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On tonight’s show, Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about how to survive Halloween without putting on too many extra pounds. This is Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy’s 2nd Annual Halloween Calorie Saving Tip Show. Last year we were lucky enough to have Lisa Lillien, the Hungry-Girl on our first Halloween Show and she is back again this year. This year we also pulled some strings and had on Lyssie and Tammy Lakatos, the Nutrition Twins. And for the first time we had on one of New york’s best personal trainers, who was recently featured in Oprah’s O Magazine, Michael Gonzalez-Wallace.

We started off with Michael telling us about “The Workout That Does It All” this workout strengthens your mind as well as your muscles. It boosts your immune system while burning calorie after calorie. Micheal is a former professional basketball player from Spain who is now taking over New York City with this awesome exercise program. Check out his website www.sportstrengthtraining.com and see clips of his brand new DVDs. You can also learn all about the Neuromuscular Strength Training system he specifically developed to help his clients on the upper East Side of Manhattan. His Upper East Side Workout video was filmed in Central Park so you won’t find a more picturesque looking exercise dvd. Micheal lost 9 pounds during the filming of these videos so imagine how much weight you’ll lose if you use them a couple times a week. If you mention Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy when you order his exercise dvds Michael will knock off 15% of the purchase price.

Next we were joined by Lyssie and Tammy Lakatos, the Nutrition Twins. They recently were kind of regulars on the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy TV show. They can also be seen all the time on WABC news in New York giving all kinds of nutrition advice, recently they did an extended segment all about Halloween Candy.  And that’s what we talked about tonight on our show. The Nutrition Twins are big fans of Tootsie pops and other lollipops for treats. They also love Adora Calcium Supplements, which can be found at www.AdoraCalcium.com. For some reason, we also talked about tips to help you start gaining weight. Probably because Nicole Richie is in the news struggling with gaining weight. Yeah, her and 3 other people out there.

Please, check out Tammy and Lyssie’s website www.NutritionTwins.com It is filled with lots of great information about losing weight and healthy eating. They will answer your nutrition questions and send you great recipes when you subscribe to their newsletter.  You can also get their wonderful book “Fire Up your Metabolism: 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever.”

Then last, but certainly not least we had on Lisa Lillien, The Hungry-Girl herself. She has without a doubt the Number 1 email newsletter for hungry girls and hungry boys. Go to www.Hungry-Girl.com check it out and subscribe. It is my wife’s favorite newsletter and she can’t wait to get it each morning. We use more recipes and calorie saving techniques from Hungry-Girl than any other source. 

Lisa talked about her mad scientist laboratory, I mean kitchen, where she mixes and matches low fat and low calorie ingredients to come up with her very own tasty concoctions. Her tips for this Halloween are more candy corn and peeps and less Snickers and Reese’s. She also mentioned her tip for using Fiber One as a bread crumb substitute, but you’ll have to listen to the show to see how to do that. 

Dr Fitness also shared his tips on how to deal with the curve balls life thows you to knock you off your exercise program. Here are Dr. Fitness’ tips…Number 1, start today, do not put off exercising until Next week or New Years. Number 2, Get involved in a team activity. And Number 3, get a partner to watch your back. You need support, everyone does. You will have to listen to the show to find out all the rest of Dr Fitness’ great exercise tips.

The Fat Guy gave his Sarah Reinersten on the Amazing Race 10 on CBS update. Sadly she and Peter were eliminated. They had finished first the week before, but kept bickering, they got lost and finished well behind the rest of the other teams. She is the triathlete with the fake leg. So this marks the end of the Amazing Race updates. Check out the Amazing Race website here http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/ and Sarah’s website here www.iamsarah.org

Another highlight of this show was the Fat Guy and Dr Fitness arguing over the basketball coaching merits of Red Auerbach. 

