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Jun
26
2009

My Health Makeover

By: Brigitte Coburn
Ponte Vedra High School

Over the last year, I slowly started eating worse and worse and exercising less and less.  My typical daily food intake for the summer of ’08 was a bagel sandwich for breakfast, chicken wings and fries for lunch, a bag of chips for a snack and topped off with a [...]

Jun
27
2008

Understanding Calories

 
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One of the most difficult things as an athlete is determining what your caloric intake should be. There are so many factors that can go into the calorie equation and everywhere you turn someone is telling you something different. Luckily sports nutritionist Dr. Susan Kleiner has tackled this issue first hand for sportsgist.com and has [...]

Jun
25
2008

Power Eating: The Right Way To Gain Strength

by Susan M. Kleiner, PhD, RD, FACN, CNS, FISSN
Think about how you would like to look and feel. Imagine yourself with a body that’s fit and firm, with just the right amount of muscle. Imagine the joy of having high strength and energy day in and day out.
Keep those images in your mind’s eye. Those [...]