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February 2007 Monthly Archive

6 Simple Steps To LifeLong Weight Loss

If You are sick of losing the same weight over and over, and feeling like a failure because your last "diet" didn't work, try these tips to not only lose weight, but lose it for good. I have watched hundreds of clients over the years and almost without exception, those that lose their weight once and for all have these six basic habits as a part of their lives.

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First Singaporeans to compete at prestigious MuscleMania World Championships in USA

SINGAPORE - MuscleMania World Championships, the leading open fitness and bodybuilding competitive forum in the USA, to be held in Redondo Beach, California, USA, will see its first Singaporean competitors this year on November 15th.

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Reshape The Family Diet /Cyndi Thomas, ND

When I announced that my family needed to change its diet somewhat... well, to say my children weren't as excited as me would be an understatement.

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Programming Your Fit Mind

What drives you as a human being? Kelly Burris answers this most fundamental question with one word as should anyone else promising permanent behavior change.

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I'm Whispering! IBS An Unpleasant Subject

What is IBS? It is known as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and also has a variety of names such as: Mucus colitis, Nervous Colitis, Spastic colon, Nervous colon, Irritated colon, Unstable colon. It is actually one of the most common intestinal problems and often responsible for work absenteeism.

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Cluster Migraines: A Pain That Defies Description

A description of symptoms and a short case history of one woman's search for something to stop the pain.

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Build Health: Want To Prevent Diabetes?

To prevent diabetes you will get a real jolt when you follow the prescription offered up in the "Journal of the American Medical Association."

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6 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Personal Trainer

Once reserved only for the rich and famous, personal fitness training has hit the mainstream. A personal trainer is now as common as a pair of good cross trainers and a water bottle.

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Fitness Focus: Overcoming Obstacles

If you're like me, the quest to be in shape, manage weight and overall well-being, at times, feels overwhelming. And, as if the quest to be fit isn't hard enough, there's often other obstacles to overcome: health issues, time management, mustering up courage or energy. Even if you've been exercising for a long time, there's always new barriers to be broken. So, how to put all of this into perspective?

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Pilates in the Winelands of South Africa

Sarah Archer, a qualified Pilates instructor from Wimbledon, is celebrating life in a dynamic fashion next year. With her passion for the good life she will take 20 people to Spier in South Africa in April to do Pilates sessions on green lawns surrounded by the splendor of the vineyards.

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1 Minute Mental Vacation

Do you find yourself stressed out doing all the marketing things you need to do for your business?

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Diet Versus Exercise - What's the best way to lose weight?

Diet Versus Exercise is a brief discussion on the benefits and perils of controlling body weight with either dieting or exerce. The reader will come away with a clearer understanding of what each modality can do for them.

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Cutting Cholesterol Naturally

When most people think of cholesterol, they think of the waxy fat-like substance that is found in many of the foods we eat. Often feared, the truth is that cholesterol is needed by the body for a number of different things. For example it is used in the manufacture and maintenance of strong cell walls, it is critical for hormone and vitamin D production, it even is used to coat the nerve cells in the body.

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How You Can Eat Carbohydrates and Still Lose Weight

When I decided to lose weight I of course decided to do as much planning as possible. It seems the older I get the harder it is to do anything without completely planning it out. Anyways, I had already been on the all protein diets and knew that they worked. The only problem was I could never stick to them for very long.

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How to find perfect hair style for you?

This article briefly summerizes ways and means to choose the best hair style. Introduction Style trends are slightly changing to include hair thats less long and straight, the return of layers, a fringe frenzy, terrific texture and myriad approaches to custom color and matching highlights. With so many options open to you, how can you decide what's the best look for you? Can you really have several style variations or are you stuck with that "I mean-business do all through a romantic evening? To get a great look that gives you maximum styling mileage, you have to know all your options and the most important considerations in making a choice.

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DISCOUNT HEALTH PLANS: FILLING THE GAP

The health insurance crisis is growing in severity. With current estimates that 15.2 percent of the population, or 43.6 million people are without health insurance coverage, companies and individuals are starting to look at cost effective, innovative solutions to alleviate the problem.

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Assistive Technology Definition and Taxonomy

Assistive and adaptive technologies can enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities, increase their independence and productivity, and help them gain greater social inclusion. However, the meaning of "Assistive Technology" often remains unclear and fuzzy to many healthcare professionals and disabled people who could benefit from it.

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STOP, LOOK and then LISTEN

About 2 years ago my mother was making regular visits to a podiatrist for an annoying epidemic of corns on the bottom of her feet. During her course of treatment she began to notice that the bottom of her right big toe had a slightly dark discoloration that was not apparent in any other place on her toes or feet. She asked the podiatrist for his opinion during one of her visits to his office. He had never seen anything like this before and, as he would later admit, actually believed that the bottom of my mother's foot was dirty or stained. Because it did not cause any discomfort and because of the podiatrists lack of concern she decided that her foot was completely normal." But she continued to observe the stain and she was troubled by the fact that it would never go away. Some time later she fell down some stairs during a stay at a summer cabin. She badly injured her leg in her fall and when her holiday was over she visited her family doctor for a diagnosis. She took this opportunity to show him the discolored skin on her foot. Fortunately for my mother, this doctor was far more curious than the podiatrist. He was fairly certain that my glamorous and well-groomed mother did not have grimy stains on the bottom of her feet. He had never seen anything like this but suspected that it might be melanoma. He promptly sent her to a plastic surgeon, hoping that he would identify the mysterious condition that was turning darker and beginning to slowly spread."

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Top 10 Ways to Lose Weight and Look Great this Holiday Season

"With summer distractions gone, fall is a great opportunity to crank up your fitness routine," says Musclemaster.com fitness guru Bob Myhal, whose web site and fitness programs have an extensive following.

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Blind Science

Scientific proof - it is all we care about. We paid much time and money to learn this, therefore; it must be more valuable than anything we can learn with an investment of less time and money. It justifies the ever spiraling costs of our practice. This is like saying that a course of instruction in a university is far more valuable than the regular use of the public library. That free knowledge can only be worth what we've paid for it.

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