FITNESS
Fitness, exercise, and getting in shape are covered here.
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Weight Loss Milestones: Celebrate Your Successes
If you have more than just a few pounds to lose, it’s not going to happen overnight — even though that what we might want! It took a while to put on the extra weight, so it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that it takes time to take it back off. Discouraging, right? You need motivation! One way to stay motivated is to set different little mini-goals or weight loss milestones. Don’t forget that each time you reach a milestone you should celebrate your success and how far you’ve come on your weight loss journey. Milestone Setting Varies for Each Person Where you set your weight loss milestones is…
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Motivational Tools To Help with Your Weight Loss Goals
Losing weight is hard work. We can all use a little extra help. This post discusses four different weight loss tools you may want to have on hand. These aren’t all electronic tools — some are low-tech tools that actually don’t cost any money. Either way, each of these tools can help keep you on track and — more importantly — keep you motivated to keep going. Motivation is key, particularly on those days when you’re craving high-calorie foods or don’t want to head outside to exercise. Use these tools to help you reach your weight loss goals. Food and Exercise Journal One of the simplest, yet most effective weight…
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5 Ways Diet and Exercise Link to Happiness
It’s no secret that diet and exercise can affect your wellbeing. However, do you know how they contribute to happiness? Here, you’ll discover 5 ways diet and exercise link to happiness. 1. Releasing More Feel-Good Chemicals It’s a well-known fact that exercise releases feel-good chemicals in the brain. That’s why, when you’ve had a good workout, you often feel much happier. However, did you know your diet can also help you to boost those feel-good chemicals? Chocolate, specifically the dark variety, is known to release feel good chemicals within the brain. Just remember, you’ll want to opt for the purest dark chocolate you can find. You’ll also want to limit…
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Keeping It Real – Here’s to Steady Weight Loss
Real talk. Let’s talk about real weight loss. What I’m talking about is losing weight in a way and at a rate that’s sustainable. Yes, you can go on one of those miracle liquid diets for 48 hours and lose a few pounds. But it isn’t something you’d want to (or should) be sticking with for the long run. Plus chances are that as soon as you go back to eating normally, you’ll get the weight right back. Let’s think about a case for slow and steady weight loss. You (and I) didn’t put those 30 extra pounds on overnight. Don’t expect to take them off in a matter of…
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Excuses and Missteps: Things that Can Derail Your Diet Goals
Goals, goals, goals. I have posted a lot about goals during January. This will remain a topic of interest this year but I am going to branch out a bit. Each of us have planned some goals for the year — now we can get into more details about specific goals and how to make them come true — and all that that entails. So for a goal related to weight and diet — a diet goal — first let’s consider the biggest issue — mindset. Block Out That Little Voice! If you want to get down to a healthy weight, you have to stop making excuses. You know what…
