Slimming sensation: 100 % guaranteed weight loss with the 7:0 diet!

Af Marina Aagaard, MFT Another one? Yes, I know, what I am thinking, but what do you think??? First there was the 5:2 diet and a multitude of 5:2-ripoffs, then cleverly came the 6:1 diet and just now the 4:3 diet. Oh no, what is left .... oh yes, my brand new 7:0 diet! What is …

Fitness and wellness travel: Budva, Montenegro

Af Marina Aagaard, MFT Summertime is holiday time. Holiday travel dreams are plentiful, however, in order for them to come to life, the travels dream should be affordable; research is needed. Earlier this year I attended a holiday and travel show and got a tip. Montenegro is becoming a 'new' European destination for summer holidays …

Fitness and Wellness: Walk Your Dog … Even if You Don’t Have One …

Af Marina Aagaard, MFE Exercise, fitness, and wellness tip of the day; you've heard it all before: Walk Your Dog ... even if you don't have one. And walk it twice a day ... If you think, that "walking your dog" with a real dog would be better, you may be right. But make sure …

Your exercise and health: MED – exactly what it takes!

By Marina Aagaard, MFE Long ago one of my mentors, Yvonne Lin, World Champion of Wushu karate and a tai chi and sports aerobic expert, opened my semi-shot fitness eyes; in dedicated sports training it is all about getting optimal results with minimal time investment in order to have more time for fun; more sports, …

Lisbon Travel and Transportation: Cars That Make Me Smile

By Marina Aagaard, MFE Cars That Make Me Smile ... for one reason or another ... petite, funny, surprising, colourful, ancient, oldschool cool or just cool (or even subzero cool as in Top Gear's rating of cars and supercars). What does cars and smiles have to do with fitness? Well, smiling is healthy and good health (wellness) is …

Spring break: Lisboa, Portugal

Marina Aagaard, MFE Well, well, well. A very busy start-of-year teaching schedule leaves no time for long trips or vacations. Uhhh uhhh, uhhh, what to do? If I want to see something new? With time and money too few ... Seek out a destination not too far away. Find cheap travel offer. Find friend(s) to visit. …

Weekend Wellness Walk: Get Up, Get Out, Get Well

By Marina Aagaard, MFE Easter time is holiday time for some. If time and money is tight, a day trip or two to a place near you, preferable one you have not visited before, is an o.k. holiday travel substitute. As always it is good to grab the chance of getting some free exercise; going …

Happy Easter to You

By Marina Aagaard, MFE Happy Easter. It is here, Easter time (holiday?), a time for getting together and eating lots of eggs or chocolate eggs ... just because you want to party or because you celebrate the Christian main event: Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday): The Last Supper and preceding foot …

Day Trip: Gone-Away Lake Walk

By Marina Aagaard, MFT Sometimes you do not need to travel very far to come a long way away from home... This weekend I went for a walk in three different areas of the neighbourhood; in the woods, at the beach and, especially interesting, a new walk by a hidden, spooky lake ... Suddenly, I …

Travel Dream. Dream Travel? In Your Dreams?

By Marina Aagaard, MFT If you can dream it, you can do it, says my husband, and no point in aiming too low either, he adds! As it is, he has overcome many seemingly impossible tasks just by believing it could be done, so he should know, what he is talking about. So be it: …