tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27880351202459357102024-03-13T06:23:02.042-07:00Fall down 7 times - Get up 8. Just don't give up.kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-71651431901645810202012-05-29T18:33:00.003-07:002012-05-29T18:33:51.089-07:00Treat yourself well.<br />
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What does it mean to be kind to yourself? What does it mean
to love yourself? What does it mean that you are enough? </div>
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Be content to be yourself. Relax, knowing that you are
enough right now. Go ahead and do absolutely nothing - and you will still be
enough. You are enough without DOING. </div>
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You are unique and special being yourself. Go ahead, stay as
you are, take a break from continually trying to be better at things - and you
will still be enough. It's not necessary for you to be more than you are right
now. You are enough without IMPROVEMENTS.</div>
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You are an amazingly put together work of art. You are
exactly who you were meant to be. You can be comfortable looking after yourself
with no negative feelings. Go ahead, rest and take time out for yourself - and
you will still be enough. It's not necessary to be uncomfortable about looking
after your miraculously designed body. You are enough without REASONS.</div>
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You are extraordinary. You are perfect right now. It's not
necessary to exhaust yourself tying to make up for lost time and things gone. Today
was meant to be lived and enjoyed by you <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">now</i>.
Take a deep breath and make peace with yourself. You are enough without
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BE KIND TO YOURSELF AND LOVE YOURSELF -- YOU ARE ENOUGH
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WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING, WITHOUT ANY REASONS OR IMPROVEMENTS
- YOU ARE PERFECT THE WAY YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-22728229611987088282012-05-29T18:21:00.001-07:002012-05-29T18:21:33.833-07:00What is mindful eating?<br />
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I am interrupting my fun times with the alphabet to present
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I have recently taken some times out to evaluate this whole
maintaining weight business because it is seriously hard work! It really should
not be so HARD!! I don't want to have to struggle along with maintenance for
the rest of my life -- so I have decided to go about it in a different way. Being
a creature of routine and habit this is going to be a major challenge. However
-- I like challenges!! Bring it on! :-D</div>
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There are 2 ways to go about this whole weight loss business
-- the self-controlled, restrictive, tough approach (which I have used successfully
and have won much of the fight - take THAT 50kg!!). Or there is this other way,
which takes the fight out of it and has you focusing on enjoying food, taking
care of your body being kind to yourself. Now -- as mind blowingly foreign as
this sounds to me I am weary enough of the fight to attempt something as crazy
as this sounds. So, as is my way -- once I have decided to do something, I set
about researching it and seeing how I can do it best and succeed at it!! Hahaha!!
(Something which will hopefully change in this process of learning how to be
kind to myself.) BUT in the meantime -- I thought you could all benefit from my
research!! LOL.</div>
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So - what is mindful eating: </div>
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Mindful eating involves a nonjudgmental awareness of your
body. It means that you need to pay attention to the moment when you eat -- pay
attention to what is happening in your brain and your body. Think about how you
feel before and during eating and it has you concentrating on the food while
you are eating it using all your senses. It has you exploring how you feel
while eating both emotionally and also physically, so you are aware of why you
are eating. You become aware of feeling physically hungry and you can feel when
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Mindful eating promotes balance, choice, wisdom and
acceptance of what is - it may be something that you may not like about
yourself, however with this approach it's about calmly acknowledging the fact
and looking at it with curiosity rather than judgement. With practice, mindful
eating can have you free from reactive, habitual patterns of thinking, feeling
and acting. It encourages you to choose food that it nourishing to your body,
and it encourages the enjoyment of all aspects of food through an awareness
using all your senses. A person who eats mindfully looks at the immediate
choices and direct experiences associated with eating food and not to the
distant health outcome of having eaten it -- but at the same time they are
aware of and reflect on the effects caused by unmindful eating. This reflecting
is not a time where they beat themselves up - but a non-judgemental observation
which can be used to help them make wise decisions in the future. </div>
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Today’s experiment in eating involves becoming aware of that
reflexive urge to plow through your meal like Cookie Monster on a shortbread
bender. Resist it. Leave the fork on the table. Chew slowly. Stop talking. Tune
in to the texture of the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/pasta/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about pasta."><span style="color: blue;">pasta</span></a>, the flavor of the cheese, the
bright color of the sauce in the bowl, the aroma of the rising steam. </div>
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Continue this way throughout the course of a meal, and
you’ll experience the third-eye-opening pleasures and frustrations of a
practice known as mindful eating. </div>
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The concept has roots in Buddhist teachings. Just as there
