The stage is set for this year’s Academy Awards celebration. While celebrities are getting the glitz-and-glam treatment to get red-carpet ready, your Oscar-day preparation may include a lot more lounging and popcorn eating as you get caught up watching the nominees. The problem is, once the credits roll, you might be more inclined to just lie back and watch more movies instead … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2014
What You Must Know If You Want to Banish the Belly Fat
It is no secret that many women focus on the stomach area with a burning desire to see the fat melt away from the midsection. If you are one of these women then you must become aware of why there is excess and how you can take action to decrease the fat for a flatter stomach. Carrying extra fat around the stomach not only destroys your self-confidence but decreases health … [Read more...]
Are You Falling Out of Love With Fitness?
February might be a hearts-and-romance themed month, but when it comes to working out, your bed and couch might be tempting you with that loving feeling more than a date with some dumbbells. Back in January--resolution time--exercise and health were your goal. This was the year that you were going to be awesome. Sound familiar? Now, more than six weeks later, your old lazier … [Read more...]
Active Ways to Do Rest Days
Ah, rest day. No getting up at the crack of dawn to sweat in spandex. Instead you can sleep in and wake when you want, be lazy all day, and feel no regret for not being at the gym. Sure, this is one way to approach your days off in between workouts, but there are better things you could be doing for your body that still help to give your muscles some respite. Yes, your … [Read more...]
Food and Mood: Are you Hangry?
Have you ever noticed irritability creep in when you haven’t had something to eat? You know, the kind that makes you impatient, intolerant, and basically feel like you want to cut the next person who asks something of you? It’s called being “hangry,” or the point when hunger merges with anger, creating an Incredible Hulk-like transformation. While it’s not a scientifically or … [Read more...]