tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45328028083638160012024-03-13T22:54:55.040+00:00The Over 40Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-39577393221898990242020-01-28T11:29:00.000+00:002020-01-28T11:29:26.316+00:00Can You Lose Weight By Drinking Coffee?Being active, I thought the extra weight I was carrying would just fall off me. I've never been overweight and it was a real shock to my system when it started to creep up on me.<br />
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The truth was though, that being over 40 (I have since turned 50 last October!!), losing weight wasn't going to be so easy thanks to my hormones and life's stresses. I needed a helping hand đ<br />
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I came across a guy offering samples of a coffee that claimed could help give me more energy and curb my appetite. I enjoy a coffee, but due to caffeine giving me palpitations, I only drank decaffeinated. However, I was willing to give it a try.<br />
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After reviewing the ingredients (I'm not willing to put just anything into my body), I was satisfied they met with my approval and requested my samples.<br />
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They arrived and after my first cup, I felt jittery but surprisingly, I didn't feel so hungry. The guy who sent me the samples told me to just use half of the sachet until I got a little more use to the caffeine, and also to make sure I was keeping hydrated. I was impressed with it so far so bought a tub. It came with a 30 day money back guarantee, so I felt I had nothing to lose (except some weight đ).<br />
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I have been impressed by my energy levels AND losing some weight (a stone or more). I've stopped weighing myself and just go by how my clothes feel.<br />
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The weight has stayed off and I only use the coffee now and again, mainly when I feel I need an energy boost. Love it! đ<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-36678461197043838922019-11-26T11:00:00.000+00:002019-11-26T11:00:00.235+00:00No time for meditation? Think again.....<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;">
With the hectic pace and demands of modern life, many people feel stressed and over-worked. It often feels like there is just not enough time in the day to get everything done. Our stress and tiredness make us unhappy, impatient and frustrated. It can even affect our health. With a busy schedule, we feel we have no time for meditation.</div>
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Meditation actually gives you more time by making your mind calmer and more focused. A simple ten or fifteen minute breathing meditation can help you to overcome your stress and find some inner peace and balance.</div>
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Meditation can also help us to understand our own mind. We can learn how to transform our mind from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful, from unhappy to happy. </div>
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Find a comfortable place where you won't be disturbed. Turn off any distractions such as mobile phone/computer. You can do this sitting or lying down.</div>
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If sitting, sit upright in a chair, feet on the ground and back straight. You can place a cushion in the lower part of your back if it feels uncomfortable. Close your eyes, or focus on a point in front of you if you wish to keep your eyes open.</div>
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Bring your attention to your navel, and breathing through the nose, be aware of the tummy gently moving out as you inhale, and falling back towards your spine as you exhale. Don't force the breath. </div>
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Continue with this rhythm, each time trying to slow the breathing down. In your head count slowly in for 4 and out for 4. If this feels comfortable, count in for 4 and out for 6. If at any time it feels uncomfortable, just return your breathing back to normal pace and try again when you are ready. </div>
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If you mind wanders at any point, acknowledge it and be aware this has happened. It's perfectly natural at first. Once you are aware it has wandered, just come back to focusing on your breathing. Keep this practice up for at least 2 minutes with the counting. Then continue for longer if you can, not counting with the breathes, but simply being aware of the breathing and the air flowing in and out of the nostrils. </div>
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Practice this daily. Also throughout the day, have micro moments where you stop for a minute or two, and be aware of the breathing and the air flowing in and out. If you are feeling stressed, this will help calm the body and mind. You can also imagine any stress leaving the body as you exhale. Breath in calm, exhale any stress.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It's not only true that scientists have found that writing expressively (the way we often </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">do</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> in a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">journal</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">improves</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> working </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">memory</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, it's also a fact that recording the ins and outs of your life in a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">journal</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> gives more permanence to an often fleeting past.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It's simply </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">writing down your</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> thoughts and feelings to understand them more clearly. And if you struggle with stress, depression, or anxiety, keeping a journal is a great idea. It can </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">help</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> you gain control of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">your emotions</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and improve </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">your</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> mental health.</span><br />
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With age comes many things: greater wisdom; deeper empathy; a greater sense of knowing who you are; and less happily, the very real possibility of a bigger pants size.</div>