are forms of meditation that involve sitting, breathing, standing and walking,
many Buddhist teachers encourage their students to meditate with food,
expanding consciousness by paying close attention to the sensation and purpose
of each morsel. In one common exercise, a student is given three raisins, or a
tangerine, to spend 10 or 20 minutes gazing at, musing on, holding and
patiently masticating. </div>
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When you are eating mindfully you are eating slowly and
relishing each bite. It's not about giving anything up -- it's about
experiencing food more intensely and getting lots of pleasure from it.</div>
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Most of the time people use this word when they should not. Most
of the time people use the word cant they really should be saying
"wont" or "don't want to". There are a few times where cant
may be true but it may be more helpful to say "I don't know how to yet"
.. At least with this last statement something can be done about it if you are
willing. </div>
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Cant is such a negative, reactive word - it is so final! It
does not allow for any learning or any attempts to do things another way to
make something happen.</div>
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Start calling it what it really is, and speaking more
helpfully to yourself.</div>
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So many people say they cant do something when they have not
even given it a go! In the very saying of those words they are then stripped of
the power to give it a go and learn! Next time you find yourself thinking you
cant do something -- stop yourself and ask if you actually want to do it. If
the answer is yes, ask yourself what is stopping you from giving it a go. Are
you afraid of failing? Is it more a case of you not knowing how to do it? You
may not be able to dance -- but you can go and get lessons!! Why not? It would
be very rare that there would be something you cannot do if you put your mind
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Using the word cant is just an excuse - get rid of it and
speak a different way to yourself. With the right mindset, positive attitude,
and a clear vision of what you want to accomplish, the only thing that is
holding you back is yourself!! How you approach an opportunity, and the result
of it, is solely based on you and your attitude -- get a positive one!! You
will have SO many more opportunities in life if you just get rid of that one
word and replace it with the truth.</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-51865640119063271692012-03-18T20:31:00.000-07:002012-03-18T20:31:36.602-07:00C is for COURAGE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5osKUWeYzqJurESrI6r2D3SU9_DJIvqFNvD22Tjq1Oocl273DBguHCVAKhcxmJ7RQmTuysTWf-KeuIkkLUAH9tbVrtHmin2sYW9Od-c04K9GeZXEjWZVXhrOhacZPRYbGBSFGOS7MF0/s1600/courage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5osKUWeYzqJurESrI6r2D3SU9_DJIvqFNvD22Tjq1Oocl273DBguHCVAKhcxmJ7RQmTuysTWf-KeuIkkLUAH9tbVrtHmin2sYW9Od-c04K9GeZXEjWZVXhrOhacZPRYbGBSFGOS7MF0/s320/courage+2.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Life requires courage. Courage has got to do with the ability to confront things that scare the crap out of you -- but act as though you are not afraid. It is what picks you up and dusts you off, and sets you on your path to becoming the best version of yourself. If there was no perceived risk then we would never have any need of courage!! </div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Without courage we can have no real self-esteem, pride or power. Without courage we would never push ourselves beyond where we feel comfortable; therefore -- we would never grow! We would never learn what we are truly capable of and therefore we miss out on developing to our full potential.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Courage is empowering. It's a choice to stand and fight -- when it would be much easier to give up. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Without courage we are merely a victim of our own circumstances. If we want things to be different we actually need to do things differently NOW!! We have the power to gather our courage and get uncomfortable -- we have the power to do things differently!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTzEXtgCpKMouUIGZkJXI08C2uUZRbNsvQrAi3iPq13JSmSO_01cQm_OkSKqJn_OWsXBiHU4XhG-TtlBk9b__s3BJl-xQk-0EG3zA-QJV8gGNSOg070xnnhnGmRJu2k1LpoMwsXrlOAs/s1600/courage+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTzEXtgCpKMouUIGZkJXI08C2uUZRbNsvQrAi3iPq13JSmSO_01cQm_OkSKqJn_OWsXBiHU4XhG-TtlBk9b__s3BJl-xQk-0EG3zA-QJV8gGNSOg070xnnhnGmRJu2k1LpoMwsXrlOAs/s320/courage+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Courage determines what we do, or do NOT do, with our lives.</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-71578360515553638222012-02-28T02:35:00.000-08:002012-02-28T02:35:37.817-08:00C is for CHANGE.<o:p></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKJYAySI3GZPL9rzEb-r7WNtA0x3DmbVexZzjpcGD2NJN5lpe412YqNLZiVOwPT8WC9y-8CEw_zzIt9kfNDQGQjSMqcmhSAek-muG91Uld7naLjds_dajrPxMFadHTJKAaJAZFxMamSo/s1600/change.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKJYAySI3GZPL9rzEb-r7WNtA0x3DmbVexZzjpcGD2NJN5lpe412YqNLZiVOwPT8WC9y-8CEw_zzIt9kfNDQGQjSMqcmhSAek-muG91Uld7naLjds_dajrPxMFadHTJKAaJAZFxMamSo/s320/change.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">CHANGE: To make the future course of something different from what it is or what it would be if it was left alone.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">CHANGE: To transform something into something different. A passing of one phase into another.</div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Change and courage kind of go hand in hand. One is required for the other. But this post will focus on change. Change is necessary for growth to happen. Without change - nothing changes! LOL! ie. No growth!! If you want your future to look different than what you are doing now - things need to change.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioe-BpPeSigCloXwcwHGUEXuXdI4qT6OzISi1dExS3rXlkd1d54lQr4so2v9lJd1I8ofO08iy4Lah1kAgZuG-snNnatISvsXyC20Yc9PNkz5jHnJaHEWU6i31vkiec0m9EE2eXmVgOGK4/s1600/choice+chance+change.