January 2012
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Crap
I have started to neglect this Tumblr and I can’t do that! I need to continue on towards my goals. I can do this!!!!
December 2011
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Light as Air: Weight Loss Tips For Beginners →
coffee-and-control:
Diets fail, lifestyles don’t. If you are beginning make sure you are ready to commit to a lifestyle change and not just a lose-weight-fast-scheme. We ultimately want you to be healthy and active for your entire life, not just a couple of months. :)
Clean out your…
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Calorie Counting is the Key! →
Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds
Fat Burning Tips →
Get real tip No. 1: ”You can’t spot reduce,” says Darlene Sedlock, PhD, an associate professor of kinesiology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. “Nobody wants to hear that.”
Translation: If you’re hankering to get rid of the jeans spillover or the pot belly, you need to burn fat from head to toe. “Anything to reduce your overall body fat will...
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Total Body Workout at Home →
This total body workout offers a basic format for targeting the entire body — chest, back, shoulders, arms, legs and abs — in a short period of time. It is best for exercisers who are familiar with basic strength moves, but want a simple home workout.
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Don't Do the Unhealthy Option →
Recognize the Risk Factors for Anorexia
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Know your family history. Anorexia does have a genetic component, meaning that parents may pass the disease on to their children.
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Monitor peer groups. Anorexic behavior can be learned from friends, roommates and even parents or other family members.
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Assess personality. Irritability, low self-image, perfectionism, obsession, withdrawal...
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Healthy Holiday Eating Tips →
For many people, holidays and family get togethers are a time for celebration. These celebrations often involve foods that are high in fat, sugar and calories and short on nutrition. With a few minor changes, however, special occasion foods can be both delicious and nutritious.
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Morning exercise. →
The Case for Morning Exercise
Research suggests that morning exercise improves sleep, a benefit that could also promote weight loss, Bryant tells WebMD. One study of overweight women between the ages of 50 to 75 showed that those who engaged in consistent morning exercise (about four hours a week) slept better than those who exercised less. The evening exercisers had more trouble falling asleep -...
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Over-the-counter weight-loss pills →
Over-the-counter weight-loss pills: Do they work?
The temptation to use over-the-counter weight-loss pills to lose weight fast is strong. But are these products safe and effective?
By Mayo Clinic staff
The appeal of losing weight quickly is hard to resist. But do weight-loss pills and products lighten anything but your wallet? And are they a safe option for weight loss? Here’s a look at...
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More info on Interval Training →
What can interval training do for me?
Whether you’re a novice exerciser or you’ve been exercising for years, interval training can help you jazz up your workout routine. Consider the benefits:
You’ll burn more calories. The more vigorously you exercise, the more calories you’ll burn — even if you increase intensity for just a few minutes at a time.
You’ll improve...
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Interval Training →
Interval training is basically exercise which consists of activity at high intensityfor a period of time, followed by low intensity exercise for a period of time. These ‘sets’ are repeated.
Sprint Intervals
The high intensity portion are called Sprint Intervals. Sprint intervals are measured either by time or distance. They can be as short as 15 seconds in activities like HIIT or as...
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The Road.
“The road of life is paved with a thousand little disappointments. It’s those beautiful landmarks along the way that make it really worth traveling.”
-NewHopeBear
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Love Yourself.
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Relationship With Food →
For some reason this point keeps coming up in my mind today when responding to people so I thought it might be a good idea to make a post dedicated to this subject. Finding out your calorie limit, exercise goals, etc. are all great and will help you lose weight. One thing that is often overlooked is WHY you gained weight in the first place. Sure, for some it was simple laziness. For many the...
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There Should Be More Reasons.
It feels like a lot of people are trying to lose weight just because of their looks. Too many are trying to achieve this beautiful human look and too few are doing it for the reasons of health. At least that is my opinion.
I have always been a bigger guy, but my looks have not been an issue for me. My love life is great and I never felt like I was unattractive. I am trying to lose weight because...
