The Carnival for July 5th

Alcoholism Disease - Is there a Biological and Physiological Basis to Alcoholism? posted at Addiction Recovery Blog

Hi, I’m Fat posted at Mercurial Scribe

5 Tibetan Rites - Easy Yoga for Busy People posted at Tupelo Kenyon

Losing Weight By Re-Focusing posted at The MRG

Kapalabhati Pranayam posted at Beauty & Personality Grooming

Healthy Snack Alternatives from Denise Austin

Healthy Snack Attacks!

Is midday or late-night munching sabotaging your Eat Right! plan? Snacking itself isn't bad — people often comment that I'm constantly nibbling! It's all about smart snacking choices. See how these common snacks stack up to their healthier alternatives:

• Instead of one scoop of ice cream, have 15 frozen grapes or one small frozen banana. You'll save 150 calories and 11 grams of fat while satisfying your craving for something sweet!
• Instead of a handful of potato chips, reach for one cup of peeled baby carrots or celery sticks. You'll satisfy your urge to crunch and save 125 calories and 19 fat grams!
• Instead of butter-lovers' microwave popcorn, have 3.5 cups of air-popped popcorn. You'll save 125 calories and 14 grams of fat!
• Instead of a candy bar, have a chocolate frozen yogurt bar. You'll save 150 calories and 11 grams of fat!

One month blog aniversary.

This week marks my one month and going mark here. How have I done on meeting my 30 day goals well let's take a look shall we.

I have found a layout I like really well.

I went through all of my posts over at yahoo 360 and transfered them here so I could build up my content here.

I have a pretty good sidebar going and I am comfortable with the positioning and such as it doesn't look clunky or awkward.

I can't do anything with compiling a list of my resources here at home until I can get a book shelf and get all the stuff out of boxes so that is on my to do list for the 6 month goals.

I still need to put all of my diet related pictures and images in one folder for quick reference.

So I am very pleased with how this blog is coming along. The Blog Carnival is a great idea and I will continue to do that. Now I just need to market this blog more. I can add that to my 6 month goals.

So my 6 month goals look like this.

1. Spread the word
2. Continue to look for relevant content to blog on
3. Get more local people to notice my blog and encourage them to make comments
4. Look for health related widgets and modules to add(this is ongoing and will change as is needed)
5. Survey consistent readers to find out how useful and informative they feel this blog is.
6. I also want to add to this list writing at least one article by me and setting aside one afternoon a week to research and post the article.

First day of Summer Blog Carnival

Be 40 But Look and Feel Like You?re 20 posted at Raw Food Diet, Bodyweight Fitness and Peak Performance Living

The General Motors (GM) Diet posted at Random Expressions

For the Love of Food | Old Bat News posted at Old Bat News

Weight Loss Without Cravings And No Diet posted at Addiction Recovery Blog

I didn't know that this health search engine existed until I opened my email from Media Post.

Meredith Gets Well with Healia, Latest Digital Asset

by Tameka Kee, Tuesday, Jun 19, 2007 6:00 AM ET

MEREDITH CORP.'S NEWEST FORAY INTO the digital space comes with the acquisition of Healia, a consumer health search engine. Although the financial details of the deal were undisclosed, analysts said the company stands to gain significantly from the contextual targeting and marketing opportunities that come with owning a health care search portal. Healia's value in the space is that its proprietary technology allows users to create a highly relevant set of results by personalizing their health search based on factors such as gender, age, and ethnic group, as well as by focusing on categories such as prevention or drug side effects. As with Microsoft's acquisition of search software developer Medstory in February, the move was seen as a way to capitalize on the reported 8 million Americans who search online for health info daily. While Healia will continue to exist as a stand-alone Web site, look for Meredith to incorporate elements of the search technology onto the health sections of existing sites like BetterHomesandGardens.com. In addition, Healia will roll out features like the ability for customers to search PubMed--a government database of abstracts published from medical journals dating back to the 1950s. "We're looking at how to expand the notion of search for health info, and building the tools that allow people to find health info in a new way," said Dr. Tom Eng, CEO and founder, Healia. "Working with Meredith's scale, consumer reach and marketing expertise gives us a straight shot to the kind of growth we need to achieve our goals." This is Meredith's fourth acquisition in the last year, following its purchase of online marketing firms O'Grady Meyers, Genex and New Media Strategies. Tameka Kee can be reached at tameka@mediapost.com I found this article last week and thought it would be useful for those wanting a health specific search engine.They have the option to place it on your website so I think I am going to put it on my main site and my message board.