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Starting in your 40s, it's easier than ever for the pounds to creep onâand tougher to take them off. Thanks to a slowing metabolism you could be burning 300 fewer calories per day than you did in your early 20s, according to the American Council on Exercise. What's more, falling estrogen levels during perimenopause and menopause (which begin in your early 40s) can cause insulin sensitivity, which makes it harder for your body to control the amount of sugar in your blood, says Caroline Cederquist, MD, a board-certified bariatric surgeon and founder of the meal delivery service BistroMD. This can make your blood sugar levels more prone to spiking and crashing, which can increase your urge to snackâespecially on high-carb, sugary junk, Cederquist says.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;">Put it together, and it's no wonder so many women over 40 end up hitting a weight loss wall. But it doesn't have to be that way. With a few smart moves, you can outsmart your slowing metabolism and get leanâfor good.</span></div>
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Sure, some things change after 40. But the basic tenets of successful weight loss stay the same, no matter how old you are. Before you take steps to ageproof your diet plan, it's a good idea to brush up on the basics.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">You need to eat less. </span>It doesn't matter if all you eat is grilled chicken, brown rice, and broccoli. If you don't cut back on your portions, you won't lose weight. Everyone's calorie needs are different, but in general, a woman eating 2,000 calories per day should aim to cut back by 400 to 500 calories, recommends Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN, nutrition expert and author of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eating in Color</em>.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">You should aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week.</span> Those drop-a-dress-size-in-a-week plans are tempting. But the slow and steady approach is more sustainable since you're more likely to build healthy habits (like exercising more and eating more veggies) that will help you stay leaner in the long term.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Skipping meals will mess with your metabolism.</span> When you skip breakfast or dinner, it tells your body to squirrel away calories instead of burning them. Skipping meals also increases the chances that your blood sugar will crash, leaving you ravenous for a quick energy hit in the form of sugary carbs, Cederquist says.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Keeping your carbs in check</b>âespecially the refined kindâcan help combat age-related insulin resistance and promote steady blood sugar levels, Cederquist says. Adding more protein<span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;">to your diet can also help. Not only does the nutrient help stave off age-related muscle loss, but it also helps keep your metabolism revved, because the body has to work harder to digest it than, say, a bagel, Cederquist says. How much of each nutrient you consume each time you eat matters, too. In a perfect world each meal and snack should have:</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Vegetables or fruit</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;"><b>:</b> Fill half of your plate with these. Theyâre high in fiber and water, so they'll take up lots of space in your stomach without contributing too many calories to your diet.</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Lean protein:</b> <span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;">Your plate should have a serving thatâs about the size of your palm. Good sources include Greek yogurt, eggs, chicken, and fish. </span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Complex carbohydrates</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;"><b>:</b> Your plate should have a serving thatâs the size of your closed fist. Whole grains, beans, fresh fruit, and starchy veggies (like sweet potatoes) are all good choices.</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Healthy fats</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.34px;"><b>:</b> These can add up quickly when you're trying to lose weight, so it's worth measuring your fats. Aim for 7 to 10 grams every time you eat. Thatâs 1½ tsp of olive oil, a quarter of an avocado, or two tablespoons of nuts or seeds.</span></li>
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In your fabulous 40s, you still feel invincibleâthese are great years, after all.</div>
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But subtle changes are occurring that need to be addressed before they become problems. Here are some of the most common health shifts women experience: </div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Muscle:</span> Down by 6 to 7 pounds from 10 years ago.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Bone:</span> Dropping by about 1% a year since your mid-30s.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Libido:</span> Declining because of high stress levels and hormonal changes.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Stress:</span> Especially high because of worries about kids, parents, health, career, and finances.</li>
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Establish the following preventative habits now and you'll not only counter these changesâyou'll stay healthier, sharper, more energetic, and more fulfilled for years to come.</div>
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Eat breakfast every day</div>
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Nutritionists agree that eating breakfast is essential to keeping weight down and calorie-burning metabolism up. In one study, women who ate a big breakfast lost 21% of their body weight after 8 months, compared with 4.5% for women on a low-carb diet who made breakfast their smallest meal. The healthy-breakfast eaters continued losing over time even though they ate more total calories, while the low-carb group started regaining weight after 4 months. </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Reason:</span> A solid meal at the start of the day works in concert with metabolism, which is highest in the morning, fueling activity and preventing cravings that arise when blood sugar drops</div>
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Jump-start your metabolism</div>
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Strength-training for 6 months can increase your resting metabolism (a study on men showed a boost of 7%), so youâll burn more calories even when youâre sitting on the sofa. </div>
