Have you ever wondered exactly how many calories you should be eating to slim down or build muscle?  Have you ever been curious about your ideal target heart rate or optimal body weight?

CLICK THE IMAGE to look at the tools!

Well I have a great site for you to check out!

FreeDieting.com has great, but simple, fitness calculators on the following subjects:

• Ideal Calorie Needs (Good for when you’re curious about your daily caloric-intake)
• Macro-Nutrient Ratios (A simple way to guide yourself in proper Carb/Protein/Fat ratios)
• Muscle Gain Calculator (Trying to build muscle?  Look here)
• Pregnancy Calories (Nourish your baby without overeating)
• Breastfeeding Calories (Daily calorie requirements during breastfeeding)
• Calories in Food (A good breakdown of calories found in common foods)
• BMI (Calculate your Body Mass Index here – it’s ineffective, but still used by many)
• Body Fat Calculator (Estimates body fat using weight, age, and waist size)
• Calories Burned (“Calories Burned” calculator for over 300 activities)
• Ideal Body Weight (Just a way to get an idea of “standard” body weights)
• Target Heart Rate (Calculates your target heart rate during exercise by age)
• Waist to Hip Ratio (Calculate your waist to hip ratio. Ratios of more than 0.8 mean an increased health risk.)
• Unit Conversion (Great Metric and Imperial conversion tool)

Knowledge is power (as cliche as that sounds) – so the more you know about these areas as they relate to your fitness goals, the greater your chances will be of achieving success.

If you need any assistance in interpreting the results of any of these calculators as they relate to your exercise routines, feel free to contact us using the form in the upper-right portion of this screen.  Someone from FDF will follow-up with you ASAP.

Have a nice day and remember, what gets measured – gets done!

One key weight-blocker every person on this planet naturally has is metabolism.  Some have naturally high metabolism – while others allow their metabolic rates to slow down due to habits they’ve developed over time.  Well combat any slowing of your body’s metabolizing process by checking out this video below from Howcast.  It’s quick, and full of effective information.
 

How To Speed Up Your Metabolism on Howcast

If you want any of our thoughts around ways to promote a healthy metabolism – just contact us using the form in the upper right portion of this web page.

Speed up that metabolism!  I’ll see you all here next week – enjoy your weekend!

I know that we all like to keep our midsections slimmed down, but I’ll also be the first to admit that it’s not the easiest thing to do (especially in the world of processed foods we live in these days).  That said, I’ve sort of made it my personal mission to share any good news related to weight loss that I see printed anywhere if I think it’s easy enough to digest (pun intended).

So check out this great article full of useful information from Yahoo! Health — just CLICK THE PICTURE below…

CLICK THE PIC for dieting tips!

I hope that you find the information worth your time.  Some of it even surprised us a little bit!

If you’d like to know anything else about nutritional myths that could sabotage your progress towards your fitness goals, feel free to contact us using the form in the upper-right portion of this web page.

Have a great day and stay focused!