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Fitness

Swim For It!

by carol on July 12, 2010

If you are looking for a way to burn calories without putting too much stress on your joints, going for a swim could be a good choice of workout for you.  Due to the resistance of the water, impact on joints is low but effort level is high and you can burn up to 400 [...]

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A common excuse I get from people for not exercising on a regular basis is I can’t afford to buy any at home exercise equipment and I certainly couldn’t afford an expensive gym membership. Well, that may be true even though a lot of good equipment isn’t very expensive.  To be honest you can get [...]

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Exercise And Mood – One Of Those Days

by carol on May 26, 2010

Do you ever get those days when nothing goes right?  You wake up in the morning full of dread and as cross as a bear and the day just goes downhill from there, with the smallest setback making you erupt into an incandescent rage.  On one occasion I was so grumpy, that when my teenage [...]

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Working Out With Weights

by carol on May 6, 2010

No exercise programme is complete without weight training, but it seems to be the thing that most women prefer to avoid, convinced that they will end up with the bulky muscles of a weightlifter.  This is absolutely not true as women do not have enough of the hormone testosterone to produce muscle bulk like men [...]

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Little Blueberry Giant Reviews

by Carol on April 19, 2010

Do you like blueberries?  Well if you don’t you should!  Blueberries are chock-full of healthy fibre, vitamins and antioxidants, and now you can get the Blueberry Giant, which produces masses of huge, delicious, juicy blueberries at a fraction of the cost of buying them in a supermarket! Health experts agree we should all be eating [...]

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Cholestrol Can Be Lowered By Diet And Exercise

by laura on December 7, 2009

High levels of cholesterol in the blood can possibly be lowered by a healthy diet rich in all kinds of vegetables and fruit, whole grains and small amounts of lean meat, a German scientist has stated in a recent report.  Although the blood cholesterol levels are affected less by what we eat than has been [...]

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I’ve Been Missing In Action!

by Carol on November 9, 2009

Hi, Yes I’m back! I have to apologize for not posting for some time I think the last post is way back in August. Life has been so busy recently that I’ve had to cut back on a lot of my commitments and unfortunately this Blog has been one of them. Anyway things have settled [...]

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