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Boost calcium and vitamin D</div>
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Both are essential for strong bones, but many experts feel current benchmarks are too low. The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends that women in their 40s get 1,000 mg of calcium and 400 to 800 IU of vitamin D every day from foods like fortified milk or salmon, along with supplements if needed. Some nutrition experts suggest getting up to 1,000 IU a day for optimal health</div>
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4. Practice stress control</div>
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A healthy, calm heart beats faster when you breathe in, slower when you breathe out. But stress inhibits this natural "heart rate variability," triggering unhealthy changes bodywide, including increased blood pressure, less energy to the brain, lower libido, and faster cell death. "In effect, stress makes you age faster," says Claire Michaels Wheeler, MD, PhD, author of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">10 Simple Solutions to Stress</em>.</div>
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To get your heart into a healthier rhythm, breathe in through your nose for 4 beats and out for 8 at least twice a day or anytime you feel pressure. "That activates the vagus nerve that runs from the brain to the pelvis, relaxing the heart, muscles, airways, gastrointestinal tract, and blood vessels," says Dr. Wheeler.</div>
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Pump up protein</div>
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Getting foods with all the amino acids needed to form complete proteins at least twice a day boosts levels of mood-lifting neurotransmitters in the brain, which can help relieve symptoms of depression, like slow thinking and poor memory. Aim for 4 ounces of protein at each meal. Good sources include fish, eggs, and quinoa. But donât totally skip carbs: They boost mood by increasing production of serotonin in the brain.</div>
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Go out with your girlfriends</div>
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Relaxing with friends reduces stress, boosts self-esteem, and even makes you more loving toward your partner when you get home. "Women are terrific at connecting socially but often let it fall by the wayside in their 40s because of career and family demands," says Edward Schneider, MD, emeritus dean and professor of gerontology and medicine at the University of Southern Californiaâs Andrus Gerontology Center. Women with extensive social networks through family, work, volunteer organizations, religious groups, or hobbies have lower blood pressure, less diabetes, reduced risk of heart disease, and half as many strokes as women who are less well connected.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Being active is great for your physical health and fitness, and evidence shows that it can also improve your mental wellbeing.</strong></div>
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We think that the mind and body are separate. But what you do with your body can have a powerful effect on your mental wellbeing.</div>
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Mental wellbeing means feeling good â both about yourself and about the world around you. It means being able to get on with life in the way you want.</div>
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Evidence shows that there is a link between being physically active and good mental wellbeing.</div>
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Being active doesnât mean you need to spend hours in the gym, if that doesn't appeal to you. Find physical activities that you enjoy and think about how to fit more of them into your daily life.</div>
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Scientists think that physical activity helps maintain and improve wellbeing in a number of ways.</div>
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Physical activity can help people with mild depression. Evidence shows that it can also help protect people against anxiety.</div>
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Physical activity is thought to cause chemical changes in the brain, which can help to positively change our mood.</div>
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Some scientists think that being active can improve wellbeing because it brings about a sense of greater self-esteem, self-control and the ability to rise to a challenge.</div>
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Colds are more common in winter, but you don't necessarily have to stop exercising if you're feeling under the weather. According to Dr Keith Hopcroft, a GP from Basildon in Essex, use common sense and listen to your body.</div>
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"If your symptoms are not severe and you generally feel OK, then you can exercise. If you feel absolutely rotten, then it's best not to go."</div>
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However, it is important not to exercise if you have a fever. A fever is when your body's temperature is 38C (100.4F) or above and is rarely a symptom of a cold.</div>
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"If you exercise with a fever," says Dr Hopcroft, "it'll make you feel worse. In very rare cases, exercising with a fever can lead to the virus affecting your heart, which can be dangerous."</div>
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If you have asthma, take extra care when exercising in winter as cold air can trigger symptoms. Use your inhaler before you exercise and have it with you during your activity.</div>
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If you're starting a new exercise regime, don't overdo it. Slowly build the amount of exercise you do. If you can't manage 30 minutes in one go, break it up into 10-minute chunks.</div>
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Always warm-up for up to 10 minutes before you start. Walk at a brisk pace, or jog to warm your muscles.</div>
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Make sure you're warm if you're going outside. Wear several layers to keep the heat in. A lot of heat escapes through your head, so consider wearing a hat as well.</div>
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Research has shown time and again that regular exercise strengthens your immune system so it can fight off bacterial and viral infections. This becomes particularly important in winter when colds and flu rear their ugly heads.When you exercise and get your blood pumping, immune cells circulate through your body more quickly helping them seek and destroy infections. But this boost only lasts for a few hours, so exercise needs to be regular for long-term effects.</div>
