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How to fight Cellulite

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

celluliteCellulite is a problem suffered by 85%, especially women, because the main factor that causes are hormones. This problem occurs from puberty and “is increased with age, particularly accentuated by the menopause.

The reason why we must fight not only the aesthetic but also for our health. With the development of cellulite, it creates what we call “skin, which is growing as is becoming bigger and push the blood and lymph vessels, preventing the elimination of toxins and waste. As it grows, is becoming increasingly more visible, the skin becomes uneven and flaccid.

The cause of his appearance, apart from the hormones may be due to poor eating habits, lack of exercise, lifestyle, spend too much time sitting …

There are some factors that can prevent cellulite develops and disappears, such as:
* Eat properly (fiber: whole grains, fruits and vegetables, oranges and kiwis (for vitamin C).
* Exercise: walking, swimming, cycling, running, ….
* Avoid stress.

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Stay in your new weight

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

weight control

If losing weight is hard enough, which may be more desperate still upon arriving at our goal weight in the coming months to see that little by little began to recover lost kilos. And it is to stick to our ideal weight can be as difficult as losing it at the time.

Also returning to unhealthy weight, regain the lost kilos may have other negative effects such as:
* Depression and anxiety in addition to a negative impact on our self-esteem
* Have the feeling of losing control which may in turn lead to “comfort” with binge eating
* More trouble losing weight with age. Studies have shown that women who go through cycles of weight loss and weight gain more fat over time than women who have not been there. And women who are experiencing menopause also have greater difficulty losing weight.

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Slimming Children

Monday, January 18th, 2010

obese child

An obese child has a lot more likely to have health problems related to obesity when he is older than non-obese children. After the excesses of Christmas, this month is an excellent time to address weight problems in children. We offer some basic advice for those who want to help your child lose weight without losing your mind.

It is easier for your child lose weight if you’re motivated to do so. But even without motivation you can help your child lose weight by choosing good healthy food that gives your child at home, encouraging him to do some kind of exercise. Also regularly can help a lot if you see the whole family is involved in make some kind of sport regularly.

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Walking and Weight Loss

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

walking

Walking can be a good way to maintain weight But we must be careful with our diet and exercise necessary, we should do to burn the calories we consume without thinking. For example, if we eat a chocolate bar, we must walk 6 km to burn them, if we eat a BigMac, we would need to walk at least 10km to burn those calories.

The most important key to weight loss is walking: Eating Well, but most of us do not know how many calories you eat each day. Walk every day for a week and see. Make small changes and note that results will bring.

Eat the food that you like, but in small quantities. Substitute fruit or vegetable snacks. Eat 5 to 10 servings of fruits or vegetables a day. The restaurant portions are too big and too fat meal, for those periods when we are walking, trying to lose weight. Thus, eating out less frequently during this period that is trying to mount a new life plan.

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Some mistakes to avoid to have defined muscles (II)

Friday, January 15th, 2010

build muscleDo not eat most carbohydrates
The key to everything is in balance, the regimes which severely restrict carbohydrates as the Atkins diet or the ketogenic diet can yield good results and accelerate the elimination of adipose tissue. But if such a reduction in carbohydrates is excessive and is taken to limit the effects will be more negative than positive.

On the one hand when the absence of total carbohydrates is a great risk that the body relies on the muscle tissue for energy, resulting in muscle destruction. Also, when forces the body to get energy from fat alone produced some metabolic waste called ketones that hinder the removal of fat.

Finally, if reduced to almost nothing carbohydrate cravings they feel and the sweet and has a high probability of yielding to the need to fall in periods of bingeing.

The solution is to reduce simple carbohydrates and use that instead of gaining weight fibrous help maintain the ideal weight, for example, vegetables, salads, vegetables and a small amount of vegetables and whole grains such as oatmeal.

The amount of these products in your diet will depend both on your physical constitution by your level of activity as an indication can be worth two salads and a bowl of oatmeal or vegetables a day, but a nutritionist who will be the best indications respect.

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Some mistakes to avoid to have defined muscles (I)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

musclesWhen we started training with weights we set some goals to achieve, in most cases is to lose weight and build muscle, two things we identify as muscle definition and volume respectively.

