3 Steps To Lasting Weight Loss

Losing weight and maintaining weight loss for a period of time requires some simple lifestyle changes. Remember to keep your adjustments within a sustainable reach, you should be able to lose weight and keep it off without much adjustment to your daily life.

Losing weight does not have to require extended trips to the gym or some fad diet. Here are there steps to a healthier day that can help you slim down on weight without slimming down on your free time.

Exercise Daily

This can make a difference in your body shape and in the way your body processes calories. When you exercise, you work your heart, mind and body. You are building your muscle mass, which in turn will increase the speed of your metabolism.

You also encourage your heart to pump blood throughout your body more effectively this means that you will have healthier blood and a reduced risk of any heart disease. Fatty deposits are reduced which in turn helps reduce your risk of any health problems. You produce more endorphins that flow through your body, this means that you will have a more positive attitude.

You simply need to workout regularly for a minimum of half an hour. Working out means taking a two-mile walk at a fast pace, throwing a Frisbee or riding a bicycle. Whatever the workout is, keep in mind that it should elevate your heart above it standing heart rate and it should make you breathe slightly heavier than normal. It is also good if you can break a sweat or feel your muscles challenged.

Eat All Things in Moderation

When you are trying to lose weight, it is vital that you allow yourself to eat all foods, but eat the unhealthy ones in moderation. The primary reason for many diets to fail is that people reduce the foods that they allow themselves to eat so drastically that they feel anxious after awhile eating the same things time and time again. When you allow yourself to give into simple cravings, you are rewarding your body and making it less tempted to crave larger portions of the bad foods.

You should also eat small portions of every food, regardless of its nutritional content. Eating smaller portions will help your stomach adjust to consuming less food. You can also drink water to help you feel full. American’s especially have a habit of eating more than one portion of food per meal – so be aware of your food portions!

Call a Buddy

Studies prove that having a Buddy help you work out increases your chances of maintaining a diet, exercise routine, or long-term weight loss. Buddies are fabulous motivators. They will keep you attuned to your habits and help you feel accountable throughout the day. If you must, enlist the help of a partner to be an appointed weight loss guardian. He or she will be tasked with ensuring that you stick to your weight loss goals by encouraging you to report your progress several times a week.

7 Days To A Better You

In the world we live in right now there are many ways to lose your sense of self-worth despite how trivial it could get. Instead of letting all these trivial things get us down we should focus on what is important in life. So whatever happens, try not to lose your own sense of self.

So what does it take?


1. Know your purpose

Are you wandering through life with little direction - hoping that you'll find happiness, health and prosperity? Identify your life purpose or mission statement and you will have your own unique compass that will lead you to your truth north every time.

This may seem tricky at first when you see yourself to be in a tight or even dead end. But there's always that little loophole to turn things around and you can make a big difference to yourself.

2. Know your values

What do you value most? Make a list of your top 5 values. Some examples are security, freedom, family, spiritual development, learning. As you set your goals for 2005 - check your goals against your values. If the goal doesn't align with any of your top five values - you may want to reconsider it or revise it.

The number shouldn't discourage you, instead it should motivate you to do more than you can ever dreamed of.

3. Know your needs 

Unmet needs can keep you from living authentically. Take care of yourself. Do you have a need to be acknowledged, to be right, to be in control, to be loved? There are so many people who lived their lives without realizing their dreams and most of them end up being stressed or even depressed for that matter. List your top four needs and get them met before it's too late!

4. Know your passions

You know who you are and what you truly enjoy in life. Obstacles like doubt and lack of enthusiasm will only hinder you, but will not derail your chance to become the person you ought to be. Express yourself and honor the people who has inspired you to become the very person you wanted to be.

5. Live from the inside out 

Increase your awareness of your inner wisdom by regularly reflecting in silence. Commune with nature. Breathe deeply to quiet your distracted mind. For most of us city slickers it's hard to even find the peace and quiet we want even in our own home. In my case I often just sit in a dimly lit room and play some classical music. There's sound, yes, but music does soothe the savage beast.

6. Honor your strengths

What are your positive traits? What special talents do you have? List three - if you get stuck, ask those closest to you to help identify these. Are you imaginative, witty, good with your hands? Find ways to express your authentic self through your strengths. You can increase your self-confidence when you can share what you know to others.

7. Serve others

When you live authentically, you may find that you develop an interconnected sense of being. When you are true to who you are, living your purpose and giving of your talents to the world around you, you give back in service what you came to share with others -your spirit - your essence. The rewards for sharing your gift with those close to you is indeed rewarding, much more if it were to be the eyes of a stranger who can appreciate what you have done to them.

Self-improvement is indeed one type of work that is worth it. It shouldn't always be within the confines of an office building, or maybe in the four corners of your own room. The difference lies within ourselves and how much we want to change for the better.

