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The most beautiful thing a girl can wear is a smile. As cheesy as it sounds, it’s so true! A positive, happy attitude will get you so much farther in life than a sour, negative one! Not to mention, smiling at others can help brighten THEIR day.
Try this tomorrow:
When something is upsetting you, or you catch yourself beginning to think negatively about yourself or a situation, smile. It will feel super weird and forced at first, but studies have actually shown that simply the ACT of smiling can improve mood! The effects of the smile are boosted when you actually SEE yourself doing it… so if you have a mirror handy, use it! I do this ALL THE TIME and it honestly helps!! I probably look like a total weirdo.. but I’d rather look like a happy weirdo than a mean one! lol <3
I saw this on google the other day! I’m not sure how accurate it is.. but I have heard some of these before. Very interesting! I think I need to start supplementing with Magnesium =P
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Time: 30 Minutes
Warm Up: Run in place, squat, jumping jacks, dance ANYTHING. Move for 5 minutes before you start. Cool down with a march in place before stretching.
You’ll need: A mat, a timer, a wicked playlist and a KILLER attitude!
Goal: Complete as many rounds of these exercises as possible in 30 minutes.
12 exercises, 12 reps each. No breaks scheduled in between, but take them if you need it (Push!)
Beginners: Aim for 3 rounds
Intermediate: Aim for 4-5 rounds
Advanced: Aim for 6+ rounds.
Remember, modify the moves to your level! It’s YOUR workout: no need to jump if you’ve got bad knees! This is for time, and the goal is to keep your heart rate up by engaging your muscles and moving as quick as YOU can. Feel free to use modifications if you’re slowing down!
Basic Tips/Modifications
Squat jumps: Sit down and BACK in a squat. Keep the weight in the heels of your feet (you should be able to wiggle your toes). Explode up, reaching your hands to the sky and jumping off the feet. Land softly, back in the squat and repeat. Modification: You can squat, stand, THEN jump, and squat down again. This can help if you’ve got knee problems. You can also eliminate the jump all together.
Air Jacks: Like a regular jumping jack, except you lift your legs out to the side and off the floor (think like a firework or an X). The jump can be quick, but sink down to get more power before each jack. Modification: regular jumping jacks.
Pushups: In plank position, lower and push yourself off the ground. Since we’re going for speed, ANYONE can feel free to use the modification from your knees (advanced peeps: 6 rounds of 12 modified pushups is intense too!)
Lie Down, Stand Ups: Exactly as it says. Lie down with your hands and feet outreached in one line (like someone is pulling on your feet and hands in opposite directions). Bring your knees and hands in, and rock up (or use your hands) to a squat position, then stand. Reverse the movement by LOWERING yourself down first, and using your hands to get back to the ground. Contract your abs and protect your back during this movement. Modify by going slower.
Plank Jacks: In plank position, hop your feet out and in like a jumping jack. Keep your hands DIRECTLY under your shoulders. Modification: Step your feet out one at a time, then back in. Beginners, you can be on your knees for this one, and step your hands out instead.
Lunges: Lunge forward, alternating legs. Weight should be in the heel of your lunging foot, and push off that foot to return to standing. Knees should stay over the top of the toes, and not past. Think about lowering your torso to the ground, instead of propelling it forward.
Reverse Lunges: Same as the lunge, but step backwards instead of forwards. Catch yourself, and keep the weight in the front heel. Alternate with each lunge.
Cobra To Plank: Get on your belly! Extend your hands and feet out (like someone’s pulling on them) and lift your chest and legs off the ground (like superman flying). Hold for 1-2 seconds, then return to plank position. Repeat.
In & Out V-Sit crunches: On your tush (use a pillow if you need to), draw your knees into your chest. Hands can be off the floor, or by your sides and behind you for balance). Draw the knees in and push them out. Keep your back flat, think ‘good posture’, and keep your core contracted. Modification: Basic crunches are find here.
Split Squat Jumps: From a squat position, step one foot out behind you just a few feet. Sink low into your front heel, and ‘wind’ your arms up by bringing them behind you. Explode off the front foot, jumping in the air and bringing your arms up to the ceiling. Switch legs in mid-air, and land softly on the other side. Repeat. Modification: Do a mini-lunge forward and then jump up, or eliminate the jumps and do another set of lunges instead.
Squat Kicks: Squat down low, and as you raise up lift your leg and kick forward. Use the ball of your foot (the part right under your toes) to push OUT during the kick, and remember they don’t have to be high. Repeat changing sides.
Tricep Dips: Off a bench, chair or couch, position yourself so that your bum is OFF the seat, but scrapes it as you lift and lower. Hands behind you for support, weight in the palms and facing forward. Lower your body down to the ground until your arms are parrallel to the floor and form a 90 degree angle. Raise up quickly. Repeat.
