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Feb 14 2012

Health

Increase your wellbeing

There is no rush to be perfect, the only urgency is to get started!! The idea is to create a healthy practice to live by. You can do this by incrementally making positive choices and changes so that you’ll starting feel a little healthier each day. The process shouldn’t be extreme or punishing, find enjoyment in whatever you are doing that way you’ll be less likely to quit.

Self love: Think positive thoughts about thyself. What you believe, you become.

Be fit: For feeling and longevity, not just for looks

Be patient: With your body, quick fixes do not work long term!! They guarantee backlashes and disappointment.

Allow yourself: to have things you like in moderation. Deprivation ends in over indulgence.

Stop counting calories: Just be mindful and eat nutrient dense foods.

Don’t beat yourself up: for poor decisions, if you eat it enjoy it and move on.

Alcohol: Don’t over do it and hold off the sugary cocktails. If you do drink lighter, consume wine or lighter alcohols, like vodka at 60-70 calories per shot (the lighter it is the less sugar it contains). Avoid carbonated or juice mixers- they add up a lot faster.

The great outdoors: Connect with mother year round, there’s something so peaceful and magical about nature. Get grounded with outdoor activities like beach volleyball, basketball, hiking, water sports, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, ice-skating or hockey and tobogganing.

Sex: It relieves stress, helps you sleep better, increases self esteem, boosts immunity, increases mood, burns calories and it helps to increase intimacy between you and your partner. *Always practice safe sex*

Sleep: It assists the body in metabolizing food, especially carbohydrates, by stabilizing glucose and insulin levels. This prevents excessive storage of fat. Sleep is also when the body heals itself by renewing and rejuvenating.

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Jan 26 2012

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Fitness

Toning

Lifting weights or Toning is the exact same thing!

You are working a muscle, regardless if you use your body weights or actual weights (except the language used) for men and women.

Here are the top 8 reasons why you should lift at least once a week (high rep low weight for bulk less body):

1) Caloric burn! With light or no resistance, you are basically wasting your time. Lay the body’s foundation with weights (yoga and ballet inspired workouts are great for other purposes like strengthening the little muscles, elongating and cardio).

2) Be strong! Weight lifting gives a muscle strength and firmness.

3) You won’t get bulky! This is a misconception of using weights. This statement is far from the truth!! Bulking up occurs mostly due to increased appetite and not enough cardio or yoga to lean out.

4) Weight lifting maintains muscle mass while lowering your body fat. Muscle separation (cuts) occurs when muscles are worked independently in all directions (do several different exercises for 1 muscle group).

5) Your metabolism will be in high gear! Having a muscle on your body is a good thing because your metabolism will be kicking when you are chilling and when you can’t make it to the gym.

6) Posture! Shoulders point or cave forward because the chest is overly tight from sitting hunched forward over the computer or driving. Back, chest and core exercises can greatly improve strength assisting you to sit up straight, making you appear slimmer.

7) Give your pups a perk up! Even if you don’t have much there a little muscle will make them look bigger! Especially the decline exercises, these exercises will help to lift up the twins to say hello, and goodbye to double side boob!

8) Don’t give cellulite a chance! Diet alone won’t prevent it! Fat cells can only shrink, they never go away once they’ve multiplied and if the area isn’t worked they will enlarge and keep multiplying.

Keep in mind your body works like a pulley system, a balance between working the upper and lower body is super
important front, back, top and bottom. Work your entire body in order to burn fat and look great everywhere (there’s no such thing as spot treatment)!!

Incorporate these 3 key elements to burn fat and keep it off with 1) regular cardio
exercise, 2) consistent strength training for all your muscle groups and 3) a healthy balanced diet.

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Jan 22 2012

Diet or Exercise?

The answer is both, how badly do you want to feel and look your best?? Self discipline and self-control are vital in maintaining a healthy weight.

A balance of both diet and exercise are important for many reasons:

A nutrient dense wholesome diet with a variety of foods is necessary to properly fuel the body.

Ingested foods directly correlate to bodily function: operation, emotional feeling, thinking, rest, rejuvenation, energy levels, sight, hair, skin color, skin elasticity, etc

There is a massive difference between a 500 calorie meal filled with animal or plant based foods VS a 500 bomb of processed or fried foods. The later option is un-fulfilling due to it’s lack of nutrients and will leave you hungry for more of that more often.

- Eat nutrient dense whole foods that support your activity levels.

Exercising has physical, emotional and health benefits.

1) It helps control weight

2) build and maintain healthy bones muscles and joints.

3) Improves mood, reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.

4) Improves heart health and circulation

5) Helps protect you from heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, back pain, osteoporosis.

6) Helps manage stress.

- Regular cardio exercise and strength training for your entire body

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