If you have trouble getting in extra water during the day — because you find water a bit, well, bland — you may want to look into flavored, “nutrient-enhanced” water to up your water intake. Although I’m all for “eating” your vitamins, I’m not totally against a little boost through water.

I had the chance to review 3 flavors from Aquafina’s revamped Alive line of nutrient-enhanced water.

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When it comes to cardio workouts, interval training is one of the best ways to get the most out of your workout. But have you ever tried to do an interval training workout that you printed out from a website? Pretty near impossible to do, unless you have a photographic memory. Chances are you have to bring the printed workout along with you to the gym or tape it to your machine at home… and then comes the crazy part: you have to stop focusing on your workout in order to read the darn thing! Not to mention keeping track of the time, so you know when to slow down or speed up. Not a good way to workout, right?

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Inquiring minds want to know: What’s the biggest question you have about counting calories?

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Do you have 20lbs to lose? 30lbs? More? I just whipped up a new calculator for you. The Weight Loss Target Date calculator gives you an idea of how long it will take to lose that weight. After you enter your info, the calculator estimates how many calories you need to stay at the same weight (total daily calorie needs). It then calculates 5 different calorie deficits and how long it will take you to lose those pounds.

Check it out! Weight Loss Target Date Calculator

Here’s a different way to look at all the extra fat you’re carrying around. See, your body stores any extra calories you eat as fat, right? Your body thinks, “Hey, it might be awhile before we get some food, so let’s stash away all this extra energy.”

The problem is, for most of you reading this, the next meal is not very far away. You don’t even have to go out to “hunt and gather” — chances are you’ll “walk and raid (the fridge)” or “drive and order (some fast food).”

So, for every 3500 extra calories you eat, your body gains 1lb of fat.

Let’s say, for the sake of argument (and easier calculations!) that an average, healthy meal is 500 calories (normal portion consisting of protein, carbs and some fat).

That would make 1lb of extra fat the equivalent of SEVEN meals!

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