a minimum.

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Back Fat Love Handles

Back off Back Fat or the Ole’ Lady Gets It

Did you find some back fat you desperately want to lose but can’t figure out how to give it back? Any chance back fat would look better on your front? Hey now, Fun and Fit thought of it first! Higher math and lower calorie intake leads to less fat, but is that enough to overcome your genetic destiny??!! Call your parents and ask for a rebate.

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Abs, Aging, and the Fountain of Youth

Doreen eats right and exercises. So is it age that is causing her to slowly gain weight around the middle? Is she suffering from “Betrayal of the Body?” Would a dip (or full-body plunge) in the Fountain of Youth help her? Will performing 200 sit-ups a day solve her dilemma or would a spritz of “Abs Be Gone” be more effective?

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1 Deep Breath – Lose 5 Pounds. Myth or My Ohhhhhm My?

Breathe in, breathe out. Take a big, deep breath to lose weight. Or NOT! Is it myth or magic that deep breathing can help in weight loss? Only if you’re pushing out a baby, in which case you will lose weight. And your free time. And sleep. And your entire life as you previously knew it. Whoa, spiraling out. Time for a calming, deep breath.

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Laughing All the Way to the Abs

Fun and Fit faces such a challenge this week from a reader who wants to laugh, not exercise. Can she get fit with a few guffaws and little else? Wait until Alexandra points out that fitness may or may not be a laughing matter. Kymberly has a coupon special to offer those who chuckle.

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