10 Minute Solutions to Losing Fat

GOOD STUFF. 
'NUFF SAID!!

Fitness Counts

I'm a fitness freak!  I believe everyone should do something physical at least 15 minutes a day for the sake of their own health.  Lots of illness could be avoided or lessened simply by getting up off the couch and walking.  I guess I'm an advocate of exercise because my own body tells me if I don't move I'm going to stiffen and get sore.  Exercise actually keeps me from hurting more than I would from degenerative disc disease and arthritis.  I can always tell when I have gotten lazy!  But I love a good DVD to exercise with.  I don't want yoga because I can't bend into a pretzel at my age.  I don't want to just walk in place.  That gets boring.  No, give me something with challenge in it and I'll rise up and do it.

For example, Hip Hop Abs for when I feel like dancing.  These exercises focus on the abdominal area.  You don't do one sit-up but you sure do work those muscles!  I honestly believe these are more effective than sit-ups.  Because I've had major back surgery I can't do a regular sit-up so these are ideal for people with bad backs.

Try one or get the whole set.  Never boring, always challenging, always fun.

OOOOOOOOOO! I Can't Wait! I Can't Wait! I Can't Wait!

I've been thinking about ordering this for a few weeks and I kept looking at it and reading the reviews here and on another website and saw it was cheaper here, so I went and ordered it here. OOOOOOOOO! I can't wait to get this DVD.  I love kettlebells!  I have a lot of The Firm's workouts before DVD (yes, I'm that old!) and I know they are well done, well cued, well instructed and I know I'll just love this because it's with a kettlebell.  Nothing beats a kettlebell workout and I've done just about all the workouts out there.  This DVD comes with a 5 lb. kettlebell, but when a workout gets "easy", I just pick up a heavier kettlebell.

                                    

I'd like one of each color, please!

Emotional Eating

Did you know that people who are overweight are not always overweight because of hormones being out of balance?  Did you know that some people who are overweight overeat because they just don't know when to stop eating?  Did you know that people who constantly eat are not always hungry (physically)?

Emotions can wreck havoc on us when we choose to keep them all inside.  We stuff them down with a donut or a danish -- the list is endless -- and one day we wake up to the fact that we are just plain overweight and wonder how did it happen?
Emotional eating is no different from drinking or gambling or smoking or doing drugs.  Some people use food as a drug to help relieve the emotional pain they know is there but are too afraid or too unaware to face.

When I first started to want to lose weight, I knew it wasn't all coming from the diagnosis of hypothyroidism.  I had to have my thyroid treated with radiation and in doing so, it killed the function of it.  Even though the blood work numbers are usually in the normal range, I couldn't lose weight for anything.  I knew something else was behind it so I set out to find the missing piece of the puzzle.

I came across a book, "Shrink Yourself" by Dr. Roger Gould.  If you are an emotional eater and want some good advise, want to find true freedom I suggest this book.  I have studied psychology subjects over the years; actually, I have a Master's Degree in Clinical Christian Counseling, so this book just helped me in order to help other people.  Dr. Gould deals with the heart of the matter of why we do overeat. 

This is an excellent book, an  in-depth look at what makes us "tick" and how to overcome a very what-could-be deadly habit.