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5 Sure Fire Ways To Sabotage Your Fitness Program

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

Embarking on a fitness program can be a daunting task and it takes dedication along with commitment to follow through and implement a new lifestyle. We start out with the best of intentions and somehow ...

A Team Fitness America Segment Of Can Stress Really Make You Overweight?

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

Stressful events, daily stress at work, and life situations can actually make us overweight. When you are faced with a stressful situation, event, job or task, your cortisol levels in your brain rise and actually ...

Team Fitness America Debunking The Nutritional Tracking Fad

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

As Americans we are constantly bombarded with the newest diet fad, diet plan and can find a slew of diet "tips" online. How do we know what works and what does not? In the 1980’s ...

6 Team Fitness America Ways Improper Food Balances Can Keep You Overweight

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

As Americans, we are inundated with a wide variety of food choices with many different kinds of things to eat. Generally our common sense kicks in at some point, but usually too late after we ...

The Team Fitness America 4 Essential Things You Need To Workout

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

From "the ski machine" to "the ab roller", we have seen exercise equipment come into stores and quickly leave only to be replaced by the newest or latest craze in "essential" workout gear. As consumers ...

4 Tips To Make Fitness Convenient And Fun This Summer While Involving Your Kids

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

With summer in full swing it can seem daunting to even want to exercise. The temperatures are sweltering outside, the kids have swim lessons, summer camps, and birthday parties while making you feel like you ...

Team Fitness America 7 Things Done Psychologically To Get Thin That Backfire

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

Each one of us sets out with a plan to get into shape and be thin. For some of us that means strict food intakes and daily exercise on the treadmill. For those of us ...

Team Fitness America Talks About Teens Versus Obesity

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

With parents working longer hours to support their families, many have turned to feeding their children fast food or quick, prepackaged meals. Coupled in with the fact that school lunch programs do not provide adequate ...

Team Fitness America 5 Hottest Trends In Weight Loss

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 13 years ago

The stars in Hollywood always seem to set the precedent for what is the hottest way to lose weight and get into shape. From Step Aerobics to Belly Dancing we have seen fads come and ...

Tips To Go From Fat To Fit In The New Year With Team Fitness America

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 14 years ago

It is time for that New Year’s resolution again. People across the nation set goals to lose weight with last year’s resolutions but fell just short of accomplishment through the lack of on-going commitment. Now ...

Team Fitness America Top Ten Ways To Stay Fit Through The Holidays

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 14 years ago

It is never easy to stay fit through the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. With everything from the big holiday dinners to sugar induced office parties, it is almost impossible to stick to a regular fitness ...

Team Fitness America's Top 8 Reasons To Have A Fitness Buddy

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 14 years ago

Hiring a personal trainer is the first step to getting on track with your fitness goals, but staying on track with a high level of consistency can be difficult if you do not have the ...

Five Things To Look For From Your Personal Trainer

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 14 years ago

Finding and choosing the appropriate in home personal trainer to meet your fitness needs can be a harrowing and exhausting experience. Most of the time people will use their friend’s trainer as a recommendation only ...

Guilt-Free Eating And The Four Known Excuses

By Debbie Mcfarlen · 14 years ago

"Guilt-Free Eating" is consuming high calorie food that you tell yourself is okay to eat due to a reasonable excuse that you give yourself. Most commonly found to happen on the weekend at a picnic, ...