Welcome to the 1st edition of the Healthy eating, diet & fitness blog carnival. A blog carnival is one way of letting you in on links to other great articles posted recently on a particular topic. In this case, the topic is Healthy Eating, Dieting & Fitness.

Healthy Food Recipes and Reviews
Abi from HeatEatReview.com reviewed and gave Lean Cuisine Chicken Portabello a 5 star rating, while the Healthy Choice Sweet Bourbon Steak only got 1 star . There is a serious debate about mushrooms in the comments on the Lean Cuisine review, and sorry Abi, but I must agree with Marvo and Teresa, I heart shiitake mushrooms Abi . ... read more »

ThisMamaCooks.com has a few recipes for Homemade Snack Bars. My favorite is the recipe for the fruit bars - I will be trying that one soon ... read more »

Over at DiseaseProof.com, Joel wrote about Foods That Makes You Thin. He compares the nutrition of several foods, and wouldn't you know it, beans, fruits and green vegetables came out on top ... read more »

Dieting and Self Image
Ami over at Geekatplay.com wrote a rant in Lose a Size by July 4, when she received an email from Prevention Magazine with that title. "Why is fitting into a smaller pair of jeans not a good reason to lose weight? Because it ties into outward appearance, and there are two good reasons why this is a bad motivation." Well said Ami ... read more » and leave your comments too.

Isabella, a psychotherapist who writes at Change Thearpy blog thinks that The size of the "Obesity Epidemic" might be overstated. She writes that "the jury on the connection between obesity and ill health is still out" and she has the evidence to back it up ... read more »

Midnight Raider from RefrigeratorRaid.com says Lose Weight for Good, Lose with a Friend. He points to a study where researchers found that dieters who have the support of a group--such as Weight Watchers--are more likely to keep the pounds off. Then, in Portion Explosion: Restaurants Serve Too-Large Portions, he writes about a federally-funded report from the FDA suggests that restaurants need to shrink portion sizes and provide better nutritional information to customers. This was my visit to RefrigeratorRaid, and I just love this site ... read more »

Fitness
Real Muscle Online has Bicep Training Tips part 1 and 2. There are some good exercise ideas, and I've started incorporating ome of them into my workouts ... read more »

Me-ander is a new blog to me - all the way from Israel too! The Me-Ander blog is also the host of the monthly Kosher Cooking Blog Carnival. Muse, who is the owner of the blog, wrote about Keeping Fit through a variety of activities, not necessarily exercise. She has chosen to do a lot more walking, and swimming ... go visit and give her some encouragement »

I know you want more, so head over to the Thursday Health & Diet Blog Round-Up over at the Energise for Life blog, and read his favorie posts.

That concludes this edition of the Healthy Eating, Diet & Fitness Blog Carnival. If you would like to submit your blog article to the next edition of, go to our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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