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		<title>How Girl Athletes Become Amazing Women</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/how-girl-athletes-become-amazing-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the nation celebrated Girls &#038; Women in Sports Day at the beginning of February? This day honoring female athletes epitomizes what Title IX gave us in 1972 when it made it illegal to exclude anyone from any educational program on the basis of gender. While I don’t think this holiday is celebrated enough, it doesn’t mean that its value can’t be recognized during the other 364 days in the year. As a college cheerleading coach and former athlete, I see the value of sports for women every day. ]]></description>
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		<title>8 Ways to Stay Healthy During a Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitness and nutrition may not be on the top of your list of priorities during a move, but they’ll certainly keep you feeling good during it. Here are some things to keep in mind during the process of your move.]]></description>
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		<title>Three Awesome Effects of Exercise</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/three-awesome-effects-of-exercise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know exercise has a ton of benefits (including weight loss), but there are quite a few additional benefits you may not have known about.]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Diets Have you Tried?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Stowell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fitness and Weight Loss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like most people, I’m sure at some point in your life you have “tried” to be on a diet. Take  a second to think about and add it up. Most adults can list the many experiences they have had with one diet or another, while some are so deeply identified as “dieters” that they would do better to try to remember the few times they weren’t on a diet. Imagine how happy that makes the diet industry! Then consider how sad it is that a basic need like eating has become so tangled that we need a multi-million dollar company to “teach” us how to do it.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents! Market to Your Kids</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/general/parents-market-to-your-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://guidingstars.com/general/parents-market-to-your-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Kaley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids are exposed to almost 8,000 food advertisements each year. That means that they are seeing about 21 ads for food every day. Most of these ads are for junk foods or those that are high in sugar, salt and fat and low in the nutrients that promote healthy growth and development. Studies show that the more time a child spends in front of the TV, the more likely that they will be overweight or obese. With 1 out of every 3 children in the U.S. being overweight or obese, reducing TV and screen time can help to improve the health of our children. What can be done to help our children with screen time? ]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling Childhood Obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Stowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few topics that paralyze me the way childhood obesity does. I know…I’m not supposed to “take it home.” As a clinician, it is my job to be just that…clinical. But how can I, when I am facing a 70-pound second grader and a parent that doesn’t know where to begin?]]></description>
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		<title>Hungry for a Healthy Weight?</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/hungry-for-a-healthy-weight/</link>
		<comments>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/hungry-for-a-healthy-weight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Kaley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I hope we all know by now, there is no magic bullet when it comes to losing weight. The solution is simple, but certainly not easy to do. To lose weight we need to create an imbalance in the body’s caloric energy equation, or in plain English, we need to eat less (calories in) and move our bodies more (calories out). Many weight loss programs promise you won’t be hungry while you are eating less. From my point of view, I am not sure why feeling some amount of hunger is considered such a bad thing. Feeling hungry is a signal we can put to use to help us manage our weight.]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Bridesmaid</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/operation-bridesmaid/</link>
		<comments>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/operation-bridesmaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past year I found the love of my life. Quickly after finding him, the relationship weight set in. We ate out all the time and never went to the gym. The unfortunate thought was,  “I have a manfriend, why would I care?” It was only in the last couple of months that I did, in fact, begin to care. As I said, I hated looking at myself in photos. During my friend’s bridal shower, my reality moment set in.]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition By the Numbers: How Much?</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/nutrition-by-the-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/nutrition-by-the-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Nutting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a conversation with a client today that started with answering her question on how many grams of carbohydrates she was supposed to have in a day. It evolved into a discussion about how to figure out nutritional numbers (calories, grams, ratio of carbohydrates, protein, fat). I thought that some of you may benefit from that information as well.]]></description>
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		<title>Out With the Cold, In With the New!</title>
		<link>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/out-with-the-cold-in-with-the-new-2/</link>
		<comments>http://guidingstars.com/fitness-and-weight-loss/out-with-the-cold-in-with-the-new-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaclyn Collins &#38; Katie Bachmeier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is April and North Dakota’s current temperature: 32 degrees F; snow still covers the ground. This seems like a picturesque scene perfect for curling up to a fire with a cup of hot cocoa… Wrong. We want spring and we want it NOW. We are so ready to transition to eating light meals with fresh vegetables and fruits that are not only good for you but finally in season.]]></description>
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