10 Tips To Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau

Anyone who has ever been on a diet knows how discouraging it is once you lose the first 10 pounds but can’t seem to shed the rest. You get stuck in a rut, and even though you keep doing the same things that worked last week, they don't seem to be working for you anymore. You might try doing something more drastic like eating even less or exercising even more, but that's only good for another pound or two – and then you're stuck again. So what do you do? 1. Make sure you don't get bored with your diet. One of the main reasons that people fall off the diet wagon is because they don't have enough food choices. If you restrict what you eat that far, you won't have anything you like, and you'll...

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Lose Weight Without Counting Calories

I've never been a big fan of counting calories. In fact, in the past year, I have lost about 30 pounds without counting a single dietary digit. Sure, I know recording everything you put in your mouth can help peel off pounds, but I also know that obsessing over calories makes you more likely to eat lowfat, low-fiber foods that wouldn't satiate a starling. Instead of crunching numbers, I munched on healthy food to become a weight loss success. If a food lover like me can do it, you can, too! Try these tips:• Pick up produce. Have at least one fruit and veggie at every meal. On busy days when I know my lunch won't have a smidge of green in it, I have two fruits at breakfast; I toss berries or peaches into my nonfat Greek yogurt and sprinkle it with granola. I love asparagus, green pepper, sun-dried...

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5 Pseudo-Healthy Foods—and 5 That Are Healthier Than You Think

Pseudo-Healthy Food: Diet Soda It may seem like the perfect way to save calories and slash your sugar intake, but studies show that diet drinkers actually weigh more than regular soda drinkers. For diet soft-drink drinkers, the risk of becoming overweight or obese tied to a 2-can-a-day habit is 57 percent compared to 46 percent for regular soda drinkers. Diet soda may throw off your natural appetite regulation, causing you to eat more sweets. It may also trick you into thinking it's OK to indulge in high calorie foods because you "saved" by choosing diet soda. Pseudo-Healthy Food: Pretzels ­The label may shout 'fat free' and seem like a better alternative to chips, but they're made with refined white flour stripped of its vitamins and antioxidants....

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Are you worried about Weight Loss After Pregnancy?

Are you worried about weight loss after pregnancy? Well you can now stop worrying about all those extra pounds that you will put on during pregnancy. Today’s moms can easily get back their pre-pregnancy figure within a year. With the help of daily regime, workouts and a good diet. Generally moms think that right diet means dieting. But they are wrong, Right diet does not mean that you start dieting right after you deliver. concentrate on nourishing yourself through a proper diet. You can start exercising along with a good diet intake. After some months, your see your body returns to its normal level and then you can start your loosing weight. Maximum moms have questions: How Many Months Before I Return To My Normal Weight? Weight gain in...

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How to Get Rid of Freckles

The brightest freckles are found in young adults, usually having blonde and especially red hair. The skin tends to freckle in spring and summer, but as fall comes and winter approaches, they turn pale and disappear. The color and brightness of freckles, however, depend not only on the color of your hair and skin, but also on how long and intensely your skin is exposed to sunlight. Anti-Freckles DietIn spring, you should eat more foods rich in vitamin C such as fruit, green onion, red or black currant juice, sauerkraut and wild rose tea. Vitamin C makes the skin less sensitive to sunbeams. Whitening Masks against Freckles Skin care masks have a positive cosmetic effect, too. You can make them with handy ingredients (tomatoes, currant, strawberry,...

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Beauty lies in eyes

Eye is a very sensitive organ. Today many of us spend long hours sitting in front of a PC or laptop. Using these gadgets actually strains our eye muscles and causes dryness. Besides, pollution, diseases like diabetes, sinusitis and thyroid can also effect the eyesight. If you are suffering from redness of the eye continuous headaches, blurred vision eye fatigue, the urge to keep your eyes closed, itching in the eyes, spots and strings floating in your field of vision , then you need to get your checked immediately. Exercise:Eye exercises help in keeping the six eye muscle, which help the eyes to rotate, flexible and strong If the muscle become stiff, it becomes painful to move the eyes and close the lid. Exercising also helps to relieve the...

