91 Search Results for "weight"

• Exercises To Strengthen Your C Exercises To Strengthen Your Core

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    Back Extensions

    Lie face down, legs together and extended straight, arms bent with hands behind neck, head and neck in a neutral position.

      Lift the upper body (chest, shoulders) off of the ground, "crunching" towards the hips. Hold for a count of 5. Slowly lower to floor. Repeat 3 times.  You can also do this as the picture shows, just up and down for a count of 5.  I prefer holding it for a count of 5 and then lowering.  Either is okay. This is a very small movement-- don't move further than you can naturally and easily.

     

     

    

     

     Plank

    Begin this exercise by lying on your stomach with your forearms on the floor pointing straight forward, your feet together and your spine in a neutral position. Your feet should be touching or no more than an inch apart. Lift your body up on your forearms and toes, keeping your body as straight as possible. Maintain this position for as long as possible and challenge yourself to longer periods in the plank position. Try to hold the position for 60 seconds. Don’t let your hips/knees drop, your butt raise, or shift weight to one forearm.

     

     

       Airplane Pose

    Stand with feet together, arms at sides, and gaze at a spot on the ground about 5 feet ahead for balance.  Lift left foot back, bending forward until left leg and chest are almost parallel to the ground. Extend arms out as shown. I prefer to hold the pose as you bend over slightly for a count of 10, instead of going up and down as the picture shows.  I think it improves balance more doing it that way. Concentrate on centering yourself as you bend over slightly.  Remember to do the opposite leg.  Repeat for 2-3 sets. Don't worry about trying to go as parallel as she does in the picture.

     

     

     

    

     

      Banana Pose

    Lie on floor with legs together, arms extended overhead, belly button pulled in toward spine. Keeping head between arms, slowly raise upper body and legs off floor to form a gentle banana like curve. Hold for a count of 10. Then lower. Repeat 3-4 times.

     

    

     

        Ball Crunches   

    I like to do these with my feet  (toes) touching a wall to keep from sliding.

     

    Begin by sitting on top of the Swiss ball. Roll in the direction your head is pointed until your lower back is supported by the curve of the ball. You can either cross your arms over your chest or place your hands behind your ears. Do not put them behind the head or clasp them together behind your head. Crunch forward, using your abdominals, until you are at approximately a 45 degree angle to the ball. Keep you neck in a neutral position. Try doing 3 sets of 15 crunches.Your lower back should feel supported while doing these.

     

    

     

     

    Twist Crunch  

    Lie on the floor or a mat on your back, with knees bent and hands behind head. Feet should be flat on the ground. Keep a space between your chin and chest (looking diagonal towards the ceiling). EXHALE: As you lift up, rotate upper body toward one side, then rotate back to center. INHALE: Lower your back to the floor. Alternate sides. 10 reps each side. Repeat 3 times.

     

     

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• Thin Woman Kicked Off Plane So Thin Woman Kicked Off Plane So Fat Teen Could Fly

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    Earlier this month, Southwest Airlines kicked off a thin woman from a Las Vegas flight to make room for a fat teenager.  The 110 lb. woman bought a full fare ticket--the last seat on the plane.  She got on the plane, sat down in her seat and buckled up, ready to go. 

    

     

    The fat teenager arrived late and boarded the plane.  The flight attendant told the thin woman she would have to leave as they needed to make room for the overweight teenager.  The 14 year old teenager was traveling alone and the parents had not purchased a second seat for her.  The woman protested and said, "It didn't seem right that I should have to leave to accommodate someone who had only paid for one seat." She was told to get off the plane.  She was booked on the next flight and given a free ticket by Southwest.

     

    If they would have asked me to leave that plane, I would have been very upset.  I would not want to have been inconvenienced just because of a fat person.  

    If the teenager had not been fat, this would have been a non-issue.  Were the parents in complete denial about their fat teenager?  Did they not know about Southwest's policy requiring passengers too fat to put their armrest down comfortably, to buy a second seat?

    As people are getting fatter and fatter, this problem is not going away.  I can see airlines in the future, asking us our weight before we purchase a ticket.

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• Fat Kids, Fat Problems Fat Kids, Fat Problems

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    There are about 22 million kids, worldwide, who are overweight.

    1 out of 3 kids in America are overweight or obese. What's worse is medical problems that were once diagnosed only in adults, are showing up in kids.  We're now seeing teenagers with heart disease and type 2 diabetes.  Obesity is now even showing up in kids 5 years and younger.  That's just pathetic!

    Instead of relying on national programs or schools, parents need to start stepping up to the plate.  Parenting matters.  Children respond to their environment.  Parents can help change eating habits and activity levels in their kids.  Start stocking the pantry with healthy snacks.  Get rid of the sugary sodas.  Limit screen time to 2 hours a day and get your kids moving. Kids deserve to grow up healthy.

