Become Fitter

woman exercise ball google commons

Make Exercise fun and Eliminate Stress

For years now it’s been the same routine- get up; go to work; drive straight to the gym and follow simple, mundane weight lifting instructions on a notepad. This was up until about a year ago, when I discovered that this habitual practice was demoralizing and ultimately making me miserable. Sure, life can be routine, [...]

Posted on 17 June 2010 in Become Fitter.
jogging bw

ReMotivation: when the first time went wrong

Photo from lalla-ali Exercise is something we all need to do. But it may not go correctly all the time. We might start – feel we’re getting nowhere and then just give up. When that happens, what we need is a bit of remotivation. We need to do something that’ll make us get up and get [...]

Posted on 13 April 2008 in Become Fitter.
beer belly

So you want to lose your beer belly?

Photo from CommandZed The problem with good beer isn’t just the occasional hangover, it’s something your partner (or mother) would have warned you about – more calories. It’s been revealed by studies that those who binge drink are more likely to get overweight and form a “beer belly” than those who may drink the same thing but [...]

fruit-breakfast-1

Five awesome ways to improve breakfast

  Photo from ginamig Mum always said breakfast is the most important meal of the day and a healthy breakfast would make me a healthy young man. She was right and I should have listened more than I did.  I’d like to think that my breakfast is the exciting meal of my day, mixed with so [...]

smiling kid

How to make your smile more attractive

Photo from yoshimov Ever look at the opposite (or even the same) sex, they give you a really warm and nice-looking smile and you get a really good feeling about that person – whether it’s that you’re on the same wavelength, you’re attracted to them or you just want to go over and make conversation? A [...]

Posted on 23 January 2008 in Become Fitter, Health and Wellness.
facial_yoga_21

Facial Yoga – Get rid of your wrinkles faster

A couple of weeks back, I read an article in TIME magazine that discussed a new form of yoga for reducing aging. So much emphasis has been put on anti-aging and the market is huge for providers and practitioners because of today’s boomers. I wondered if there really was anything new to this kind of yoga or [...]

Posted on 21 January 2008 in Become Fitter.
vegetables on table

Easy weight loss by counting your calories

  Photo from Sauri  I believe weight loss is about calorie balancing. In order to get serious about your weight, you’ve got to take note of the calories of everything you with commitment. You can lose weight without counting calories but the speed at which you lose weight is nothing compared to you putting in the [...]

obese1

How to cut the fat and feel good

Photo from Mr TGT Over the last few days, as I’ve kept an eye on the Kenyan post-elections violence I also happened to watch and read about ‘globesity’ – a phenomenon that health secretary Alan Johnson says makes the UK’s obesity crisis just as important as the climate change crisis. According to a report by the BBC says [...]

128844948_b144cdf93e

5 things you can do each morning to have more energy

Energy is a source within us that we can increase or decrease not only using the mind, but based on how we utilize our food and drink. Here are a few things you could do every morning to give you boundless energy. 1. Drink a pint glass of water first thing in the morning. If [...]