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioe-BpPeSigCloXwcwHGUEXuXdI4qT6OzISi1dExS3rXlkd1d54lQr4so2v9lJd1I8ofO08iy4Lah1kAgZuG-snNnatISvsXyC20Yc9PNkz5jHnJaHEWU6i31vkiec0m9EE2eXmVgOGK4/s1600/choice+chance+change.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Change and growth both take time. You can’t become an expert in a day, or completely shed all your old bad habits in a week. However, you should be always moving forwards!! Persistence will be needed to get to where you want to be! If you never give up -- keep on changing and persevering and you will get to where you want to go! This is true for whatever area in life you want to change in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka4-Bon2yrNhaJoZW2WjJ8MTLAaHXnNNa9RemK_w0VFwZc2zZ-E1viuR_7k89_if_K8zsHO1IKxjMyEd1zqx2_oHw5GaqipqPQU27nXOOI46JfFChjXItBa4M4tYh9pFnI-TeDTQ0ZeY/s1600/change+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka4-Bon2yrNhaJoZW2WjJ8MTLAaHXnNNa9RemK_w0VFwZc2zZ-E1viuR_7k89_if_K8zsHO1IKxjMyEd1zqx2_oHw5GaqipqPQU27nXOOI46JfFChjXItBa4M4tYh9pFnI-TeDTQ0ZeY/s320/change+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Change and growth can be scary!! You need to recognize if you are feeling discomfort, boredom, confusion, fear or worry about the idea of changing something. Think about your reasons for wanting it and find something which is going to motivate you enough to push through it!! You have to want the change badly enough to overcome the discomfort, boredom, confusion, embarrassment, and worry that pops up to stop you along the way. How badly you want it and the intensity of your desire to change is going to determine whether you actually get there or not.</div><br />
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I am Kelly. In 2010 I lost almost 50kg. In 2011 I maintained my weight and became a personal trainer!<br />
I am excited to be helping others become the best version of themselves!! <br />
I am looking forward to this round of the 12WBT -- learning more about myself and continuing to cement my ability to maintain my weight long term!<br />
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An insight into what made me begin the journey.<br />
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<a href="http://www.katesaysstuff.com/">http://www.katesaysstuff.com/</a>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-1562175109363290872012-02-05T01:55:00.000-08:002012-02-05T01:55:50.798-08:00B is for BREAKFAST.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yWlI7LOYMkDABZyiMwNcicQL_ewDMpntUUF73Aol49Xv45VSHTAKjdqxZ7Rf0Uzwdn3NKXPTsvPllIFtdR87OYD3Bb7zmNVQ7wqvJ1CCNVpN2v_b0XPOTJpO5wkuxDRapmFAeM3T1HA/s1600/Breakfast.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yWlI7LOYMkDABZyiMwNcicQL_ewDMpntUUF73Aol49Xv45VSHTAKjdqxZ7Rf0Uzwdn3NKXPTsvPllIFtdR87OYD3Bb7zmNVQ7wqvJ1CCNVpN2v_b0XPOTJpO5wkuxDRapmFAeM3T1HA/s320/Breakfast.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Breakfast may be the meal that is most often neglected or skipped. Eating breakfast not only aids in weight management, it fuels the body to help provide energy, better concentration and problem-solving ability throughout the day, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Eating a healthy breakfast kick-starts your metabolism for the day. It replenishes your supply of glucose and provides other essential nutrients to keep your energy levels up throughout the day. Neglecting breakfast slows the metabolic rate (which is the biggest burner of energy). The idea is to have smaller regular meals throughout the day keeps the metabolic rate high chewing through energy constantly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZB49JxItw2Ng-KZg6OlKu_M2W8ZRhRb4UzYVqXJO2c2S5DuIOR7RpvwPV49ITOQahfKZA79R_k0ti2fl1jcZ5-AjBji6qZpX0IlYeNBrhTV2rZ8UqRv3OByUflkAkMv-6cB79eljqGpg/s1600/breakfast+funny+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZB49JxItw2Ng-KZg6OlKu_M2W8ZRhRb4UzYVqXJO2c2S5DuIOR7RpvwPV49ITOQahfKZA79R_k0ti2fl1jcZ5-AjBji6qZpX0IlYeNBrhTV2rZ8UqRv3OByUflkAkMv-6cB79eljqGpg/s320/breakfast+funny+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Research has shown that:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Those who eat breakfast tend to have more nutritious eating habits than those who skip breakfast. The problem comes because by the time lunch comes around people who skip breakfast are usually ravenous and tend to eat more to compensate. So, if you do miss breakfast for any reason try a nutritious snack such as fresh fruit, yoghurt, or a wholemeal sandwich to help you through that mid-morning hunger to avoid over-eating at lunchtime. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Skipping breakfast can diminish mental performance, which lowers your ability to concentrate. Eating high fibre breakfast cereals reduces your fatigue and tiredness and help you to concentrate more!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFQ772nM6z-uSvFZ4euzsBeLGvLMGw4NfLzs9dwXHACRc6OJrjVAfksnRrI3S9oi_OGEwOFbu4KEjMQ-De-EDlFz-e5iB72-ueXxNJnLahANY8cTqp_Bat4peZEwXhvTBm_eoRKiu1og/s1600/breakfast+funny.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFQ772nM6z-uSvFZ4euzsBeLGvLMGw4NfLzs9dwXHACRc6OJrjVAfksnRrI3S9oi_OGEwOFbu4KEjMQ-De-EDlFz-e5iB72-ueXxNJnLahANY8cTqp_Bat4peZEwXhvTBm_eoRKiu1og/s320/breakfast+funny.bmp" width="320" /></a></div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-11428486648864540572012-02-05T01:12:00.000-08:002012-02-05T01:12:31.542-08:00B is for BOSU<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNT_Z_bsA4kEcaX8cX0tCNRCPC3QxiOXCLiJJgVV_wG9LPTnejebz-mFdvsVofaVlMddw23T2KadKV9NtKlrQGlGUEeYcy1AtU-lAnx3GHJ8Hhyphenhyphenl64I0zP7rtN9Qg2bkTJE6oh-Ro24uk/s1600/bosu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNT_Z_bsA4kEcaX8cX0tCNRCPC3QxiOXCLiJJgVV_wG9LPTnejebz-mFdvsVofaVlMddw23T2KadKV9NtKlrQGlGUEeYcy1AtU-lAnx3GHJ8Hhyphenhyphenl64I0zP7rtN9Qg2bkTJE6oh-Ro24uk/s200/bosu.