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Whether itâs the usual winter blues or the more serious SAD (seasonal affective disorder) putting a gloom over the colder months. A daily workout releases feel-good, de-stress brain chemicals, gives you a break from the daily grind and helps ease depression. Plus, if you combine exercise with the great outdoors you can cheer yourself up even more!</div>
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We know that after exercise, the brain releases the âfeel-goodâ chemicals serotonin and dopamine, which can help to reduce anxiety and depression while boosting wellbeing,â45 minutes in the day could change your whole outlook on winter!!</div>
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Being cooped up with nothing but heaters to keep the air moving means fresh air is much harder to come by in winter! Generally, the air outside is healthier then that inside so going for a walk or run outside gives your lungs a chance to detox and breathe deeply without concern for breathing in other peopleâs bugs (at home or from the office!)</div>
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In the colder months it is so easy to turn to comfort food, because its so satisfying and it makes us feel good, well for a little anyway, and then we feel guilty. Its so easy to become a hibernating bear! No wonder itâs known as the âwinter weight gainâ period. The average person puts on up to 4 kg! The only way to make up for those added treats is to increase the amount of exercise youâre doing. Try and balance your energy in and energy out then the shredding of clothes in spring wont be such a shock!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source:livelifegetactive.com/blog/exercise-in-winter/</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-55416685949548471552017-12-01T10:29:00.001+00:002017-12-01T10:29:43.178+00:00Why Is My Waist Size Important?Your risk of some health problems is affected by where your body fat is stored, as well as by your weight. Carrying too much fat around your middle (waist) can increase your risk of developing conditions such as:<br />
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heart disease<br />
type 2 diabetes<br />
cancer<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">Measuring your waist</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Measuring your waist is a good way to check you're not carrying too much fat around your stomach, which can raise your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">You can have a healthy BMI and still have excess tummy fat â meaning you're still at risk of developing these diseases.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">To measure your waist:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">You are at very high risk and you should contact your GP if your waist is:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Most people who are overweight find their excess weight is down to eating more energy (calories) than they burn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Weight gain occurs when we regularly put more calories into our bodies than we use. Over time, that excess energy is stored by the body as fat.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you're trying to lose weight, it's a good idea to eat less and be more active.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Hula hooping is an excellent way to trim the waist and burn calories without too much effort!</span></div>
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I have recently been asked to try out a hula hoop. Not your solid circular hoop but a weighted, flexible type.<br />
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I really didn't know what to expect, let alone even see how it could possibly be effective but I was willing to give it a try.<br />
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My initial thoughts were that it would be difficult to use but I liked the idea of being able to take it with me on my travels AND it was easy to store at home, so I reserved all judgement.<br />
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It took me only a short time to get the hang of using it and because of the weight and design I could really feel it working. Not only did it work my waist and hips but I also felt like I'd had a cardio workout and felt slightly breathless and sweaty (all good signs in my eyes!!)<br />
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I was really impressed by this piece of equipment and could definitely feel a difference.<br />
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Not only could you use it to trim your waist but it was cleverly designed to enable you to also work other parts of the body including your arms (all will be revealed).<br />
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<span class="_Tgc _y9e"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you <b>hoop</b> for 30 minutes, you'll burn 210 calories. The heart rates of research participants elevated to 84 percent of their maximum heart rate, sufficient for burning<b>fat</b> as fuel. To <b>lose abdominal fat</b>, calories must be burned. <b>Hooping</b> contributes to overall weight loss, including the extra <b>fat</b> across your core.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is a hula hoop good for abs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fat Loss. While the claim that you can spot train to lose weight in one area is a myth, it is possible to lose fat wherever it is in excess on <b>your</b> body. Since working out with a <b>Hula</b>-<b>Hoop</b> is a very <b>good</b> aerobic exercise, it burns more calories than other ab-building anaerobic exercises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using a <b>hula hoop</b> works your arm, leg and core muscles. <b>Hula hooping</b> is a total-body workout that not only tones your muscles, but also improves joint flexibility and balance. The rocking motion of <b>hula hooping</b> is also relaxing and fun, which can relieve stress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, any type of <b>hula hooping</b>, using a <b>weighted hula hoop</b> or a regular <b>hula hoop</b>, can help you meet your exercise goals and provide aerobic activity. And it can be fun! <b>Weighted hula hoops</b> are bigger and heavier than are traditional <b>hula hoops</b>. ... The weight of the <b>hoop</b> is up to you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hooping will make you feel the (calorie) burn. Hooping has been <b>proven</b> to burn over 400 <b>calories</b> per hour by the American Council on <b>Exercise</b>, although the<b>calorie-burn</b> from hooping may be as high as 600 <b>calories</b> per hour when other parts of your body, <b>such</b> as your arms and legs, are engaged</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The American Council on Exercise (ACE) funded a study completed at the University of Wisconsin, and found that a <b>30</b> minute weighted hula hoop workout which consisted of hooping moves and twirling motions around the arms, waist, and legs burned roughly 7 calories per minute.