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Celebrity Inspiration: Beth Ostrosky Stern and Bikini Body
The more naturally beautiful, the less makeup you need. Beth O's natural makeup is flawless. Her highlights look gorgeous.
Long Bouncy, Blonde Curls
Bikini Body Tips
As bikini season approaches us, now is the time to start working on your
beach bod. You don’t want to feel unconfident with a jiggly tummy and
lumpy thighs, now do you? The answer isn’t to spend countless hours in a
gym burning as many calories as possible, their is an easier way out.
It’s simple. Just follow these 4 tricks to flatten your tummy and lose a
few pounds just in time for Spring without putting yourself through
hell.
1. Scrap Soda from your Diet
I know, you drink diet soda. But frankly it doesn’t matter. All that carbonation goes straight to your stomach and bloats it up like a balloon. Think about how much less bloated you would feel if you didn’t consume all that fizzy carbonation? Those artificial sweeteners aren’t too good for your health anyway.
2. Sit in the Sauna
Sit in the sauna for a few minutes to sweat out all those toxins, relax your muscles, loose some water weight and just feel good! It’s an amazing end to a good workout. It will also do wonders for your skin! But don’t stay in too long!
3. Eat Less Salt
Most people consume a lot more salt than they need. Salt makes you retain more water and as a result makes your more bloated. Obviously, cutting your salt intake will make you lose unnecessary water weight, quickly slim you down a few pounds and boost your confidence!
4. Stick to Plant Based Foods
Listen to the beautiful professionals: Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, Carrie Underwood and Kristen Bell have all adapted to a plant based diet, and they look better than ever! The main thing that sets them apart is that the fact that they do not eat meat, which is high in saturated fat. A diet of fruits, vegetables, grains and beans gives you all the fibers and proteins you need and will slim you down every single day. And you don’t even have to count calories! Now that’s heaven.
1. Scrap Soda from your Diet
I know, you drink diet soda. But frankly it doesn’t matter. All that carbonation goes straight to your stomach and bloats it up like a balloon. Think about how much less bloated you would feel if you didn’t consume all that fizzy carbonation? Those artificial sweeteners aren’t too good for your health anyway.
2. Sit in the Sauna
Sit in the sauna for a few minutes to sweat out all those toxins, relax your muscles, loose some water weight and just feel good! It’s an amazing end to a good workout. It will also do wonders for your skin! But don’t stay in too long!
3. Eat Less Salt
Most people consume a lot more salt than they need. Salt makes you retain more water and as a result makes your more bloated. Obviously, cutting your salt intake will make you lose unnecessary water weight, quickly slim you down a few pounds and boost your confidence!
4. Stick to Plant Based Foods
Listen to the beautiful professionals: Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, Carrie Underwood and Kristen Bell have all adapted to a plant based diet, and they look better than ever! The main thing that sets them apart is that the fact that they do not eat meat, which is high in saturated fat. A diet of fruits, vegetables, grains and beans gives you all the fibers and proteins you need and will slim you down every single day. And you don’t even have to count calories! Now that’s heaven.
The Key to Get a Bikini Abs
Getting a flat belly and concrete-hard abs isn’t just about the hope of landing a modeling gig or a lingering stare. It’s also one of the surest signs of good health. Study after study, in fact, shows that people with smaller waistlines live longer than those with bigger ones. While it’s true that you can’t turn a landfill of a belly into a thin one overnight, you can use these smart strategies and quick tips to get a beach-ready body in no time flat.
Cut back on low-carb snacks.
Many bars and candies contain glycerin or sugar alcohols, which can cause bloating because your body can't fully digest them, says Leslie Bonci, R.D., at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Run one mile less.
"Your body can interpret excessive exercise as stress, causing you to retain fluid and become constipated," says Diana Taylor, R.N., Ph.D., at the University of California-San Francisco Center for Reproductive Health. But moderate exercise, such as yoga or walking, can speed things through your system and help nix the problem.
Do Random Acts of Cardio
Nothing burns fat faster than interval cardio but you don't have to do lengthy complicated workouts to lose belly fat fast. Work in 3 different types of intervals for 60 seconds at random times every day. Jump rope, stair runs, jumping jacks, squat-thrusts, mountain climbers, even a couple of sun salutations will burn fat and get your metabolism in constant fat burning mode. The best part of this is you'll boost endurance, energy, and tone up too!
