Apr 10

Top 10 Nutrition Tips

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Healthy Tip 1: Set yourself up for success To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small, manageable steps rather than one big drastic change. If you approach the changes gradually and with commitment, you will have a healthy diet sooner than you think. Simplify. Instead of being overly concerned with counting calories or measuring portion sizes, think of your diet in terms of color, variety, and freshness. This way it should be easier to make healthy choices. Focus on finding foods you love and easy recipes that incorporate a few fresh ingredients. Gradually, your diet will become healthier and more delicious Start slow and make changes to your eating habits over time. Trying to make your diet healthy overnight isn’t realistic or smart. Changing everything at once usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plan. Make small steps, like adding a salad (full of different color vegetables) to your diet once a day or switching from butter to olive oil when cooking. As your small changes become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet. Small Changes Matter. Every change you make to […]
Apr 10

20 Effective Health and Fitness Tips

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There is no shortcut to a healthy state, no magic fruit that lets you hit your five-a-day target and no single exercise that gives you a shredded physique in minutes. It takes time and effort to get in shape and stay in shape. But if you follow these tips you’ll be able to reap the benefits (for they are legion) with a little less struggle.   1. Prep For Success The fast track to a better diet is found by using your weekends wisely. Use the extra time you have on Saturday and Sunday to meal prep, making large batches of healthy meals that you can portion up to cover at least a couple of midweek lunches and dinners, avoiding the dietary perils of takeaways and meal deals.   2. Mix Up Your Exercise Variety is – cliché alert! – the spice of life, and many sports and activities support each other in ways you won’t realise until you try it. For example, strength training for your legs and core will make you a better runner, while those addicted to dumbbells will find Pilates works muscles they’d never even considered.   3. Adjust Targets On Trackers If you invest in […]
Apr 10

Getting Motivated for Exercises

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Almost everyone has that personal reason as to why they go to a gym for workouts. They vary from one gender to the other. However, it is quite easier to join a gym but quite harder to continue. This is because in the process, the motivation reduces and some people feel they can find better means of working out than the boring hard workouts. The following ways will help you look forward to more body workouts. Make a Commitment with Your Friends You have those close friends who motivate you? Tell them your inner desires. They will keep checking on you and encouraging you. It will be better if they can join you to the gym or field. They give will be keen to note any slight changes in you and challenge you to do more. This will in turn make you more committed and excited to do extra workouts. They can as well give you a positive mockery. This will push your desire to overcome the shame. Always Reward Yourself This works well when you have set goals. Tag most of your goals with a reward alongside. For example, after hitting 10,000 steps, maybe you can have a smoothie […]
Apr 10

Sleep Better

by kevin in Mind & Body 0 comments
Feeling jumpy, cranky or paranoid? It will probably be a poor night’s sleep. The importance of sleep goes much further than simply getting rid of those dark circles under the eyes and improving one’s mood. A healthy lifestyle is a life where you get adequate and quality sleep. It benefits the heart, helps to control weight, and improves the balance of the mind and much more besides. There was a time when we actually underestimated the power of a good night’s rest. In 1980s Britain, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once claimed she got by on just four hours’ worth of sleep every night. It was the decade of the yuppie and the hard-working young professional who eschewed “sleep is just for wimps.” It was not, of course. Incidentally, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spent her last decade suffering from an extreme form of dementia. However, you may not have been aware that your mind is very much active during the time you are asleep. It is during this stage of our daily life that it purges and processes things like our memory. A poor night’s sleep means the brain does not get the opportunity to purge and process, so memory, […]
Apr 10

Your Lifestyle Choices Will Determine Your Life Quality & Time

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Everyone wants to have a body that implements fitness. The active, healthy body that is key to happiness. But if we make bad choices in the things we do, the things we drink and eat, it can lead to bad health and unhappiness. There are some easy things we can do that can turn into beneficial habits to save us from serious health diseases such as cardiac arrest, cerebral stroke, liver malfunction, lung disease and renal failure just to name a few. While there may be more rules and these rules could be covered in more depth, here we share just a sampling: Consume Healthy Foods: Every parent should start their child with healthy eating habits from the very beginning, but it needs to continue after they are out of the baby food stage. When they begin eating table food, it should contain the fresh fruits and vegetables that we learn as adults we should have been eating all along. A balanced meal should have a balance of carbs, proteins and whole grains. This means minimal amounts of fats, good portions of whole grains and tons of fruits and vegetables. Choosing chicken over red meat and minimize the amount of […]
Apr 10

You Can Burn More Fat With Your Normal Exercise Routine!

