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Weight Loss

How to Avoid Food Cravings and Live a Healthier Life

by intriguemedia July 29, 2010

A day of calorie counting and healthy eating can all fall apart when a food craving strikes at night. Late night cravings for unhealthy food are often cited as a reason for failing to live the healthy life we’d all love to lead. Here are five tips to help you avoid these nasty cravings. 1. Prepare yourself: Forewarned is forearmed goes the saying and it stands the truth test for avoiding a food craving turning into an 11pm enchilada feast. If you’re ready for a craving you’ve got a chance of beating it. Firstly you can try and reduce the effect the craving is going to have on your health by making sure your kitchen is well-stocked with healthy snacks. [...]

Changing to a Healthy Lifestyle: Make it work for you

by intriguemedia July 24, 2010

Sometimes when we know we need to make a big change in our lives, we opt for instant gratification versus a long term solution. For example, how come when we decide to lose weight, we put ourselves on an extreme one week crash diet? The instant gratification of losing weight fast makes us feel successful for a moment, but doesn’t last. When it comes to making big life changes, we need to start by making small goals and gradually work up to where we want to be. Let’s look at how you can make a healthy lifestyle attainable by breaking it down and giving yourself time and patience. First and most importantly, don’t stop eating. The biggest mistake in crash [...]

“The Secret” To Shaping your Lower Body

by intriguemedia July 24, 2010

We all know how much more difficult it is to opt for the stairs instead of taking the elevator or escalator. It does take longer and uses up a lot more energy, but it’s also the best exercise we can do to properly tone our lower bodies; specifically, our legs, thighs and butts. To avoid trying to find an endless staircase to use in our daily workout routines, we turn to stair climbers. Stair climbing machines can be purchased and placed in your home or you can use them at the gym. They create a never ending staircase for you to climb and will only stop when you can’t physically go any further. In each step on a stair climber [...]

Blast away Fat with Interval Cardiovascular Training

by intriguemedia July 24, 2010

It is easy to get scared of losing weight and toning our bodies. It’s not the end result we fear, but the treacherous means of getting there. We’re willing to commit to a new workout plan and  dietary restrictions, but not if it means endless hours at the gym before and after work, while cutting all of our portions in half. The key to keeping a normal lifestyle while trying to lose weight is to do interval cardio training. It focuses on quality instead of quantity, making each and every one of your workouts efficient in training your heart and burning calories. Interval cardio training is an exercise technique that involves combining high and low intensity workouts. Low intensity includes [...]

Secret To Flat Abs: Stomach Vacuums

by intriguemedia July 22, 2010

It is very difficult to be rid of fat that is stored around the stomach. Many people are continuously performing sit-ups, crunches and other stomach exercises without results. There is a simple technique known as the stomach vacuum exercise that can greatly reduce your waistline. If done properly as well as other abdominal exercises you will see results within approximately three weeks. For optimum results, you will need to eat a healthy diet and drink plenty of water every day. The stomach vacuum is a very old exercise technique for the abdominals that not many people actually remember, but it is one of the most effective methods of burning belly fat. The abdominal area is comprised of the internal and [...]

How to Find the Perfect Treadmill

by intriguemedia July 22, 2010

In many ways the treadmill is the perfect exercise because you can tone up and lose weight while doing any number of other things at the same time. You can read, listen to music, watch TV, keep an eye on the kids, or even learn to juggle, all while you work out. Modern treadmills now come in very trim models that can be folded for easy storage, and it’s a very small apartment indeed that can’t accommodate a treadmill. These wonderful machines date back to a much less enjoyable activity; the grinding of grain by farm workers who stood on moving levers. You should always take care while on your treadmill – even if you are enjoying some of the [...]

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