It is mistakenly believed that by increasing muscle size sport a contoured body succeed in highlighting the forms, especially the fabled tablet fields marked abdominal or chest denoting strong force.

While it is true that larger muscles are required, these will only be visible when the skin is thin with little subcutaneous fat, so it is essential to consider the keys to achieving muscle definition while promoting formation of new muscle tissue .

Before proceeding ask yourself is more important for you: the size or muscle definition. Considers the defined muscle looks larger strength and toughness than another large but covered with fatty tissue. This is because when the skin is thin and conforms to lean muscle shape showing every detail in both form and depth and vascularization.

To conduct you correctly and achieve a defined muscular body but is important not to lose sight of dives aspects and avoid mistakes that can derail all your efforts.
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Train in less time

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

weight training
Most people have a schedule in which with difficulty can include new activities, which usually is used as an excuse not to exercise, despite knowing that by maintaining a moderate level of activity can improve health and prevent aging.

If this is your situation, here are some tips to do more fitness in less time, both in the gym or outside.

For starters, the most important thing is to organize and plan. Includes training sessions in your calendar like any other work activities of your daily routine, this will help you find the time to train more efficiently than if you leave it to chance.

If you have little time for the gym, then planning sessions shorter but more intense, half an hour of weights and machines estrucuturada well enough to improve and maintain both strength and muscle tone.

The same applies to aerobic training, when there is time for a full session of spinning or your favorite class, you can use the elliptical bike sessions of 20 to 30 minutes of medium intensity alternating periods of high intensity with others. The idea is to raise the heart rate to improve cardiovascular capacity.

It is necessary to train all muscle groups each time you go to the gym, it is best to work them split routines organize separately, firstly to allow the tissues to recover and also do a more efficient use of available time.

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Five mistakes to avoid if you want to lose weight

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

lose weightMost people feel their weight loss efforts do not yield the results we should make allowances, follow tips and even start to exercise, but soon give up.

The first thing we must realize is that if we gained weight has been through a process that has taken time, we do not win 5, 10 or more kilos from one day to another, so too will take time to lose. The key: consistency and patience.

To help in the work here is a list with five of the most common mistakes that comment when trying to lose weight, avoid them to ensure success.

Drastically reduce calories
One way of achieving the reduction of fat stored in the body is to have the body for energy use to achieve that is necessary to reduce caloric intake. But beware, if you reduce the calories of your meals so you do over your metabolism becomes slower to fill this gap.

What is appropriate is to bring gradually adding nutritious diet and avoiding those with excessive calories. The reduction should be gradual and sustained eltiempo. Never make a drastic reduction in calories because you’ll get the opposite effect.

Skip breakfast
Breakfast is the main meal of the day, with the replaced nutrient levels after several hours of sleep. Will provide all the energy you need to start the day.

Must be a full meal that includes protein, carbohydrates and fats, plus micronutrients essential for the organism. DedĂ­caletiempo and never skip it. Good breakfast every day is one of the best ways to increase metabolism.

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What is a diet for muscle definition?

Monday, January 11th, 2010

muscle

The diet of muscle definition is based on minimizing the amount of body fat while maintaining as much muscle as possible.

If you have been training to develop your muscles, you have achieved this increase and now you have adequate muscle mass and want to teach, following a diet of definition.

The time required to achieve a good level of definition varies from person to person, on average about two to three months. The decrease in body fat percentage has to be progressive, losing weight about 500 to 600 grams per week, more than that would mean a loss in muscle volume that was obviously not interested.

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Diet for endurance athletes

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

athletes diet

The power of an athlete depends on what your activity, in the case of those seeking muscle hypertrophy is the most appropriate dieting bodybuilder, but if the sport is resistance then the proportion of food in the diet is another .

The purpose of these diets is to provide adequate nutrition for training, recovery and competitions of endurance sports like running and swimming long distances, tennis tournaments and triathlons where maintains a continuous activity for more than 80 minutes.

The suggestions given below are for a meal plan for athletes aged 55 to 75 pounds. The daily protein intake is based on 1.5 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. The rations of cereals, tubers, fruits and vegetables may vary depending on the intensity and duration of training sessions.

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