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The name is a<span style="color: black;">n acronym</span><span style="color: black;"> which stands for "Both Sides Up" or "Both Sides Utilized" a reference to the two ways a BOSU ball can be positioned. It is flat on one side and a raised dome on the other. The solid platform is 25 inches in diameter and the dome should be inflated until it is firm. Using a BOSU ball is another way of adding variety into your workouts in a functional way. It focuses on developing balance in your left and right sides and also efficient timing of the up and down movement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">When the dome side faces up, the BOSU ball provides an unstable surface while the device remains stable. In this position it is often used for balance </span><span style="color: black;">training; however, you can walk, run, jump or hop on it which means you can use it for an aerobic workout too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">If you flip it ove</span>r<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the BOSU is extremely unstable and there are a huge number of exercises you can do on it in this position too. This combination of stable/unstable means a wide range of people can use it, elderly people, injured people all the way up to elite level athletes. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Banana's a great for providing energy during sports, restoring normal bowel function and even improving your mood and reducing depression!! (They contain tryptophan, an aminoacid that can be converted to serotonin.) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Bananas are extremely high in potassium, yet very low in sodium which is the perfect ratio for preventing high blood pressure and stroke.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. This high potassium helps normalize the hearthbeat and regulate the<br />
body’s water balance. When we are really stressed, our body’s potassium levels tend to be extremely low-- eating bananas is a great way to get them up without using drugs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. They are low in calories -- one medium banana has only around 105 calories!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXYloot_JFMnNaMa9vjef-Oj-u4wpRYalqVzOgaQU-TlJ4m6AX3qDFza5YF6kx4yTlqkYTeV7So2HXoI8A4jhOi0uolmWIbgGyFuBpX5MPlYoKweboujBR6xNaWYvH7F1gBeD9x0Jdgw/s1600/bananas_226445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXYloot_JFMnNaMa9vjef-Oj-u4wpRYalqVzOgaQU-TlJ4m6AX3qDFza5YF6kx4yTlqkYTeV7So2HXoI8A4jhOi0uolmWIbgGyFuBpX5MPlYoKweboujBR6xNaWYvH7F1gBeD9x0Jdgw/s320/bananas_226445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDP_WSgCC9P-tLZq2gOLAk5MNx5PKUMseVEkkqF65jZY1dOvMo-BawnZ7oSvvBJNYUKXNTZRQ0_VGCK6Ei4WCfdhzom-iTIwyqFZMbWqLNGEL_XzWM_eiF4AP024AnxbwX99OYyiFyJo/s1600/banana+pancakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDP_WSgCC9P-tLZq2gOLAk5MNx5PKUMseVEkkqF65jZY1dOvMo-BawnZ7oSvvBJNYUKXNTZRQ0_VGCK6Ei4WCfdhzom-iTIwyqFZMbWqLNGEL_XzWM_eiF4AP024AnxbwX99OYyiFyJo/s200/banana+pancakes.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Favourite banana recipe.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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Mashed banana</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Wisk those 2 things together and cook like pancakes.. YUMMO!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-62079781416517547522012-02-02T04:16:00.000-08:002012-02-02T04:16:08.360-08:00B is for BELIEVE.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhp7OyhoJYGDpi5udJGDBKkalALU3mI6Ld5WTaGekF5uVamDTckdyH1gJ5SgC_m2ikJYP2Dg1k5e39rXxWFgVymqraSYD0OEA7uyT1ltCfn-tusCsk8qNpwxLo2zPfDqobM8xgXRXB6g/s1600/believe+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhp7OyhoJYGDpi5udJGDBKkalALU3mI6Ld5WTaGekF5uVamDTckdyH1gJ5SgC_m2ikJYP2Dg1k5e39rXxWFgVymqraSYD0OEA7uyT1ltCfn-tusCsk8qNpwxLo2zPfDqobM8xgXRXB6g/s320/believe+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31uW9Ndcky__OBvX7tBtU3h8MIR_MUsZr1QKFq7-ZBn290OBUPKI8oe170EQ64RFzNE2DqAk9waGTC-vOjeGoyQV7Jh1l221nNIJLizhiwSauKlH252nBWyZvBg9JnpfecuIf9MuHV7c/s1600/believe+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31uW9Ndcky__OBvX7tBtU3h8MIR_MUsZr1QKFq7-ZBn290OBUPKI8oe170EQ64RFzNE2DqAk9waGTC-vOjeGoyQV7Jh1l221nNIJLizhiwSauKlH252nBWyZvBg9JnpfecuIf9MuHV7c/s200/believe+4.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">You will only achieve what you believe!! And this is the absolute truth! When I was training for my half I had someone tell me I was not a runner and I was going to struggle to do the half in the 2hours I wanted to do it in. Initially it knocked me around a little, however, I believed I had a good chance at being able to do it and so I went for it -- and managed to do it in 1:59:19... It got me thinking about this topic though. If I did not believe that I could do this -- of course there is NO chance of me doing it .. NONE! However, if I believed I could do it ... or at least that I had a good chance of doing it, then of course I am going to feel positive about it and put everything into it!! I am HEAPS more likely to succeed with the positive, give it my best shot, I think I can do it attitude!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpdFaMyaqwUc4CRgyTDR0XM7fAHY2MoPVp1nGiek7Owb-Tsy4Ld96M1Kfu0GQJrhdiUQXsq1Jymg2v0q3mLaeUWNBfqzls_sG65EWxe0KRwQuTnCr20j_APWlhyphenhyphenw3F_vz67iD4NUOd90/s1600/believe+and+achieve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpdFaMyaqwUc4CRgyTDR0XM7fAHY2MoPVp1nGiek7Owb-Tsy4Ld96M1Kfu0GQJrhdiUQXsq1Jymg2v0q3mLaeUWNBfqzls_sG65EWxe0KRwQuTnCr20j_APWlhyphenhyphenw3F_vz67iD4NUOd90/s200/believe+and+achieve.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">If you believe in yourself and your ability to do something it gives you the ability to be consistent, confident, focused and determined. A confident person will keep on going even when things may not be going perfectly, they will stay positive and enthusiastic. If you believe in your ability to succeed, then you are preparing yourself for success and at the same time bracing yourself for any obstacles. Obstacles with this frame of mind however, will be things to work around or just mow clean over!! LOL!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Belief in yourself enables you to be courageous and do things you would not normally do. Being courageous is not being fearless; you still may feel afraid but you act as if you are not. You will suck it up do what you need to do in order to get done what has to get done. