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Living La Vida Low Carb is pointing out a site that will help you find a weight loss buddy. Partnering up for accountability is a great way to keep you on the path to losing weight, it’s certainly worth a close check out.

Fitness web lists some energy boosting tips, here’s one I really like:
Think Fruit
You may crave a quick sugar fix from a candy bar but opt for a piece of fresh fruit instead. Not only will it be sweet but it will contain healthy nutrients and vitamins as well.

Congratulations to Low Carb Dave who is celebrating his 1 year anniversary of losing weight through a low carb diet, and who has lost 130 pounds doing it. Living La Vida Low Carb has the write up as well.

Living La Vida Low Carb points out that LL Cool J is a low carb devotee and will be talking about how he used it to achieve his physique in a new book.

Starling Fitness points out a Fox News article that says dieting with a group to support you works out better than trying to go it alone.
Humans are social animals, and having peers to report successes to often drives people to reach their goals. Working on your goals in public often helps, which is why [...]

Kristi Larsen has a list of excuse busters, here are a couple of the first:
The next time you feel an excuse coming on, fight back with this list of excuse busters.
I don’t know how — Then make the effort to learn.

Back in Skinny Jeans points out how good looking, yet realistic, the strong womenthat Bowflex uses to promote it’s machine and notes:
Muscle weighs more than fat, but it burns 9x the calories, and it takes up less space, so it does not expand the body inches like the equal poundage of fat does. The muscle [...]

Lori Braun points out that Marilyn pumped iron and worked out long before it was considered good for women to do so.

There is a dramatic effect on how much better your heart is able to function when you’ve lost weight, Dr. Mirkin reports, which is yet another reason to help yourself avoid possible cardiac issues that arise down the road as a result of obesity.

Another great reason to exercise, it helpsfight cancer. And this isn’t some droll statistical study, but a bit of a look at the actual engineering on why exercise does this:
A recent study goes into some of the core reasons why exercise helps fight against cancer. This research suggests that an increase in the level of [...]