October 2011
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My Main Blog →
Some people were asking for my main blog, so the link is now on my page, and here it is. It’s a lot different from this blog very much about funny things, Harry Potter, and Cats… So I won’t be offended if people ignore it haha! Anyways this has nothing to do with fitness or anything =]
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Whey Protein
Protein itself is responsible for hundreds of functions in the body. It helps with muscle preservation, weight maintenance, cell regeneration, hair growth, immunity and healthy skin just to name a few things.
According to RDA guidelines, the recommended amount of protein a day is .8 grams per kilogram of body weight. Another thing to take into consideration is overdosing on whey protein. The...
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Personal Progress [or regress]
I haven’t been very active here lately (pretty much since i came back to school) and it’s probably the worst thing that I could have done to my progress. I just got my Halloween costume in the mail today and it was the most heartbreaking thing ever: it fit, but I looked absolutely grotesque. So I took it as a wake up call and am getting back into the habit of being healthy. That means...
16 tips to triple your workout effectiveness →
imperfectionatbestt:
Limit your workouts to 30-40 minutes. Though the tendency of some people who really want to get a lot out of their workouts is to spend a lot of time at the gym, the truth is that after 30 or 40 minutes, the benefit isn’t as great. To go that long, you’d have to lower the intensity of the workout, and that means that you’re spending too much time working out. It’s better to...
The obesity epidemic is a result of lifestyle...
undressedskeleton:
If you go to The Official Dukan Diet Website they have tons of calculators that help you find a healthy weight and timeline.
There are tons of charts and Statistics that are very interesting as well.
www.dukandiet.com
At the Gym
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All the other girls
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A Wedding Blog →
I’ve made a wedding blog if anyone is interested in it. I’ve mentioned a few times about my future wedding and I thought it would be really fun to have a blog for that, so I made one! I just made it so it really doesn’t have anything yet but =]
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Commit to be Fit: How to Breathe While Running: →
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Learn to breathe deeply: Your lungs are just a bit smaller than your ribcage, but we all tend to use just the top third of the lung. One reason being that, like all muscles, the intercostals, which run between the ribs, can get tight and inflexible, limiting the expansiveness of your…
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ramblingsofaginger:
Seriously?
Vegan/Vegetarian or not?
So I came across a picture that said ‘You know you are a vegan when you eat more healthy than the people who judge you’ and I have a few things to say about that.
First of all I would like to say that I have nothing against Vegans Vegetarians, or any form of lifestyle diet people want to take up. I have respect for the people who have the will power and the devotion to do that.
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Clean Body, Clean Mind, Clean Living: 8 Health... →
swallowingseawater:
Figs are one of the healthiest foods on the planet, so it’s unfortunate that the only time some people encounter them is in a Fig Newton.
Not only are figs healthy, but did you know that fig leaves are edible and have many health benefits themselves? In fact, fig leaves may have more…
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10 Instant Emotional Fitness Tools
When things get out of control and you momentarily lose your emotional balance, there are any number of little things you can do to regain it. Here are ten tools to help get you started.
1. Wash your hands and face and brush your teeth. It cools and cleans the parts of your body that you use most frequently, which is relaxing, and gives you that “fresh start” feeling.
2. Put...
