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How to Stop Emotional Eating – The Answers

July 24, 2010 By Steph Rice Fitness Leave a Comment
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"Emotional Eating" now seems to be part and parcel of our constantly demanding lives but you can take control and learn how to stop emotional eating for ever! Do you find it a struggle not to reach for some form of 'comfort food' every time you've had a bad day or someone's caught you off guard? I struggle to find any woman these days who's not trying to juggle 10 things at once and focusing so hard on balancing everything that the one thing that gets left out is her own needs and desires. The … [Read more...]

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Super Foods & Fat Loss Diet Tips

June 27, 2010 By Steph Rice Fitness Leave a Comment
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Can you hand on heart honestly say that you are feeding your body with the correct fuel to make sure that it’s running well? There are some important rules to follow with a healthy diet and if you're not already, stick to these rules and you will ensure you're getting the nutrients your body needs to feel healthy and strong. Super Foods in your Diet lead to a Super Human You! FAT LOSS DIET TIPS: 1 ~ Eat 5 meals each day, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner 2 ~ Eat your last meal … [Read more...]

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How to Burn Body Fat the Holistic Way

May 3, 2010 By Steph Rice Fitness Leave a Comment
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Do you head straight for the cardio equipment at the gym or pound the pavement day after day only to find you can’t burn body fat? You need to take a good hard look at your workouts and start including strength training. Many women seem to avoid this ultimate fat burner for fear that it may build them up and they will develop big and bulky muscles. Most women believe that they will bulk up from lifting weights the same as a man can but as you produce between 10 to 30 times less testosterone, … [Read more...]

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Atkins and Ketosis

December 7, 2009 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment
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The basic principle of the Atkins diet is that a state of ketosis will help you burn your fat stores as energy. Many people, even those who are on low carbohydrate diets, don’t quite understand ketosis and why it works. Most diets are calorie-reduction diets. They help you lose weight, but some of the weight is from fat and some of it is from lean muscle tissue. While you may look smaller on the scale, your metabolism is actually slowing down. The more muscle you lose the slower your metabolism … [Read more...]

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Overcoming plateaus on the Atkins diet

December 4, 2009 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

If you are experiencing a stall or plateau in your Atkins weight loss efforts, you are not alone. This occurs from time to time. However, you first must make sure that you have actually reached a plateau point. A plateau means that you have gone an extended period of time without losing weight or inches. It’s important to take your measurements before you start your weight loss plan, in addition to your weight. On some weeks it may not seem like you are losing any at all on the scale. But a … [Read more...]

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Small Changes Big Results

December 2, 2009 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

As you may know, not fueling up with the right nutrients can affect how well your body performs and your overall fitness benefits.  Even though healthy eating is important, there are myths that hinder your performance if you listen to them. Below, you'll find some myth busters on healthy eating. 1.  Working out on an empty stomach. If you hear a rumbling noise in your stomach, the rumbling is trying to tell you something.  Without listening to them, you are forcing your body to run without … [Read more...]

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Low Carb Dieting For Successful Weight Loss

November 11, 2009 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

Low carb dieting has become fashionable in recent years especially with the publication of the Atkins diet. Losing weight is a goal for so many people and everybody is looking for the quick and easy way to lose weight. Some people do not need to lose weight at all but still get stressed over a couple of pounds. Others need to lose for medical reasons and may have one hundred pounds or more that they want to shed. There are many different diets out there including low carbohydrate diets and the … [Read more...]

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Metabolic Rate and Its Effects on Metabolism

August 13, 2009 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

Have you ever asked your self if why your friend’s way of losing weight is seems not giving you half of the results she or he enjoys? It has something to do with your metabolic rate. This metabolic rate varies in every person and it means we need varied way of losing weight. Metabolic rate is the rate at which our body burns calories to sustain life. Our body burns endlessly burn calories even if we are sleeping. Our muscles are responsible for burning down calories though we are not performing … [Read more...]

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July Mini Challenge

July 12, 2009 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

When I first moved here last summer, started walking.  No car kinda helps you with that :) I got to the point where I was doing 12 kms at least 3-4 times a week . Not bad, but I twisted my ankle and it was taking way too much time to heal.  I needed to back off some to heal up, I cut back to 4-5 kms 3-4 times a week.  I was feeling that I had plateaued though, my feet were sore and I had stopped losing weight. The weather was getting better so mid-april I started riding my bike, I was cycling … [Read more...]

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