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p4OwlpaY1b6Vd-wlR9ppP3JxWvzbRiZjL3CgEtxG_alCkH9oNrBo_1Q0h_6fQcA9QVyTmnxZURr7k3Lr567OUQNuGdjBRTZL3MHk9or2yPWXUVxGOl4e7gVymW8MiLFxVEccQGufU7g/s1600/believe+43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p4OwlpaY1b6Vd-wlR9ppP3JxWvzbRiZjL3CgEtxG_alCkH9oNrBo_1Q0h_6fQcA9QVyTmnxZURr7k3Lr567OUQNuGdjBRTZL3MHk9or2yPWXUVxGOl4e7gVymW8MiLFxVEccQGufU7g/s320/believe+43.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Goal setting is a great way to improve your confidence and belief in yourself!! Success (however big or small) is going to build your self confidence -- so set goals and get onto achieving them!! Visualising yourself doing things -- crossing that finish line, standing on the scales 5kg lighter etc... That is going to help!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Thoughts - positive thoughts of success</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Feelings - excited, anticipation, calm, elation, prepared</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Focus - on self, on the task</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Behaviour - give maximum effort and commitment, willing to take chances, positive reaction to set backs, open to learning, take responsibility for outcomes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">However, people with a low self confidence end up with the following:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The biceps are located on the upper arm. The muscle actually crosses both the radio-ulna, elbow and shoulder joints -- but most of its function is to do with the elbow and radio-ulna when it flexes the arm and supinates the forearm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0S78CCXgsxqsqWdYRj2rSbf0hCQBHhVMTE_GHoFWeymVH6pOqSjcHBT7zi1vgwG3Cqaj07Ly1EarW_3x_cTmiksimqtQDJYWzRfqbnRz6nb72p6W6_fmm2jcvLnhdbxECtxkQPJJtAOY/s1600/bicep+muscle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0S78CCXgsxqsqWdYRj2rSbf0hCQBHhVMTE_GHoFWeymVH6pOqSjcHBT7zi1vgwG3Cqaj07Ly1EarW_3x_cTmiksimqtQDJYWzRfqbnRz6nb72p6W6_fmm2jcvLnhdbxECtxkQPJJtAOY/s320/bicep+muscle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">There are 3 muscles to the biceps:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Brachialis - flexes the forearm while the arm is in supination</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Brachioradialis - flexes the arm when the it is pronated (palm facing the ground) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Biceps brachii - supinates the forearm (turns the palm up) and flexes the arm while it is supinated. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">These 3 all happen at the elbow and radio-ulna joint; but the bicep also has a function at the shoulder joint where it assists with stabilization of the shoulder.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Weak flexion (arm forwards and up)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Weak abduction (arm out to side when it is externally rotated)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Weak horizontal adduction (arm across the body when it is medially rotated).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Biceps are used quite a bit in a back workout - All Chin-ups, Pull downs and Rows will use your biceps. That's why it's good to think big and then small in your workouts! Train your big muscles first (like your back/chest) so that you get the most out of them... and then train your little ones (like your biceps and triceps).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrsI_tRw_r6M_WsSFlEy50-ctHXETPAid8T1_dNDL7I_RCcR1w0g7LTloesvsoAhpXZ8EeAZqzgmJnGh5gCD9zWRBmFU_9Trc0GdJ6LZcw8J19IAIiOU9ioWHQMSitmDRcrDuTGrfRQA/s1600/bicep+curl+dumbel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrsI_tRw_r6M_WsSFlEy50-ctHXETPAid8T1_dNDL7I_RCcR1w0g7LTloesvsoAhpXZ8EeAZqzgmJnGh5gCD9zWRBmFU_9Trc0GdJ6LZcw8J19IAIiOU9ioWHQMSitmDRcrDuTGrfRQA/s200/bicep+curl+dumbel.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Increased lean muscle mass results in a higher BMR; so often as you get older your BMR decreases as you lose muscle mass. Consequently, if you consistently participate in some resistance training you will build muscle mass and therefore have a higher BMR!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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My husband just askled me why he would want to know this. <br />
The reason this is important is firstly so that you know how many calories your body uses on a daily basis. If you want to lose weight you need your calorie balance to be in negative. You need to know how many calories (approx) your body uses in a day, added to the exercise you do -- to know how many calories you are expending. Eat less than that - you will lose weight.<br />
The second reason this is important is embeded in the fact that muscle uses more energy than fat!! More lean muscle = more calories burnt while you sit and do nothing. Now -- That sounds good to me!! So add some weights to your workouts people!!<br />
#Thatisall.</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-84169139522785880992012-01-21T12:56:00.000-08:002012-01-21T12:56:08.256-08:00B is for BMI (Body Mass Index)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTYCIKgDPlRrSAALsvmJJuKNSO4TXo_KPFEyS0iFebsTEPkjAMsiQUN9MUQE-bQO2zLK_YozWFzv7hjdNA_6Gzz9_HY7xdIHbP2sKAtqfzVraIhDC5WseX52B_XUSJyB_lwYK9aiQmnc/s1600/bmi+fail.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTYCIKgDPlRrSAALsvmJJuKNSO4TXo_KPFEyS0iFebsTEPkjAMsiQUN9MUQE-bQO2zLK_YozWFzv7hjdNA_6Gzz9_HY7xdIHbP2sKAtqfzVraIhDC5WseX52B_XUSJyB_lwYK9aiQmnc/s320/bmi+fail.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The BMI's original purpose was to simply classify sedentary individuals using average body compositions. It allowed health professionals to discuss over and under weight problems objectively with their clients. It was never meant to be a tool to diagnose medical conditions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The burpee is a full body exercise -- and I have to say; one of my favourite ones to both do myself and also to give other people!! You can just use your own bodyweight with this exercise (no extra gadgets) and get your heart rate right up there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbWiOCbdjo9DdTltvMSIxVn155kA2TXh2lMSJzsdTqcBs8xNKIMN8_hSkkMEuOoVuculYk3JwPBUDpcvWC15pmg2SPUQBRTAx1wu7JOGfkgfC7Obf0x8L5sa-KTVfqXN06X-oOfmGgms/s1600/burpee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbWiOCbdjo9DdTltvMSIxVn155kA2TXh2lMSJzsdTqcBs8xNKIMN8_hSkkMEuOoVuculYk3JwPBUDpcvWC15pmg2SPUQBRTAx1wu7JOGfkgfC7Obf0x8L5sa-KTVfqXN06X-oOfmGgms/s320/burpee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It is executed like this:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Begin standing</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Squat down and put your hands on the ground in front of you.