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After you’ve lost the pound you dont need.

Once the desired weight has been achieved, the most common result is to gain the weight you’ve lost. Why does this occur?

Most people are overwhelmed by the dropped kilograms and in their mind forgetting the “first year” rule is common. That being said the body needs time to get used to its new state. Each cell has memory and your body remembers the state in which it once was. Because if you do not provide enough time for the body to get used  to your new weight, it will struggle to return to its usual condition by regaining the lost weight.

The first year after achieving the desired weight is of huge importance. This period allows the body to adapt to the desired target. What we need to know is that you have to stick to a few simple rules.

Use the habits,

which you have created during “the challenge” at least in half. During the diet, we give up harmful and calorie foods. After dieting, going back to them is a big mistake. You are already accustomed to the low-calorie food and taste qualities. You’ve learned how to combine food so you do not feel hungry and adore the taste. This is a built habit that you should not give up on in order to keep the good results after the one year rule.

Track your weight and your circumference once a month.

This will help you master the situation if you see an increase in performance. You need to keep track of changes in the result in the first year. This is the time when your body learns that it already looks different. If your body adapts during this period in the future you will know this is your normal shape.

 

 

Do not allow weight change in the first year.

If you start varying in different values, you will confuse your body and it will be inclined to look for your previous state. The first year after weight loss is a time of adaptation. If you think of anything else that has happened to you analyze it, you will realize that it took you a while to get used to it. Your body is the same. Show your will and do not forget that this year your mind is a teacher of the body. If your thought is firm about the changes, your body will accept it without hesitation.

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The challenge to keep the lost weight!

      There are many people who face extra pounds. And for women, the percentage is over 95. The reasons why we may face this scourge – weight loss can be many. The most common are: poor health, athletes who keep a category, or we’re just fat and that does not make us happy.
To part with obesity is a real test, but that’s only half the battle. To win the war you must be able to keep the result achieved. We all want to lose weight quickly and painlessly, but the truth is that losing weight and keeping up with the good results must be a well-thought-out process accompanied by a dose of patience. Here you will get some tried out tips on how to keep your weight down.

1. The speed at which your kilos are melting is of utmost importance. People who starve and lose weight by 10 pounds a month very quickly understand what a yo-yo effect means. The faster the pounds go, the quicker they will come back. That is why you have to trick your body so that it does not feel the loss and will forget about the lost pounds. The healthiest way is to lose weight of 2 kg. per month, which is 0.5 kg. per week.

 

 

 

 

2.If you combine the weight loss with sport you have made a good choice. But if you are only sporting for this purpose and you want to stop at the desired weight – do not rush to do that. With an active three per week training session that helped you to lose weight, it’s a good idea to continue the sport and hold on to the result. You can afford to slow down the pace, cut the visits to the gym from three to two or even once a week, but not to suddenly stop.

 

3. Yes, you lost a few pounds and started to like it. You think you are worth awarding yourself with a big cake. Every time such a thought floods into your head, remember the will and the efforts you have made to get here. Of course, you can afford the things you love, but everything with a measure. You do not have to eat the whole piece of cake. Take as much as you can, but do not teach your body and mind that you can always do it.

 

4. To overcome the extra pounds and to have the happiness to keep them is a challenge that is fully achievable. You just have to create habits. During diet, you are used to drinking more water and replacing juices and carbonated drinks with tea. Do not give up this habit, but turn it into a way of life. You are used to eating light meals – keep doing it. You have found new friends in the gym – do not forget them.

 

 

 

The diet that gives the best results is the one that creates eating habits that will help you keep your weight in the future.

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How to keep your face healthy and protected

Daily care for the face skin is something we mustn’t neglect. A beautiful face is a result of daily care. We have four easy ways which take only a few minutes a day, but will make your face look clear and shiny. Following these tips will make your skin look better.

Clean skin – healthy skin

Wash your face before and after sleeping. Don’t forget that the life in the city affects your skin every time you go out, damage is done to your skin. Especially to your facial skin due to direct contact with the environment. Not cleaning the dust, harms your skin as well. Using makeup is another reason to think about taking care about the long term effects. Micellar water is the easiest way to clean it. Don’t leave make up on your skin longer than you need to. Take advantage of the micellar water. It’s very useful to clean your  skin.

