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The Fitness Falsehoods
Dissecting Common Weight Loss Myths About Strength-Resistance Exercises The world of fitness is such a huge one. Taking a look at it inside the world of the internet where we get most of the information these days, you can say that this is one of the largest markets that are being followed by a lot more
The Importance of Weight Loss to Type 2 Diabetes
Guest Blog Article By William Richards There are numerous health benefits to losing weight. Eating a nutritious diet and exercising regularly can prevent and reduce a number of health problems, including symptoms of type 2 diabetes, brought on by excess pounds. Shedding pounds can lower your blood sugar, help you use insulin more efficiently and more
Moderate vs. Intense Workouts for Weight Loss
As someone who is always sick and tired, the intensity of a hardcore workout usually doesn’t work out so well for me. I mess up my back or neck, make myself sick to my stomach, or simply collapse and fall asleep. But, I have to tell you, I sometimes wish I could be a bad-ass more
Distorted Body Image: Media Influence on Self-Esteem in Young Women
“I need to lose 3 pounds.” Just three? Does that 3 extra pounds really tilt the scales? I mean…really? “You look skinny to me, girl!” I hear this a lot, and yet I still look in the mirror and see a fatty. Then again, I did have a Zumba instructor assume that I was pregnant. more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – June Health Goal Wrap-up & July Health Goals
I usually do my wrap-up at the beginning of every month, but here it is, the 12th, and I have yet to do my wrap-up or create new health goals for July. If my goal is “getting healthier”, then I’m seriously behind this month. I also seriously lapsed on my June health goals shortly after more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – June Health Goals
Getting healthier this year is my number 1 goal. If I can get healthier, I figure everything else will fall into place. I will become a better wife and mother, have more energy to do the things that I need and want to accomplish, and just improve my quality of life dramatically. It is my more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – May Health Goal Wrap-Up
My main goal for 2011 is “Getting Healthier”, as I have come to call it – or Getting Healthier in 2011. I don’t want to be “Always Sick & Tired”. I want to feel healthy and energized, and that’s what my site is all about doing. Getting Healthier in 2011 Goals for May: Take a more
Getting Healthier in 2011 – May Health Goals & April Wrap-Up
In my attempt to reach my goal – Getting Healthier in 2011 – I am keeping track of monthly goals and whether or not I’ve met them. So far, I’ve done okay…I guess. First, a look at April. Getting Healthier in 2011 – April Health Goals Exercise 30 minutes per day at least 3 days more
Do you know how to lose belly fat? Because I don’t! – Stubborn Belly Fat = Me, Cranky!
It’s been a week since the last person assumed that I am pregnant because of my stubborn belly fat. I still can’t look at the Zumba instructor without wanting to snap her like a twig, but I am also PMSing, so that probably has something to do with my violent tendencies at the moment. It more
Upper Back and Shoulder Pain – It Friggin HURTS!
I have had this issue with my upper back and shoulder pain for many years. It even started before I was ever pregnant. It’s this horrible pain between my shoulder blades that sometimes just completely lays me out. Other times, it just makes it painful to drive my car. My upper back and shoulder pain more
