fitness-to-live:

Fitness to live

(via no-more-fat-girl)

hungryavocados:

those thighs :O

(Source: twenty-lbs-by-may, via no-more-fat-girl)

the-more-u-know:

bodydiy:

1. Lifting weights will make you bulky. False! Believe it or not, weight lifting is extremely important for fat loss. According to Katrina, building muscle helps your body to burn fat throughout the day because your body needs to use up more calories to maintain muscle than it does to maintain fat. Basically the more muscle you build, the more calories your body will naturally burn.
2. The morning is the best time to train. False! While a sunrise workout might help to clear your head before the day starts, Katrina says that the time of day that you choose to sweat it out doesn’t necessarily matter. She said that the most important thing to consider when deciding on a time for your workout is making sure you can stick to it and that it works for YOU. Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, just make sure you block out a time that fits into your daily routine. That way, you can make exercising a habit. Katrina stressed that the most important part is being “consistent” and making your workout a priority. One of my favorite ways to stick to my weekly workout routine is to pencil it into my planner at the beginning of the week and check off each workout once it has been completed. Not only does it feel great to look back on a week with 5 or 6 successfully checked boxes (sometimes it’s 3 or 4), but I actually feel better too since working out reduces stress!
3. Running is the only way to lose weight. False! Running is just one form of cardio that can do a body good…there are so many other ways to burn calories and build muscle! If you can get your heart pumping, get your muscles working, and fuel your body with healthy food, Katrina advises that you should start to see pounds melt away. Mix things up by trying a spin class, going on a hike, or swimming laps at your local rec club. Even taking a brisk walk on your lunch break each day will get you on track towards becoming leaner. Take a peek at the TIU Fitness section for more exercise ideas and be sure to check out Lauren’s favorite workouts in the Get Fit section, too.
4. It’s best to workout on an empty stomach. Both! Katrina says “this is a broad statement” since there are a lot of factors to consider. “There has to be balance,” she says adding that when you eat and workout depends on your goals. “If your goal is to perform in a race, train for a marathon or for a sport, then you need to have adequate amounts of calories and electrolytes in your body to train hard. If your goal is to lose weight, then you will want to have enough calories and electrolytes in you to kick some serious booty, but you don’t need a big pasta dinner the night before and a bagel before your run. Ultimately, you don’t want your meal to weigh you down or upset your stomach before a workout so we recommend carbohydrates in fruit or grains before a workout and protein and carbohydrates after to help you recover.” According to Katrina, one of the best things you can do is something she and her Tone It Up partner like to call The Booty Call. A Booty Call is basically waking up and doing some type of cardio for 30-minutes (or less) and having some coffee and half a banana or 8 ounces of coconut water. This is a great way to wake up your metabolism and get your body going! For more nutrition tips, head on over to Tone It Up for the complete lowdown.
5. Eating zero carbs will make you lean. False! One of the most interesting things I learned from Katrina was that “fat actually burns in a carbohydrate flame.” Our society has given carbs a really bad rap lately, and it’s just not fair. What it comes down to is that not all carbs are bad for you. Katrina and her training partner, Karena, say that fueling up on complex carbs (which come from the fibers in grains, legumes and root vegetables) is the right way to carb load. Your body needs some carbohydrates to function, so just make sure you’re choosing them wisely… Think overnight oats, baked potatoes and roasted carrots. Check out Katrina and Karena’s post on nutrition for more of their expert tips.

You don’t have to tell me twice not to wake up early for my workout :P

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tempestpaige:

im going to honor my curves healthily

• i will start working out for atleast 20 minutes a day to work myself up
• i will limit my soda intake
• i will go to bed on time
• i will stop weighing myself. I am not doing this to lose weight. I am not a number. I don’t care about a number. I will not focus…

(Source: frk-santos, via 30down30more)

piecesinprogress:

Yes it’s true, these are 87 calorie vegan chocolate cupcakes- and they really tasted just like s’mores! I made them for the Well (Bucknell’s Intervarsity Christian Fellowship weekly gathering) and they were a big hit! The chocolate cupcake was rich and moist and went perfectly with the crunchy graham cracker. Because of the Fluff (I used 1 Tablespoon, 20 calories) my version wasn’t vegan but you can look out for Vegan marshmallows, Sweet & Sara is a great brand to melt on the crackers instead. :)

For more healthier cake & cupcake recipes go here and there’s more vegan recipes here! :)

(via 30down30more)

curveappeal:

Bree Warren 

38 inch bust, 30 inch waist, 42 inch hips

for Simply Be

eatcleanmakechanges:

NEVER

(Source: journeyweightloss, via startworkingstophurting)

athleticsistas:

Kale

(Source: kenteke, via paedophiles)

wildcat2030:

From 2010 to 2012, Oceana conducted one of the largest seafood fraud investigations in the world to date, collecting more than 1,200 seafood samples from 674 retail outlets in 21 states to determine if they were honestly labeled.

DNA testing found that one-third (33 percent) of the 1,215 samples analyzed nationwide were mislabeled, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines.

Of the most commonly collected fish types, samples sold as snapper and tuna had the highest mislabeling rates (87 and 59 percent, respectively), with the majority of the samples identified by DNA analysis as something other than what was found on the label. In fact, only seven of the 120 samples of red snapper purchased nationwide were actually red snapper. The other 113 samples were another fish.

Our findings demonstrate that a comprehensive and transparent traceability system – one that tracks fish from boat to plate – must be established at the national level. At the same time, increased inspection and testing of our seafood, specifically for mislabeling, and stronger federal and state enforcement of existing laws combatting fraud are needed to reverse these disturbing trends.

Our government has a responsibility to provide more information about the fish sold in the U.S., as seafood fraud harms not only consumers’ wallets, but also every honest vendor and fisherman cheated in the process—to say nothing of the health of our oceans. (via Oceana Study Reveals Seafood Fraud Nationwide)

(via filledetoiles)