Fit's Hits: Ways to Jazz Up Your Tea to Easter Candy Calories


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Healthy Easter: Hard-Boiled Egg Recipes and Calories in Easter Candy

No excuses for getting bored with green or black tea with these tips to jazz up your tea. Congrats to the Boston Marathon winners — a US woman made the podium. Healthy recipes to use up all those hard-boiled eggs. So get crackin'! When to work out? The pros and cons of exercising mornings, afternoons, or evenings. Get down like Gwyneth and boogie to her workout tunes. Get inspired by Read more

Ditch the Dairy: Milk-Free Snacks That Pack a Protein Punch


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150-Calorie Dairy-Free Snacks High in Protein

Dairy products aren't the only choices when it comes to high-protein snacks. If you're eating a diet minus milk, or you just want a low-cal snack that's high in protein, check out these 150-calorie snacks that don't contain a drop of dairy. One serving of spicy roasted chickpeas (one fourth of this recipe: 134 calories, 5.6 grams protein Twenty-one raw almonds: 146 calories, 5.4 grams Read more

Jillian Michaels's Top 5 Snack Picks


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Jillian Michaels Shares Her Go-To Snacks

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! Don't you ever wish you could take a peek in the pantry or gym of the fitness and diet pros you see on TV to see if they really practice what they preach? We do, too! That's why we asked Jillian Michaels, celebrity personal trainer, author, motivational expert, and soon-to-be mom (!), to share her top snack Read more

10 Gluten-Free Snacks Under 150 Calories


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Gluten-Free Snacks Under 150 Calories

If you're gluten-free, noshing on the usual snacks of crackers and cheese or PB on whole wheat toast are out, but here are 10 delicious and nutritious snacks — all free of wheat, rye, oats, and barley — and all under 150 calories. One small Asian pear (51 calories) with one organic mozzarella cheese stick (80 calories): 131 calories One Lundberg Organic Brown Rice Cake (70 calories) topped Read more

Calories in Your Typical Breakfast


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Calories in Popular Breakfast Food

Breakfast may be known as the most important meal of the day, but it's also my favorite. There's always something to satisfy my taste buds whether it's sweet or savory, warm or refreshing. Since I love fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, eggs, and pancakes so much, I wouldn't even dream of skipping out on breakfast, but I know many people who do in order to lose weight. If calories are on your mind, check Read more

Make a Healthier Easter Basket


Updated 04/20/11 10:29 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 23 comments

How to Make a Healthy Easter Basket

Easter is coming up, and for some of us that means a big brunch followed by a helping of candy — think Cadbury Creme Eggs, Peeps, and lots of jellybeans. While we're fans of putting a few treats in our Easter baskets, there's nothing that says we have to weigh it down with chocolate eggs and jellybeans — especially when you consider how many calories are in Easter candy! Whether you're Read more

5 Things About Eggs


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5 Reasons to Eat Easter Eggs

While it's a bit strange that a holiday associated with a bunny also includes eggs, it's one of the reasons I love Easter so much. Even if you don't have kids, dyeing eggs is a fun activity to do with friends — any excuse to be social is a good one! After the celebration is over I often see a lot of eggs going to waste, but instead of throwing them out why not keep them? Since hard boiled eggs Read more

Red Carpet Ready: Valerie Waters on the Power of Snacking


Updated 10/22/11 4:24 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 8 comments

Celebrity Trainer Valerie Waters's Tips For Getting Red Carpet Ready, Snacking Healthy

Celeb trainer Valerie Waters has helped many clients prep for roles and the red carpet, including Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel. With the Oscars just around the corner, I sat down with Val to learn some of her tips on getting ready for a big event. Funny enough we spent most of our time talking about food — Valerie freely admits she is not a dietitian and calls herself a food coach. And Read more

Fast & Easy Dinner: Loaded Spinach Salad


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Fast & Easy Dinner: Loaded Spinach Salad

Sometimes it's nice to have a satisfying salad for dinner. This spinach variation is full of colorful beets, sweet carrots, crunchy pecans, and hard boiled eggs. To cut back the calories, the recipe discards the majority of the egg yolks. Although a store-bought dressing is delicious, if you have time, make the creamy blue cheese dressing that accompanies the salad recipe. For this quick Read more