 

Protecting your skin via hydrating face cream

Protecting your skin via hydrating face cream on a daily basis is the second tip for a beauty facial skin. It makes a thin film on your face which nourishes the skin and protects it from the polluted air. The cream needs to be appropriate for your type of skin. It’s good the cream to be hydrating and hypoallergenic to be able to protect the skin from allergic reaction. You should avoid missing your daily dose of hydrating face cream if you’re keen on the good results you’ve been having.

Deep cleaning via exfoliating

Once a week it is good to deeply clean your facial skin of worries. No matter whether you use professional or homemade scrub, the exfoliating needs to be very gentle. Use slowly with circle like moves with a little bit of scrub to remove dead skin cells. Choosing the right scrub which consists of tiny particles is very important. Extra fine scrub particles have stunning results without hurting the skin. All you’ll have is beautiful, gentle and smooth skin. Exfoliating your skin helps to remove dead cells but don’t do this more than once a weak or you risk to overdo it and hurt your skin.

 

Leaving a face mask takes care of your skin

The facial mask is the special care for your skin. There are many brands you can choose and many recipes to use but what really matters is to be appropriate for your skin. It’s always a good choice to use either a hydrating facial mask or a firming mask. This face care method also needs to be done once a week and  after exfoliating your face skin. The right moment to apply the mask is after removing the dead cells. This procedure revitalizes the skin. Furthermore it’s really pleasant to use this revitalizing time for yourself and chill for 20minutes until the facial mask works.

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Summer skin tips

Summer is the month of fun and dreams. But if we want to preserve our skin health and good look, between our daily activities we should consider taking care of it. Summer impacts our skin, because of the heat. Sunlight is strong and harmful for the skin. Protecting yourself of getting pigmentation and other disasters is the key.

It’s necessary to protect our skin which isn’t covered from the sunbeams. Often those are: facial skin, hands, legs and arms. Protecting the facial skin is possible by using SPF. These creams are created to fight with sunlight reflection. Being better protected by skin creams with SPF, UVA, UVB is an easy way to avoid troubles. Those creams take care of harmful sunlight. Such creams make the skin gentle and mild, simultaneously it’s appropriate for sensitive skin. When we talk about skin care for the body a must is to take care of these body parts which are exposed to sunlight. There are many products – lotions, emulsions, body creams. We have to choose one appropriate to our skin type for the summer. It’s necessary to choose the right product that preferably contains SPF, UVA, UVB protecting, too.

 

Usually most of us forget to take care of our hair. Probably you use a hair dryer or go to a hair stylist and that’s all. Your hair needs care similar to your skin. Especially in the summer when the sunlight is even more harmful. If you don’t want to damage your hair, look for products which regenerate the hair deeply and take care in regard to its shine. For colored hair you need a product which protects the color from fading and hydrates the hair deeply. Don’t forget using a hair mask. This product takes care for the reconstruction, revitalization and hydration of the hair. Home care is important for those who want to or already have  good-looking hair.

 

In the summer it’s easier to concentrate on drinking more water and eating food that contains more water for a better body balance. Add rich in water fruits in your daily meal like: melon, watermelon, grapefruit, peach and strawberries. These fruits contain about 88% – 92% water. Those fruits are favourable to your skin hydration. Vegetables which help hydrating are: cucumbers – 96.72% water; salad iceberg lettuce – 95.7%; radishes – 95.3%; green pepper – 93.9%. There are a lot of recipes including delicious salads. Try some of them and enjoy your hydrating food.

 

What colors are your summer clothes? In this season its’ preferable to wear light tones. They aren’t attracting the sunlight. Avoid wearing dark colors – they aren’t appropriate in summer. Avoid standing out of shade. The direct contact with  sunbeams will harm your skin. You can also use accessories that protect you from sunlight. Carrying a cap could be your new trendy look while you’re protected from the sun. Take care of your eyes too by carrying sunglasses. Choose the one with high protection against the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays.