This week’s bonus is…free books to the top 10 best weight loss success stories from our listeners. Just email us your struggles or your successes and we will send you a free copy of our book “You Can’t Lose Weight Alone. The Partner Power Weight Loss Program” if we think they are good enough. Send your stories to adam@drfitnessandthefatguy.com

Also don’t forget to check out Dr. Fitness on Huntsville, AL TV. He has a segment every Tuesday on the ABC affiliate there WAAY where he answers viewers weight loss questions. Their website is www.waaytv.com

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don’t forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.weightlossradio.blogspot.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran’s analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one.

 

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Tune in Sunday night to “Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy” from 7 - 8 PM EDT!!! We have the lovely, Lisa Lillien, “The Hungry Girl,” Hungry-girl.com, one of the best web sites on the entire web talking about Halloween Tricks or Treats. We also have Oprah Magazine’s Top Trainer, Michael Gonzalez-Wallace, talking about his new awesome exercise DVD Series, and his workoutout can be found at www.sportstrengthtraining.com. If that wasn’t enough, we have the beautiful “Nutrition Twins,” Tammy and Lyssie Lakatos Nutritiontwins.com giving us the skinny on Halloween candy and what Nicole Ritchie is going to do about gaining weight.

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On tonight’s show, Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about losing weight from Jami Bernard. Jami was the Film Critic for the New York Daily News. Her latest book is “The Incredible Shrinking Critic: 75 Pounds and Still Counting: My Excellent Adventure in Weight Loss.” Jami bravely chronicled her weight loss in her column in the newspaper. Then wrote her book to summarize all that she learned. Her book is funny, informative and brutally honest. Losing 75 pounds is hard enough, but imagine doing it with New York City watching your every move. That’s tough. So a big congrats to Jami for losing the weight and keeping it off.   We got to talk to her about some of the crazy diets she tried over they years and what it was that ultimately worked for her. You’ll have to listen to the show to find out what her weight loss secret was. You can check out her website www.jamibernard.com and buy this book or any of her other books. Be sure to check out her blog, it is filled with insights into the life of a film critic, a best selling author as well as her wonderful weight loss success story.  

Dr Fitness also shared his tips on what to do if you are in an exercise slump. You know like the one I am perpetually in. Where you just cannot get motivated to move your body. This happens to me quite a bit now that the temperature has dropped into the 40s and 50s. Here are Dr. Fitness’ tips to get out of that slump…Number 1, crank up the tunes, listen to music or watch TV, talk on your cell phone… do anything to take your mind off exercising Number 2, schedule time into your exercise program to take breaks, every 6 weeks you should take a week off. And Number 3, get a partner to watch your back. You will slip up, everyone does, you just need someone to get you back on track as soon as possible. You will have to listen to the show to find out all the rest of Dr Fitness’ great exercise tips.

The Fat Guy forgot to give his Sarah Reinersten on the Amazing Race 10 on CBS update for the second week in a row. She is the triathlete with the fake leg. She and Peter finished 1st in the fifth round and we will be tracking her progress each week on our show. there is definitely trouble in paradise for Sarah’s and Peter’s relationship. I think they have a better chance on winning the Amazing Race than staying a couple. Check out the Amazing Race website here http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/ and Sarah’s website here www.iamsarah.org

Another highlight of this show was the Fat Guy sharing his recent trip to Burts pumpkin farm and the apple orchards in the North Georgia mountains.

We also talked about Josh, a guy who is a competitive weightlifter who asked us to sponsor his attempt to be on the U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team. Currently he is ranked 13th in the United States. What do you think, should we sponsor this guy or not. We’ll let the listeners decide.

And as a bonus to our listeners here’s a link to an article on the best diet and weight loss websites from the Los Angeles Times. I don’t know how it happened but the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy website didn’t make the list. It must have been an oversight. http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-lean23oct23,1,2604503,print.story?coll=la-headlines-health

Also don’t forget to check out Dr. Fitness on Huntsville, AL TV. He has a segment every Tuesday on the ABC affiliate there WAAY where he answers viewers weight loss questions. Their website is www.waaytv.com

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don’t forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.weightlossradio.blogspot.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran’s analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one.