KILL IT!
xo
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// So, here’s the deal…//
So here’s the deal.
I’m 18 year old. Female. Second year university student. Retail worker. Older sister. Daughter. Skincare and beauty nut, who hasn’t really got a clue about how to care properly for her health.
I’ve done a lot of my own research (both online and through naturopaths and various clinic) and I’ve decided what nutrients are best for my body.
- Maca powder (to balance hormones and regulate other bodily functions)
- Spirulina (for vitamin B12 and beneficial algae)
- Açai (for a butt-load of antioxidants)
- Chia (for omega-3 and -9 as well as fiber and protein)
- Cacao (for magnesium and because it’s just plain tasty!)
- Floradix (Iron supplement for anemia)
- Noni juice (minerals and vitamins in insanely high numbers)
- Liquid Chlorophyll (full of good things, helps to maintain a healthy complexion and get rid of unfavorable odors.)
- Bentonite Clay (A negative charge clay that pulls all the crap out of your digestive track and basically acts as a little crab with a broom crawling through your intestines to clean them out.)
I’ve been introducing these supplements into my diet over the past few weeks and really have felt a difference. I don’t usually take them all in one day, some I take only when I feel I need them, or haven’t had them for a few days. I also try and eat an organic, balanced diet, and I try to eat for my blood type (A).
Despite the introduction of these new and wonderful foods and supplements I still feel like my body is running at 60% rather than at 100%, where I want it to be. This is what led me to research a whole bunch of detox diets and programs.
There were many which looked very appealing such as the Earth Diet, which encouraged eating raw foods and drinking detoxing drinks for a few days then altering your lifestyle to continue on the diet in the long term. This diet didn’t appeal to me as I feel no need to change my lifestyle again, I am happy with the foods I eat, the supplements I take and the nutrients I nourish my body. (I have however incorporated some of the techniques used in the Earth Diet cleanse and lifestyle into my own detox and lifestyle).
Others detoxes were juice cleansers, which I’m not so sure about. I can see that I would be getting plenty of fresh beautiful juices from lovely fruits, but I am concerned that such diets do not allow for essential nutrients such as heme-iron to enter the body (as an anemia-prone individual, that is soooo not cool in my books).
After hearing some amazing things from my cousin I have decided to commence the Lemon Detox Diet. A 10-day program in which the participant switches to an all-liquid diet for 10 days to purify the body and then gradually re-introduces solids. According to my cousin, who has similar health concerns to myself, the diet doesn’t leave you tired or cranky or hungry. Rather, one is energized and motivated and the drinks don’t taste bad at all and are surprisingly filling. In terms of anemia the diet allows the body to re-discover its reserves of iron and B12 and allows the body to nourish itself from within, furthermore the Madal Bal syrup used on the diet has enough iron in it to complement the body’s natural reserves. Isobel also said she lost an amazing 6-kilograms on the cleanse and has managed to keep every gram of it off since she has gone back to solid foods (6 months ago!). She is by no means a big girl, nor was she very skinny, but now she glows with health and looks beautiful, lean and muscular.
So, tomorrow I start the Lemon Detox Diet with high hopes that my body will come out the other side feeling clean and fresh!
I’m not going into this diet cold turkey, rather I have started the relaxed version of this diet and drunk some of the detoxing drink each day for the last 3 days, usually replacing dinner or breakfast. I think that it is important to ease your body into such an extreme cleanse in order to get the best long term results and also, you’re more likely to stick to it if you ease yourself in.
The daily diet consists of:
- 1 litre warm water and 2 teaspoons of sea salt (NOT table salt) drunk on an empty stomach in the morning. This well help get things moving on the inside, so stay near a bathroom!
- min. 2-litres of Lemon Detox drink
§ 20ml Madal Bal Syrup per 250ml water (~140ml per day)
§ Juice of half a fresh lemon per 250ml water
§ Pinch of cayenne pepper per 250ml water
- 1 cup of Senna tea at night before bed
- max. 2 cups of herbal tea per day (peppermint is particularly complementary)
- 1-2 litres of additional plain water per day, as needed.
So the challenge here is to do this cleanse for 10 full days, no solids, no breaking, no binging. Starting tomorrow/today, Sunday 8th January 2012!!
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Fresh. Fit. Fashionable.: Miranda Kerr's Workout
- 15 minutes: Jog/sprint – sprint 30 seconds, jog 2 minutes, repeat.
- 10 minutes: Jump rope – 5 minutes regular jumping, 5 minutes advanced jumping technique
- 20 minutes: Ladder snatches
- 20 minutes: Lower body work – BB squats, BB lunges, BB reverse lunges, box jumps
- 10 minutes: Jump rope –…
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This is a progress blog about my experience with healthy detoxing. The ups and downs, 100% honest, unbiased opinions about the physical, mental and the emotional.