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cori Magnotta, 32, was the kind of person who couldn't stick with a workout routine. But faced with stubborn extra pounds after the birth of her son, she decided it was time to make a change. She lost 85 pounds in a year doing an exercise she loved: Hula-Hooping. </span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was 5, Hula-Hooping was my party trick. I was really good at it. As I got older, I Hula-Hooped less and less and eventually joined the real world, put the hoop aside, and forgot about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm 6 feet tall and I've always struggled with my weight. I just didn't find working out fun. I would join a gym, go once, and never go back. When I was pregnant with my son, I developed preeclampsia, or high blood pressure, and had to be on bedrest for 2 months. Being sedentary contributed to my weight gain during my pregnancy. At my heaviest, I was 265 pounds. My son was a big babyâ10 pounds!âso I attribute some of that to him. But I struggled with getting the rest of it back off. I developed hypothyroidism after my pregnancy, and my metabolism had slowed, making it easier to gain weight and that much more difficult to lose it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In October 2014, I was down to 250 pounds, and I started searching the internet for fun workouts. I came across FXP Fitness, which uses a weighted Hula-Hoop in a routine that borrows from barre, yoga, and pilates. I remembered how much I loved hooping as a kid and signed up for a class. I drove from my home in Portland, CT, to Massachusetts, the only place classes were available at the time. "Let me go see what this is all about," I remember thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I immediately loved it. It's impossible to not smile while Hula-Hooping. I wore a fitness tracker and a heart rate monitor and watched my heart rate spike like I was doing a high-intensity interval training workout. I could burn as much as 800 calories in an hour, doing the class's combination of ballet movements, yoga poses, strength exercises like squats, and of course traditional waist hooping. We even hooped around our arms and our hands to give our waists a break. We used the weighted hoop to do stretches and hooped while we did dance routines like the YMCA and the Macarena.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took the 2 lb hoop home with me to Connecticut and started hooping on my own. I started with just 10 minutes a day and built up my stamina. It was easy to stand in front of the TV and whip it around my waist, even if I had toys all over my living room floor from my son. It didn't take me long to decide I wanted to become an instructor myself. I decided I was going to push my fears aside, and I went to Boston to get certified.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hooping helped me slowly and steadily lose weight, and in about a year, I was down 85 pounds to 165. It helped that I now have a 2-year-old I have to chase everywhere! Once you start exercising, there's a snowball effect: You have more energy to do more things. I started eating a little bit better, because I now had the energy to cook instead of going to the drive-thru. I had the energy to play with my son instead of watching him at the playground. Now, I teach hooping three times a week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I competed in pageants when I was young, and 20 years later, I gave it another shot: I was recently crowned America's Fit Mrs., and I Hula-Hooped as my talent. I was even recently featured as Trainer of the Month with FXP Hoop Fitness. If you told me 2 years ago I would now be a fitness instructor, I would have laughed at you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most important thing is that it's fun. Most people crack up when I tell them I'm a Hula-Hoop instructor and tell me they can't hoop. But I have yet to meet someone I can't teach to hoop! I have 21-year-olds and 65-year-olds in my class, petite people and tall people, couch potatoes and marathonersâit's for anyone and everyone.</span></div>
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Going through my wardrobe recently, I found a pile of brightly coloured bikinis languishing in a drawer. They can go straight to the charity shop, I thought glumly, stuffing them into a bin bag. </div>
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When I gave birth to my little boy 18 months ago, I gained something else as well - a wobbly belly, or, as itâs affectionately known, a âmum tumâ. So, I was pretty sure my bikini-wearing days were over.</div>
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Donât get me wrong, I donât hate my body. Long walks with a buggy, breastfeeding and running after a toddler have actually helped me lose more than the three stone I put on during pregnancy. But, while the rest of me has slowly shrunk back into shape, my tummy hasnât followed suit. Wearing anything body-hugging still fills me with fear.</div>
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Iâd love to have abs like Olympic athlete Jessica Ennis. And, it would seem, Iâm not alone. In a recent survey of 3,000 women, 58 per cent said their stomach was the body part they most wished they could change. </div>
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The problem is, like most people with children or busy lives, I canât spend hours in the gym or afford to hire a personal trainer. But now, thanks to the latest celebrity fitness craze, I may have found an unlikely solution: hula hooping.</div>
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âIâm all about hula-hooping right now!â tweeted Kelly Osbourne recently. âFive mins in the morning, five mins at night ... in five days I lost two inches from my waistline!â Michelle Obama, who can apparently hula while kneeling, Grace Jones, who hooped throughout her Queenâs Diamond Jubilee performance last year, and BeyoncĂŠ have all credited the humble hoop for their fantastic figures. If they can do it, I reckon, so can I.</div>
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So I arrange to meet hula hooping expert Anna Drury, 30, at a gym in South London. Anna first picked up a hoop in 2006 after seeing them used in a performance at a music festival. </div>