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Exercise can improve your mood

Because we've heard it so often -- and because we feel pretty good after we exercise ourselves -- we've never examined the axiom that exercise floods the brain pan with miracle motes known as endorphins, triggering a natural high. But when we heard that human and rat studies on exercise and mood called that maxim into question, we stopped to take a look. First, the basic stuff: "We know [from studies] that exercise is good for the brain," says Daniel Galper, senior research associate in the mood disorders research program and clinic at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Brain imaging studies show that exercise boosts activity in the brain's frontal lobes and the hippocampus. But those effects are complex and, says Galper, "it is hard to identify the physiological...

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Walking for fitness: How to trim your waistline, improve your health

Walking is a gentle, low-impact exercise that can ease you into a higher level of fitness and health. It's one of your body's most natural forms of exercise. It's safe, simple, doesn't require practice, and the health benefits are many. Here's more about why walking is good for you, and how to get started with a walking program. Benefits of walking Walking for fitness can help you achieve a number of important health benefits. For example, you can:Reduce your risk of a heart attack. Walking keeps your heart healthy by lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol) and raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol). A regular walking program also reduces your risk of developing high blood...

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Beauty Tips for The Big Day—Ready for Your Close Up?

Whether getting ready for your wedding day or another momentous occasion, the following tips and reminders will ensure that you look beautiful in person and in photographs: Keep in mind that regardless of the product, shade, or application technique, makeup is only as good as the skin it covers. Take time in the months leading up to the big day to treat your skin well and avoid using products that cause irritation or can cause side effects such as dryness, flaking, or redness. Anticipate your skin’s needs based on its history and the weather (is the event in a location where it will be more humid, arid, or cold than your skin is used to?) then choose products accordingly.Do not have a facial, microdermabrasion, peel, or any other spa or dermatologist treatment within two weeks of the event,...

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How To Get Better Results In Less Time At The Gym

As an experienced strength trainer, one of the biggest mistakes I see new members make is working out for too long, too often. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s two-hour, twice-daily workouts back in the 1970s are the stuff of legend, but times have changed. Schwarzenegger was a pioneer, but he was also a genetic freak – what worked for him almost certainly won’t work for you. Lifting weights was Schwarzenegger’s life – this is a luxury working people can rarely afford. Here’s the good news – you can achieve outstanding results by spending less time at the gym! Just follow these simple tips: Everything Is In The Preparation The time you spend at the gym is not limited to those minutes when you’re actually working out. Getting your gym kit ready, driving...

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7 Ways to boost your metabolicrate and lose weight

Being fit and healthy isn’t just about six-pack abs or buns of steel. It means losing fat and staying lean, not losing weight and staying thin. The safest path towards physical fitness is through your metabolism. Boost your metabolic rate or the amount of energy spent in a given time so the next time you sit in front of the television, you are burning 100 calories, instead of just one. With a simple tweak in your lifestyle, you can improve your health significantly and obtain the body you’ve always wanted. 1. Meal Time Management When you sleep, your metabolism slows down too. It will only resume its normal rate after your next meal. If you skip breakfast, your body burns only a few calories so you still have enough energy to survive until...

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9 Common Health Myths Debunked

Myth: A high-fiber diet will prevent colon cancerNot even if you eat a pine tree, cones and all. Research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute showed that no matter how much fiber study subjects ate--from 10 grams a day to 27--it did nothing to reduce their risk of recurrence of precancerous polyps. "The fiber hypothesis dates from an old epidemiological study," says James E. Allison, M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. "It was presumed that the shorter intestinal transit time accompanying a high-fiber diet decreased a person's exposure to potential carcinogens." Reality check: Despite the myth, keep eating a high-fiber diet (it can help lower cholesterol and prevent diabetes),...

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