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• Too Fat To Graduate? Too Fat To Graduate?

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     A Pennsylvania college is telling students to shape up or else they won't graduate.  Entering freshmen at Lincoln University have to get their body fat measured.  If the result is above 30%, the threshold for obesity, the students have to take a physical education class or they can't graduate.  This requirement started for kids enrolled in the fall of 2006.  That class is now in its senior year.  There were 80 students whose graduation hinged upon their taking the phys ed class or passing the body fat test.

    What happened to those students?
    

    24 of those students did not graduate this summer because they failed to take the required phys ed class, or reduced their body fat.
    

    Faculty at Lincoln University say they are concerned with the whole student, not just the academic part.  They want to teach their students the importance of good health.
    

    Here's one Lincoln University student's opinion on this requirement.

    Is it good policy or violation of rights?

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• What You Need To Know About Wa What You Need To Know About Walking

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    The most common questions about walking are how often, how long and how fast should you walk.

    How often should you walk?

    Aim for a MINIMUM of 3 days a week when you start walking.  Gradually work your way up to 5 days a week.  The more you walk, the better, especially when it comes to weight loss.

    How fast should you walk?

    Although moderate intensity walking is beneficial, a brisked pace walk gives you the most health benefits.  Aim for 100 steps a minute.

    How long should you walk?

    The recommended time for most people ranges from a minimum of 20 minutes for general health benefits to 60 minutes for weight loss.  Keep this in mind, the longer you walk over 20 minutes, the more fat you burn.

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• Girl Power: The Importance of Girl Power: The Importance of Good Friends

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    In our busy lives filled with work responsibilities and caring for children, family, and even the planet, it's difficult to find the time to be with girlfriends. As we know, friends are often the first group that we call when the world becomes a bit chaotic but can be the last group we connect to when there are not enough hours in a day to do all that we 'should' do to be responsible adults. I would argue that it is exactly through our relationships with our girlfriends that we have the energy and power to take on the world.

    Girlfriends are different from sisters. Now I am not competing these groups against each other; they are very different. Each comes with its own set of joy, camaraderie, and history, but family can also be laden with personal interactions starting with the pecking order of birth, parent favoritism, and good old-fashioned sibling rivalry (stuff that is sometimes hard to change and never easy to forget). Girlfriends come with a freedom from all of that: we choose our friends and decide how we want to interact and play.

    As we go through marriages and divorces, births and deaths, promotions and resignations, weight loss and gain, short and long hair, fitness and illness -- all the dichotomy that life offers -- girl friends can provide the foundation for women to stand on and take it all in. This perch gives a vantage point that can provide clarity and a vision for the future. Take away that pedestal and the view can be dark and narrow. That is how I see the power from a girlfriend relationship.

    Sharing news and giving each other a hug or smile can make a difference in our lives. All of us have seen and felt the loneliness of being abandoned by a girlfriend in a time of need. I recall that after I lost my mom, a girlfriend whom had been close to me basically disappeared. I don't think that she meant to be unkind, but perhaps the pain of this loss was too much for her too and she did not know how to cope or to provide comfort. It was painful nonetheless. Everyone has limits and I found hers. It made me evaluate the relationship and realize the limitations that some have and perhaps that I could have in a similar situation. I would hope that I would not be like that, but I realize now that the dynamic nature of any relationship could be like that -- not out of a lack of love or caring, but out of internal fears.

    I believe in the balance of nature, so with that loss I also found that another girlfriend from childhood was there with an open heart. She had lost a parent and had faced her own medical crisis, for which I had been there for her. Although we don't live in the same location, share the same professional background, or have same family responsibilities, we have a history that goes back to the time we were little girls playing in a backyard. This gift is priceless and fills my life with gratitude and strength.

    There is something about girlfriend power -- it is the light that makes our days brighter.

     

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• Exercise Helps Women To Quit S Exercise Helps Women To Quit Smoking

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    According to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, women who exercised while trying to quit smoking were twice as likely to remain smoke-free and gained about half the weight of those who did not exercise.  280 women participated in this study.  Half of them participated in a counseling program on quitting smoking.  The other half participated in the same program AND exercised 3 days a week.  The exercise sessions included 30 to 40 minutes of brisk cardio.  The group that exercised said they felt better mentally and physically which helped to make it easier not to smoke.  They also gained less weight after they quit smoking.

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• How To Choose The Best Pedomet How To Choose The Best Pedometer

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    Studies show that just wearing a pedometer can encourage you to walk an extra 2,000 steps a day.  Just this simple change can result in losing 8 pounds in a year.  Strive to get 10,000 steps in a day.  Here's what to look for if you are going to buy a pedometer.

