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		<title>10 Football Fatties: Highest-calorie appetizers at America&#8217;s top sports bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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What happens when appetizers at America’s top sports bar chains face off calorie to calorie… and fat gram to fat gram? FatFighterTV digs in to see which game day grub scores the most unhealthy penalties.
First up &#8211; the calorie champ:


1. Champps Americana: Champps&#8217; Mile High Nachos w/Chicken scored 3600 calories and 224 grams [...]]]></description>
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<p>What happens when appetizers at America’s top sports bar chains face off calorie to calorie… and fat gram to fat gram? <a href="http://www.fatfightertv.com/" target="_blank">FatFighterTV</a> digs in to see which game day grub scores the most unhealthy penalties.<span id="more-6553"></span></p>
<p>First up &#8211; the calorie champ<strong>:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>1. Champps Americana: Champps&#8217; Mile High Nachos w/Chicken</strong> scored 3600 calories and 224 grams of fat – Even I’m guilty of indulging in these, and I only shared them with one other person. I didn’t know they had as many calories as seven Quarter Pounders with Cheese. Yikes! Next time, I’ll invite more people!</p>
<p>FatFighterTV asked a Champps Americana spokesperson to comment on the Nachos’ first place ranking. “Our Nachos are an ideal item to share with 6-7 friends (easily),” says Rachel Phillips-Luther, Vice President- Marketing. “When you consider sharing that item with several friends, the calorie content per person is much more reasonable.”</p>
<p>*Second and third place high calorie honors both go to wings at The Greene Turtle:</p>
<p><strong>2. The Greene Turtle: Smoky BBQ <em>Boneless</em> Wings</strong> – 25 of ‘em with Bleu Cheese dressing have 3180 calories and 199 grams of fat. They may be boneless, but they&#8217;re still fried, and it shows in the huge amount of fat and calories.</p>
<p><strong>3. The Greene Turtle: Smoky BBQ Chicken Wings</strong> – 25  wings with Bleu Cheese dressing have 2984 calories and 211 fat grams – as much fat as what you get in seven Big Macs. Seriously.<br />
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4. Buffalo Wild Wings: Parmesan Garlic <em>Boneless</em> Wings</strong> – 24 with Bleu Cheese dressing have 2872 calories and 222 grams of fat. Watch out if you’re winging it bone-free. The boneless wings rack up more calories than the traditional ones at both The Greene Turtle and BW3.</p>
<p><strong>5. The Greene Turtle: Southern Chicken Sliders with Crab Imperial</strong> – Get the Double Play (2 four-packs) and you’ll get 2730 calories and 98 grams of fat. Eat too many of these fried chicken sliders and you may not be able to <em>slide</em> into your jeans!</p>
<p><strong>6. Buffalo Wild Wings: Parmesan Garlic Wings</strong> – 24 with Bleu Cheese dressing add up to 2488 calories and 198 grams of fat. What? Wings made it on this list <em>again???! </em></p>
<p><strong>7. Ram Restaurant &amp; Brewery: Ram Favorites Platter</strong> &#8211; 2464 calories, 48 grams of saturated fat. Potato Skins, Mozzarella Sticks, Mini Cheese Quesadilla, Calamari and Buffalo Tenders with a variety of sauces. Even if you share this sampler with a friend, you’re still getting a day and a half’s worth of saturated fat, based on recommendations from the American Heart Association.</p>
<p><strong>8. Champps’ Sampler Platter</strong> &#8211; 2072 calories, 121 grams of fat. Mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, potato skins and Buffalo wings served with a variety of sauces. As fried as it gets.</p>
<p><strong>9. Ram Restaurant &amp; Brewery: BBQ Chicken Quesadilla</strong> &#8211; 2066 calories, 54 grams of saturated fat. You’d have to run at a pace of six MPH for two hours just to burn off the calories from this mega meal. (based on someone who weighs 140 pounds)</p>
<p><strong>10. Fox and Hound Pub &amp; Grille: Grand Champion Wings/Hot Sauce </strong>- 1960 calories, 164 grams of fat – What’s up with all the wings on this list? Someone cry <em>fowl!</em></p>
<p>Doing this research got me thinking – Why is it that we like to eat this kind of food when we watch sports, anyway? And while it’s nice to share appetizers, knowing that you’re going to  share can make it more tempting to order more than one. Think of all the fat and calories you’re adding when you do that.</p>
<p>Oh, and while we were at it,  FatFighterTV also compiled a list of the <a href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/lesser-evil-appetizers-at-top-sports-bars/" target="_blank">10 Football Not-As-Fatties &#8211; appetizers with the fewest calories from the same sports bar chains</a>, just in case you would rather order the lesser evils.</p>
