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The Summer Diet â How to Lose Weight in the Summertime
Summer can be a difficult time to lose weight. Our schedules have changed, it's too hot to work out, and the kids are home, filling our cupboards with sugary snacks and drinks. But summer can also be the ideal time to thrive in your weight loss efforts. There's never a better time of year for fresh fruits and vegetables, and it's never too cold and icy to exercise! Here are 9 tips for keeping your weight loss efforts going during the summer months. 1. Just because your kids a
July 2, 2012
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How to Reduce the Sugar in Your Diet (and Why You Should, Today)
There is great power in an idea whose time has come. I was reading a nutrition book recently about the horrors of sugar. How it can cause everything from cavities to poor complexions to weak immune systems to obese bodies. How it can make you feel hyper and jittery and then irritable and hungry (for more sugar, of course.) This is the same information I had read dozens of times before (most likely, while sipping a syrupy drink). But, for some reason, this time it stuck. It su
April 3, 2012
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Natural Beauty Tips â 7 Easy (and Quick) Ways to Bring Out Your Natural Beauty
Do you want to look your best without looking "made up?" How about a skin care, hair and makeup routine that takes just minutes in the morning? Here are seven natural beauty tips to help your bring out your natural beauty, without spending a lot of time or money. 1. The first step is to make sure your complexion looks its best. Doing so might take a visit to the dermatologist, or simply your nearest department store counter to find the skin care products that are just right f
March 30, 2012
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Frugal Easter â 8 Low-Cost Ways to Celebrate
You don't have to pay a lot to fill your child's Easter basket. Here are 8 frugal family fun ideas to take your Easter celebration to a whole new level, on the cheap. 1. Skip the elaborate and expensive Easter baskets and opt for other inexpensive containers that can be repurposed after the holiday. Consider sand box buckets or toy dump trucks for boys and small decorative containers and jewelry boxes for girls. The dollar store (or the dollar aisle at Target) is a great plac
March 9, 2012
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How to Lose Weight After Pregnancy â 12 Easy Tips
You have nourished and protected your baby for 9 months. Now it's time to get your body back. Here are 12 easy tips for losing weight after pregnancy. 1. Check with your doctor first. Make sure you get the all clear before you start any kind of diet and exercise program, especially if you are breastfeeding. Don't even think about trying to lose weight until you have that postpartum checkup and you talk to your doctor about the recommended rate for weight loss. You'll want to
July 12, 2011
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The Busy Person's Diet â 7 Ways to Lose Weight, Even When Life is Crazy
You'd think that the busier you are, the less time you have to eat. So why do many of us put on weight when we get busy? Sometimes we eat unconsciously. Our minds get so busy chewing on something that we don't seem to realize that our mouths are chewing, too. Sometimes we rely too much on convenience foods or fast foods instead of the slow, nutritious food that is so good for us. But life is busy â sometimes for months and years at a time. So what's a busy dieter to do? Her
June 30, 2011
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Slow and Steady Weight Loss â Baby Steps to Help you Reach Your Diet and Fitness Goals
It's tempting to start a new diet and fitness regimen with a bang. But, too often, the more dramatic and sweeping the start, the sooner we fall off the weight loss wagon. Maybe we eat too few calories during the day and then can't stop the binge by dinnertime. Or our overzealous workouts result in an injury and we're couch-bound for a while. This time, try a more gradual approach. Adopt small lifestyle changes that you can live with, and see if it helps you to keep it up over
March 21, 2011
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Get Moving Today - Essential Tips and Quotes for Exercise Motivation
Exercise isn't just important for a healthy mind and body. It's essential. We all know this. We all know that a daily dose of exercise and fresh air helps us to manage stress and to maintain a healthy weight. Experts say it helps us sleep better, keeps our hearts and lungs healthier and can even help us live longer. Yet it can be ridiculously hard, some days, to put on our workout shoes and just go. Here are a few exercise motivation tips that work for me and my most active a
March 17, 2011
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Teaching Toddlers â Three Essential Ways to Help Your Toddler Be More Responsible
One of a parent's biggest roles (and, at times, most important challenges) is to help instill a sense of personal responsibility in their children. Helping a child to learn that sense of responsibility is a role that will continue throughout your child's young life, and it can start in toddlerhood. Toddlerhood is the magical stage of life in which children are eager to learn new things and just as eager to help you do the things they see you doing around the house. They want
March 4, 2011
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And Dinner is Done - 8 Quick and Easy Dinner Ideas Families on the Go
The school year is in full swing and so are the year's activities. If your family life is like mine - among ball games, play rehearsals, youth groups, homework clubs and social engagements - it's certainly not easy to find time to sit down to a relaxed family dinner. Still, we know that the busier we are, the more important it is to check in with our kids and to preserve the routine of a family dinner (at least on most nights). Here's a rundown of a few ideas, as well as my o
February 14, 2011
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14 Small, Easy Changes to Help You Lose Weight
Many of us think of a weight loss program or a diet as a time of deprivation. But too often, the more we put certain foods off limits, the more we want them. When we set our goals too high, we can sometimes get discouraged right out of the gate. And when that happens, we may even find that we gain a pound or two on our "weight loss program." This time, try a gentler approach to dieting by adopting a series of small, healthful changes. Over time, they can lead to big changes o
January 11, 2011
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Your Marvelous Memory: 10 Easy Ways to Get Your Head in the Game and Improve your Memory
Do you ever feel like you're losing your mind? Do you ever walk into a room, and you can't remember why? Do you ever get to the store and you can't remember what you came in to buy? Do you ever wonder where you put your sunglasses, and then you find them on top of your head? Many of us have these experiences, especially when we are stressed and distracted. We can use these experiences as cues to sharpen our minds and our memory skills. Here are 10 of the best and easiest ways
December 30, 2010