Diet & Exercise
106 articles
3 Easy Tricks For Setting and Reaching a Goal Weight
When you first start working out, setting concrete goals can be intimidating. After all, you’re basically trying to force your body to meet a standard just because it’s written down somewhere, and maybe your biology just isn’t down for being controlled by numbers.But setting hard goals for yourself ...
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3 Tricks To Put That Cigarette Out
The first time you smoked a cigarette you probably were with friends. Some of them were already smokers, and you just felt like trying it out. It wasn’t so bad, and you continued smoking from time to time, until you bought your first pack. Well, when you buy your first, you know it’s the real deal. ...
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This Is What Happens to Your Body and Mind When You Give up Alcohol
There was a recent study that revealed drinking in moderation isn’t as OK for us as we’d like to think: in fact, it seems there is no safe amount of alcohol, and to that end, this month there is a campaign called Sober for October. It seems that giving up alcohol for even one month can have major ef...
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Woman Loses 140 lbs After Being Denied Entry To Every Rollercoaster Ride
In 2017 Sophie Trewick was looking forward to a day of fun at the Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England. Instead of leaving with an anticipated smile on her face, Sophie left the theme park mortified but motivated to change.Trewick and all of her friends were given fast track passes ...
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Music Producer Lost 143 Lbs And Is Now Living His Dream Life After Homelessness
In life there is a cardinal rule, “all rules need not apply.”What works for one person’s journey is not the same for another’s. While it may be tempting to compare our lives to those of our peers, it is important that we remember to march to the beat of our own drums and discover what works for ours...
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Developing Self-Discipline: A Comprehensive Guide
There are plenty of misconceptions about discipline. The word alone might conjure images of unforgiving high school teachers or being told off by people of authority. Self-discipline, then, might appear heartless or harsh, a way of relentlessly pushing yourself or keeping yourself in line. However, ...
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At 290 Lbs, Woman Embarks On Incredible Transformation Journey After Making The Wrong Choices
After Marsha Parker became a mom in 2010, she fell into the trap of neglecting her health and kept gaining weight until she realized the impact it was having on her daughter.As a single parent, Marsha had to give up her high-paying job as a financial advisor for a job that paid less but provided mor...
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How to Properly Meal Prep and Why You Really Should Be Doing It
Meal prepping all your meals for a week can help ensure you have a great week ahead. And what do lots of great weeks add up to? A better life.Life can be hectic. Between work, the commute, the kids’ school and activities, the home to maintain, the errands to run, your fitness routine, and that littl...
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4 Ways to Boost your Energy
Do you notice that some days are just easier than others? It’s easier to wake up, it's easier to make decisions, it's easier to attend to your work and it's much easier to achieve your goals. Other days are the complete opposite, everything is difficult and getting to your goal seems nearly impossib...
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5 Simple Ways To Naturally Boost Your Energy
Humanity will never stop inventing the tricks to be full of energy throughout the day. Starting with coffee to energy drinks, cocktails, and pills – they sound helpful, but not healthy at all. Why don't you change your regimen instead and see whether your body can accumulate energy in a natural way?...
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You Think What You Eat: How Nutrition Impacts Your Mental Health
No matter how many times we hear the phrase, “You are what you eat”, it never stops ringing true -- and never fails to make us think twice about our current diets. But more often than not, when we talk about nutrition in our society, we tend to focus too much on the body-image side of the equation. ...
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8 Caffeine-Free Tips to Beat the Afternoon Slump
There's something about the hours that follow lunch. Many people feel an extreme fatigue set in, and the hours between 2pm and 5pm can be really gruelling to get through. Unless you have the freedom to create your own schedule, you are likely working and have to stay alert. In this case, most people...
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20 Important Things You Need to Know To Lose Body Fat
Who doesn’t want to lose a few pounds of body fat?Whether you're looking to look better in a swimsuit or have general health and fitness goals, we’re frequently in search of ways to lose fat so we can get the body we’ve always wanted.The problem is, losing body fat can be complicated, most notably b...
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5 Small Habits that Can Help Boost Your Metabolism
Chances are, you grew up either hating your metabolism (even if you didn’t know it) or never spent a second thinking about it.Some of us are naturally rail-thin as kids without any effort, others pack on the pounds with little effort. What your body type is mostly depends on this one fact.While know...
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5 Ways Nutrition Can Have a Drastic Impact On Your Sleep Quality
When it comes to getting proper sleep, most of us believe it just comes down to how many hours we get. But if you’re not getting enough high-quality nutritious calories during the day, your body doesn’t have enough fuel to burn for energy -- the energy it needs to get a good night’s sleep (because t...
2 min read9 Nutrients Your Body Needs to Get Fit and Build Muscle
Building muscle is a complicated and stressful process for the body. Certain nutrients are needed to make sure you can not only maximize your muscle building efforts, but also do things right without overstressing or damaging your body. When you work to build muscle, starting from your workout to yo...
3 min readPeople Who Drink Coffee Regularly May Experience Less Sensitivity to Pain, According to Science
Caffeine. Is there anything it can’t do? In recent years it’s been linked with everything from improved physical endurance and heart health to cleaner arteries and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. But what if caffeine could also help people process pain? That’s the preliminary finding of a new stu...
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7 Surprising Benefits of Giving Up Coffee (Sorry)
Give up coffee? You must be crazy. I know -- you’re “just curious.” You wouldn’t really give it up.But, hypothetically, if you did, what are the benefits? What might all that caffeine be doing to your body that you’re not even realizing? And is coffee in moderation fine or do you have to quit cold t...
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Determined Man Loses 331 Pounds to Save His Heart After Health Scare
A health scare in 2016 inspired Mike Castadena to not only lose weight, but to get healthy mentally and physically too.During a visit to the doctor’s office after suffering heart palpitations, Mike was diagnosed as prediabetic, and the doctor recommended he start medication right away. He was 25.“I ...
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Caffeine Addiction 101: Everything You Need to Know
Caffeine might currently be the most ubiquitous substance in western society. In fact, 62% of Americans drink coffee every day, and, on average, drink about three cups daily. One might look at those statistics and think, It's just coffee -- how harmful can that be? Well, when consumed in excess, it ...
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