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say, "The journey of a thousand miles still begins with
1-Step!" And you have just taken that BIG
first step in your weight loss journey.
Your
desire and determination along with the cutting edge information
that I have to offer will prove to be a killer combination
in the achievement of your goal.
Essential
Tips for Gaining Muscle
Men's Fitness has come up with timesaving tips to help you
make your training efforts more productive, whether your goal
is increased muscle mass, less fat, greater endurance or all
three.
Pushing
To The Top
Fitness International champ Kelly Ryan has her eyes on superstardom,
and her chest training helps her build the physique to get
there.
The
Training Effect and How to Get It
You keep hearing the advice to exercise three times a week
for 20 minutes at 60 to 90 percent of your maximum heart rate.
Why? Because if you do so, your cardiovascular system will
eventually get better at transporting oxygen-filled blood
to working muscles.
Why
Warm Up?
Warming up can prevent injury while improving your flexibility,
strength, extensibility of the tendons, and blood flow to your
muscles.
Basic Workout Tips
Essential workout pointers for beginners to learn and veterans
to remember.
Ab Crunch
Learn how to effectively define and increase abdominal mass
with the ab crunch.
Reverse Crunch
The reverse crunch not only works the lower abdominals, but
when done through a maximum range of motion, it also works the
entire abdominal muscle group. |
An
Introduction to The Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet remains one of the most talked about and popular
diets around. Here's your chance to learn the basics of what
it's like.
Stress Solutions
Five
Emotional Eating Cues
How to Curb
Emotional Eating
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Stress Solutions
In
this time of stress and sadness, it is very easy to give in
to emotional eating. When we feel anxious, desperate, or just
plain tired, we are all likely to reach for comfort foods,
or, to overeat any type of food until we achieve a feeling
of numbness.
The
Stress Factor
It only
stands to reason that if you are feeling anxious right now,
you are reaching for cookies, cake, sweets or potato chips.
These foods are reminiscent of childhood when you could eat
nearly anything you wanted without gaining weight. But there
is also a more subtle, physical reason: when we are stressed,
a chemical produced by our brain called cortisol increases
our appetite.
Fluctuating
Feelings
In addition
to the stress and anxiety we are all feeling, we are also
experiencing sadness, anger and frustration, all of which
are common emotional eating cues. Emotional eating is a problem
for many people on an every day basis; it is only compounded
by additional emotional turmoil.
What
Should I Eat?
If you
are not physically hungry, yet you feel that you simply must
eat, you will most likely reach for something crunchy. Crunchy
foods take longer to eat and help us divert our attention
away from our feelings. High-carb foods like chips are crunchy
as well. You can satisfy this craving with pretzels, baked
chips, carrots sticks, or crunchy fruit like apples. Other
good snacks to munch during stress are low-fat cheese and
crackers, yogurt, or a peanut butter sandwich.
Healthy
Alternatives
The best
way to respond to your emotions is to face them head on. As
difficult as it is to do, some of your best stress solutions
right now will have nothing to do with eating. Here are some
to try:
•Write
in your journal about your feelings and fears.
•Write a letter to the firemen and rescuers in New York.
•Make a quilt or cross-stitch memorializing the tragedy.
•Write a story about the event from a rescuer's point
of view.
•Listen to some reassuring music like peaceful new age
or relaxing classical.
•Help local volunteers organize a fund-raising effort.
•Put patriotic decorations up around your house.
•Talk to someone close to you about your feelings.
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