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Congratulations on getting into an exercise routine! Along with a healthy diet, you’ll be knocking off those calories and burning some fat in no time. But wouldn’t you like to burn even more fat while you’re on this journey of a healthier life? We can give you some tips on taking what you are doing already and just adding a little more “punch” to it that will help you burn that fat faster. You’re already working out now, so what would be just a little bit more with some adjustments that could be the all-important fat burning moves? 1. Rest Period Reduction: You probably do some weight lifting now, right? Do maybe 10 reps then rest, 10 reps then rest. The first thing we are going to tell you to do is reduce those rest periods. This alone will increase your metabolic rate overall and add some cardiovascular benefits too. Don’t stop rest periods altogether. You need them to give you good form, just shorten them to 30 seconds. 2. Train Superset: Wherever you can, try supersetting which is doing two exercises right after each other without resting. You get that slow fat loss jumpstarted and get you in the […]
Apr 09

5 Exercises to Naturally Treat Your Anxiety and Depression

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Exercise isn’t just for your body. It’s for your mental health, too.   Exercise is the ultimate wellness tool. Not only is it important for keeping our bodies healthy, but it can work wonders for your mind. Regular exercise can help boost your mood and relieve depression and anxiety symptoms. It also can serve as an outlet for your attention and stress. For more mental health tips, see how you can improve your mood without therapy and how to change your diet to benefit your mental wellness.   Why should you exercise for mental health?   Exercise makes you feel good about yourself. When I say exercise, I don’t only mean hitting the gym and pumping iron. Exercise is anything that gets you moving. You don’t have to leave your house to boost your mental wellness with physical activity.   Benefits of exercise on your mental health: Improved body image Better mood Lower depression and anxiety symptoms Reduced symptoms of ADHD Higher self-esteem Sense of accomplishment Increased self-confidence Sense of pride   No one type of exercise will unlock good mental health. This means you have the flexibility to find something that fits your life. There is no bar to […]
Apr 09

Weight loss tips: Gaining kilos this holiday season? Try these 10-minute home workouts

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If you are finding it difficult to take out time for extensive workout sessions, positive results can be experienced from brief and quick hits of activity, such as brisk walking, stair climbing, jumping rope, and high-intensity interval workouts ranging from 8-10 minutes! The holiday is a period of the year that most people prefer to spend on leisure activities, but it can easily become a cause for stress for many, owing to the reduced time available for keeping up with a workout routine. Elaborate, structured exercises that last up to 45 minutes to an hour can be difficult to accommodate, making burnout unavoidable. Damaging effects relayed from the growing prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle among adults have become increasingly evident across the world. The need for physical activity has been recognised with renewed importance and stressed globally. Recent research has highlighted that even short bouts of physical activity in a day can result in a number of benefits useful for reducing anxiety, weight gain and blood pressure, while improving blood circulation to the nervous system, along with availing better sleep. Positive results can be experienced from brief and quick hits of activity, such as from brisk walking, stair climbing, jumping […]
Apr 09

Fitness and Mind-Body Connection: How Do Your Thoughts Determine Your Results?

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Ravi is an employee working in a private company in Bangalore. He has been facing some trouble for the past couple of years due to a constant fear of losing his job. So, he consulted a doctor to know the exact reasons for the problems. As a result, doctors guided him on how to overcome difficult situations in life and improved his physical and emotional health significantly. Do you know your body responds to the way you think? If you have a healthy mind, then you can manage stress and other problems to a large extent. Your feelings and actions can impact your health adversely. Therefore, you should know how to control them from various sources. This, in turn, gives ways to focus more on your goals with high success rates. There is a mind-body connection based on your reactions. For example, when you are upset, you might develop some mental worries or other problems that can affect your life.   What is the Mind-Body Connection? The mind-body connection is a belief that physical illnesses happen due to the interaction of mental, social, and environmental factors. Several factors will influence your mind that can result in physical problems. First, you […]
Apr 09

Start Your New Year Right: 7 Science-Backed Tips

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With the new year around the corner, resolutions are on the minds of many. Every year, millions of people commit to getting in shape; gyms become packed for the first few months, and by spring, they fall back into their old ways. Diets start the same way, but even when we lose weight, it often returns and in some cases with larger numbers. Whether your goal is to lose weight or simply live a healthier lifestyle, these tips will put you on the right path.   Eat a well-balanced diet Eating a well-balanced diet is made up of several factors that, when working together, can help you lose weight. Unfortunately, many Americans overeat, eat for convenience, and do not get the nutrients they need. This can easily be fixed by making a few simple changes: Meal prepping. While it might take a few hours out of your weekend, meal prepping is worth it so you’re not scrambling to make lunch before work or too tired to cook when you get home. Meal prepping also makes you more likely to eat fresh produce, as it’s cut up and read for you, rather than having to do work every time you want […]
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