Stop Adding Toxins To Your Body
One of my resolutions for 2014 is to stop adding toxins to my body. It’s something I have already been working towards, and I am pushing myself to use better products for a healthier body. Check out this image below. As you can see, we are adding hundreds of toxic chemicals to our body on a daily basis. These toxins don’t come without side effects to our overall health. Your personal care and beauty products are damaging the body’s organs, cause allergies, hormonal imbalances and linked to cancer – just to name a few. YIKES! You can’t tell me that these products are worth all of those things! Throughout the year I plan on educating myself and my readers about what’s in the personal care and beauty products so you know why you should ditch them – and I’ll...
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Christina Aguilera’s Weight Loss Strategy
Christina Aguilera lost almost 50 pounds and she finally revealed to us how she did it. How Christina Aguilera Lost Weight Christina completely changed her eating habits in order to ditch the extra weight (at least 30 pounds). Instead of eating high calorie foods at her favorite restaurant, she now eats a much healthier and balanced diet. Check out Christina Aguilera’s Typical Meal Plan: Breakfast: Blueberries, half of an avocado, and turkey bacon. Lunch: Chicken breast with a vegetable salad (no creamy salad dressings!) Snack: Celery and Almond Butter or Shrimp Cocktail. Dinner: Chicken or fish curry. Splurges: Glass of Wine. Christina admitted that she is limiting her alcohol Christina Aguilera Exercise Plan Christina’s exercise plan is pretty simple: “Laughter, happiness, breathing, and I did some yoga”. Yoga seems to be a big part of how Christina lost weight, in...
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A Year From Now…
New Years day is a great time to reflect on the previous year – the good and the bad. As I was looking back on what I have accomplished this last year, I am quite happy with the results even thought I didn’t accomplish everything I was striving for. I am happy because I am further ahead now than last year when I started. If I was exactly where I was last year today, I think I would feel a huge sense of regret and “I should haves”. I think if you just keep moving forward every year- even if you haven’t yet reached your ultimate goal – you should feel happy and proud that you are closer to your goal. Progress is progress, no matter how small. What have you accomplished this last year that you are proud...
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Why You Should Ditch The Alcohol For Weight Loss
When a individual is looking into proper ways to shed excess weight, they will want to take a closer look at the alcohol they are consuming. Many don’t realize that alcohol does have a lot of calories, and when you’re drinking, this can easily add up to many calories real fast. In addition, the more you consume, over time the more you could actually be sabotaging your weight loss efforts. Alcohol And Your Liver If you are consuming a lot of alcohol, the contents from these drinks go straight to the liver. What many may not further realize on why they cannot shed weight is down to the way our liver is actually functioning for us. The liver is actually responsible for the way that our body handles the calories that we consume over time. If this vital organ is...
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Juicing for Weight Loss
If you are trying to lose weight, here are some great recipes to help you with your healthy weight loss efforts. Oh, and you don’t have to go on some kind of a juice fast to benefit from these healthy juice recipes. Juicing for Weight Loss For each of these juicing recipes, just go ahead and combine all ingredients and drink up! If you have a Vitamix® or Blendtec® – that’s even better since you can enjoy the health benefits of the whole fruit or vegetable. Be sure to check out my article about the Pros and Cons of Juicing for all the details. In the meantime, drink up! ;) Crisp Apple 5 Apples 2 Oranges (peeled) 2 Celery Stalks Green Juice Aid 4 Granny Smith Apples 4 Cups of Spinach 2 Kale Leaves 3 Celery Stalks 1 Lemon (peeled...
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Josh Duhamel hits the Gym on Christmas
Christmas was just yesterday, and while everyone was sleeping in and stuffing their faces with candy…Josh Duhamel was heading out to the gym. Healthy Lifestyle When I suggest going to the gym on a regular basis – making it a lifestyle change – this is what I’m talking about. You don’t need to workout for hours, but what about a 15 or 30 minute workout? As a society, we need to make a daily workout routine normal again rather than diss Josh Duhamel about exercising on a holiday (as if that’s such a terrible thing). If we make excuses not to workout, we can quickly justify skipping the gym for all sorts of things and one day realize “wow, I haven’t been to the gym in weeks/months/years”. Create a workout routine – whether that’s three days or six days a...
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Healthy Christmas Tree Food Art
I love edible holiday decorations, especially when they are super healthy! Check out these healthy Christmas Trees that are not only delicious to eat and enjoy, but they are beautiful food art. Healthy Christmas Tree Food Art Which healthy Christmas Tree is your favorite? I want to try to make (or perhaps just EAT!) the dark chocolate and strawberry Christmas Tree! Yum! Feel free to follow us, however you...
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Paleo Christmas Cookie Recipes
I am not exactly following a Paleo diet, but I love discovering Paleo desserts because they are made with no processed sugars! You can alter these recipes to use grains if you want, or follow them as-is. Either way, you don’t need to be Paleo to fall in love with these Christmas cookies! Peppermint Chocolate Macaroons by againstallgrain.com Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies by gourmandeinthekitchen.com Paleo Sugar Cookies by agirlworthsaving.net Paleo Pumpkin Spice Cookies by multiplydelicious.com Christmas Cookie Cut Outs by mariamindbodyhealth.com Christmas Almond Vanilla Cookies by shiftctrlart.com Thumbprint Cookies with Vanilla Cream Filling by againstallgrain.com Do you have a favorite Paleo Christmas cookie?! Please share with us and your cookie can be featur Feel free to follow us, however you...
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The Christmas Guide to Workout DVDs
Christmas morning. You tear off the wrapping paper to reveal the newest workout DVD, the front cover bearing the lean, leotard-clad body of an ex-soap star or TV presenter with blow-dried hair and veneers. Of course, every workout DVD worth its salt boasts a ‘before’ shot showing just how pale and miserable the celebrity was before she shed the baby-weight (and discovered fake tan) – to reassure you that they, too, are Real Women. The promises are tempting, like the half-empty box of Celebrations at your side. Hard to believe that all the secrets of a coveted dress size are contained within one shiny disc! From January 1st you diligently perform the routines, spurred on by the defined abs of the Real Woman on screen – until approximately January 4th work kicks back in. As for the DVD, that turns up in the supermarket bargain bin the following...
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Try New Food For Additional Health Benefits
The Many Benefits of Eating Weird and Wonderful Foods Anyone with an interest in health and nutrition should know about the health benefits associated with a balanced diet. At the risk of generalizing, health conscious people are basically the same underneath. We all aspire to the same goal – optimum vitality for ourselves and our loved ones. In today’s fast paced society, health and wellbeing have never been more important – and understanding the delicate balance of vitamins and minerals required by the human body is one way of helping to safeguard against illness and disease. Are You Stuck In A Nutritional Rut? Unfortunately, even the most health conscious people can get stuck in a ‘food rut’, gravitating towards the same healthy snacks in the grocery store and cooking the same meals every day. Not only is this painfully...
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