March 2008

Muscles do not know the difference between free weights, machines, or bands. All they understand is load, fatigue, and recovery. Stressing muscles is what makes them stronger. For home workouts, free weights are an essential if you do not have regular access to a gym. You still need to work on strength training even if [...]

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Life Crisis and Your Weight

by asithi on March 10, 2008 · 0 comments

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We are exercising, eating healthy, and loosing weight. Then all of a suddenly, something happens — maybe an injury, a family member got sick, or we have to put in massive overtime at work for weeks at a time. Our nicely balance lifestyle is thrown out of control. We know this scenario all too well. [...]

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There are many reasons why we gain weight, usually from overeating and not exercising. But did you know there are other hidden factors such as your friends and credit cards that subconsciously make us eat more? Here are three surprising factors for why we gain weight without even realizing it. 1. Your friends In a [...]

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Most people procrastinate every now and then when faced with unappealing chores or activities, but the persistent procrastinator regularly allow this habit to get in the way of achieving their goals. When it comes to trying to loose weight, the first step is not trying to find motivation to take action, but to understand how [...]

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Studies have shown that the happiest people are those with lower expectations. Google “happiness + expectation,” and you are bound to find articles talking about lowering expectations to increase your happiness. The people most satisfy with their lives reside in Denmark. What is their secret? You guess it — low expectations. They are always pleasantly [...]

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For those of us that view food as a mechanism for coping with our emotions (ie. loneliness, stress, anxiety, and etc), we need to identify what is causing the behaviors in order to change it. We cannot loose weight when we eat to fill a void in our emotional state when we are not hungry. [...]

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