    

     

    Look for a display monitor you can easily read.

    Choose a light weight model that has a safety clip. (so you won't lose it!)

    Choose a pedometer that has a high accuracy rating.

    Make sure it has a 7 day memory feature to track your weekly progress.

    Choose one that resets automatically every day.

    Make sure it is silent.  Some of them make a clicking noise.

     

    A good pedometer will cost about $20.00.  The brand I like the best is the Omron 

    HJ-112.  It has all the above features and is easy to operate.
    
     

    
    

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• Are You Losing Strength? Are You Losing Strength?

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    Are you having trouble carrying those grocery bags? Many people are finding as they get older, they are getting weaker. That's just part of the aging process-right? NO, it doesn't have to be that way. You can prevent that loss of strength by weight resistance exercise. Ah, you say you're too old to start lifting weights. NOT TRUE. Older people who have never lifted weights, who start a strength training program, actually gain the most benefit. Just a few weeks of weight training will build muscle and increase your strength. Just because you're getting older does not mean you have to be weak! Take care of yourself, start that exercise program today.

    
    

     

    The Healthy Gift Set

    If you're looking for a gift that will help a loved one or a friend to take better care of herself, this is it.  If you want to improve your own health, then the Healthy Gift Set is for you.  Get my exercise dvd, Fitness After Fifty, AND my Guilt-Free Gourmet Cookbook, together for just $24.95!     Makes a great gift!     SHIPPING IS FREE.  Give the gift of health!

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• Can Household Clutter Make You Can Household Clutter Make You Fat?

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    Keeping your home free of clutter can help you to lose weight according to organizational guru Peter Walsh. In his new book, Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?, Walsh says that when people declutter their home, they start losing weight. His theory is that if you have a messy disorganized kitchen, you will always opt for the easy, which is take out instead of cooking. If your dining room table is piled high with bills and junk, you won't want to sit and have a healthy family meal there. Walsh says an overstuffed life leads to an overstuffed body. He says that if you want to seriously deal with your weight, you must clean up that clutter.
    

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• Money Helps You To Lose Weight Money Helps You To Lose Weight!

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    Want to triple the amount of weight you lose? Add a financial reward. Research shows that people who get financial incentives lose 3 times as much weight as those who don't.

    Get friends together and put $20.00 in a kitty. Whoever loses the most weight in a month, wins the prize. How's that for incentive!

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• You Can Double Your Weight Los You Can Double Your Weight Loss By Doing This!

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    A study recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that keeping a daily food diary can double your  weight loss. In this study, researchers tracked 1600 overweight men and women for 20 weeks.  The participants were asked to keep a record of their daily food intake and exercise minutes.  They found that the more the participants recorded what they ate, the more weight they loss.  Those who did not keep a food diary lost about 9lbs. over the 20 week study.  Those who kept the food diary lost 18lbs.-twice as much as those who didn't track their food.  They found by tracking your food, you become more accountable.  If you know you have to record what you eat, you think twice about eating it.

    A food diary can be written in a notebook, on a post it, on your computer, or even in a text message to yourself! Write down the time you eat and what you eat. Commit to keeping a food diary for one week. You will be amazed at how much food you really do eat.
    

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• Two Reasons Why We Eat Too Muc Two Reasons Why We Eat Too Much

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    We all know we're supposed to eat healthy portions, but often times we don't. A lack of willpower isn't always to blame. Here are a couple of reasons experts say as to why we eat too much.
    Not getting enough sleep affects two important hormones. It decreases the hormone that signals your brain that your body has had enough to eat and it increases the hormone that triggers hunger. Studies show that people who are sleep deprived have a 25% increase in appetite.
    Constant stress is another trigger for overeating. Your body pumps out high doses of hormones that can increase your appetite and lead you to overeat.
    
    

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• Wannabe Wannabe

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    I admit to having loads of issues with food.  However, I do believe there are significant health benefits to being vegetarian (sorry guys, vegan is just too extreme for me).  My problem is that although I try to eat a wide variety of foods and stick to whole rather than processed, I find myself somewhat limited and always hungry.

    I'm in another of my experimental phases to see if a switch to MOSTLY vegetarian makes any difference in how I feel.  My knees (among other things) are really creaky.  Physical therapy helped a lot but I'm currently in a "I don't want to exercise" phase and I'm letting myself be.  I'm also in a testing mode here to see if I gain or lose weight from this change. 

    So here I go again.  Vegetarian wannabe.  Carnivore by nature.  Who will win?  Giving it a few weeks.  Will let you know.

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• Little Bits Of Fitness Add Up! Little Bits Of Fitness Add Up!

