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Lose Weight Fast With These 10 Great Diet Tips
Do you struggle to stick with your diet? You’re not alone. Dieting is one of the most challenging things anyone can do. Ask any personal trainer about their biggest challenge. They will tell you that getting clients to be compliant with their diets is the hardest part. Follow these 10 tips so you can stick…
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4 Strategies for Developing an Appreciation for Exercise
Do you truly enjoy exercising? Or does it seem more like a chore? If the thought of putting your body through strenuous drills is keeping you from working out, then it’s time to switch things up. With some willpower and focus, you can jumpstart your new relationship with exercise today! Exercise is a necessity in…
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Discover This Surprising New Ingredient for Exercise Motivation
Exercise motivation comes in many forms, from managing health conditions to wanting to look good for a high school reunion. Now, researchers have found an especially powerful resource by tapping into emotional memories. A recent study found that asking people to remember previous workouts significantly increased the amount of exercise they did the next day.…
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Give Your Exercise Routine a Spring Cleaning
Spring clean your exercise routine to shake off the winter doldrums and get a head start on swimsuit season. Here are some tips for getting ready to work out this spring and for keeping yourself motivated. Preparing For Your Spring Exercise Routine: 1. See your doctor. If you haven’t been active for a while, check…
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If You Don’t Get a Fitness Mantra Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later
If you wish that workouts felt more like play and less like work, a simple fitness mantra could make your dreams come true. A recent study proved once again how powerful self-talk can be. A group of cyclists preparing for a competition was divided in two. Half of them urged themselves on with statements like,…
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Are You Happy With Your Fitness Goals?
When you were a kid, you rode your bike until you were tired. Today, you may be measuring each move you make with computerized gym machines and wearable tracking devices. While it’s logical to want to know how you’re doing, this kind of analysis can go too far. It turns out there are advantage and…
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How to Stay Focused on Losing Weight
What is the hardest thing you have ever tried to do? If you ask 100 people from all walks of life, I’d bet the majority would mention losing weight. Losing weight can be challenging because we all want to shed the extra pounds just in time for Sally’s wedding or next weekend’s beach trip. Even…
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Break Free From Emotional Eating
Experts believe that up to 75% of overeating may be due to reasons other than physical hunger. If you want to improve your relationship with food, learn to identify and control emotional eating. Recognize the Signs 1. Understand how emotional eating works. Emotional eating occurs when you use food to manage your feelings, rather than…
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7 Tips to Help You Cut Down on Impulsive Grocery Store Purchases
Have you noticed lately that your grocery bill is going up? Although the cost of food may be rising, some of your growing grocery store costs might be due to making impulsive purchases. If you shop when you’re lacking energy, hungry, or in a hurry, chances are good you sometimes make hasty decisions about food.…
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The Modern Rules of Clean Eating
Clean eating is a modern term for a long-standing movement. Many people believe that purifying the way we eat enhances our health and energy levels. Some of the earliest signs of this trend can be seen in the health food stores that cropped up in the 1960s. Now, mainstream culture has caught on to emphasizing…