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I am on Twitter quite a bit and am really excited by it still. There are few places online where you can have access to seeing what more than 200 million people are thinking and doing.

Today I thought it would be nice to find some great Hashtags to follow, 90 hashtags that are good for twitter and Instagram. If you are not aware of how hashtags work they are kind of like and indexing. People can post on Twitter and include one or more hashtags and these hashtags will help people find the posts that are most related to what thet are looking for.

Twitter also allows yout to do a keyword search but I think that Hashtags allow us to really see the posts that we would be most interested in seeing. By the way, especially for inspiration these are great hashtags in Instagram as well,

I thought I would break these 90 fitness hashtags down to a few categories; Food, exercise, and inspiration

Food Hashtags

These hashtags are great ones for watching what you eat, getting recipes that are healthy, and also to see different diets

#cleaneating #cleanRecipe #cleanrecipes #EatClean #EatLocal #fitfood #foodporn #GlutenFree #HealthyChoice #HealthyEating #HealthyRecipes #Nutrition #organic #paleo #PlantBased #PlantStrong #Preva #protein #Vegan #Vegitarian #weightloss

Exercise Hashtags

Not really sure what to say about these group of exercise hashtags. Not only will you get diferent exercises and workouts but some of them will be showing off and insiration to just get lots more out of your viewing pleasure

#BodyBuilding #Cardio #CardioParty #crossfit #Elliptical #Exercise #Exercise #FitChallenge #FitFam #FitMotivation #Fitness #fitnessaddict #fitnessbarbie #fitnessfreak #gainz #geekabs #GetFit #gym #GymTime #Health #IndoorCycling #lift #personaltrainer #strong #Training #Treadmill #weightraining #Weights #WeightTraining #wod #Workout

Inspiration Hashtags

Inspiration is always important. When we are being inspired on a bad day it can really get our head in a better place. Also if we are having a great day, why not inspire others?

#abs #aesthetic #beachbody #DreamBig #dreambitviral #FitnessMotivation #FitnessQuote #FitQuote #Fitspiration #GetHealthy #GetStrong #GoalSetting #HealthQuote #HealthTalk #HealthTips #healthy #HealthyLife #healthylifestyle #HealthyLiving #InItToWinIt #inspiring #justbringit #justdoit #motivation #muscle #noexcuses #quote #quotes #ripped #SelfMotivation #shreadding #shredded #sixpacks #squad #staypositive #Success #TheSweatlife #YouCanDoIt

I wouldn’t expect anyone to follow all of these hashtags but as you go through your Twitter and Instagram tweets check one or more of these hashtags out. As with regular accounts I always find that each of these fitness hashtags get a feel and attitude of their own thanks to the posters of posts with the hashtag

 

Let me know which are your favorite Fitness Hashtags and maybe you will see some of my posts there. Follow me on Twitter at FitnessGuy

 

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In today’s “I want it now” society, is it any wonder more and more people are searching for that magic pill that will not only offer fast weight loss, but painless loss as well.

Fast weight loss is likely something you’ve toyed with a million times, and many people aim to accomplish but only a few really figure out the facts of how to actually make it happen.

Is Fast Weight Loss Possible?

Fast Weight Loss

In the judgment of many people fast weight loss is linked up with starving or consuming a bunch of drugs because marketers have succeeded in creating the perception that in order to lose weight quickly you have to follow a strict diet or purchase a miracle product.

In fact, if you believe the crap put out there by some books, magazines and television, it may seem like your ideal body is precisely one diet or gizmo away.

Fast weight loss is neither the most beneficial nor the safest way to lose excess weight, however when someone who’s over starts to see results immediately they are more likely to stick to a plan, and that’s a good thing.

The problem is that fast weight loss is typically unhealthy and difficult, if not out of the question, to sustain in the end. It’s frequently too good to be true because it’s not true fat loss.

Avoid Diet Pills for Fast Weight Loss

During periods of starving yourself and usage of diet pills, more water is lost than fat, and this is why fast weight loss is often deceiving.

