For those who have been following my blog over the last few years have used the free fitness tools and calculators that are highlighted at the top of this blog (Free Fitness Calculators). These tools are brought to you by Global Health & Fitness and are just a small sampling of the many items that are on their site.
I have been a fan of GHF for years as they help people get fit and healthy without any type of “diet products” but through coaching, a community forum, advanced fitness plans, healthy recipes and train you for a lifetime of success.
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If you have been keeping up with Dancing With the Stars, you have probably noticed that several of the stars have been slimming down over the last few weeks.
Marie Osmond has lost a total of an amazing 31 pounds. She looks wonderful (to be honest I’m not sure where she was hiding all the extra weight as she always looks good) better yet, she states that she feels younger and has less body aches than she had before.
Dancing has always been excellent exercise and even though you may not practice your dancing 5 or 6 hours a day like the stars on Dancing With The Stars do, even dancing for 30 minutes a day will give you great benefits. Dance to music around your house or take up a dancing class. The main goal is to make your body move. It’s not the over eating that gets us gaining weight as much as the lack of exercise. So Dance!
This is the time of year that most of us start thinking about ways to lose weight and also ways that we can work out while we are on vacation.
One of the best ways to work out and burn an average of 100 calories every 5 minutes is jumping rope. We all use to jump rope when we were kids but never realized that is was so good for our body - we just thought that it was a fun thing to do.
Have you ever wondered why boxers and pro-bodybuilders have jumping rope as part of their fitness routine? Not only does jumping rope blast way the calories (about 100 for every 5 minutes of fun exercise) but it also works your arms, legs and butt.
Jumping rope is also a good fitness routine to keep up while your on vacation. It’s easy to pack, you can jump whenever you have a few minutes here and there and you also don’t have to worry about jogging out in a city that you are not familiar with.
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These exercises work well for both the inner and outer thighs & will also help to shape your butt.
In the theater, on a bus, or during a meeting, sit with your lower back against a chair, then press your two legs tightly together as if they were one for as long as possible.
To increase your walking speed, take longer strides rather than shorter, quicker steps. By lengthening your pace you’re using more of your thigh and hip muscles.
Just before you retire at night, stand with your knees slightly bent and grip your pillow between them. Squeeze the pillow for 8 counts as if trying to crush it. Repeat several times.
With Halloween now over, many grocery stores are having sales on pumpkins and pumpkin seeds. Although you may not have the time to dry your own seeds, you can always pick up a bag and start munching away.
Why pumpkin seeds?
If you’re on the hunt for healthy snack foods to include in an overall metabolism-boosting routine, pumpkin seeds can fit the bill and do it well. These practically perfect snack food items are known to have a number of benefits, including boosting metabolism.
While changing your diet to include nothing but pumpkin seeds isn’t advised, replacing bags of chips, cookies or other high-calorie, low-nutrient snacks with them is. Good, old-fashion pumpkin seeds can help boost the metabolism slightly by simply making the body work harder to digest them. High fiber foods are known to have some benefits toward this end, plus these little creations are rather rich in protein, too. As the body works harder to break down roasted pumpkin seeds, it burns a few more calories than it would have eating up chips.
In addition to pumpkin seeds’ metabolism boosting benefits, this snack food also contains a number of other perks. Pumpkin seeds are very high in zinc, which is known to help the immune system function correctly. These seeds have been used in natural medicine for hundreds of years. Their properties are believed to include benefits for the digestion system in general, the immune system and even the kidneys. Some medical studies have even shown that pumpkin seeds can help men maintain prostate health in later years.
When you have a choice of salted or plain pumpkin seeds it is always healthier to eat the unsalted seeds. If you haven’t tried the unsalted seeds yet, then try them-you might be quite surprised and find that you prefer them without the salt.
So go and boost your metabolism the natural way — with pumpkin seeds.
I wasn’t planning on adding another post about portion controlled diets so soon, but I just found out that Nutrisystem is having a sale. As you already know I am a big fan of Nutrisystem and more so around the holidays.
If you don’t want to gain the “holiday pounds” and actually lose weight during the holidays and look smashing for new Years Eve you should take advantage of this special sale going on now.
Your body will love you for it!