SLOW DOWN
You'll get the body you want faster by doing 10 slow repetitions instead of 20 fast ones. Moving slowly--two counts up and two counts down--allows you to use more precise form, which can stimulate your muscles better and make them stronger, says Rodney Corn of the National Aca demy of Sports Medicine. (The faster you go, the more likely you are to use momentum instead of your abs.) Your muscles should feel tired in 15 reps.
How to Get A Bikini Body
It's
summertime again and everyone's hanging out in the latest bikini except
for you. If you want to join the crowds but feel like you need to work
off those extra pounds, then it is time to get serious about the diet
and fitness regime.
Start eating healthy food. Instead of chowing down on chips, replace these by eating fruit. Eat well-balanced meals and healthy snacks. Although you don't have to plan your meals completely, you should make sure you're getting the right amount of nutrients. A good guideline is to eat one third meat, one third fruit and veggies, and one third carbohydrates. Eating more slowly can also help you. When you take your time eating, your brain has more time to realize you're full and you eat less.
When you have only a month to get a bikini body, focus on full-body exercises and interval training. Full-body exercises include push-ups, squats and lunges and pull-ups. These exercises tone your body and help you burn more calories. Not only does interval training burn the most fat, but it helps to boost your metabolism to burn more calories even when not exercising. "After interval training, the amount of fat burned in an hour of continuous moderate cycling increased by 36 percent and cardiovascular fitness increased by 13 percent," reports Science Daily.
Make space in your schedule for six one-hour workouts weekly. It is important to let your body rest one day a week or you risk over-training, which can result in injury. Also, make sure to watch your calorie intake, as your diet will affect your end result. If you need help with diet, sign up with a weight-control program like Weight Watchers or find a nutritionist to assist you.
To boost the challenge, use light weights where indicated. Include two 45- to 60-minute cardio sessions on your off days and follow a healthy diet, and in just four weeks you'll be sitting poolside with pride.
Start eating healthy food. Instead of chowing down on chips, replace these by eating fruit. Eat well-balanced meals and healthy snacks. Although you don't have to plan your meals completely, you should make sure you're getting the right amount of nutrients. A good guideline is to eat one third meat, one third fruit and veggies, and one third carbohydrates. Eating more slowly can also help you. When you take your time eating, your brain has more time to realize you're full and you eat less.
When you have only a month to get a bikini body, focus on full-body exercises and interval training. Full-body exercises include push-ups, squats and lunges and pull-ups. These exercises tone your body and help you burn more calories. Not only does interval training burn the most fat, but it helps to boost your metabolism to burn more calories even when not exercising. "After interval training, the amount of fat burned in an hour of continuous moderate cycling increased by 36 percent and cardiovascular fitness increased by 13 percent," reports Science Daily.
Make space in your schedule for six one-hour workouts weekly. It is important to let your body rest one day a week or you risk over-training, which can result in injury. Also, make sure to watch your calorie intake, as your diet will affect your end result. If you need help with diet, sign up with a weight-control program like Weight Watchers or find a nutritionist to assist you.
To boost the challenge, use light weights where indicated. Include two 45- to 60-minute cardio sessions on your off days and follow a healthy diet, and in just four weeks you'll be sitting poolside with pride.
Week Bikini Body Challenge
As we all know it's
February and Summer's coming fast! I found a challenge that you all may
or may not be into. It's called the 8 Week Bikini Body Challenge it can
be found here-> http://fit.lifeplusfitness.com/bikini-body-8-week-program.html.
I've looked through it pretty well and it looks, well, tough. However
you don't receive gain without the pain. It's a Love Hate relationship.
So as stated in the title, it runs for eight weeks and targets all areas
of your body. The workouts for the challenges are in circuits and you
repeat them x amount of times. You do a different workout each day
targeting different areas of the body. You have one day off each week
from your workouts. Something that people always seem to forget when
trying to lose weight or to become more lean and tone, is DIET. Diet is
so important! If you're not watching what you eat then you're throwing
your hardwork away before you ever see the payoff. So please remember to
form some sort of diet awareness plan. I use calorie trackers online
and on my iPhone. These are great for tracking food and exercises to see
where you stand. www.sparkpeople.com is
free and has a great community as well as other helpful videos. Coach
Nicole does a great job! An app I use on my phone is My Fitness Pal,
it's free as well and also has a community that you can connect with for
support. My username on my both is mccaulley25. Find me if you use one
of these.
And the last important
thing to remember when trying to tone up or get fit is to DRINK WATER.
Not tea, not diet soda, but good ol' H2O! You should be drinking
anywhere from 8-10 glasses per day to help flush things out of your
system.
Have a marvelous day!
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