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Shedding 100 calories can be tough for some people, especially for busy people who do not have much time to exercise.  While struggling to make time to exercise, it is actually quite easy to avoid adding more calories.  How to do that?  Simple.  Just by watching what you put into your mouth:
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So, you think your 20 inches biceps are huge? You probably need to check out Greg Valentino. At one time, Greg’s upper arms are 27 to 28 inches (about 71 centimeters). Just imagine some girls having 25 inches of waist and his one arm alone is bigger than those slim wait. Therefore, until today Greg Valentino still holds the unofficial title of “the world’s biggest biceps”.

Greg claimed that he has been working hard on his biceps for more than 20 years. He even said that he was doing 300 pounds of dumbbell curls. Let’s see whether he was really bullshitting. (more…)

In my earlier article of Can Wii Sports Replace the Real Exercise, I mentioned that Wii should not be used as the replacement of the real exercise.  Some may doubt my claim as I did not provide any convincing scientific figures. Fortunately, American College of Sports Medicine has conducted a study to find out how much calories are burned with Wii Sports game as compared to the real activities.
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My cousin brother has bought me some Larabars from overseas.  He is a big fan of this so called all-natural healthy bar.  I have tried it myself and here are some interesting facts:

• Larabar contain whole food ingredients, 100%.  You will find only 2 to 7 ingredients, depending on the flavor.  Yes, as little as 2 ingredients.  I find it unbelievable that the food label is so simple.
• Unlike Powerbar, it does not give you 40 gram of protein.
• It has mainly fruits, walnuts, almonds, healthy oils and spices in bar form which can be consumed as snack.  The carbohydrates come from fruit.  You will not also find sugar, cornstarch, syrup, soy or rice flour.  No preservative.

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While I was at the swimming pool last week, my friend showed me a special type of “push up” workout. Standing at the edge of the pool, he push himself up from the water and then go back into the water. I initially thought that it is easy. Once I tried it myself, it is quite challenging because of the dragging force caused by the water. This is a pretty good type of push up variation because of the resistance of the water. This push up workout works more on the arms and back muscles, instead of chest.
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When large baubles are rising from the bottom of the pot to the surface, the water is boiling.
You should keep boiling the water for 1 minute to kill bacteria, parasites and viruses.  The time for water to reach the boiling point and then cool down gives sufficient time to kill those harmful organisms.

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