<p>*Calories for an order of 25 boneless wings with bleu cheese dressing at The Greene Turtle range from 2649-3180, depending on the sauce. For the traditional wings, they range from 2452-2984.</p>
<p><strong>Information Unknown</strong><br />
FatFighterTV contacted two other top sports bars. Damon’s Grill told us its nutrition information was not yet available but “please know we have placed this on our marketing plan as a high priority for our current fiscal year.”</p>
<p><strong>Not Playing Ball</strong><br />
ESPN Zone said, “Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with accurate nutritional information about our menu items. Much of that information depends on the condiments that we liberally add, along with the accompaniments that guests select.” Hmmm… the other sports bars use condiments and <em>they</em> didn’t have a problem coming up with the information.</p>
<p><strong>How we did it</strong><br />
FatFighterTV determined the top sports bar chains based on information from Restaurants &amp; Institutions&#8217; 2009 Casual Dining rankings based on food and beverage sales. The nutrition information for both The Greene Turtle and Champps Americana was available online at each restaurant’s website. We contacted the other three sports bars as an average customer to see how quickly we could get the information. All of them – Fox and Hound Pub &amp; Grille, Ram Restaurant &amp; Brewery, and Buffalo Wild Wings – responded promptly. This report is based only on information available at the time of publication. Menus may vary by location.</p>
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		<title>How to learn to love your work &#8211; my early years in TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Two Angry Moms &#8211; the movie: Making a Healthy Difference</title>
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Now playing in a city near you&#8230; (*cue movie announcer*) They&#8217;re angry about the junk food in our schools. Angry at how it&#8217;s affecting childhood obesity and other health issues. And angry enough to do something about it.
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<p>Now playing in a city near you&#8230; (*cue movie announcer*) They&#8217;re angry about the junk food in our schools. Angry at how it&#8217;s affecting childhood obesity and other health issues. And angry enough to do something about it.</p>
<p><strong><em>Two Angry Moms&#8230;</em>starring&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Amy Kalafa</strong>:  award-winning filmmaker, holistic health and nutrition counselor, mother</p>
<p><a href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/susanrubin.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484" title="susanrubin" src="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/susanrubin.jpg" alt="" width="115" height="172" /></a><strong>Dr. Susan Rubin:</strong> founder of <a title="Better School Food" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/08/making-a-healthy-difference-better-school-food/" target="_blank"><em>Better School Food</em></a>, holistic nutritionist, mother</p>
<p>Get a sneak peek below &#8211; watch clips from the documentary, <em>Two Angry Moms</em>, and see how it&#8217;s <a title="Making a Healthy Difference" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/new-fftv-feature-making-a-healthy-difference/" target="_blank">Making a Healthy Difference</a>. Here&#8217;s what the film&#8217;s producer, Amy Kalafa, tells FFTV about the movie, her anger, and how you can join the fight for kids&#8217; health.<span id="more-473"></span></p>
<p><strong>What made Amy angry</strong><br />
&#8220;I was angry that my efforts were being undermined by what was being served in the school cafeteria. And when I met other moms who felt the same way, they were called &#8216;Food Police&#8217; and &#8216;Nutrition Nazis&#8217; rather than being welcomed with open arms, saying, &#8216;How do we do this?&#8217; That is still going on now. If you try to feed kids better, you get labeled as a spoiled sport.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Why she&#8217;s concerned</strong><br />
&#8220;There&#8217;s a childhood obesity crisis in this country. For the first time, kids will live shorter lives than their parents. And obesity is the tip of the iceberg. Maybe what&#8217;s great in a sort of weird, twisted way is that we can see it, because then we actually notice it and want to do something about it.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Too much blame on parents?</strong><br />
