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Post-Natal Fitness: Your Feet Were Made For Walking

After the baby is born, you’re going to notice that a lot of things have changed including your personal energy levels. You’ll be delighted to know that your bladder function returns to normal almost immediately for most women. This means when it’s time to go to the bathroom, you’ll actually go to the bathroom rather than need to tinkle. We’ve talked about the need to make sure you attend all of your follow-up visits with your ob-gyn after the baby is born and I will stress it in any article I write about post-natal fitness. But sometime between the first … Continue reading →

Overweight? You May Be At Risk For Diabetes!

Did you know that obesity is the leading factor for Type 2 Diabetes? It’s true. The greater your weight, the greater your resistance to insulin is, which means if you are clinically obese, like 30 percent of the population is estimated to be, your extra body mass may be preventing your body from effectively using insulin. To cut the risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes, experts say that even a moderate weight loss of 5-7% of your body weight can make a difference. For an adult weighing 200 pounds, that’s just 10-14 pounds. If you’ve already been diagnosed with Type … Continue reading →

Dieting Myths Revealed

If you look at the world of dieting, you see a huge selection of stories to believe. The problem is that everyone claims to be right, making the choosing process difficult. To help you lose weight in a healthy way but also with excellent results, I wanted to reveal some of the most common dieting myths. What we do know is that to lose weight in a healthy manner, you must consume fewer calories than the body is burning. This can be done by consuming better and lower caloric foods or increasing the level of activity. Other than this, the … Continue reading →

Is Diet and Exercise Enough

I was like many people when I started thinking about weight loss. I thought you simply had to eat less and exercise a little more and the weight would drop off. While that did work to a certain degree, I also discovered that to accomplish some serious weight loss, more things needed to taken into account. For instance, one of these important factors was muscle condition and muscle tone. Although muscle conditioning and tone may be something coming later in a weight loss plan, for the long-term goal, it is an important consideration. In fact, I found it helps to … Continue reading →

Beyonce’s Maple Syrup Diet

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Beyonce Knowles says not to do this but openly admits that she used it to lose 20 pounds in 10 days during the filming of Dreamgirls. While we appreciate comments below the blog, please click here to bring your questions to our forum dedicated specifically to the Master Cleanse and find out more about this fast. There you’ll find plenty of people who have successfully used it and even find a downloadable copy of the official Master Cleanse. Just click here now! The former Destiny’s Child singer who has a very successful solo singing career as well as an acting … Continue reading →

Weight Loss 101

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One of the funniest things about reading weight loss articles and how to’s is the advice about whether to or not to count calories. Now, most of us know that calories are listed on the back of most products you can buy thanks to the handy nutritional label. But how does one count calories? And how does one know how many calories to eat in order to lose weight? The magic number of calories you should eat is: non-existent person has different calorie needs and it’s necessary to identify what your personal caloric needs are before you can answer the … Continue reading →