By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer I was looking up calorie and nutrition information and came across a great resource for both…from Self magazine. Self’s Nutrition Data is fairly inclusive. They provide excellent nutritional data as found on nutrition labels (calories, fat, fiber, sugar, carbs [...]
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Get Great Nutritional Data All On One Page From Self Magazine
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Calorie, Glycemic index, Nutrient density, Nutrition, Self magazine on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Warrier Dash Training with the Bosu Balance Trainer
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Balance Training: Stability Workouts for Core Strength and a Sculpted Body, BOSU, Personal trainer, Strength training, Warrior Dash, Wii Fit on June 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Dr. Bonny Flaster responded to my training query about getting ready for the Warrier Dash this fall. Her advice is spot on: combine strength training with balance training using a Bosu Balance Trainer. Her advice is here. According to [...]
Small Workouts Add Up to Big Gains in Overall Fitness
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Activities of daily living, Physical exercise on June 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Today we have a guest post from mediashower.com by Katrina Robinson. Tell us what you think, Katrina: Sometimes, there’s just not enough time in the day to get everything done. That includes exercise. How many times have you had [...]
A Gym That’s a A Kitchen–A Cooking Class That Offers Fitness? Check Out My Fitness Kitchen
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Exercise physiology, fitness and nutrition, Nutrition, nutrition gym, Physical exercise on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Today I came across an article about a gym that offers cooking classes and teaches basic nutrition to its members. Sadly for Chicagoans, the gym isn’t located in Chicago, but in Pittsburgh, PA. But maybe some enterprising Chicago gym [...]
Learn the Truth Behind Workout Myths
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Abdominal exercise, exercise myths, fitness myths, Personal trainer, Physical exercise, Sit-up (exercise) on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer There are so many workout myths out there I can’t even count them all. Today I ran across an article I really enjoyed that breaks some of the most popular and entrenched workout myths. Number #1 [...]
Obesity in America: Epidemic or Addiction?
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Compulsive overeating, obesity, Overeaters Anonymous, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite on November 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer There is a good article in this months’ Men’s Health Magazine about fat phobia and America’s obesity problem, titled “I Hate Fat People.” The author, Richard Connif, did a thorough job of explaining how BMI numbers have been revised [...]
What’s the Best Way to Lose Excess Fat and Keep It Off?
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Fat Loss, persistent exercise, Physical exercise, Physical fitness, Wii Fit on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer The answer: Change your life! What do I mean by that? Change the way you relate to food and exercise. Today I was reading this article on Yahoo Health about women that lose a significant amount of fat [...]
Fixes for Food Desert Neighborhoods and in Your Own Home
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Building a Healthier Chicago, food desert, Peapod, processed foods, sodapop, transfats, Vegetable on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage For some time now, we’ve heard about “food deserts,” those areas of Chicago and other cities where there is little to no access to healthy food such as fruit and vegetables. In food deserts, access to food within walking [...]
Work Lower Leg Muscles You Forgot You Had With Toning Shoes
Posted in Ergonomic Products, Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Bosu balls, foot instability, Footwear, MBTs, Muscle tone, Reebok, Skechers, toning shoes on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Bottom of Reebok Easy Tone Shows. Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer While on our recent trip, we stopped in Tennessee at an outlet mall. I shopped at a Reebok store and bought a pair of the new “toning shoes” that are [...]
Get Nutritionally Centered with the Centered Chef!
Posted in Fat Loss, Nutrition, tagged centered chef, Chef Ryan, Culinary art, healthy chef, Nutrition, obesity on June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Today I received an email from a group I belong to, Building a Healthier Chicago. They profiled a local Chicago area chef who has a company, Centered Chef Food Studios, that combines good nutrition with culinary arts. Focusing on natural [...]
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