&#8220;Parents are getting blamed for all the bad eating habits of kids and yet, they&#8217;re like the second or third generation that&#8217;s grown up in this food culture, so they don&#8217;t know any better.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not that there&#8217;s too much blame put on parents; it&#8217;s that there aren&#8217;t enough tools for parents to make changes and there&#8217;s not enough support for parents. There are parents who don&#8217;t care and parents who do care. It shouldn&#8217;t be entirely up to the parents. The schools shouldn&#8217;t be complicit in doing harm to kids. I don&#8217;t think anyone would disagree with that.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>What to do?</strong><br />
&#8220;I thought, <em>somehow this information needs to be packaged so that parents can understand it and be able to make wise choices for their kids</em>. I decided somebody should make a movie and that somebody should be me. I focused on school food just because I could reach the most people the most efficiently.</p>
<p>I see parents as advocates for their kids. If they go to the school and say, &#8216;We&#8217;re not happy with what you&#8217;re feeding them,&#8217; that&#8217;s how they can create change.&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>Familiar frustration</strong><br />
&#8220;When I started making the film I thought, <em>I&#8217;ll just go find a mom like me who knows how to fix this</em>, because I didn&#8217;t. I started interviewing moms who had tried to make a change in communities near mine and they all started telling me the same story -  &#8216;I signed up for my school food committee, I volunteered my time, I went to meetings, I offered suggestions. We all felt like something was going to happen, and at the end of the year, everything stayed the same. We all dropped off the committee and decided it was a waste of time. And what do we do now?&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>The other angry mom</strong><br />
&#8220;That&#8217;s what started getting me angry. I thought there&#8217;s got to be somebody who knows how to do this. Then I was introduced to Dr. Susan Rubin. She just happened to be the one tenacious mom who had been fighting that fight for ten years in her community and still had gotten nowhere. But she kept at it and her organization was starting to have an impact. So I followed her and <a title="Better School Food" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/08/making-a-healthy-difference-better-school-food/" target="_blank"><em>Better School Food</em> </a>over the course of a school year and step by step saw how they were able to help one school district implement change. They went really far. The film kind of models that transformation and the conflict in the community and the misunderstanding, and then eventually &#8211; the success.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Uphill battle</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a parent who does the right job at home and my kids will still eat all the junk that&#8217;s being sold in the school. I went to the school thinking, <em>I&#8217;m just going to show how the system works</em>, and there I go finding my daughter is eating Pop-Tarts and Rice Krispies Treats. Yeah, if you offer it to her, she&#8217;ll eat it. It&#8217;s kind of like saying, &#8216;Maybe they should have a cigarette machine in the high school cafeteria because at age 16 it&#8217;s legal to smoke.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Change is possible</strong><br />
&#8220;What the film tries to show is that schools can actually be part of the solution. And instead of going around showing what was wrong, I made a movie that showed the schools that were doing a really great job and the parents who were advocating so that their schools would make those changes.</p>
<p>When I started doing the film I was looking for models and there weren&#8217;t a lot. It was really hard to find good programs. In the wake of the film, there have been many success stories.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Not a Nutrition Nazi</strong><br />
&#8220;I love pizza. I love sweets. My kids do, too. The schools, at the bare minimum, should not offer foods that we know promote obesity and not offer foods that are laden with chemicals and preservatives. You want to serve pizza? How about serving pizza made with fresh, healthy ingredients?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>See the movie, join the movement</strong><br />
&#8220;I&#8217;m encouraging people to sign up to host a screening. If you watch it in a community group &#8211; even if it&#8217;s a small group like a house party of 10-12 people &#8211; you&#8217;re going to gather the neighbors together, you&#8217;re going to have a great conversation afterward, and you&#8217;re going to say, &#8216;What can we do as the next step?&#8217;&#8221;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, <em>Two Angry Moms</em>, for <a title="Making a Healthy Difference" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/new-fftv-feature-making-a-healthy-difference/" target="_blank">Making a Healthy Difference</a>!</p>
