Quick Detox

Sometimes our healthy diets are thrown right out the window during vacations or weekend parties. You want avacado for breakfast but you end up with deep-fried bacon on your plate (in case of Indians it could be Aloo Puri, Aloo paratha, Chole Batura etc.) How do you say no to that when people expect you to lick the plate clean? Exactly! 

Detox is the best way to get all that unhealthy fat and junk out of your body. It won't happen in a day so you need patience. It could be in your regular diet or in detox water. Cleaning your system is necessary for weight loss and metabolism. So go ahead and follow the following detox which can be made out of homemade ingredients and is not time consuming.

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Happy Detoxing!

Thigh gap or knowledge gap?

Surely, most fitness freaks and health conscious people have heard or engaged in heated discussions about the “inner thigh gap”. As if losing weight was not difficult enough, the women of the world needed something new to feel more conscious about themselves. What’s next, chubby knees? Just because the model in the lingerie advertisement has sticks for legs does not make her healthy. And isn’t that our real goal here - to be healthy?

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Given that a few advertisements have plagued our brains with the thigh gap conundrum, but we feel it is more to with the gap in our knowledge. No two people are alike nor are their bodies. Naturally their weight losing techniques are also different. No need to complicate your life by worrying about the miniscule gap between your thighs. Moreover our bodies are biologically designed to hold some amount of fat. As long as you fit into your favourite pair of jeans, you are sorted!

Be aware of the problems fat thighs can cause due excess body weight. People suffer from problems due to the thighs constantly rubbing each other – rashes, infection, trouble while walking. But don’t you worry. There are plenty of exercises to tone your inner thighs. Let us warn you that they are hard and strenuous but they are fruitful only when they are combined with some amount of cardio. But remember not to obsess over losing weight – no good will come out of you stressing while you exercise. Exercise is supposed to release happy hormones in your body not pressurize you. Therefore keep your goals real and attainable.

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Also, losing weight anywhere in your body is directly affected by the amount of food you eat. While it is recommended to follow a regimen that will result in overall weight loss, you have to pick your moves for spot-reduction in a particular body part. And most importantly, be consistent with it. Nobody cares about the gap between your thighs or your toes.

Source: http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=the_best_inner_thigh_exercises_ever

Healthy Juice for a Jaded Body

Get a shot of energy from juicing everyday right in your kitchen, right this instant. Chugging a glass of juice not only helps you to consume a larger portion of fruits and vegetable in one go but also adds a higher nutritional value to your daily diet. There are plenty of juices for weight loss, to increase metabolism, for better skin, to increase immunity, to reduce body aches, to reduce belly fat, to improve your sinus, for natural detox etc. Imagine all that in just one glass! 

In addition, these flavorful green juices help to curb those nasty hunger pangs. The natural sugar in fruits sweetens the juice therefore refrain from adding sugar. You can use green vegetables such as spinach, kale, cucumbers, celery as well as fruits such as apples, grapes, orange, cherries, pears, blueberries to juice. Juicing also ensures that you are getting more water in your body which also contributes to your body’s need to hydrate.

Given the nutritional value in these fruits and vegetables, you can treat this as a wholesome meal. Sip on a glass at breakfast with a bowl of oatmeal or eggs or have it as a post workout snack. Come on, isn’t it much easier to drink kale than eat it? And the best part is that the children will blissfully gulp this minus the interrogation! 

An instant pick-me-up anytime, anywhere.

Time to Tone

What would you do if you had an extra hour in a day? Eat, sleep, watch television, get some more work done? How about fit in an exercise routine?
There are plenty of things in the universe that will make sure you do not move a bone. For instance, the barking dogs kept you up all night, you had a bad dream, the hubby is still rolling over in bed, your metabolism has kicked in this morning, your alarm did not go off (classic!), it’s Wednesday, period. The list is endless and ridiculous. However if you were to time yourself you would realize that exercise does not take too long and if you actually stuck to the routine, the results come fast.

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Therefore make time to tone. We are not asking for more than 30 minutes per day. Still too much? How about 15 minutes? That is possible, let’s be honest. What can you do in 15 minutes, you ask? Pick your exercise – 5 minutes to great abs, 8 minutes to sculpted arms, 3 minutes to toned legs etc. Then assign days to these exercises right from Monday to Friday. Next pick songs you would exercise to – peppy, dance numbers.

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Get a yoga mat, weights (if you have any) and set that devious alarm on the phone every night before you go to sleep. The trick to motivate yourself is to keep everything ready for the next morning. If you wake up groggy and then have to arrange for these little things to prep your “exercise routine”, you will get demotivated on Day 3.

The important thing to remember is to make a routine and follow it. Keep it easy and simple and gradually progress to a strenuous regime. Remember, timing is everything!

Turn Back Time

Who doesn't want to look younger? Do you think about what you put in your stomach? How each food effects your body? Ofcourse not, because "nobody has the time". Well lets stop that nasty habit and see what exactly you SHOULD eat that might not be a case of Benjamin Button but it will slow down the process of ageing.

Antioxidants, fibre and EFA (essential fatty acids) have great health benefits that we sometimes overlook. Combine these superfoods into a healthy balanced diet and it will strengthen your immune system like no other!

You don't need to have ALL of it, but something is better than nothing right? Say hey to happy eating :)

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