Archive for the "Product Reviews" category


Working out with PUSH.tv

I’ve now been working out with PUSH.tv for a week, so it’s time to share my first impressions of the actual workout.
The PUSH DVD contains two workouts, one for the first two weeks, and one for the two weeks after that.  There’s also all kinds of extra stuff I haven’t taken the time to explore [...]

Continue reading

 

Trying out PUSH.tv

A month or two ago, I was browsing through an old issue of Oprah that featured some interesting new tools for weight loss. Some were websites, and the one that caught my eye was PUSH.tv.
PUSH is an interesting mashup between old-fashioned workout videos (made a little more “new-fashioned” by using DVDs) and the web-based [...]

Continue reading

 

Protein drinks part two: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough?

Continuing on my quest for a decent-tasting, easy-to-use protein drink mix, today I tried Spiru-Tein High Protein Energy Meal in the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor.
I had high hopes going into this one, because the package clearly says “Great Taste” and “Mixes Instantly”. That sounds like it meets my ideal standards! I mixed [...]

Continue reading

 

Protein drinks for non-diehards

My husband and I are mostly vegetarians (I say we’re flexitarians; we mostly don’t eat meat because a) we don’t like a lot of it and b) it’s not as convenient as pasta ). One of the unintended results, though, is that we don’t get much protein on a regular basis (we don’t [...]

Continue reading

 

Balance Bar 100 Calories: Vanilla Caramel Crisp flavor

I was at the grocery store the other day with my husband, Daniel, and we were looking at the nutrition bars (though I use that term loosely). Wal-Mart has a lot of these monsters, though, and it was a little overwelming. “I just want a decent snack that’s about a hundred calories and [...]

Continue reading