<p><a title="Look Who's Making a Healthy Difference" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/making-a-healthy-difference/" target="_blank">Check out all of FFTV&#8217;s <strong>Making a Healthy Difference</strong> honorees here</a>.</p>
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I gained a couple of pounds, which was expected, since we&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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<p>I gained a couple of pounds, which was expected, since we&#8217;ve been building muscle&#8230; but unfortunately, my body fat stayed the same. I blame it on my <a title="BlogHer08" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/07/blogher08-who-i-met-what-i-ate/" target="_blank">splurge on sweets</a> in San Francisco last week. (Or was it all those <a title="5 frozen treats" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/5-frozen-treats-with-100-calories-or-less/" target="_blank">Dove ice cream bars</a> last month???) Seriously, though, my diet could use a little tweaking.  <a href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bcwaist.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-406" title="bcwaist" src="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bcwaist.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>But I got lots of good news. I lost an inch in my hips and two inches in my waist.  Fitness-wise (most important, IMO), my one-mile run time improved by more than two minutes &#8211; yay! And I can now do 34 pushups in <strong>one minute</strong> compared to 26 when I started; 36 situps instead of 30; and 45 squats instead of 27. Sweet.</p>
<p><a href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bcjoel.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-407" title="bcjoel" src="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bcjoel.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>This is Joel, a personal trainer and one of our camp leaders. He set some new goals for me as we get started with our second six-week camp. Yes, my husband and I are back for round two!</p>
<p>Oh, and something cool I&#8217;ve been meaning to tell you about this program &#8211; as you&#8217;re getting in shape, you&#8217;re also giving back to the community. Some of the money for the classes goes to <a title="FitWit Foundation" href="http://www.fitwit.com/boot_camp_info/OurProgram" target="_blank">The FitWit Foundation</a>, a non-profit group that offers free fitness, tutoring and summer camp programs for low-income young people in our neighborhoods. So you can <em>really</em> feel good about your workouts. Now, if I could just do something about that sweet tooth&#8230;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about booty-kicking workouts lately, so it was perfect timing when fitness model, Jamie Eason, got in touch with me yesterday to let me know she will be on the cover of the September issue of Oxygen magazine &#8211; and the topic is glutes.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffatfightertv.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fjamie-easons-glute-workout-coming-soon%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffatfightertv.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fjamie-easons-glute-workout-coming-soon%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about <a title="Boot Camp - Week 4" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/07/boot-camp-its-still-kicking-my-booty/" target="_blank">booty-kicking workouts lately</a>, so it was perfect timing when fitness model, <strong>Jamie Eason</strong>, got in touch with me yesterday to let me know she will be on the cover of the September issue of <em>Oxygen</em> magazine &#8211; and the topic is <strong>glutes</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/jamieseptemberblog.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-358" title="jamieseptemberblog" src="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/jamieseptemberblog-221x300.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="300" /></a>Here&#8217;s a sneak peek of the cover &#8211; the magazine should be out any day now. And yep, &#8220;Get Great Glutes&#8221; means even more booty-kicking workouts for you&#8230; and your behind. <img src='http://s70036.gridserver.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> <span id="more-357"></span></p>
<p>Jamie says, &#8220;I just wanted to share the accomplishment because it is my favorite women&#8217;s fitness magazine and I was fortunate enough to get to be in the issue that focuses on glutes, a common problem area for many women.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, it definitely is, isn&#8217;t it? Can&#8217;t wait to see the exercises!</p>