 

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On tonight’s show, Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about all kinds of tips. Our listeners have been emailing us about having a tip show and we listened to them. There are more weight loss tips on the show then we have ever had. First we had our very own Dr. Fitness give some awesome exercise and fitness tips. Then we brought on Carolyn O’Neil, the best selling author of the Best Health and Nutriton Cookbook (according to the Gourmand people and the World Food Media) titled “The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous.” Shape magazine called this book “one of the top 5 diet books you’ve gotta have.” She couldn’t stop talking about all kinds of tips on eating, exercising while talking on the phone, eating out at restaurants, even what adult beverages you should never order at the pool. Carolyn is the AOL Diet Coach and you can check that out here http://coaches.aol.com/diet/carolyn-oneil/main She is also a weekly columnist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution and is a recurring nutrition expert on Alton Brown’s show “Good Eats” on the Food Network which you can check out here  http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ea/text/0,1976,FOOD_9956_50120,00.html

Or you can go to her website www.CarolynONeil.com and find out all the things she is up to.

Then we had the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Frenesa Hall, a Harvard educated M.D. who left the traditional doctor office behind and goes directly to her patients at their home or their office. That’s right she is bringing back the house call. Her company Mobile-Medicine.Net is an innovator in improving the healthcare experience for her patients. Imagine a doctor who will spend as much time as you need going over your illness with you, instead of the 6 minutes they typically give you. Dr. Hall is an amazing doctor and she is truly doing great things. She had some great tips on how to avoid getting the flu or a cold this winter. You can learn more about her and her company at her website www.mobile-medicine.net. On her website you can get information about her personal services as well as information on the AmeriScience line of supplements that she recommends.  

Dr Fitness also shared his tips on how to jump start your weight loss program now instead of waiting until New Years. Number 1, make a goal, write it down. Number 2, tell 10 people your goal in order to create some accountability. And Number 3, get a partner to watch your back. You will slip up, everyone does, you just need someone to get you back on track as soon as possible. You will have to listen to the show to find out all the rest of Dr Fitness’ great exercise tips.

The Fat Guy forgot to give his Sarah Reinersten on the Amazing Race 10 on CBS update. She is the triathlete with the fake leg. She and Peter finished 3th in the fourth round and we will be tracking her progress each week on our show. Sarah is having some major rrealtionship problems with Peter. Check out the Amazing Race website here http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/ and Sarah’s website here www.iamsarah.org

Another highlight of this show was the Fat Guy sharing his recent dinner at Seasons 52. A kind of healthy restaurant that just opened in Atlanta. Check them out at www.seasons52.com. The Fat Guy and his wife both loved it.

And as a bonus to our listeners here’s a link to 10 more tips on How to Cut Calories from the American Dietetic Association  http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/home_9698_ENU_HTML.htm

The ADA’s main website is www.eatright.org.

Also don’t forget to check out Dr. Fitness on Huntsville, AL TV. He has a segment every Tuesday on the ABC affiliate there WAAY where he answer viewers weight loss challenges. Their website is www.waaytv.com

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don’t forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.weightlossradio.blogspot.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran’s analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one.

 

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On tonight’s show, Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about the hottest diet out there…The Shangri-La Diet by Seth Roberts. Stephen Dubner, author of Freakonomics said that this is “A weight-loss theory that just might benefit a few million people.” Check out all the Freakonomic spin on The Shangri-La Diet at http://www.freakonomics.com/times0911.php The Fat Guy is going to try this diet as long as he can. So far he has drank one bottle of sugar water and is feeling full. According to Seth you should either drink some olive oil or sugar water a couple of times each day in between meals. This will lower your caloric set point, which will help you eat less calories each day which will help you lose weight. Sounds pretty easy, Check out The Shangri-La Diet website to get tips and great information from the online forum of active dieters as www.shangriladiet.com