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Jump your feet back in one motion so you are in a plank position.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. Jump your feet back in one motion so you are back in the squat position.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. Jump up with your arms extended above your head. Try and jump as high as possible.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">6. Repeat this as fast as you can over and over!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Taking it down.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Instead of jumping your legs back - walk them out and in.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Put your hands on a bench or step so you are not down on the ground.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Instead of jumping up - stand up and perhaps do a calf raise.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Taking it up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP25GDu4cRfOkKdwOixQhFDGvLo4Eek4KRisvSlhZHihMAIQJcOaIgsnkZ_pfF5Fy0YKavjGdWq3PhXWFkbXfjj2vjGm9lDf23-zw0fqyIXuqOM4mRbEKikYbOxHmynf_LQKLtEhx2FBw/s1600/burpee+variation+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP25GDu4cRfOkKdwOixQhFDGvLo4Eek4KRisvSlhZHihMAIQJcOaIgsnkZ_pfF5Fy0YKavjGdWq3PhXWFkbXfjj2vjGm9lDf23-zw0fqyIXuqOM4mRbEKikYbOxHmynf_LQKLtEhx2FBw/s200/burpee+variation+2.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. You can add a push up while you are in the plank position.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. You can turn the jump at the end into a tuck jump, or jump up onto a step, or over something.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. You can hold weights or wear a weighted vest while you perform the exercise.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. You can perform the entire exercise using only one arm or one leg.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. Instead of the jump at the end you can do a chin up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Vary it a little.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiwNNM-4oFvrm-n1hlq665cZ1lV8iSy83yY98za4TTU1klulowHZI8ETLQjPPlgfRoDvY6C83pu_hHba5lyKMHV0I-SwBrzgTAPkOMiL13ozY412zyJJNeWJINRA0u44r1XsWfW7CBG0/s1600/burpee+variation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiwNNM-4oFvrm-n1hlq665cZ1lV8iSy83yY98za4TTU1klulowHZI8ETLQjPPlgfRoDvY6C83pu_hHba5lyKMHV0I-SwBrzgTAPkOMiL13ozY412zyJJNeWJINRA0u44r1XsWfW7CBG0/s200/burpee+variation.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Jump forward or sideways instead of up at the end.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Do star jumps instead of jumping up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Try doing Burpee intervals -- 30 sec of burpees / 30 sec of boxing. Start off with 2 min rounds and work your way up to 3min rounds.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">How many times have you referred to foods as being good and bad?? Or even yourself for EATING those foods as being good or bad?? Moralising food is going to cause you problems. When you think of foods as being bad and think you did a bad thing by eating them -- you do feel bad -- and that often results in you eating more of the bad food to make yourself feel better!! LOL. Thinking of foods as being bad or dangerous leads to feelings of fear, guilt and shame and only adds to our negative relationship with food! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">What we need to strive for is a non-judgmental self-awareness which will in turn help us with our self control. We need to consider food as being neutral. Enjoying some birthday cake on your birthday is not a bad idea or a good idea... Perhaps just don't make it become a habit after dinner every day! The actual cake is not good or bad -- it is just cake!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The best approach is to enjoy a balance. It is not balanced to eat a diet of take away and highly processed foods all the time any more than it is balanced to only eat vegetables and water all the time. Deprivation and Diets don't work. Start eating healthy. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">People often will not begin the weight loss journey because they are afraid of something... Perhaps they have "began" way to many times before?? I know I got tired of "beginning" all the time when I was on my journey! I guess when you think of the alternative though -- it is not much of an alternative!! You either begin and keep plodding along and striving to change your life -- or you don't begin and you sit where you are for another year or two just wishing you would begin!! LOL! JFDI is great.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">So, what's it gonna be people -- Begin?? OR Sit there, have time pass by with you wishing you had started a year ago. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-25194293221377278532012-01-14T02:38:00.000-08:002012-01-14T05:13:41.842-08:00A is for ABDOMINALS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rJITXB_JkHwe0fcER6axFyD5OkgDFUL_CMXInEgx6x8PModVcmJwRPmiqtSEXperKa5TWZ6-9Szm_VT3oRMipCbESezliLqM3p4R101nSCQa8L2SGP4aJYFoio9pl-yVq2uMsCxkMOs/s1600/6+pack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rJITXB_JkHwe0fcER6axFyD5OkgDFUL_CMXInEgx6x8PModVcmJwRPmiqtSEXperKa5TWZ6-9Szm_VT3oRMipCbESezliLqM3p4R101nSCQa8L2SGP4aJYFoio9pl-yVq2uMsCxkMOs/s1600/6+pack.jpg" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The abdominal muscles are located between the ribs and the pelvis on the front side of the body. There are four main muscle groups and they all have different functions. They provide movement and support to the trunk and assist in the breathing process. They also help protect the organs and provide postural support. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Transversus abdominus is the deepest muscle. It stabilises the trunk.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNhTzzCgw4osRcBGcH7cXe2F2FSeb3RNzpN5KTpP1vIbLgFtHI9KrAj-CkrLpA5jgrx8lGdj_qNGjtN5VlDI4fiYO4WIbDt2P9xk4NrmsdqPEdOlcX9bpMm7RnpQVZhfE-kmFfWc8378/s1600/abdominal-muscle-anatomy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNhTzzCgw4osRcBGcH7cXe2F2FSeb3RNzpN5KTpP1vIbLgFtHI9KrAj-CkrLpA5jgrx8lGdj_qNGjtN5VlDI4fiYO4WIbDt2P9xk4NrmsdqPEdOlcX9bpMm7RnpQVZhfE-kmFfWc8378/s320/abdominal-muscle-anatomy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Rectus abdominus is the characteristic 'six pack'. It moves the body forwards and backwards between the ribs and pelvis.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Internal and External Obliques are on each side of the rectus abdominus. They allow the trunk to twist from left to right.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The deep abdominal muscles together with the muscles in your back make up your 'core' muscles. These muscles keep your body stable and balanced and protect your spine. You should do exercises to train your core muscle group rather than standard crunches. This is much more functional and useful for everyday life. The cable machine is great to do functional core exercises on.<br />
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</tbody></table>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-75465388569104261252012-01-12T02:54:00.000-08:002012-01-12T02:54:11.685-08:00A is for ACHILLES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7Kp-u2RMXM1WTd2QGzN4QIvqN2M4bX9uksP-LkZBtBrRX0u2F_fMAxKLy4GbbaNmiZBBY1AzSA2Rs0eO3BHssupu6bzOJWtk8HT4UBXBxiPrO2KpSVzhFhrDL2oa5gFG3N2XfPDhhFw/s1600/achilles-tendon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7Kp-u2RMXM1WTd2QGzN4QIvqN2M4bX9uksP-LkZBtBrRX0u2F_fMAxKLy4GbbaNmiZBBY1AzSA2Rs0eO3BHssupu6bzOJWtk8HT4UBXBxiPrO2KpSVzhFhrDL2oa5gFG3N2XfPDhhFw/s320/achilles-tendon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Achilles connects the heel to the calf. The Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest tendon in the body. Walking, running and jumping all subject the Achilles tendon to the persons entire body weight. If impact is involved (as in jumping/running) it can be 3-20 times the personas body weight!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Achilles tendonitis is an inflammation of the Achilles tendon. This comes on slowly and does not go away until you do something about it. It is most painful when you start doing exercise and it goes away after you have been exercising for a while. It is extremely sore to squeeze. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Achilles tendon rupture is a tear of the tendon. This comes on very quickly and is unbearable pain. There may be a snap noise and you will be unable to walk. It is common in a sudden event such as pushing off on the toes.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">To treat these couple of injuries, they need rest, ice and a physio. The rupture will need complete immobilization, and sometimes surgery.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Apples are great for your hair and skin! They contain collagen and elastin -- great for looking younger. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. The have a large amount of antioxidants which will help to keep you healthy!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. They will clean you teeth and strengthen you gums.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. They prevent constipation because they help digestion. One apple has about 5g of fibre.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. They helps to lower cholesterol levels because it prevents absorption of LDL cholesterol in the gut.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">6. They are low in calories - containing no saturated fats. A medium apple is about 80 calories.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">7. Apples contain 80-85% water.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Other interesting facts:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Apple trees take 4-5years to grow any fruit and handpicking is still the most common way to harvest them!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. All apples have 5 seed pockets - each with a seed.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Throughout the world there are 7500 different kids of apples!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. The science of growing apples is called Promology</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. 39% of apples are processed into apple products -- a large percentage of this is for juice!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-10081494459698647222012-01-08T03:04:00.000-08:002012-01-08T03:04:46.978-08:00A is for ACCOUNTABLE<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Like-minded people are great to have around you to keep you going by encouraging and supporting you to do what you said you wanted to do. Studies have shown that accountability and support may actually be the deciding factor as to whether you reach your goals or not!! They can encourage you when you are discouraged, and they can celebrate with you when you succeed!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Remember this accountability will only work with you being open and honest about any setbacks, roadblocks or challenges you are having. Talking about feelings is much better than eating them anyway! LOL! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>kell65http://www.blogger.com/profile/12985464565021423287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788035120245935710.post-62629706995043497072012-01-07T03:00:00.000-08:002012-01-07T03:00:06.532-08:00A is for AWESOME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_ZtqHBGxPjpwK_gu7_KrPSxWI1UgmmQ06EpqR0sS6jquDKiz8TZPgOZn2-OQeq7xK4ln-Qsy-otWoY6fLXJLwbAbZDfAMeJJXpCNeJtlw_ya4-lw8o7KZ9Zy8eGYIAUZhMpr9xhCwLE/s1600/awesome+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_ZtqHBGxPjpwK_gu7_KrPSxWI1UgmmQ06EpqR0sS6jquDKiz8TZPgOZn2-OQeq7xK4ln-Qsy-otWoY6fLXJLwbAbZDfAMeJJXpCNeJtlw_ya4-lw8o7KZ9Zy8eGYIAUZhMpr9xhCwLE/s320/awesome+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Sometimes we can get caught up in our self-improvements that completely gloss over the fact that we are actually pretty amazing!! We try and improve things in our lives -- fitness/weight loss/career because we believe something is wrong with the way it is now; we are not happy with ourselves and our lives being this way. When our achievements come from this state of mind - that something is wrong with us, therefore we are changing it... Our achievements HAVE to be limited because of this!