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Snoring and ignorance: Ruining your health more than expected!

Do you or your husband snore?

It’s not easy to live with someone who snores. Many people with similar problems have hardship in their relationship or even get divorced. Snoring disturbs your daily rhythm of life, since your sleep is less effective. We all know how hard it is to work without rest. If you or someone in your family suffers from snoring, surely you know what I mean. But in fact this is the smallest problem. The main damage snoring causes is to destroy your health.

 

Research has proven that snoring causes:

  • Breathing disorder also called – sleep apnea
  • Respiratory arrest
  • Harms to the brain – memory; movement coordination; concentration. It causes stress to the human organism.

Snoring increases the blood pressure, leading to lack of oxygen, which could be a reason to get a heart attack. In addition to all these issues it can cause chronic fatigue, too.

 

 

Reasons for snoring could be:

  • Running nose
  • Sinusitis
  • Sick tonsils
    Luckily there are different ways to cope up with snoring. Nowadays it’s better to try some of them instead of taking the risk of having snore disorder.
    1. Overweight is the first thing you need to overcome. It limits your breathing power. Your organism reacts with loud snoring to the needless weight.
  • 2. If you’re a connoisseur of alcoholic drinks in the evenings you should consider stopping this habit. The alcohol impacts the breath rhythm and activates snoring.
  • 3. There are different anti-snoring products on the market that can help you. You may try anti-snoring patches or other product for better breathing.
  • 4. The possibility of surgery also exists. Visit a doctor for available treatment options.
  • Whatever you do, don’t forget to take care of your family and yourself. Damage of snoring could be bad for your health and for your relationship or marriage. It’s better to take precautions before snoring gets loud and insufferable.
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Winter skin care tips

Did you know we should take care of our skin even more in the cold winter days than in the summer? In the winter our skin is in risk even more, because the low temperature, cold weather and blizzards cause cracks on the skin. Furthermore most people forget to drink liquids just because we don’t feel this necessity – we don’t feel thirsty like in the summer. Here are some winter skin care tips specially for you.

1. You must take care of your skin. Use hydrating cream for your skin every time after you have a bath. After shower your skin is warm and that is the best moment to apply body cream. It will be more beneficial for your skin. Take care of facial skin as well. You should use SPF cream for your face in the winter, too. Did you know that the sunlight reflection from the snow is 80% compared to 17% sunlight reflection from sand in the summer and this reflection harms your facial skin? That’s why you must protect your facial skin with SPF cream. Your lips need to be protected, too. Use vaseline lip to keep them healthy without cracks. Apply hand cream more often during the day. The hands are frequently uncovered and they need care to be protect.

2. Avoid dehydration by drinking more liquids. Most of us don’t drink enough water in the winter just because the body doesn’t remind us as during the summer. But you need plenty of water in the winter too, to keep your skin in good health. If you feel harmed to drink more water in cold days, try to drink another healthy liquid like warm herbal tea or make your own magical elixir with lemon, honey and water. If you prefer you could add ginger, too. This’s amazing non-alcoholic cocktail would help you to keep your skin hydrated and simultaneously protect your body from cold.

 

 

3. We spend more time at home in the winter and that gives us the possibility to take care of our skin better. You can use cold winter evenings to take special care for the facial skin. Winter is the season when the skin needs oil products. You could use macadamia oil, almond oil, coconut oil and every kind of oil which you know. The oils have stunning effect to our skin. Use it in the evening after the skin is cleaned and applying it with gentle massage on your face. The oils are rich in vitamins and helpful for anti-aging. Oils in combination with face massage are beneficial to your skin.

 

4. What kind of food do you prefer during the winter? Most people forget about having a healthy nutrition in this season. It’s hard to choose salad in this cold period and the level of vitamins for our bodies lowers down. But we have a good way to cope with this. There are too many kinds of seeds which you could add to your daily meal. For example – chia seeds contains vitamins A, B, E, D – which are good for the skin, flax seeds are rich in omega 3 fatty acids which fight with aging. You could mix them with other vegetables in a blender or in the main dish. The seeds are very healthy for your young-looking skin, also as precautions for your health. Thrust seeds to cope with skin stress in the winter.

