Sexy Back vs Granny Panty

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It is easy to lose your healthy momentum this time of year. Other things slowly creep in place and before long you don't remember the last time you showed up to your training class or even put something green (other than m&m's) into your mouth. Winter wonderland begins snow balling your workout routune.
We live in the perfectionist world where "all or nothing" thinking is the "norm". Missing a workout can feel like a major setback, and for some this makes it even harder to get the routine up and running again.
Here are a few things to keep you thinking during the holiday season.Workouts do not need to be hour plus long sessions. Keeping them short and sweet has big gains if it keeps you on track. Keep your exercise shoes & extra clothes in your car. Stash an energy bar and extra water bottle. And remember on the days you absolutely can not get a workout, dont sweat it. Keep your diet healthy and drink water. Healthy choices pay off big returns. Remember it's what you do most of the time that makes the difference!

Say GOODBYE to the jiggles

1. Log off Facebook
2. Learn to say No to things you do not have time for. And don't sacrifice your workout time
3. Plan your day. Be prepared and focused. What you are eating, drinking and when you will exercise.
4. Try not to do too many things at once this usually ends in getting nothing done
5. Stop wasting potential workout time being a neat freak. Some things can wait
6. Put it on your calendar. Block time
7. For the little things you do such as web surfing, email, cleaning something. Set a timer and stop when the bell rings
8. Deal with your mail right away. Don't start piles.
9. It could take 20 texts to deal with something that could take 40 seconds on the phone
10. Get up 15 minutes earlier

Waist Trimming Tips

1. Eat early and don't skip breakfast!
2. Sip smart. Don't drink your calories.
3. If it grows out of the ground, it's good! Fruits and veggies.

If you want a slim waist. It is possible. You just need to pay attention. And realize most of the foods you put in your mouth you don't actually need.

Trim and Satisfied

Breakfast
Oatmeal (1 packet made with skim milk) add pecans, blueberries and raspberries

Snack
Banana with 2tsp peanut butter

Lunch
Small pita, turkey, spinach, tomato slices, sprouts, Dijon mustard

Snack
Skim latte (6oz skim milk, 6oz coffee) with cinnamon. 1/2 oz 70% dark chocolate

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast, 1/2 cup whole wheat penne pasta, spinach, tomato sauce, 1 1/2 grated Parmesan cheese

Snack
1/2 cup Edy's vanilla ice cream

Smells

Those yummy smelling lotions, sprays and candles can encourage your sweet tooth, says a study in Food Quality and Preference. Women who used chocolate scented body lotion ate more chocolate chip cookies than women who used unsecured. Further research is needed. However, if you want to play it safe, try trading sugary scents for fruity or floral.

Make it your LIFESTYLE

When people look at you, make them want to ask, "What have you been doing?" You say, "This is the result of my lifestyle!"

Thoughts Affect Your Health

I can not find where I read this article! Where did it come from!?  I like it & want to pass it on -- However I unfortunately had nothing to do with the study -- It would have been fun.
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There are many studies showing that much of the diminished capacity we accept as a normal part of aging may be of our own making and that our views on the elderly need to be “reconstructed.” But it is our mindsets regarding health that are perhaps the most important to reconsider.

Research has not progressed as quickly as it might have regarding the mind’s influence on our health, in part because of the pervasive dualist belief in a mind distinct from the body. The problem that dualism creates is how we get from the nonmaterial mind (thoughts) to the material body. Although philosophers and psychologists of the past weren’t able to figure this out, we’ve all experienced the direct effects of the mind-body connection—a leaf blows across our face, startling us and causing our pulse to increase; we see someone vomit, and we feel nauseated; we watch lovemaking in a movie and get excited.

What happens if we put the mind and body back together? Wherever we put the mind, the body would be. We tested this idea in a series of studies where we put the mind in a “healthy place” (back in time when the body was healthy). We took many measures before we began the study and repeated them at the end. The results were dramatic.

In one study we took elderly men to a retreat and turned the clock back 20 years. The men were to live for a week as if it were 20 years earlier. They would speak only in the present tense about the past; view movies and television shows from that time; and participate in events like quiz shows, all from the earlier perspective. A comparison group also lived at the retreat for a week, similarly engaged, but all their discussions about the past were discussed in the past tense. Their minds were clearly in the present looking back.

On many of the measures, the participants in both groups got “younger.” (Because those in the comparison group were treated with respect that implicitly conveyed our belief in their abilities, in contrast with the culture’s view of aging, they also improved over the course of the week.) Both groups came out of the experience with better hearing and memory and significantly increased grip strength.

The experimental group showed greater improvements in joint flexibility, arthritis measures and manual dexterity. On intelligence tests, 63% of the experimental group improved their scores, compared with only 44% of the control group. There were also improvements in height, weight, gait and posture. Finally, we asked people unaware of the study’s purpose to compare the photos taken of the participants at the end of the week to those submitted at the beginning of the study. All of the experimental participants looked noticeably younger at the end of the study. It seemed that we were able to turn back the clock, which led us to refer to our research as the “counterclockwise study.”

In study after study over 30 years, we’ve found that increasing mindfulness is itself good for our health. In several studies with older adults, we’ve found that increasing mindfulness even increases longevity.