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Sheâs been hooping professionally for five years now and teaches in schools, runs adult classes and performs at events worldwide, often using several hoops at once and even setting them on fire. Crikey.</div>
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The last time I picked up a hula hoop, I had ankle socks and pigtails, so Iâm understandably nervous as I join the 12 other women in the eveningâs class. Anna believes that everyone - even those who are hopelessly uncoordinated like me - can learn to hula hoop. </div>
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The secret is lots of practice and the right equipment - the larger and heavier the hoop, the easier it is to control and the more itâll help you tone up. </div>
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As for what to wear, apparently the fewer or tighter the clothes the better. That way the hoop sticks to you rather than the fabric, so I opt for a purple vest top and blue leggings. </div>
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As the class starts, Anna explains that hooping is like riding a bike - itâs all about finding your own personal rhythm and once youâve got it, it never goes. Music helps you relax, making the whole process much easier, so she turns on the stereo and off we go. </div>
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<span id="ext-gen76">Getting the hula hoop âin flightâ (to use the technical term) is actually easier than Iâd thought - I just hold it around my waist and fling it sideways - but keeping it twirling for more than a few rotations is going to take some practice. </span></div>
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Annaâs tip is to stay positive - just concentrate on trying to keeping the hoop from falling. Thatâs easy for her to say, casually spinning her hoop around her neck, but I get countless knocks as mine keeps clattering to the ground. </div>
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Anna cheerfully explains that bruises are par for the course when learning, and that my stomach will toughen up, so I should look at them as war wounds. </div>
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Slowly, I start to get the hang of it, although I find it much easier to hoop in an anti-clockwise direction than a clockwise one (apparently this is normal for right-handed people). However, if I can learn to hoop in both directions Iâll get better-looking abs, because I will then be working the muscles on both sides of my body. </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2333002/The-10-minute-workout-rolled-away-spare-tyre-weeks-Think-hula-hoops-toys-They-change-life-.html#ixzz4wKPS5HLv" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2333002/The-10-minute-workout-rolled-away-spare-tyre-weeks-Think-hula-hoops-toys-They-change-life-.html#ixzz4wKPS5HLv</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I will be doing my own trial of a different kind of hula hoop in the next few weeks with a video so wacth out for that!!</b></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-73950391274569857992017-04-03T12:48:00.000+01:002017-04-03T12:48:21.929+01:00Swim Your Way to Health<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Every type
of exercise has its selling points. But swimming is unlike any other aerobic
workout in a few important ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">First, the
fact that youâre submerged in water means your bones and muscles are somewhat
unshackled from the constraints of gravity, says Hirofumi Tanaka, a professor
of kinesiology and director of the Cardiovascular Aging Research Lab at the
University of Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This makes
swimming the ideal exercise for people with osteoarthritis, for whom
weight-bearing exercise can be excruciatingly painful. According to
Tanaka's research of people with the condition, swimming decreases
arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart trouble. More of his research has
linked swim training with lower blood pressure among people with
hypertension. The coolness and buoyancy of water are also appealing to people
who are overweight or obese, for whom load-bearing aerobic exercises like
running may be too hot or uncomfortable, Tanaka says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But don't be
fooled; your body is working hard when youâre in the pool. Water is denser than
air, so moving through H2O puts more external pressure on your limbs than
out-of-water training, studies have shown. Even better, that pressure
is uniformly distributed. It doesnât collect in your knees, hips or the other
places that bear most of the burden when you exercise with gravity sitting on
your shoulders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">How you
breathe during a swimming workout is another big differentiator, says David
Tanner, a research associate at Indiana University and co-editor of
an educational handbook on the science of swimming. During a run or
bike ride, your breath tends to be shallow and your exhales forceful. âItâs the
other way around with swimming,â says Tanner. âYou breathe in quickly and
deeply, and then let the air trickle out.â Because your head is under water
when you swim, these breathing adjustments are vital, and they may improve the
strength of your respiratory muscles, Tanner says. âThis kind of breathing
keeps the lung alveoliââthe millions of little balloon-like structures that
inflate and deflate as your breatheââfrom collapsing and sticking
together."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Plus, who
wouldn't want a swimmer's body? Swimming fires up more of your bodyâs major
muscle groups than other forms of cardio exercise. âIf you think about running
or biking, youâre mostly using your lower body,â Tanner says. Swimming not only
engages your legs, but also recruits your upper body and coreâespecially your
lats, the muscles of your middle back, and triceps, the backs of your upper
arms. âYou look at pictures of swimmers, and you see how the upper body
development is really tremendous," he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Finally,
your back benefits. Working out in a horizontal poseâas opposed to the upright
position your body assumes during other forms of aerobic exerciseâmay be an
ideal way to counteract all the time you spend hunched over a desk or steering
wheel. âThereâs no hard impact on your back like there is with running, and
instead of being bent forward like you would be on a bike, your back tends to
be arched slightly in the opposite direction,â Tanner says. That may help
improve your posture and prevent the back injuries and pain that stem from long
stretches of sedentary time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The exercise
is also linked to many of the same life-extending,
heart-saving, mood-lifting benefits associated with other forms of