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Comfortable facing new challenges</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Able to be yourself socially</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Excited about new opportunities</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. Confident about your ideas and opinions</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. Respected by others</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">6. Enjoying of life in general</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/articles/confidence.html</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The paragraph below is taken from the following website:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">http://paradigmshift1.hubpages.com/hub/25-reasons-I-think-you-are-AWESOME</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Last but not least: You're the BEST at being YOU</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Can't nobody do you like you, baby! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Now correct me if i'm wrong, but you been doin' you since you were born, and that's longer than anyone I know. There's no one else quite like you, you are truly unique in your you-ness. If being you were a contest, you would get the grand prize, the gold medal, the blue ribbon, the proverbial "cookie" if you will. I don't think I could do a better job being you if I were you! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">And, besides that, it's hard work being you! It's hard to be such a good role model, so positive (in a negative world), so damn good lookin'! (trust me, I know) I know it's downright difficult to find the good in every situation and in every person. But you do it. And you do it with style. With grace. With panache. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I salute you! For doing what nobody else could possibly do. What no one else has the strength to do. And yet you do it everyday, no matter what. You've never took a vacation from being you, never called in sick. You simply do what you have to do, cause it has to be done. So I would just like to say, right here, right now, on behalf of the entire planet - THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6oHJD2o5f3K55hyNXkn_puKNXGuhz1hVpeJS_eInYNOoz0yom4MibAUuUxwgRCJ1-VKdaLMDwSwW52q6u7wgAsHg4y88s-cC9okPFCYV_IVgdU_tvYHuBoaiL0DWiAADytvPcvZSGZc/s1600/believe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6oHJD2o5f3K55hyNXkn_puKNXGuhz1hVpeJS_eInYNOoz0yom4MibAUuUxwgRCJ1-VKdaLMDwSwW52q6u7wgAsHg4y88s-cC9okPFCYV_IVgdU_tvYHuBoaiL0DWiAADytvPcvZSGZc/s200/believe+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Negative attitudes rob you of energy and have you feeling powerless and depressed. It is possible to change your attitude -- hard but possible!! You need to train your mind to switch thoughts when the negative ones come in! Every time you say no to something or get out and do some exercise -- celebrate those times and remind yourself that you did good when you did that. If you celebrate your successes and feel good about yourself -- your are heaps more likely to repeat those experiences and it becomes easier to not listen to the negative voice reminding you of the times you failed! Give attention to the positive things you do and you will feel better about yourself and have more motivation to keep going because you actually believe you have a chance to succeed!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Added to this is the fact that sooo many people emotionally eat -- with a positive attitude you are heaps less likely to turn to food because you feel like crap!! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">If you make it a priority to keep a positive mental attitude then you will loose weight, and get fitter and stronger!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfstiZ4_e5VStlP-1jd2LzLfSdsZD8TeXycDgMPRIUpp-oSrQZVwDtUAZByM4jtJnapWlOFu9M2qbo0r07ifCgC2-a1-DyG_icuKAxdk2O2DLUNRmq8CR8KKxdq5EX9MfZp_dPM_DJo24/s1600/ipad+pics+dec+081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfstiZ4_e5VStlP-1jd2LzLfSdsZD8TeXycDgMPRIUpp-oSrQZVwDtUAZByM4jtJnapWlOFu9M2qbo0r07ifCgC2-a1-DyG_icuKAxdk2O2DLUNRmq8CR8KKxdq5EX9MfZp_dPM_DJo24/s320/ipad+pics+dec+081.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">A few ways to promote a positive attitude:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9PPY8-w__XLdpcc3nrHqWnHY2jimhd01VQka8P7V-P-rA0YW2uX0M77kIBliymlc1sScPAjrp9JY1HuGBGJrb3WsbL7UrABeZrOHCUjI4DmFt-o4lhlCYTYL21u9L3CoynwlfjnVJXs/s1600/life+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9PPY8-w__XLdpcc3nrHqWnHY2jimhd01VQka8P7V-P-rA0YW2uX0M77kIBliymlc1sScPAjrp9JY1HuGBGJrb3WsbL7UrABeZrOHCUjI4DmFt-o4lhlCYTYL21u9L3CoynwlfjnVJXs/s200/life+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. Be aware of negative thoughts -- stop them immediately and replace them with a positive affirmation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. Aim to eat more healthy and be more active rather than go on a diet. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. Make sure your goals are realistic and keep pushing to reach them. Do this consistently and know that you will get there by not giving up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. Think about how you can get around obstacles rather then be stumped by them. eg. Can't get out of the house because of kids?? Do a workout at home with them!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. Reward your behaviour -- not your weight. The weight it the fruit on the tree -- your behaviour is the root of your problem! Focus on the roots and the fruit will take care of itself!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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