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Dear body, I am sorry. I am sorry for how I...
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What fat does to you. →
You’re Not Alone
Two-thirds of all Americans are overweight; one-third of them are obese. It’s created an epidemic of high blood pressure, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), heart disease, heart-related deaths — plus strokes and diabetes. Also, many types of cancer have been linked with obesity.
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Inspirational Stories →
If someone reading this has repeatedly tried and failed to change their life for the better and they are considering giving up do you have any words of encouragement for them ? I can only speak from my experience, I was a healthy morbidly obese person, but for how long? I used to hate pictures of myself, I was really mad when i looked myself in the mirror. I´ve been alone for years, no...
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How to Eat 5 Small Meals a Day →
Eating five small meals throughout the day can help you control your appetite, raise your metabolism and reduce your chances of overeating. Eating more frequently reduces your risk of obesity by decreasing the blood insulin response to long fasts that increase fat storage and weight gain, according to MayoClinic.com. It’s important to plan your grazing to ensure you eat the right amount of...
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A list of tips to keep going. →
Here is a sample of the list. It is also one of the better ones I think.
People think I have great discipline. I don’t – I use tricks. I put my clothes in the car the night before so it is the path of least resistance to just throw on a sweat suit and go out and drive to the Y.
Walking vs. Jogging →
Which burns more kilojoules: 1km of walking or 1km of jogging? Does slow and steady win the race, or is fast and furious the way to go?
Lyndsey Rodrigues and exercise physiologist Lee Campbell put this to the test using heart-rate monitors.
Results Lyndsey walked 1km, then jogged 1km around a velodrome track, and the results turned out to be pretty even. Walking burned 248 kilojoules and jogging...
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What models do to look better →
They carb deplete their bodies. Going severely low carb is not something I recommend you do on a long-term basis, and I don’t advise integrating it into your typical diet. However, if you’re a model prepping for a photo shoot, you don’t have to worry about energy or performance – you want appearance. They carb deplete their bodies like crazy right before a shoot, and even scale back their total...
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Calories Calories Calories →
Myth #1: You don’t have to count calories Fact: Counting calories is important You definitely need to count calories in order to lose weight. People tend to overestimate their physical activity and underestimate their calories. Don’t rely on eyeballing your caloric intake or trying to estimate it. Instead, every day write down what you eat, the corresponding calories, and your physical activity....
MY FITNESS PAL! NewHopeBear is mine.
soulspoken:
Anyone on my fitness pal, let me know, i’ll follow your tumblr and add you as a friend. Very good tool to help with weight loss!!!!!
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Woot! I can do this!
I just got on the scale and I have lost 10 pounds since I started :)
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Thankful
I am thankful that I carry my weight well. I don’t ever look like the weight I actually am. When I tell people that I am 300 pound they are surprised because I apparently look like I should be 250 or so. I don’t know why that is, but I am thankful for it.
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Advice on Abs →
What Really Works?
What does strengthen your abs is what strengthens any other muscle in your body. Contraction! In this case - Decreasing the distance between your rib cage and your pelvis.
So we come back to the good old sit-up. But there are a few things to keep in mind.
Firstly, forget about the cool all-the-way-up sit-ups you see in the movies. Your abs are fully contracted when your...
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Any suggestions? →
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Ask me something!!! →
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Happy
Someone once told me that the only way you can truly become fit is to become happy because honestly you will hate still yourself whether you are skinny or fat.
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Machines vs. Free weights →
Some insight into machines vs free weights.
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As if you needed more reasons ;) →
1. Sex Relieves Stress
A big health benefit of sex is lower blood pressure and overall stress reduction, according to researchers from Scotland who reported their findings in the journalBiological Psychology. They studied 24 women and 22 men who kept records of their sexual activity. Then the researchers subjected them to stressful situations — such as speaking in public and doing verbal...