<p>Until then, <a title="Oxygen - Jamie's upper-body workout" href="http://www.oxygenmag.com/main.php?page=1&amp;id=577" target="_blank">check out a bonus upper-body workout from Jamie on Oxygen&#8217;s website</a>. This is just one of 5 moves you can learn:</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve never seen the cross chest dumbbell curl before, so thanks for sharing, Jamie and <em>Oxygen!</em></p>
<p>Speaking of sharing &#8211; a few months ago, FFTV featured <a title="Jamie Eason's diet and grocery list" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/03/jamie-eason-diet/" target="_blank">Jamie Eason&#8217;s diet and grocery list</a>. Now, you can <a title="jamie eason website" href="http://www.jamieeason.com/" target="_blank">find out much more about Jamie at her website.</a></p>
<p>You look fabulous, Jamie! Thanks for inspiring us to be healthy and fit.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I told you a little about the Boot Camp class I&#8217;ve been taking. Since then, a lot of you have been asking me how it&#8217;s going, so I thought this time I would show you. Click anywhere on the picture below to see the video.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffatfightertv.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fboot-camp-its-still-kicking-my-booty%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffatfightertv.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F07%2Fboot-camp-its-still-kicking-my-booty%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Last month, <a title="Boot Camp is kicking my booty!" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/fitwit-boot-camp-is-kicking-my-booty/" target="_blank">I told you a little about the Boot Camp</a> class I&#8217;ve been taking. Since then, a lot of you have been asking me how it&#8217;s going, so I thought this time I would show you. Click anywhere on the picture below to see the video.</p>
<p><a title="Boot Camp video" href="http://fatfightertv.com/video/?id=16" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-353" title="bcvideoplayer" src="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bcvideoplayer.jpg" alt="" width="326" height="311" /></a> My legs felt like Jell-O after this workout! After you watch the video, let me know what you think. Do you like tough workouts? Do you try to push yourself? It&#8217;s been awhile since I&#8217;ve exercised this hard. Can&#8217;t wait to find out the changes in my body fat percentage, etc. &#8211; I will let you know how I did.</p>
<p>You can find out much more about <a title="PreFit Boot Camp" href="http://www.prefitbootcamp.com/" target="_blank">PreFit Boot Camps</a> right here.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe how out of shape I am. That&#8217;s the second thing I thought after my first Boot Camp workout (I was out of breath after just the warm up). The first thing I thought was, Are you friggin&#8217; kidding me??! You want me to do what???!!! Sure I&#8217;ll do 100 pushups and 100 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffatfightertv.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2Ffitwit-boot-camp-is-kicking-my-booty%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffatfightertv.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F06%2Ffitwit-boot-camp-is-kicking-my-booty%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p><a href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fitwitpushup.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-277" title="fitwitpushup" src="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fitwitpushup.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>I can&#8217;t believe how out of shape I am. That&#8217;s the second thing I thought after my first <a title="PreFit Boot Camp" href="http://www.prefitbootcamp.com/" target="_blank">Boot Camp</a> workout (I was out of breath after just the warm up). The <em>first</em> thing I thought was, <em><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Are you friggin&#8217; kidding me??! You want me to do what???!!!</span></em> <em>Sure I&#8217;ll do 100 pushups and 100 burpees. No problem. Yep, go ahead and time me, too. </em><span id="more-276"></span></p>
<p>I used to be in great shape &#8211; climbing stairs at stadiums, going rock climbing in the mountains, and lifting all kinds of weights. Best of all, I had a strong core which helped me better cope with a back injury. Now my back is weak and uhhh&#8230; so am I.</p>
