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What you
weigh - and how easily you lose weight and keep it off -
depends on a variety of factors. Some (how much you eat
or exercise) are within your control; others (genetics,
body type) aren't. This week Women Fitness Weightloss
month, answers the question - What Makes Me the
Weight I Am? asked by women all over the world.
In Fitness,
Namita Nayyar |
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Try to
maintain a 'soft' knee while executing exercise
movements and use the muscles of the inner thighs and
buttocks to compensate instead. This will help to avoid
knee pain which is often caused by improper foot and leg
positioning, or by gripping or overextending the muscles
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Enjoy a healthy self image
Maintaining a strong healthy self esteem is not always easy in a society that
has high expectations for performance and attractiveness.
Enjoy who you are. Look at your finger prints you are unique. No
one else is exactly like you. The way you laugh and smile, the way you
view the world, the way you think are uniquely yours.
Believe that your uniqueness is important. If all of us looked the same,
thought the same and dressed the same the world would be a boring place indeed.
Your uniqueness contributes to the vast and beautiful tapestry of our world and
as such you are a valuable member of humanity. Accept your uniqueness.
Accept who you are as you are right now, while preparing and planning for change
and growth in the future.
Enhance your uniqueness. Cultivate an interesting personality.
Experience life. Seek out adventure or take on a new challenge.
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Hot fruit salad
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
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175 g (6oz) dried apricots
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150 g (5oz) dried prunes
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150 g (5oz) dried figs
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600 ml (1pint) apple juice
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2 tablespoon Calvados or brandy (optional)
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25 g (1oz) walnuts, coarsely chopped
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Low - fat natural yogurt, to serve (optional)
Direction:
Place the dried fruits in a bowl with the apple juice and leave to soak
overnight.
Transfer to a saucepan and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Turn into a bowl and pour
over the calvados or brandy, if using. Sprinkle with the walnuts and serve
immediately with low - fat natural yogurt.
Nutritional Information: (per serving)
Carbohydrates 44g / protein 4g / fat 4g. |
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What Makes Me the Weight I Am?
There's no easy answer to this question. What you weigh
— and how easily you lose weight and keep it off —
depends on a variety of factors. Some (how much you eat
or exercise) are within your control; others (genetics,
body type) aren't. Read on to learn more...
Heredity: Your genetic makeup (the physical
traits that get passed down to you from your parents)
plays a big part in determining your size and weight.
Fatter people tend to have very efficient metabolism;
they require less fuel to run than thin people, and
store excess fuel in the form of fat. As powerful as
they are, genes only determine a tendency towards higher
or lower metabolic efficiency; they do not by themselves
determine what actual body metabolism will be.
Body-Type: Have you ever heard someone say a
person is "big boned"? It's a way of saying the person
has a large frame, or skeleton. Big bones usually weigh
more than small bones. That's why it's possible for two
person with the same height, but different weights, to
both be the right weight.
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