Happy New Year!

Have a happy New Year, everyone! Have fun and be safe.

Is health and fitness in your list of New Year's resolutions? Understanding what foods you'd be better off without is crucial to staying fit and healthy. After all, your results are mostly attributed to diet! Get over the temptations of junk food and its marketing by understanding how the business works. Business Insider shares the top industry-changing innovations by fast food chains in 2013.

http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-innovations-of-2013-2013-12

Have you eaten any of these this year? Will you be eating any of them next year? It's up to you!

Russian Subway Squats

Russian subways found an awesome way to get their passengers to do squats!

Low Calorie Alcohol

Going for drinks this weekend? Keep it fitness friendly by knowing what you're ingesting. Get Drunk Not Fat knows how to drink when keeping up a diet.

"Pure alcohol is very high in calories.  For instance Everclear has 226 calories per 1.5 oz and is 190 proof (95%) alcohol, the rest basically is water.  Technically Everclear is the lowest calorie alcohol if you compare it to the alcohol percentage. Calories vary from drink to drink but they key to getting the most bang for your buck is picking drinks with the best Calorie from Alcohol ratio.  Here are some examples..." 

- Get Drunk Not Fat

Train, Eat, Sleep

TGIF! Remember this fitness advice over the weekend!

50 Health Tips

Implement a few of these 50 simple health tips from Whole Living into your everyday life and your body will thank you for it!

http://www.wholeliving.com/136136/50-simple-health-tips

Exercise for Better School Performance

Want your child to boost their grades? Make sure they're living an active enough lifestyle! Having a strong, healthy body supports a strong, healthy mind.

NYTimes discusses how physical fitness boosts school performance.

"Children who are physically fit absorb and retain new information more effectively than children who are out of shape, a new study finds, raising timely questions about the wisdom of slashing physical education programs at schools."

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/how-physical-fitness-may-promote-school-success/?_r=0

Exercise Hard to Eat Less

Have a strong appetite? Getting a good workout can help regulate hunger and cravings.

"Strenuous exercise seems to dull the urge to eat afterward better than gentler workouts, several new studies show, adding to a growing body of science suggesting that intense exercise may have unique benefits."

Read more: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/how-exercise-can-help-us-eat-less/