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Kickstarting a healthy lifestyle

Kickstarting a healthy lifestyleOK Arnold Schwarzenegger has nothing to do with this but I just wanted to get a pic of Arnold somewhere on the blog. One of my big plans this year was to start a 21 day Health and fitness email program. Finally I have finished this thing and would like to announce it here.

21 day Fitness Program

The idea of the 21 day health and fitness program is to condense all of the important factors in improving your life in little bite sized chunks that you can get in your email. This program of course you can do at your own pace but the idea is that you get an email, follow through on the skills for the day and then two days later you will get the next part to apply.

One thing that is important to know is that this program is free and the real motivator for me to create his was that I was not sure if this blog itself could have the direct effect on people that a focused program would have.

You may wonder why the program is 21 days and in fact there is no real reason behind it, oh I could use the old “It takes 21 days to build a habit” or something but realistically I was try to have 20 days of emails but though it better to condense the program to 10 sections and send it out every second day.

I will be covering eating, sleeping, cardio, weights, supplements, and motivation as well as some other topics. I am hoping that you find this a great way to get started or a way to jump start a healthy lifestyle so If you are interested please visit the sign up page.

And if you do end up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger by the end of the 21 days, well then you have exceeded my expectations.

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Making Changes. Who are you?

You are not only your habits but you are also what ever you internalize as that does become the truth.

Although I have never had much of a problem I was a little lazy for years until one day I thought I would ride my bike to work. Now, 3 years later, this riding to work is a part of my persona and people know me as the guy that will ride even when it gets quite cold.

I believe that when you decide that you are going to make a change that once internalized and a part of you it is very hard to make that change. I am always letting people know that in making changes it is just as easy to make a change for the good as it is to make a change for the bad.

Look arouond at all of the people that you work with and live with and ask yourself. How do I look at this person. Quite possibly the idea that we have of someone, the thing that makes them distinct is something that they cultivated out of interests that they have and is more of a learned response than just genetics.

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Weight-Loss Products Nutritionists Never Buy—and Neither Should …

Diuretics

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These drugs have long been popular among bodybuilders and athletes in sports that have to “make” a certain weight, like boxers and wrestlers. But while they do help you drop pounds fast, it’s not real weight loss you’re seeing, Full says. “Diuretics were never intended for weight loss; their purpose is to help the body excrete excess water and salt,” she explains. “Any weight you lose would be purely from water.” Worse, if you take more than the recommended dose it can lead to dangerous side effects such as dehydration, dizziness, muscle cramps, weakness, confusion, heart palpitations, increased blood sugar, nausea, she adds.