Katie Ann's Fitness & Nutrition Blog: October 2011

It's a Lifestyle!

Hey, it's Katie Ann! This is my first experience with a blog but thought I would see how this works to not only keep a sort of workout and nutrition diary for myself, but to also use it to share information and tips that work for me with my friends!

I'm a Certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant and no matter how long it takes, I will continue to pursue my degree, most likely in Dietetics and Nutritional Management. In the meantime, I'm currently studying for my Personal Trainer Certification which I should complete in the next couple of months and will be all too happy to spend my workdays in the gym. Nutrition and exercise are definitely my passion and main interests, so that's why I decided to make them my career pursuit as well! I have several areas of focus that I'm interested in! Since so many of my friends are having babies, I'm very interested in Pre- and Post Natal fitness and nutrition but also do alot of reading about and have great interest in sports performance training and youth fitness. I want to learn it all!! I also LOVE group fitness classes such as pilates, kickboxing, and spinning and hope to be teaching some of those soon as well!

I'm sort of obsessive compulsive about keeping track of my workouts and diet. I have a spiral-bound diary that I write my workouts and meals in everyday. I love to challenge myself and try new workouts and the diary helps me keep track of my results. I buy lots of fitness and nutrition books and magazines and have tons of articles and recipes cut out or flagged. The idea to do this blog came from so many of my friends that have called, texted, or e-mailed me asking for advice and tips with their workouts and diets... I figured this would be a great way to share more of the info that I read and find with my friends. I have lots of ideas so there will be much more to come...stay tuned! :)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Halloween favorites can be FRIGHTENING!!!

I thought this would be a great post with Halloween coming up. I found this article in Oxygen magazine this month. It contains candy favorites, how many calories they have, and how long it takes to walk them off.

1 roll of Smarties: 25 Cals. = 7 minutes to walk off
Hershey's miniature candy bar: 42 Cals.= 11 minutes to walk off
Blow Pop: 60 Cals. = 15 minutes to walk off
Snicker's fun size candy bar: 72 Cals. = 18 minutes to walk off
Milk Chocolate M&Ms fun size: 90 Cals. = 23 minutes to walk off
22 pieces of Brach's Candy Corn: 165 Cals. = 41 minutes to walk off
2 pieces of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup: 210 Cals. = 53 minutes to walk off

This is based off a 130-pound woman walking at 3 mph.

Here's some more additional Fall favorites and surprising how many calories they have...

2 pieces of Brach's Carmels: 80 Cals.
1 King Size Hershey's Chocolate Bar: 500 Cals.
1 piece of pumpkin pie: 180 Cals.
2 Hershey's Kisses: 50 Cals.
1 Tootsie Pop: 60 Cals.
Carmel Apple: 360 Cals. (add more Carmel and nuts, this treat can become up to 500 calories.)
8 fl. oz. of Apple Cider: 120 Cals.

Sorry to ruin all your Fall fun, but really makes you rethink these little cheats we like to take! Remember to eat things in small portions and moderation... that way you don't have to kill yourself on the treadmill trying to walk it off.