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    Lack of time is one of the most common excuses for not exercising.  You need to forget the all-or-nothing mentality when it comes to exercise.  Fitness does not have to be only one hour workouts.  Short spurts of exercise, when they accumulate, have been shown to have similar benefits to the longer workouts.  I know you say, how can 10 minutes do anything?  But studies show it does work.  Since the 10 minute workout is brief, it needs to be a little more intense such as a brisk walk, jogging, circuit weight training, jumping rope, or running stairs.  These are all great ways to get that 10 minutes in.   You don't have to go to a gym to do this.  A 10 minute jog around the block, or 10 minutes of running in place at home, will work.  Doing a couple of these 10 minute segments, 2-3 times a day, will add up to big fitness gains, without sacrificing a lot of time. 

     

    The Healthy Gift Set

    If you're looking for a gift that will help a loved one or a friend to take better care of herself, this is it.  If you want to improve your own health, then the Healthy Gift Set is for you.  Get my exercise dvd, Fitness After Fifty, AND my Guilt-Free Gourmet Cookbook, together for just $24.95!     Makes a great gift for  Mother's Day, Father's Day and Birthdays.    SHIPPING IS FREE.  Give the gift of health!

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• Are Frozen Meals A Good Weight Are Frozen Meals A Good Weight Loss Plan?

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      When you're trying to lose weight and you don't have much time to prepare meals, frozen entrees can be a convenient way to help control calories.  Keep in mind though, not all frozen meals are healthy.  What should you look for when buying a frozen entree?  First, look at the ingredient list.  The first ingredient should be real food, like chicken, pasta or vegetables.  It shouldn't start with fillers, stabilizers or chemicals, words you don't recognize as food.  Buy organic frozen meals when you can as they tend to have healthier ingredients, less chemicals and fillers.  Next make sure it's not over 500 calories per serving and it doesn't exceed 700mg of sodium.  It should also have at least 3 grams of fiber and 10 grams of protein to  help you feel full and to keep you satisfied.  Two brands I like are Amy's Kitchen (www.amyskitchen.com) and Organic Bistro (www.theorganicbistro.com).

     

    The Healthy Gift Set

    If you're looking for a gift that will help a loved one or a friend to take better care of herself, this is it.  If you want to improve your own health, then the Healthy Gift Set is for you.  Get my exercise dvd, Fitness After Fifty, AND my Guilt-Free Gourmet Cookbook, together for just $24.95!     Makes a great gift for  Mother's Day, Father's Day and Birthdays.    SHIPPING IS FREE.  Give the gift of health!

    Buy it at www.whybefit.com                                                                                                     
    

     

    

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• The Price of a Pig Out The Price of a Pig Out

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    I suppose this is the reason some experts advise against daily weighing.  Annoying as it is sometimes, it really does keep me focused on the fact that I cannot eat anything I want, whenever I want.

    A couple things to note.  A day or two of unrestrained eating does result in overnight weight gain.  Numbers never lie.  However, to make the number go back down again, takes WEEKS!!!. 

    So, even if you limit yourself to weekly weighing or just go by how your clothes fit, it pays to keep this in mind.

    You will do penance for your sins.

    

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• Calcium May Curb Your Appetite Calcium May Curb Your Appetite

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    According to research in the British Journal Of Nutrition, boosting your calcium intake may help curb your appetite and help you to lose weight. Researchers believe the brain compensates for a calcium deficiency in the body by initiating hunger to encourage eating foods with

    calcium.
    

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• A Genetic Test That Determines A Genetic Test That Determines The Best Diet for You

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    The Interleukin Genetics Company has a test that shows whether people will do better on a low fat or low carb weight loss plan.  The Company says our DNA controls how we burn and store calories from various foods and claims their test sorts out this information.  Independent studies of the test found that people on diets matched to their genes lost five times more weight than those on mismatched diets.  The test costs $149.00.  You take a simple swab inside your cheek to collect the DNA, send it back to their lab where they process it.  Then they send you a personalized report telling you what kind of diet and exercise program you should be on.  You can find out more at their web site www.inherenthealth.com. Sounds intriguing.  I would be interested in feedback from anyone who tries this.
    

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• Strong Women's Guide to Total Strong Women's Guide to Total Health

  • From: MiriamENelsonPhD
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    A practical and interactive guide that shows women how to optimize their potential for health and well-being.  Includes in-depth information, self-assessment quizzes, and checklists to determine individual risk factors for common ailments and more serious diseases. Dr. Miriam Nelson shares the preventative measures that can be taken now to avoid such health problems down the road.

    From sexual and reproductive health to beauty, heart health, emotional well-being, bone and muscle health, and weight control, Strong Women’s Guide to Total Health offers a complete picture of the broad spectrum of issues that impact overall health. It is essential reading for women of all ages.

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