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Tip #20: Stay fit while on vacation using these 5 tricks

You’re doing it.  You’re eating well, watching your portions, working out on a regular schedule, and you feel great.  Then you go on your long-awaited summer beach vacation and…well…you know the rest. While we should all let loose a little on our time off, there’s no need to fall completely off the wagon, reversing our hard-earned progress.  The key to staying on-track while on vacation?  A little advance planning, and a whole lot of balance.  Here are some tips that work for me: 1.  Stay in a fitness-friendly location.   We usually try to find a resort or rental house with runner-friendly roads …

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Eating too much sugar? 12 surprising high-sugar foods

Are you underestimating how much sugar you eat every day?   Did you know that excess sugar may lurk in foods that you wouldn’t even consider “sweet”? The American Heart Association recommends limiting the amount of added sugars you consume to no more than half of your daily discretionary calorie allowance. For most American women, this is no more than 100 calories per day and no more than 150 calories per day for men (or about 6 teaspoons per day for women and 9 teaspoons per day for men). We all know that too much sugar is bad for our health.  It’s been linked …