We also had on Terisha Tatter Carson, Atlanta’s best Massage Therapist and her business partner Dr. Heather Duckett. Terisha shared stories from her recent trip to China. She had the opportunity to train and learn from some of China’s most innovative health care practioners. Dr. Heather explained how massage therapy and chiropractic care work hand in hand. For more information on their practice go their website http://bluestone.chiroweb.com

The Doctor also shared his tips on how to make exercise a top 3 non-negotiable priority. Number 1, when you are exercising you are being a good role model for your family - teaching your kids that exercise is an important part of each day. Number 2, schedule things around exercise - don’t use your work out time as time that is flexible to eliminate or move around. And number 3, you will have to listen to the show to find out that one and all the rest of these great exercise tips.

The Fat Guy gave his Sarah Reinersten on the Amazing Race 10 on CBS update. She is the triathlete with the fake leg. She and Peter finished 5th in the third round and we will be tracking her progress each week on our show. Sarah is having some mechanical leg problems Check out the Amazing Race website here http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/ and Sarah’s website here www.iamsarah.org

Another highlight of this show was the Fat guy giving his how to peel a pomegranate tip. the Fat Guy has mastered the intricate technique you need to effectively peel this wonderful fruit. So search the Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy blog to see how it’s done. Dr. Fitness is now a regular on Huntsville, AL TV. He has a segment every Tuesday on the ABC affiliate there WAAY where he answer viewers weight loss challenges.

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don’t forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.weightlossradio.blogspot.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran’s analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one.

 

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We recently interviewed a wonderful guest named Beth Aldrich. She is the type of person that leaves such a positive lasting impression. She has a TV show called “For Her Information” that is on your local PBS Channel and definitely go to her website www.forherinformation.com to check out her show and sign up for her great newsletter!!! Her show focuses on how be a chic mother as well as trying to look after the environment and your health.

If you have a close friend or family member who has been dealing with the condition known as Fibromyalgia, you know how debilitating it could be. I recently talked about the condition on one of our previous shows but I wanted to make sure our listeners who suffer from this or know someone with the condition can use this information as a resource.
Fibromyalgia is considered to be a syndrome—a set of symptoms that occur together but do not have a known cause. 3.7 million Americans have fibromyalgia, still a very poorly understood disorder characterized by widespread pain and tenderness, but also often associated with nervousness, fatigue, depression and insomnia. In addition, many will suffer from chemical sensitivities, allergies, irritable leg syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia and a host of other symptoms. Women are far more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than men.
Fibromyalgia is different than most diseases in that it takes away the patients ability to fight.There are theories as to what may cause it, but there is not enough evidence to support any single theory. People—especially women—who have a family member with fibromyalgia are more likely to develop it themselves. It has been recognized as a medical disorder only since the 1980s.
Some theories suggest that fibromyalgia may be linked to:
•Oversensitive nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. Oversensitivity may be due to changes in chemicals in the brain or spinal cord that regulate pain. As a result, the person senses pain more easily, and widespread muscle pain occurs.
•An imbalance in the brain chemicals that control mood, which results in a lowered tolerance for pain and may also cause an unrestful sleep cycle and fatigue. Once this occurs, a person becomes less physically active, and the muscles and tissues become more sensitive and painful and more easily irritated.
•An imbalance of hormones such as cortisol and growth hormone. Their release is controlled by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus. Imbalances of these hormones can result in fatigue, mood changes, concentration and memory difficulties, a lowered tolerance for pain, and other symptoms.
•A disturbance in the deep phase of sleep. Some chemicals, such as growth hormone, are secreted by the body during this phase of sleep. If sleep is disrupted, the body produces less of the hormone. Disturbed sleep may be both a cause and an effect of the pain of fibromyalgia.
Many people connect the beginning of their fibromyalgia symptoms to a certain event. These events can include an illness such as the flu, an injury or surgery, or emotional trauma and stress. An event of this type combined with other factors, such as increased sensitivity to pain and an ongoing sleep disturbance, may lead to fibromyalgia syndrome in some people.

