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Stupid Things Healthy People Do - #3 |
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 It's a new week and it is time for another installment of Stupid Things Healthy People Do! I hope are you finding these tips useful and are taking a look at how they could be affecting your health.
Stupid Thing #3: You Are Sleep Deprived! - In Gallup Poll surveys, 56% of the adult population reported that drowsiness is a problem in the daytime. That's means more than half of us that clearly don't get enough sleep.
- Healthy adults require 7-8 hours of sleep each night. When you fail to meet this need, your body goes into sleep debt, which continues to accumulate indefinitely until you catch up.
- A lack of sleep negatively affects your immune system, your nervous system, and interferes with healthy hormone release and cellular repairs.
The best way to combat sleep deprivation is to set a scheduled bedtime. Your body will benefit from a consistent sleeping and waking routine, and you're sure to get all the rest you need.
If you have trouble falling asleep once you're in bed, then try these two tips: - Make sure that you don't drink any caffeinated beverages after lunchtime.
- Don't eat for three hours before you go to bed. This helps eliminate sleeplessness due to indigestion, and will also turbo-charge your weight loss.
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Stupid Things Healthy People Do - #2 |
 As a continuation of my last blog, here is Stupid Things Healthy People Do #2:
Stupid Thing #2: You Eat Out Too Often
- Research suggests that most people eat out one out of every 4 meals and snacks. That's an average of once a day.
- Restaurant food is designed to do one thing: to taste good. In order to increase eating pleasure, each item is loaded with fat, salt and sugar. This causes you to eat way more calories than you actually need.
- Even when you order ‘healthy' items, you're still taking in more calories and fat grams than you would if you had prepared the item at home. Imagine the last salad you ordered out. Didn't it come with cream dressing, croutons, cheese sprinkles and a piece of butter laden bread on the side?
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Stupid Things Healthy People Do - #1 |
 You are not a stupid person. Not by any means. In fact, it's my guess that you're healthier than most. You probably exercise regularly. You watch what you eat. You keep up-to-date on the latest health concerns. You don't binge on sugar. And you never - ever - eat fast food. Well, almost never.
But you do have a few unhealthy skeletons in your closet -ones that you probably aren't even aware of.
Over the next few weeks, I am going to talk about 5 Stupid Things that health-conscious people do on a regular basis. Once you break these bad habits, you'll find that achieving your weight loss goals becomes a whole lot easier.
Stupid Thing #1: You're Dehydrated!
- It has been said that 75 percent of the population is chronically dehydrated. Would you disagree? When was the last time that you actually drank 8 glasses of water in a day?
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 If you want to get into great shape then you'll be interested to know that 80% of your fitness results are attributed to your diet. In our fast-paced society, eating is often done with little or no thought as to what exactly it is being ingested. Excess body fat is a direct outcome of this hurried, poor nutrition. Even if you have the best intentions with your diet, you are likely frustrated and fed up with extra pounds. I don't blame you for being confused about what you should eat. The media surely doesn't help. One day the talking heads want you to give up all fats. The next day carbs are the culprit, and then acai berries become the holy grail of weight loss. The food manufacturers increase confusion by printing misleading labels and bogus health claims.
Sometimes it seems like the whole system is set up to confuse and frustrate us into buying the latest and greatest packaged food. The bottom line is that your physique is largely a result of what you eat, so the foods that you put into your body should be carefully selected. It's time to re-examine what you eat. It all starts with reading nutritional labels. The nutritional content and ingredient list will give you everything you need to know about the quality of the food item.
I've outlined 5 ingredients that should raise a red flag when you turn over that package and find them listed:
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Your Fast Track to a Tight Tummy & Flat Abs |
 The New Year is still young, and if you've decided to make this your year for losing the weight and tightening your abs, you're in luck. Getting a flat midsection really boils down to two things: 1) Getting rid of the fatty layer that is covering your abdominal muscles; and 2) Tightening and toning your abdominal muscles. The following 7 Tight Abs Tips are your fast-track ticket to getting a flat, attractive midsection this year.
Tight Abs Tip #1
Perform challenging strength training abdominal exercises at least three times each week. Your abs are like any other muscle in your body—they need to be consistently challenged in order to become stronger and tighter.
Tight Abs Tip #2
Stop eating junk. Processed foods, refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup do NOT belong in your diet if, especially if you want tight abs. Cutting these items from your diet will allow your body to maintain stable blood sugar levels, alleviating your body's need to store excess sugar away in fat cells. The fat stores created by excess sugar intake most often accumulate around your waist, covering up your abdominal muscles. Cut these items from your diet and replace them with real whole foods such as lean meats, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and fruits.
Tight Abs Tip #3
Stop doing long and slow cardio workouts. Instead, use HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) for your cardio workouts. HIIT training uses intense bursts of cardio peppered throughout your workout. This is a sure-fire way to rev up your metabolism and to get your fat stores to shrink.
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Adam is the owner/director of Westside Adventure Boot Camp in Santa Monica, California. He recently launched BootCampConnect.com, a free online community where health-conscious women can share information, education and inspiration relating to strength training, nutrition, yoga and overall balanced, healthy living. He is also the creator of TenX Fitness.com, which provides functional strength and conditioning solutions for explosive tennis performance to players of all ages and abilities. Known for his high-energy presentations on fitness, motivation, and inspiration, Adam makes fitness fun and do-able for everyone. Adam is recognized as one of the fittest coaches in the industry, having been featured on the cover of Runner’s World, in the pages of Men’s Fitness, and in numerous ads and commercials for companies such as adidas, Nike, New Balance, Champion and Gatorade. 
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