<p>Wow. How could I let this happen? It seems to have crept up on me over the past three years. In that time, I&#8217;ve moved across the country twice &#8211; from Kansas to Washington State to Ohio. And it was hard to get back into a challenging workout routine like I used to have for so long. Oh, and I got hitched. That&#8217;s gotta have something to do with it, right? That&#8217;s why both my husband and I are in this boot camp thing together.</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s not that I ever stopped exercising &#8211; I just stopped <em>pushing myself</em>. But FitWit Boot Camp is all about pushing yourself, which is just what I need. Classes have everything from exercises with medicine balls, kettle bells and body bars to running, jumping, and crawlingâ€¦ to sit ups, push ups, and squats. There are 24 workouts in all &#8211; one hour each, four times a week, for six weeks.</p>
<p>Here in Columbus, we have FitWit personal trainers Chad Welday and Joel Baker to <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">crack the whip</span> guide us.</p>
<p>&#8220;We try to make our classes difficult enough to challenge and beat even the most fit individuals,&#8221; explains Welday. &#8220;However, we have designed this program to teach to any fitness level.  In our current class we have individuals training to run in the Chicago Marathon as well as campers who are as much as fifty pounds over weight. Most anyone can excel in our camps regardless of what their individual starting point is as long as they are willing to work hard.&#8221;</p>
<p>And the changes campers should see &#8211; if we give it our all &#8211; include increased strength, body fat loss, improved flexibility, increased metabolism, toned muscles, increased energy, less aches and pains, and increased motivation. Nice!</p>
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<p>The cool thing is every class is something different, so you never know what to expect&#8230; except of course that you&#8217;ll get your booty kicked in an intense workout. I wear a heart rate monitor to every class and I&#8217;ve been burning about 600 calories each workout. Not bad, eh?</p>
<p>And in the end, what do our fearless leaders want for us campers?</p>
<p>&#8220;More than anything else we would like our campers to feel a sense of accomplishment,&#8221; says Welday. &#8220;We expect our members to leave our six week program more confident, more motivated, more committed, and most importantly healthier.&#8221;</p>
<p>We&#8217;re just starting week 3 now. I will have more posts (and videos!) as the boot camp continues and of course, let you all know how much I improved when it&#8217;s all over.</p>
<p>Anyone else out there gone through a boot camp? Anyone else had a change in your life get you off-track of your workout routine? Do share!</p>
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		<title>Reacting to Tim Russertâ€™s death in my own 3 waysâ€¦</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I havenâ€™t been able to stop thinking about Tim Russertâ€™s death since I heard about it and frankly, I still canâ€™t believe it happened. Russert was the moderator of NBCâ€™s â€œMeet the Pressâ€ as well as political analyst for the network. He died Friday from sudden cardiac arrest while he was at work &#8211; he [...]]]></description>
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<p>I havenâ€™t been able to stop thinking about Tim Russertâ€™s death since I heard about it and frankly, I still canâ€™t believe it happened. Russert was the moderator of NBCâ€™s â€œMeet the Pressâ€ as well as political analyst for the network. He died Friday from sudden cardiac arrest while he was at work &#8211; he was 58. His funeral is today and it got me thinking about why his death has affected me so greatly. I never met him; I donâ€™t really even like politics. But he definitely touched my life.<span id="more-268"></span></p>
<p><strong>As a TV news journalistâ€¦</strong> I looked up to him and respected him immensely. Even though I donâ€™t care much for politics, I always tuned in to hear whatever he had to say. I think it was because his passion was obvious. You could just see it on his face. That in and of itself made me hang on to every word. Russert was always beyond informed, tough, but always fair. He was one of the few true journalists left in the TV news world and itâ€™s so sad to see another one go.</p>
<p><strong>As a <em>health</em> reporterâ€¦</strong> I wanted to know more about his health and death right away: Had he had heart problems before? Was he on medication? Did they use a defibrillator? Now we have answers to those questions.</p>
<p>Yes, he had coronary artery disease. Yes, he was on medication and he also exercised to control it. And Dr. Michael Newman (Russertâ€™s personal physician) tells <a title="CNN interview with Russert's doctor" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/06/17/russert.doctor/index.html?eref=rss_us#cnnSTCText" target="_blank">CNNâ€™s Larry King</a> that resuscitation attempts began right after he collapsed:</p>