What Can You Do For Fibromyalgia?
First and foremost, it is imperative to get properly diagnosed and typically there is some underlying problem such as herniated discs or other injuries that may not have been identified and treated. Here is some of the typical treatments that are available. There are medicines to help you sleep better, relax muscles, or relieve muscle and joint pain. Medicines your doctor may suggest include tricyclic antidepressants, SSRIs Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for fibromyalgia
Examples
citalopram hydrobromide (Celexa)
escitalopram oxalate (Lexapro)
fluoxetine hydrochloride (Prozac)
paroxetine hydrochloride (Paxil)
sertraline hydrochloride (Zoloft)

•Muscle relaxants such as cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), anticonvulsants (also called antiepileptics), mixed (or dual) reuptake inhibitors or, less often, nonprescription pain relievers.
•Exercise therapy to relieve sore muscles and increase energy.
•Cognitive-behavioral therapy to help you learn to manage your pain.
•Acupunture
•Chiropractic Manipulation
*Nutritional Supplementation and Dietary Modifications

All of these therapies have their place and should be used in some combination. I want you to also check out two fantastic website for even more info on proper supplementation and Chiropractic therapy. Dr. Paul Whitcomb’s website www.stopfibro.com and Dr. Rodger Murphree’s website www.treatingandbeating.com

Dr. Fitness found this great info on the search to cure cancer!!!!
Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
But the genetically altered cells didn’t help 15 other melanoma victims. So scientists are trying to strengthen the shots.
Still, the National Cancer Institute called its experiment the first real success in cancer gene therapy - because it fought cancer’s worst stage, when it has spread through the body, unlike earlier attempts that targeted single tumors.
And the government hopes to soon begin testing the gene therapy in small numbers of patients dying from more common cancers, such as advanced breast or colon cancer.
The hope is that one day, such treatment might provide long-lasting tumor suppression.
“It’s not like chemotherapy or radiation, where as soon as you’re done, you’re done,” said lead researcher Dr. Steven Rosenberg, the NCI’s surgery chief. “We’re giving living cells which continue to grow and function in the body.”
The first two successful patients appear melanoma-free almost two years after infusions of tumor fighters made from their own blood. Doctors can’t predict how the men will fare long-term. Melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer and killer of almost 8,000 Americans a year, is notorious for returning years after patients think they’ve subdued it.
“I’m cured for now,” is how a grateful Mark Origer, 53, of Watertown, Wis., put it after a checkup from NCI doctors this week. “I know how fortunate I am to have gone through this and responded to this. Not everybody’s that lucky.”
Cancer specialists praised the work, published Thursday by the journal Science, but warned that years of additional research are needed.
“Clearly this is a first step,” cautioned Dr. Len Lichtenfeld of the American Cancer Society. “We have to be very cautious about not raising hopes too much.”
But, “it is exciting,” he added. “It certainly is a proof of concept that this approach will work.”
NCI’s Rosenberg has long led a tantalizing research field: how to harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer. White blood cells called T-lymphocytes hunt down germs and other foreign tissue. But cancerous cells look a lot like healthy cells, making it hard for those T-cells to spot a problem.
By 2002, Rosenberg had made a breakthrough. He found small numbers of cancer-fighting T-cells inside some patients with advanced melanoma. He literally pulled those cells out of their blood, and grew billions more of them in laboratory dishes, enough to have a chance at overwhelming a tumor when they’re pumped back into patients. About half significantly improve after this so-called “cell-transfer therapy.”
But few melanoma patients make enough cancer-fighting T-cells naturally for scientists to spot in their bloodstream, and T-cells that attack other cancers are virtually impossible to find. So Rosenberg and colleagues set out to create those tumor fighters from scratch.
The scientists took normal lymphocytes - ones that don’t recognize cancer - out of 17 patients with advanced melanoma who had exhausted their treatment options. They infected those cells with a virus carrying genes that create T-cell receptors, essentially homing devices for, in this case, melanoma. (Different genes create receptors for other cancers.)
“We can take a normal cell from you or me or any patient and … convert that cell into a cell that recognizes the cancer,” Rosenberg explained.
In 15 of the 17 patients who tried it, the newly armed cells took root and grew at low levels for a few months. But only two saw their tumors gradually fade away - Origer and a 30-year-old whose T-cell levels remained super-high for over a year.
Why did the genetically altered cells flourish in only two people?
“That’s the critical question,” said Dr. Patrick Hwu, melanoma chairman at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, who once worked with the NCI team.
Picking the right lymphocyte to genetically alter isn’t easy - there are many different kinds - or perhaps more precise T-cell receptors were needed, Hwu suggested.
But “these are all solvable issues,” he stressed, calling the study “one of the first documented, effective cases of cancer gene therapy working.” Dr. Fitness wants everyone to keep their fingers crossed!!!

