Now that New Year's Eve is here, you're probably getting ready for a night of partying and looking forward to enjoying a few alcoholic drinks. While there's nothing wrong with letting your hair down and indulging in some alcohol on the big night, failing to choose your drinks wisely can lead to you consuming thousands of calories on the night. That's why today I've decided to help you slash the calories in your alcohol and bring together all the posts on the topic via The Free Fitness Tips New Year's Eve Low Calorie Alcohol Roundup. 5 High Calorie Alcoholic Drinks To Avoid This Christmas … [Read more...]
4 Low Calorie Ciders To Try This New Year’s Eve
February 2016 Update: Since originally writing this post, I've found that my original findings on the fourth cider on the list - Stella Artois Cidre were incorrect. It actually contains 290 calories per bottle and not the 150 calories I initially stated. I have now removed Stella Artois Cidre from the list and advise you to stick with the three remaining ciders below if you want to minimise the amount of alcohol calories you consume. With the Christmas holidays almost over and New Year's Eve just a day away , the chances are you're going to be indulging in a little more alcohol than usual … [Read more...]
4 Healthy Halloween Cocktails
If you're attending or hosting a Halloween party this year, the chances are that you'll be drinking alcohol. While alcohol definitely has social benefits and is fun to drink, it also contains a lot of calories, with some alcoholic cocktails containing more calories than a meal. The good news is that if you make your own, you can slash a lot of these calories and still maintain the same great taste. In this article I'm going to be listing 4 Healthy Halloween Cocktails that you can make and drink at any Halloween parties you host or attend. All four are super simple to prepare, have a spooky … [Read more...]
10 Healthy Halloween Recipes From Around The Web
During the month of October I've been doing a number of posts containing healthy Halloween recipes. Today I'm going to be expanding the scope of these posts beyond Free Fitness Tips and sharing with you 10 Healthy Halloween Recipes From Around The Web. Each one of these recipes has a suitably spooky design and is much better for you than the vast majority of Halloween treats. 1) Monster Mash Smoothie From FoodGawker.com Image Source: FoodGawker.com This Monster Mash Smoothie recipe has a sweet, satisfying taste, is made using all natural ingredients and is sure to satisfy your … [Read more...]
5 Low Calorie Cocktails To Make For A BBQ
In my last post I discussed how you can cut the calories in your alcohol when you attend or host barbecues, by drinking light beer instead of regular beer. However, I understand that not everyone's a fan of beer, so today I'm going to be providing you with some alternatives to light beer and listing 5 Low Calorie Cocktails that you can make before attending or hosting your next barbecue. As you probably know, cocktails are a perfect summer drink and are an excellent way to stay cool, hydrated and refreshed at a barbecue on a hot day. Unfortunately, most traditional cocktails are loaded with … [Read more...]
6 Light Beers To Try At BBQs
Over the last few weeks I've been covering how to eat healthy at barbecues and helping you on your way with a selection of healthy meat, healthy fish, healthy vegetable and healthy condiment recipes. In the next couple of posts, I'm going to be taking the focus off food and instead looking at how to cut the calories in the alcoholic drinks you consume at barbecues. As you probably know, alcoholic drinks aren't the best thing for your waistline. However, if you enjoy drinking alcohol, going all summer without drinking any isn't going to be much fun, especially when almost every barbecue you … [Read more...]
How To Hydrate
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from Zoe who writes for Nuffield Health Careers. ----- Keeping hydrated is a huge priority for athletes of all levels, to ensure your performance and health are at the best they can possibly be. Whether you’re just starting out on a brand new fitness regime, or you’ve been training for a long time, the importance of keeping your body in tip-top, hydrated condition should never be overlooked. Just How Important Is H2O? Two thirds of our bodies are made up entirely of water and it is fundamental in regulating our digestive systems, … [Read more...]
Go Green & Naturally Lose Weight With Green Tea
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from the blogger and fitness enthusiast Jefferey Morgan who owns Get This Ripped. ----- Have you ever wondered that losing weight could be so much easier? After hours of running on the treadmill and working out, there are still no favourable outcomes? Then it is time to inculcate a wonder drink in your diets. The drink popularly known as Green Tea is a storehouse of anti-oxidants. Green tea is prepared from the leaves of Camellia sinensis and goes through minimum oxidation. It is mainly cultivated in China but has become popular all over … [Read more...]
Alcohol & Fitness – Can The 2 Go Hand In Hand?
Over the last couple of years I have wrote quite a few alcohol themed articles during the festive period. After looking back at a few of these articles I realised that they could be quite misleading to new readers. After all this is a fitness site but in these articles I appear to be promoting the consumption of alcohol. Today I want to set the record straight and give you my take on alcohol and whether I believe you can still drink alcohol and live a healthy lifestyle. ALCOHOL IS NOT HEALTHY I want to begin by saying alcohol is not healthy. It has been suggested that alcohol can protect … [Read more...]
Alcohol Explained
WHAT IS ALCOHOL? Alcohol (also known as ethanol) is a compound that gets produced when glucose is fermented by yeast. It is not an essential nutrient but it does contain calories and so can be used by your body for energy. In this article I will be taking a deeper look at alcohol and the impact it has on your body. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOL? Alcohol is believed to have been around since the stone ages with beer jugs from as early as 10,000 B.C. being discovered. It was identified as a separate compound by the Iranian alchemist Muhammad bin Zakaria Razi (also known as “Razes”) … [Read more...]