<p>â€œNBC had a defibrillator. A resuscitation was begun almost immediately. NBC had an EAD [external automated defibrillator] on site, and they were preparing to use it. At the same moment, the DC EMS, emergency medical squad, arrived, and they immediately defibrillated Tim. He had no heart rhythm. They defibrillated him. His heart was beating then in a ventricular &#8212; fine ventricular fib, and then it deteriorated. They shocked him again. Actually, he was defibrillated three times before his arrival at Sibley Memorial Hospital.â€</p>
<p>According to the American Heart Association, 310,000 people die every year of coronary heart disease â€“ most of them from sudden cardiac arrest. And from what Iâ€™ve been reading in the last few days, many people now want to know <em>their</em> risk of heart disease and sudden cardiac arrest. You can find out much more at the <a title="American Heart Association" href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4741" target="_blank">American Heart Associationâ€™s website</a>.</p>
<p>Russert wasnâ€™t the picture of health â€“ he carried weight around his belly, a known risk factor for heart disease, but he was doing something about it. Maybe his death will make more people do more to reduce that <a title="Abcominal fat and dementia" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/03/big-belly-in-mid-life-increases-risk-of-dementia/" target="_blank">dangerous abdominal fat.</a></p>
<p><strong>As someone who has experienced lossâ€¦</strong> I know the â€œWhat ifsâ€ can make you crazy and that there can be so many of them. Itâ€™s hard to accept that it was just his time to go, but what other choice do we have? My heart goes out to his family. Goodbye, Tim Russert &#8211; you will be sorely missed.</p>
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		<title>Fitness model Jamie Eason&#8217;s plyometrics card routine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitness model, Jamie Eason shares this plyometrics card routine - a workout she uses when she travels and doesn't have access to a gym. Want to see how it works?]]></description>
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<p>A few months ago, FatFighterTV featured a video of <a title="Jamie Eason's plyometrics workout" href="http://fatfightertv.com/video/?id=15" target="_blank">fitness model, <strong>Jamie Eason</strong>&#8217;s plyometrics card routine </a>- a workout she uses when she travels and doesn&#8217;t have access to a gym, or when she wants to mix up her regular exercise routine. Jamie also wrote out her plyo workout for FFTV to share with those who would rather read than watch how to do it. With summer travel here, I thought this would be a good time to share it with you. It&#8217;s a tough workout, but you can pretty much do it anywhere  your summer vacations take you. <span id="more-254"></span></p>
<p><strong>Jamie Easonâ€™s Plyo Card Routine</strong></p>
<p>Perform 2 sets of the following exercises all in a row. Use a deck of cards, with the jokers still in the deck, and flip 3 each time. Add up the cards (face cards are ten and aces and jokers are either one or eleven, depending on how fit you are). Perform that many reps and then flip three more. Rest for 2 â€“ 3 minutes between sets. A set is complete after all exercises have been performed in a row.</p>
<p>(15) jump squats</p>
<p>(15) jumping jacks</p>
<p>(15) alternating jump lunges</p>
<p>(15) high knees</p>
<p>(15) mountain climbers</p>
<p>(15) running butt kicks</p>
<p>(15) wide push ups</p>
<p>(15) jumping jacks</p>
<p>(15) bicycle crunches</p>
<p>(Note: the â€œ15â€ next to the exercises is if you donâ€™t have cards).</p>
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<p>To help get you motivated, check out these interviews FFTV did with Jamie:</p>
<p><a title="Jamie Eason dishes on nutrition" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/03/fitness-model-jamie-eason-dishes-on-nutrition/" target="_blank"></a><a title="Jamie Eason's diet and grocery list" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/03/jamie-eason-diet/" target="_blank">Jamie Eason&#8217;s diet</a> (including her grocery list!)</p>
<p><a title="Jamie Eason's workouts" href="http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/03/jamie-eason-workouts/" target="_blank">Jamie Eason&#8217;s workouts, wisdom, and wake-up call to get healthy<br />
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		<title>Diet Danger: Celebrities abuse ADHD drug to lose weight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FatFighter</dc:creator>
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Theyâ€™ve been known to get dangerously skinny at all costs. Now celebrities are poppingâ€¦ even crushing and snorting Adderall to lose weight, according to a recent article in the New York Daily News.  How dangerous is this latest trend? Enough to kill you.
