http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com AOL America Takes It Off Blog http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/feedlogo.gif http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com en-us Copyright 2012 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this headlines and excerpts feed are available for limited commercial distribution. You may repost this feed to your site provided you link back to the original story, do not edit the material, and do not remove this copyright notice. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/im-in-this-for-the-long-run/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/im-in-this-for-the-long-run/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/im-in-this-for-the-long-run/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: Perhaps my motivation comes with gift from my boyfriend - a trip to Cabo San Lucas in May. That's three and a half months to keep my stomach flat and those legs firm. I definitely think I can look better in those bathing suits that are pushed to the ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-31T23:58:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/j/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/j/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/j/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I'm starting to think that jeans shopping is harder than shopping for a wedding dress. I've yet to have the opportunity to do the latter, but I hope that if I do it's not as painful and irritating as the former has always been for me.When Citizens ... Read more

]]>Jennifer Coleman2007-01-31T12:05:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/staying-fit-over-the-long-haul/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/staying-fit-over-the-long-haul/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/staying-fit-over-the-long-haul/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: Here we are at the end of January... There are still two more months of winter and I'm taking it day-by-day. Each day is different and presents different challenges. Try to have a sense of humor especially when you're beet-red and sweating. I'm ... Read more

]]>Tobi Elkin2007-01-31T04:20:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/i-want-results-and-i-want-it-now/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/i-want-results-and-i-want-it-now/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/31/i-want-results-and-i-want-it-now/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: We want, what we want, quick. Especially when it comes to losing weight or getting into shape. I know I have good intentions of shaping up, but do minimal work most of the time. But it should feel effortless - that is after you've gotten yourself ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-31T00:15:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/perseverance/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/perseverance/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/perseverance/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I'm having a cranky, crampy, womanly, bloaty, low-energy day today. Even though I brought my gym clothes with me to work, I think I'm going to forgo the gym tonight in favor of running a few errands, eating the salmon and spinach I bought at Whole ... Read more

]]>Jennifer Coleman2007-01-30T15:46:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/making-the-right-choices/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/making-the-right-choices/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/making-the-right-choices/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: Let's face it: We have choices to make each day. We can choose between a Dunkin' Donuts Double Chocolate Cake donut (310 calories/150 calories from fat according to DD), and a Kashi Go Lean Chocolate Caramel Crunch bar (180 calories/25 calories ... Read more

]]>Tobi Elkin2007-01-30T07:23:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/the-omnivore-s-dilemma/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/the-omnivore-s-dilemma/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/30/the-omnivore-s-dilemma/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan is one of those books that makes you think - reconsider what you feed your body. This is a 2006 New York Times Best Seller that was not brought to my attention by such prestige, but by the constant quoting ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-30T01:23:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/29/monday/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/29/monday/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/29/monday/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: While reading this question-answering, informative article in the Times Magazine yesterday, I was reminded of how lazy I often am about hunting, gathering, and preparing my own food, and how I often reach for something packaged instead of washing off ... Read more

]]>Jennifer Coleman2007-01-29T21:45:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/29/support-system/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/29/support-system/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/29/support-system/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I trained with Paula on Saturday. We did walking lunges while raising a bar, ab work on the Bosu (a plastic, mounded half-ball that offers a palpable burn), pushups, stepups to the bench with free weights backing into a lunge, and plenty of work on ... Read more

]]>Tobi Elkin2007-01-29T07:33:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/28/sexy-back/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/28/sexy-back/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/28/sexy-back/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: ...back, arms and shoulders. In the past month, I have concentrated on my lower body. I've worked the stomach muscles and got my legs in better shape. I did not think much about my upper body until I saw a woman at the gym with toned arms. Toned ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-28T19:45:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/27/stress-bloated/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/27/stress-bloated/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/27/stress-bloated/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I've always heard that being stressed makes your stomach bloated. This week has confirmed that idea for me. I've been eating well but drinking a lot of soda and lattes to get me through the nights at work. The prior week I probably had one soda and ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-27T18:57:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/26/on-high/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/26/on-high/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/26/on-high/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I'm still soaring from my pilates class last night. My body and mind disconnected from everything but the pulleys and bars I was pushing and pulling, to the point that when my very patient teacher deeAnn said go up and then right, I went down and ... Read more

]]>Jennifer Coleman2007-01-26T23:06:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/26/food-diary/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/26/food-diary/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/26/food-diary/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I've heard that keeping a food diary is a great idea when you're starting a diet and trying to examine your eating choices in order to live a healthier lifestyle. Of course, it always seems like such a good idea until you actually have to record all ... Read more

]]>Tobi Elkin2007-01-26T08:05:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/ingredients/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/ingredients/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/ingredients/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: For the last few years I've had a list of healthy foods that I copied from Newsweek stuck to my fridge with a magnet that says "Exercise! The Poor Man's Surgery." When I glance at it, I'm reminded that I haven't had salmon in a while, or that I ... Read more

]]>Jennifer Coleman2007-01-25T23:28:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/10-minutes-here-and-10-minutes-there/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/10-minutes-here-and-10-minutes-there/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/10-minutes-here-and-10-minutes-there/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I tried Chris Freytag's idea of doing 10 minutes on various machines. I wasn't sure if I would feel like I had worked out by spending a few minutes on each. But it made my time at the gym feel shorter and it worked out different parts of my body, ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-25T22:38:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/gym-intimidation/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/gym-intimidation/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/25/gym-intimidation/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: Yesterday, as I've done each morning for the last nearly 15 months, I got out of bed and headed to the gym. I do it almost by rote now and throw on whatever workout pants and top are clean. I don't think about it much now, but when I first started a ... Read more

]]>Tobi Elkin2007-01-25T07:23:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/ideas-for-recipes/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/ideas-for-recipes/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/ideas-for-recipes/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I often run into motivational moments at the most odd time. I'll clean at 2 in the morning and I'll cook after months of not making a trip to the grocery store. The cleaning kick has yet to come back but the cooking-bug has come! Blame it on late ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-24T22:23:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/cranky-day/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/cranky-day/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/cranky-day/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: It happens every month, and yet it's always an utter drag. PMS, that is. Some months are worse than others, but usually I'm bone tired, a little weepy, spacy as all get out, hungry, headachy, and have low energy. This past summer I finally got into ... Read more

]]>Jennifer Coleman2007-01-24T10:58:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/weigh-ins/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/weigh-ins/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/weigh-ins/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: I stepped on the scale today, like I do most mornings. After using the bathroom, I strip down and step on. I don't have a digital scale--just an ordinary one. I step on and off three times to make sure I am getting an accurate reading. Then I record ... Read more

]]>Tobi Elkin2007-01-24T07:50:00+00:00http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/prevention-com-and-chris-freytag/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/prevention-com-and-chris-freytag/http://www.americatakesitoffblog.com/2007/01/24/prevention-com-and-chris-freytag/#commentsAOL America Takes It Off Blog: Prevention.com is an awesome place for tips and ideas to become more active and healthy. People with various energy and motivational levels will find something on this sight to capture their attention. Chris Freytag, as mentioned by the other ... Read more

]]>Ann Chin2007-01-24T00:28:00+00:00