aerobic exercise. And it's fun, which matters. âPeople tend to enjoy swimming
more than running or bike-riding,â Tanaka says. While about half of people who
try a new exercise program give up within a few months, people who take up
swimming are more likely to stick with it, he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If youâre
sold on swimming, Tanner recommends starting slowly. âDonât try to do too much
too early, and focus on proper technique,â he says. Consider enlisting the help
of an instructor if you didnât have any formal coaching as a kid. âIf youâre
not used to swimming, it can be hard to relax in the water,â he says. Being
nervous and tight may limit the sportâs benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Start off
with 30-minute sessions three times a week, and don't forget to take frequent
breaks. âYou want to ease into it and build up," he says, "just like
a running program."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source:time.com/4688623/swimming-pool-health-benefits</span>/</div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The clothes you wear can either make you look
slimmer or add pounds to you. Wearing baggy, loose clothes that are one or two
sizes too big will make you look larger than you are. On the same note, trying
to squeeze in to clothes that are a size too small will not be flattering.<br /> </span></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="background: white; color: #ff3399;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Work out your body shape.</span></span></span></h2>
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are 5 principal body shapes out there:</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Pear</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">
2. Top Heavy (Inverted triangle)</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">
3. Hourglass</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-53239124540185138232017-02-21T14:30:00.000+00:002017-02-21T19:41:50.905+00:00Easy Exercise You Can Do For Free<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There are easy ways to get some extra exercise
into your day without much effort. You could walk or cycle to work if thatâs
possible. Get off the bus a few stops earlier. Park your car further away from
the shops/place of work so that you have to walk more. Use the stairs
everywhere you can instead of the lift or escalator. Try to get up and move
about every hour if sat at a desk â walk to the water cooler or around the
office if this is possible.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">When at home get up and march or jog on the spot
during TV commercials. Run up and down the stairs. Put some music on and dance.
Play football or run about with the children. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-71561882109455021552017-02-17T14:30:00.000+00:002017-02-17T14:30:11.959+00:00Lose Weight With A Food Journal<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 5.0pt; mso-hyphenate: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">Several studies have shown that people
who keep food journals are more likely to be successful in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; text-decoration: none;">losing weight</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">and keeping it off. In fact, a researcher from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; text-decoration: none;">one recent study</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">says that people keeping a food diary six days a week lost
about twice as much weight as those who kept food records one day a week or
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">You often might think that you donât eat
much but keeping a record of everything that passes your lips will give you a
true record of how much you are eating. You can then use an app to see how many
calories are in each item and work out if you are consuming more calories than
you thought!</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Certain foods can contribute to the ageing process in different ways.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">SUGAR</span><br />
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In a study, subjects visually five years younger than their actual age had the lowest intake of sweet, sugary treats. </div>
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A theory that is gaining in popularity is the idea that sugar contributes negatively to the skin and overall ageing process. It is believed that, sugar (or glucose) creates âAdvanced Glycation End (AGE)â products in every cell and molecule in the body, creating inflammation.</div>
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Dietitian Helen Bond comments: "Leading health organisations are recommending that we should all be reducing our intake of added sugars throughout our life-course to benefit our health, but for many people telling them sugar may be contributing to their wrinkles and they will be far more likely to put down the doughnut."</div>
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A study found younger-looking people had the lowest intake of caffeine. Dietitian Helen explained: "It is an old chestnut, but making sure that you are adequately hydrated is vital for healthy skin. </div>
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"Drinking plenty of fluid gives skin the necessary moisture to help maintain itsâ elasticity. Plus, it helps to clear the body of toxins and carry vital nutrients to cells."</div>
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But there is good news for our other favourite diuretic: alcohol. Frequency of alcohol seemed to have no effect on visual ageing. </div>
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However, volume of alcohol did, so if you want to keep wrinkles at bay, itâs ok to have that post-work glass of wine, but drink only in moderation.</div>
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If you're in the market for a caffeine-free tea, try Dragonfly Tea's Wild Honeybush brew. This rare South African tea is made from Cyclopia bush, native only in botanically rich south-western Cape. </div>
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Unlike conventional teas which are made from the Camellia family, Honeybush is naturally caffeine free, and - like rooibos tea - was pioneered by settlers who built their homesteads in this remote and rugged region, making tea using the local indigenous plants. </div>
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During a study, across all participants there were no observations for better skin amongst vegans or vegetarians. </div>
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The visually youngest participants were more likely to consume the recommended one portion of oily fish a week.</div>