The key is to increase the power of your body to burn fat and calories by increasing your metabolism through exercise.

You reach your desired body by burning more calories than you take in. The best exercise for fast weight loss is any kind that will raise your heart rate by at least 60% and keep it going for 20 minutes or so.

The trouble with using exercise alone to try and achieve fast weight loss is that it doesn’t always provide immediate results, as it usually takes at least a couple of weeks before you notice any measurable changes in your body.

The reason for this is because fat weighs less than muscle. During regular exercise, fat is converted to muscle so the scales won’t show any significant loss from exercise. A tape measure is a much more accurate indicator of progress than the scales.

It takes a delicate balance of diet and nutrition to keep from burning muscle along with the fat, and this is where the problem comes in.

Lifestyle Change is Critical For Fast Weight Loss

Fast weight loss is achieved not only by dieting and exercise, but by changing the whole lifestyle and perspective of a person.

The first thing you should have is a positive state of mind because you’re going to have to limit or give up completely some of the foods you’ve been accustomed to.

It’s tough. If you haven’t got the willpower to be able to avoid eating certain foods or to push yourself to exercise, then you are running against a brick wall.

The biggest problem is that it takes extraordinary efforts in diet and exercise that are usually not sustainable over the long term, and the weight quickly comes back once you stop trying so hard.

That’s where the lifestyle change comes into play. Adopting new eating and exercise habits will not only help you drop the pounds, but keep them off later.

If the image of your new body isn’t enough motivation, adding hypnosis to the equation will increase your willpower, self-control and discipline.

I want to reiterate one thing here. Fast weight loss although possible can be unhealthy and is very much related to a complete lifestyle change.

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Weight Loss Fast Also Has Health Benefits

Chromium is a mineral that humans require in trace amounts. Actually the reccomended intake of Chromium is 120 µg (micrograms) although its mechanisms of action in the body and the amounts needed for optimal health are not well defined.

Chromium History

Chromium is known to enhance the action of insulin, a hormone critical to the metabolism and storage of carbohydrate, fat, and protein in the body.

In 1957, a compound in brewers’ yeast was found to prevent an age-related decline in the ability of rats to maintain normal levels of sugar (glucose) in their blood.

Chromium was identified as the active ingredient in this so-called “glucose tolerance factor” in 1959. Absorbed chromium is stored in the liver, spleen, soft tissue, and bone.

Benefits of Chromium

A new study by a University of Miami (UM) researcher analyses nearly three decades of data on the effect of chromium supplementation on blood sugar and concludes that chromium supplements are not effective at lowering fasting blood sugar in healthy individuals, or diabetics.

Chromium is a mineral required by humans in minute concentrations and is obtained naturally in the diet. Actually, few cases of deficiency have been documented.

“Some previous research reported that chromium supplements lower the levels of fasting glucose,”

says Christopher H. Bailey, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, at UM’s School of Education and Human Development and author of the study.

“However, the effect may have been exaggerated or mistaken for the effects of other concurrent treatments, such as exercise training.”

Chromium also appears to be directly involved in carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism, but more research is needed to determine the full range of its roles in the body.

The challenges to meeting this goal include:

• Defining the types of individuals who respond to chromium supplementation;
• Evaluating the chromium content of foods and its bioavailability;
• Determining if a clinically relevant chromium-deficiency state exists in humans due to inadequate dietary intakes; and
• Developing valid and reliable measures of chromium status

Sources of Chromium

Meat and whole-grain products, as well as some fruits, vegetables, and spices are relatively good sources of Chromium.

Potatoes, whole grains, seafood and meats also contain chromium. Broccoli, 1 cup: 22 micrograms,  Turkey leg, 3 oz: 10.4 micrograms, whole wheat English muffin: 4.0 micrograms, mashed Potatoes 1 cup: 2.7 micrograms, 1 cup of Green beans: 1.1 micrograms.

There are reports of significant age-related decreases in the chromium concentrations of hair, sweat and blood, which might suggest that older people are more vulnerable to chromium depletion than younger adults.

You can find more info on Chromium at the National Institute of Health

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