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How to cope with depression in 3 steps

 

Do you feel unwilling whatever you do?

You’re not interesting in anything around you. Just going to work and then coming back home – tired and hopeless. You don’t know what’s trendy this season, you don’t even know if you have some accessories in the wardrobe.

 

Are you bored or maybe you prefer to stay alone at home instead of to go out with friends?

You have no energy, you have lost your healthy tonus. Sometimes you’re wondering “Am I already old?”. After that you’re sitting down, eating something that you even don’t like…

How often you’re watching TV while your friends are in the cinema?

Yes – this is an easy way to lie to yourself that you’re doing something. There’re too many things to do which are waiting for you.

And the answer is ‘No, you aren’t too old, neither you’re a boring person.”

The only reason to behave like this, is that you have been depressed.

Depression catches people who:

  • are responsible
  • take care for the others
  • always do what they have to

In fact you’re a good person and this is the main reason depression happened to you. You get stressed, bad-tempered and sometimes even angry.

Luckily there are easy ways to handle with this.

First you must go to the library and get a book. Reading helps to relax your mind. Go to the library and point some book with interesting title for you. You’ll see how thinking about what  book to buy will make you feel better. Instead watching TV – just read. It helps improve your sleep, too.

 

The second step to get out from depression is the famous “shopping therapy”. But here is the catch. You must go shopping alone. You don’t need anybody else. You’ll have enough time to look at these shops which you’re fond of. Put on something you have never done before. Try what you want and enjoy the time spend with yourself. This step helps you find yourself and more importantly – to like yourself.

The third rule is to dance like no one’s watching you. Of course you have to do this alone at home. Dancing helps the body to produce endorphins, also called hormone of happiness. Moving your body will increase positive energy and makes you willing to life. We all need to move, that’s why sport helps us to have healthier life. But dancing is magical, because you calm down while listening to the music and moving your body the way you like!

 

Follow these simple steps for a week and comment how you feel!

Byjoana

5 Simple Rules for Healthy Life

Most hard-working people have no time for a healthy life. It’s too hard to find time for healthy food or doing exercises. In fact, we don’t have enough time for ourselves. This are the main reasons to put on weight and get stressed. That makes us bad-tempered, bad-looking and we don’t like ourselves at all. Here are 5 easy ways to cope with these problems.

 

Have you ever felt how a cup of hot water acts on you?

The first thing after you wake up in the morning should be having a cup of hot water. It helps your body to get toxins out. Hot water increases the body temperature. This process naturally helps to detox your body. Only 10 days are enough to feel the difference.

 

Don’t get cold anymore

 The second step after your cup of hot water is having a combination of honey, ginger and lemon. These tree amazing ingredients improve the state of your immune system. This is a preventive measure which keeps flu and cold away from you. Furthermore this combination eliminates toxins too, and fights against cancer.

 

Enjoy your 10 minutes exercise

Don’t you have enough time for doing exercises? Don’t worry, there is an easy way to get into good shape. Only 10 minutes a day, dancing alone at home and you’re going to lose weight, get in a better health condition and reduce the stress in your life until you have fun. Dancing alone and listening to your favorite music is the most resting ability for your mind.

 

Half a meal for better results 

Nowadays we don’t eat healthy food due to many reasons. We’re always in a hurry and the fast food is often preferred. That’s the main mistake that we do every single day, but sometimes we just don’t think about it. It’s a good way to start with half a meal. Usually we eat everything served only because it’s already served. When you realize that that isn’t necessary, you can choose the healthy food in your plate. Think about a healthy combination like vegetables and meat and other ways that you know about how to separate your food in a healthy manner.

 

Walk 10 minutes more a day

 You will be surprised how easy it is and what an amazing effect you will feel. Walk to your workplace or to the shop. Have a walk for a few minutes per day. Walking helps to boost your metabolism. This is a simple way which doesn’t burden the body like doing exercises. Another point for walking is that this way you can see a lot of things around you, which you haven’t seen before.