3 Acne Skin Care Tips For Healthier Skin

Most medical professionals suggest that people affected and suffering with acne must practice certain acne skin care methods which will help improve the condition of their skin.

Acne is a very severe skin disorder that affects thousands of people from all over the world. It affects not only the surface of the skin but also the inner layers. Acne usually occurs on the face, neck, chest and back, starting in adolescence.

A number of acne experts and skin care professionals have conducted many studies on how to prevent the formation of acne. And fortunately, these skin care specialists have come out with certain acne skin care tips that can be of great help for fighting acne. I have selected the three simpler yet most powerful acne skin care tips that you can follow in order to have a healthier skin. These are mentioned below:


You Should Always Clean Your Skin Very Gently

Personal hygiene is very important for fighting acne.  You should gently clean your skin with a mild cleanser at least twice a day.  This is a simple acne skin care step and is deemed important for fighting acne since washing your face or the other affected areas will wipe away the acne-causing bacteria found on the skin.

Scrubbing is not a good considered a good acne skin care move since it will just trigger the development of more acne, worsening the condition.


You Should Refrain from Frequently Handeling Your Skin

Dont pinch, pick or squeeze your pimple since it will only worsen the condition. Many of the acne sufferers have considered this skin care step as one of the most important acne skin care pointers knowing that it may only cause infection and scar formation. As this acne skin care tip holds, you should avoid rubbing and touching your skin lesions if possible.


Always Choose Cosmetics Carefully

Note that in order to avoid the onset or the development of acne, the cosmetics you plan on using like the foundation, blush, moisturizers, and eye shadow should be oil free. Aside from that,  you must avoid oily hair products for they may cause closed comedones. Therefore, those products that are labeled as noncomedogenic should be applied.

Hopefully, the above mentioned acne skin care tips will be a good start to help you enhance your skin condition.

5 Health Tips For A Healthy Lifestyle

•  Eat dark green vegetables ( spinach, kale, broccoli, green beans ) at least three times a week. Dark green vegetables are packed full of vitamins such as iron and calcium.

•   Drink more water! The reason you keep hearing this is because it is true we need to supply our bodies with a good amount of water each day.

•  Try to eat at least one raw fruit or a handfull of raw vegetables everyday.

• Refirned sugars are not good for you so try and reduce your refined sugar intake.

• Eat the colours of the rainbow the bigger the variety of fruits and vegetables you eat the better.

Remember that you really are what you eat. Adopting a healthier lifestyle will only benefit you in the long run. So take it one day at a time and incorporate a few of these tips into your everday life. You will soon be feeling the benefits of a healthier and more energetic you.

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Food Glorious Food

How we all love to eat ---- dinners with friends, afternoon snacks, late night fridge foraging or a quick candy bar every so often. Its so easy to eat isn't it but what about the consequences, that's right I'm talking about weight.

If you don't have a weight problem i am truly glad for you and slightly envious. There is nothing worse than not being able to fit into something that hung loosely on your frame a few months ago. Having to fight the bulge myself ever since i can remember i know how frustrating it can be to lose that extra pound or two and how difficult it becomes to stay away from glorious food ( i love food ).

In any case what i am trying to say here is that losing weight is and never will be easy it seems to be the universal law surrounding the weight loss phenomena.


I also have another universal law to add to this post and it goes a little something like this. No matter how many wonder drugs and weight loss potions the they produce,  market and sell to us it does not beat the fact that the only true and healthy way to lose weight is to.......

" WALK MORE & EAT LESS "  

 

Someones got the right idea (**,)

This is the "law" people put into the simplest wording i could think of. Now ask yourself the question did you already know that? I guarantee you right this moment that  99.99999 % of all overweight people know this. It is so simple eat less calories than you burn and weight loss is inevitable. All that's left to do is to incorporate this universal law into your daily life. I'm doing it and I know you can to !!!

There is nothing stopping you but yourself :)

Trading stocks live on the JSE

Trading online stocks is something I have been wanting to do for a while now and finally i got my act together and started this morning. I joined a group called world focus and i am trading on the IG Market platform... after joining I was welcomed with open arms to the live trading forum situated close to where i stay which is a great place to meet like minded people who all have similar goals in mind  -- Trading stocks online :)

It is actually amazing how simple the system is , I mean a child could operate it which is a little scary because with the wrong information you could lose some serious money. I have already lost 5000 -- (demo cash) hahaha but that was entirely my fault i wasn't following the rules you see ..
Today i did much better making a 27 % return on my investment which equated to around 600 (demo-cash)
I see a future in this and thankfully I have found a company that is willing to take their clients under their wing, training us from the ground up. It is exciting and risky but it sure is a lot of fun =D

I will keep you guys posted about my Online stock trading progress.