â€œQuite simply, it continues to promote the message that [...]]]></description>
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<p>Theyâ€™ve been known to get dangerously skinny at all costs. Now celebrities are poppingâ€¦ even crushing and snorting Adderall to lose weight, according to a recent article in the <a title="New York Daily News" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/03/24/2008-03-24_hollywoods_dirty_diet_secrets.html" target="_blank">New York Daily News</a>.  How dangerous is this latest trend? Enough to kill you.<span id="more-179"></span></p>
<p>â€œQuite simply, it continues to promote the message that dying by die-ting is worth the risk,â€ eating disorders expert, Beth Hartman McGilley, Ph.D., FAED, tells <a title="FatFighterTV.com" href="http://www.fatfightertv.com" target="_blank">FatFighterTV</a>.</p>
<p>With so many kids and teens already taking Adderall to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the drug is already out there. And when young girls see their celebrity role models using it to get thin, wellâ€¦ they think itâ€™s okay to do the same. And thatâ€™s what makes this trend so very dangerous.</p>
<p>â€œYouth buy into a childlike belief system that they wonâ€™t be misled by those they respect, naively presuming those mentors are operating conscientiously, with regard to their â€˜fansâ€™ and with an informed perspective. Theyâ€™re NOT!â€ says McGilley. â€œStars are doing whatever they can to succeed in an industry that is corrupt and relentless in its demands for physical perfection.â€</p>
<p>I agree. And when I did a little digging on the dangers of Adderall &#8211; which is the combination of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine &#8211; I quickly found this warning from <a title="MedLinePlus" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601234.html" target="_blank">MedlinePlus</a>: &#8220;The combination of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine may cause <strong>sudden death</strong> or serious heart problems, especially if the medication is misused.â€ Yes, <strong>death</strong>. Hellooo???!!!</p>
<p>Itâ€™s also addictive and can lead to eating disorders. And if thatâ€™s not enough, check out this long list of other possible side effects, which can be quite serious:</p>
<p>â€¢    fast or pounding heartbeat<br />
â€¢    shortness of breath<br />
â€¢    chest pain<br />
â€¢    excessive tiredness<br />
â€¢    slow or difficult speech<br />
â€¢    dizziness or faintness<br />
â€¢    weakness or numbness of an arm or leg<br />
â€¢    seizures<br />
â€¢    mood changes<br />
â€¢    motor tics or verbal tics<br />
â€¢    psychosis (loss of contact with reality)<br />
â€¢    hallucinating (seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist)<br />
â€¢    mania (frenzied or abnormally excited mood)<br />
â€¢    aggressive or hostile behavior<br />
â€¢    changes in vision or blurred vision<br />
â€¢    fever<br />
â€¢    blisters or rash<br />
â€¢    hives<br />
â€¢    itching<br />
â€¢    swelling of the eyes, face, tongue, or throat<br />
â€¢    difficulty breathing or swallowing<br />
â€¢    hoarseness</p>
<p>And the less severe symptoms Adderall can cause are pretty awful, too. They include:</p>
<p>â€¢    nervousness<br />
â€¢    restlessness<br />
â€¢    difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep<br />
â€¢    uncontrollable shaking of a part of the body<br />
â€¢    headache<br />
â€¢    changes in sex drive or ability<br />
â€¢    dry mouth<br />
â€¢    stomach pain<br />
â€¢    nausea<br />
â€¢    vomiting<br />
â€¢    diarrhea<br />
â€¢    constipation</p>
<p>Why would you CHOOSE to do that to your health? Seriously, don&#8217;t mess with this stuff.</p>
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