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On tonight’s show, Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about the hottest self help CD series out there…The MINDBody Series. These CD’s were created by Dr. Phil’s Mentor and Chief Content Advisor for the “Dr. Phil TV Show” Dr. G. Frank Lawlis. Dr. Lawlis has put together an audio CD series that helps you achieve your wellness goals. These CD’s have been endorsed by Dr. Phil to help you: relax, stop smoking, help your child with ADD issues, lose weight, and more. We had on Michael Carson the man behind the fitness portion of these CD’s talk about how they help you lose weight and keep it off. Michael is also the fitness expert behind Carmen Electra’s top fitness exercise tapes series called “Fit to Strip”; “Body By Jake’s 10 Minute Trainer” series; and Paula Abdul’s “Cardio Cheer” He has been featured in numerous magazines such as: SELF and Fitness and has been on TV shows like: EXTRA and Hard Copy. You can learn more about Michael Carson, Southern California’s Top Group Exercise Instructor and Top Personal Trainer at his website www.mindbodyseries.com/fitness Michael also told us about the one piece of home exercise equipment that everyone should have the TRX device. This completely portable piece of exercise equipment is available at www.fitnessanywhere.com

We also had on Lance Jensen from Jelly Belly’s Sport Bean division. He talked about the latest innovation in jelly bean. This is what happens when you combine the great taste of Jelly Belly jelly bean with sports performance enhancing carbs and electrolytes. For a dollar a pack you will not find a better tasting way to keep you going on long bike rides or marathon runs. Forget the gels, go with the beans. For more information go to www.sportbeans.com or www.jellybelly.com  

The Doctor also shared his tips on how to pick the right workout facilty or gym for you. Number 1, it has to be convenient, either on your way to work or one your way home. It shouldn’t be more that 15 minutes from your work or home. Number 2, it’s got to be clean. Number 3, it has to address your needs. And number 4, you will have to listen to the show to find out that one and all the rest of these great exercise tips.

The Fat Guy gave his Sarah Reinersten on the Amazing Race 10 on CBS update. She is the triathlete with the fake leg. She and Peter finished 1st in the second round and we will be tracking her progress each week on our show. Some of the other contestants are not happy Sarah gets to board planes first or uses her one leggedness to get cabs. But all is fair in love, war and the Amazing Race. Check out the Amazing Race website here http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/ and Sarah’s website here www.iamsarah.org

Another highlight of this show was the Doctor sharing how he used to workout at the same gym as his hero Bruce Springsteen. That’s right Dr. Fitness used to spot Bruce Sprinsteen, Clarence, Max and the rest of the E Street Band. I think he still has the sweaty bandana the Boss used when he bench pressed during his Born to Run Tour in the 80’s.

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don’t forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.weightlossradio.blogspot.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran’s analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one.

 

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