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Helen said: "Omega-3 is found in abundance in oily fish, such as herring, mackerel, sardines, fresh tuna and salmon, and has a plethora of skin and other health benefits. </div>
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"I always recommend it to clients prone to dry/itchy skin with redness and they see an improvement in just a few weeks."</div>
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If you are not a regular fish eater, perhaps because you donât like oily fish, there are plenty of omega-3 rich supplements that provide skin-loving, anti-ageing benefits on the market.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-85896631701703272562017-02-10T14:30:00.000+00:002017-02-10T14:30:15.471+00:00Get Glowing Smooth Skin<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "DejaVu Serif", serif;">Ninety percent of women have cellulite. (The dimpled effect usually creeps up between the ages of 25 and 35, when the collagen fibers that bind fat to the skin start to stretch and tear, allowing fat cells to bulge out.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "DejaVu Serif", serif;">There are ways to help reduce the appearance of the skin and this must be done regularly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, DejaVu Serif, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">Sloughing away dead skin and increasing the circulation are one of </span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "DejaVu Serif", serif;">the best ways to improve the appearance and you should aim to do this 2-3 times a week. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "DejaVu Serif", serif;">Work on the legs, thighs, bum, tummy and arms. You can also gently scrub the face once a week using a suitable scrub designed for the delicate face area.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, DejaVu Serif, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">Always finish off with moisturising. My preferred option is baby oil on damp skin and pat dry with a soft towel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, DejaVu Serif, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">Working on what goes into your body is a must for healthier, firming looking skin and in my next post I will be sharing some advice on where to start.</span></span><br />
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As you get older you are more aware of looking after your health and so exercise and eating healthier often becomes a priority.</div>
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If you feel this doesn't describe you but you would like to feel more confident, toned and healthier then fear not. Over the next few weeks I will be sharing some of my best tried and tested techniques for being the best, most confident you.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532802808363816001.post-8244050991781770122017-01-18T14:00:00.000+00:002017-01-18T14:00:19.230+00:00Starting Out With Cycling For Weight Loss<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, Cambria, "Hoefler Text", Utopia, "Liberation Serif", Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 1.2rem;">
If youâre just starting out on the journey towards fitness and weight loss, you might want to base your rides or âsessionsâ purely around time spent on the bike. Ride at your own pace and enjoy the feeling of getting active â every little will help and you donât need to worry too much about intensity.</div>
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As you get fitter, you might want to add some variety. Easy rides, where you can talk and hold a conversation, are often called âfat burning ridesâ. These are good for improving your ability to just keep turning the pedals, and burning through fat.</div>
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At the other end of the scale is âHigh Intensity Interval Trainingâ or HITT. This involves pedalling really hard for short intervals with easy breaks in between. These rides burn through carbohydrate stores and youâll need to up your carbohydrate intake on the day you complete one. Though they donât specifically burn fat, some experts still believe these sessions are best for weight loss because the high intensity means you burn more calories during the day and youâll also build more muscle through a session like this.</div>
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Experts will argue all day over which form of exercise is âbestâ for losing weight. Our answer is simple: all things in moderation. Ideally, aim to fit in a couple of interval sessions in the week and a longer ride when you have time on the weekend. This will train your body in both fat burning and high intensity, strength building directions. And itâll keep you motivated thanks to the varying styles of training.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">There are many reasons for wanting to lose weight. If youâre carrying a little excess baggage then dropping the pounds could improve your health and help you to avoid conditions such as heart disease or diabetes.</strong></div>
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Losing weight can also improve your confidence, and your performance on the bike â but itâs important that you always put your wellbeing first. Only aim to lose weight if doing so will improve your health and fitness</div>
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If youâve decided that losing weight will be beneficial for you â then cycling is a great way to go about itâŚ</div>
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Running is often considered the number one exercise for torching calories. The problem is itâs also âhigh impactâ â every step sends impact through your feet, ankles, calves, knees â and so on. As a result, itâs easy to get injured, and that risk is increased the heavier you are.</div>
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Cycling, by contrast, is low impact. As well as being a cardiovascular exercise that burns calories, it also strengthens your muscles â particularly your hamstrings, glutes and quads without too much risk of injury. The stronger your muscles are (by the way â your thighs WILL NOT become massive if you cycle â that sort of physique is gained by time in the gym and a lot of protein) the more calories your body burns just existing.</div>
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Cycling can be very sociable, too. Riding far and wide with friends at the weekend allows you to see new sights, whilst commuting to work mid-week saves you time and money. Or you can sweat it out in the gym for the ultimate high intensity workout in double quick time. </div>
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