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Do what feels right for you! Personal trainer handbooks recommend working out for 5 days a week because the risk of working out an additional two days outweights the benefit (injuries, overtraining). Some studies only wants one to work out four days a week, two days of heavy lifting and two...

Considering that 90 to 95 % of women have cellulite, I do not think there is anything to worry about. Your daughter is a real person, not one of the airbrushed fantasy pictures we are exposed to daily. I would not point the cellulite out because I would not want to make the daughter more...

After taking various health and nutrition classes at a local university, I would recommend not taking ANY supplements and get your nutrients through natural, unprocessed foods. Man-made is not as good as nature-made.

During the 70's and 80's, when skinny and not necessarily healthy, were in fashion, lots of diets were between 800 and 1000 kcal. Even the Atkins diet is said to float between 1000 and 1200 kcal; weight watchers is usually around 1200 kcal. The BMR is the amount of calories your body needs to...

How did you get those numbers? Did you actually go to a lab and have tests done professionally or did you use an online formular? If I were you, I would actually eat just 1600 kcal a day (but for real, weighing and calculating anything and everything and logging everything) and see if this...

I was hoping you would say that. Thanks, Cathe!

I enjoy cardio workouts that use light dumbells to increase expenditure. However, I am wondering if those light weights interfere with muscle recovery. Is it OK to use cardio weights after a heavy strength day?

I bet you look pretty good, toned and better than the majority of sedentary Americans. Is it bothering you that you do not look as the fitness models in the magazines? You are aware that these are professionals who work out for HOURS each day, have a very STRICT diet, often have had surgical...

It sounds like you are depriving yourself during the day and whenever you let your guard down you eat the foods you REALLY want to eat. I would think about the foods you REALLY like and want to eat and compare it with the foods you are currently eating. If it is something like: 'I really want...

I do not eat anything after supper, which is between 6 and 7 pm. Eating right before going to bed is not necessary. If you eat nutritious meals (combination of carbs, protein and fats, with carbs being the majority of calories) throughout the day you have plenty of stored glycogen for morning...

Nobody but you can truly determine if a weight is too heavy for you. What is light for me, might be heavy for you and vice versa. You want to make sure that you work all the stabilizer muscles for your knees not just the major muscle groups such as hamstrings and quads. Furthermore, you cannot...

Do you drink enough water? Not taking in enough fluids is a major cause of constipation and gas. Different products can give you gas. If I eat sunsweet clementines I get gas, if I stick to regular mandarins I am fine. The experts are split about colon cleaning products as these products...

Within the first week of inactivity one loses muscle and cardiorespiratory abilities, so you will feel more winded when jumping back into high intensity workouts. However, it does not take long to recover from the time off. If one exercises for health, it is not necessary to workout...

I would start out looking for a (not necessarily paid position) at a church. They provide daycare during services, mother's day out, and regular day care offerings. As the churches are non-profit, they can accept volunteers to help out. Additionally, you could ask organizations such as the...

If you work out, your body needs to store energy in the form of glycogen. For every gram of glycogen, the body stores about 3 grams of water, hence you are heavier when working out. You lose the water weight if you do not work as hard as you normally would.

Actually, if you eat a balanced diet, any multi-vitamin is a waste of money.

What do you hope to get out of supplements? If you eat a diet rich in whole grains, fruits vegetables, little processed foods, etc. there is no need for supplementation. Especially with protein. Log for one day whatever you eat and analyze it. Chances are you are already getting plenty of...

I would go to a gym and interview real personal trainers. That way you can start networking and you know that these PTs are REAL ones.

The author just wants to sell his book. It's simply too many calories and processed foods! Complex carbohydrates (whole grains, fruits, vegetables) do not have a "real limit" on consumption, so you do not get any adverse health effects if a lot of them. If one consumes too much protein...

You realize that it is a myth that bottled water is actually cleaner than tap water. Where tap water is regulated by the Clean Water Act even in the farm areas, the bottled water does not have any such standards. Chances are, the Aquafina you are buying is coming from a tap in your area.