Natural Weight Loss for Good Health and Well Being

Weight loss is becoming an unhealthy obsession dealing with body images, but in some cases can improve health and fitness. When weight loss is a result of eating healthy, exercising and/or taking natural weight loss supplements in contrast to synthetic prescription drugs with the risk of harmful side effects, weight loss can be effective, rewarding, and greatly improve overall health.

Extra weight, especially extra fat on a person's body, applies significantly increased stresses on the heart, joints and back. These stresses can be extremely detrimental to one's health. Healthy weight loss can reduce the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, arthritis and other health problems, as well as generally extending an otherwise average life span. Recently, the scientific root cause or explanation of obesity has been revealed as being part of one's physiology. The internal functions of an obese person are different than those of a healthy person, and cause intense hunger pains and food cravings.

Natural weight loss supplements can help counteract this constant hunger and lead to healthy weight loss. Unbalanced hormones are a common cause of weight gain, therefore taking natural hormone balancers and herbal supplements would help to create a healthy weight loss regimen. Restoring your health allows you to lose weight naturally, without excess frustration and effort. It's all about losing weight from the inside out.

Emotional issues always accompany change, especially changes in our bodies e.g. natural weight loss. Weight loss affects our perception body image, our sense of identity i.e. who am I?, and how we feel about ourselves in general. Weight loss also effects our social relationships in that there may be people in our family or social contacts that are emotionally invested in our remaining the same i.e. overweight with all that it symbolizes e.g. friendliness, non-threatening, protective, jovial, helpful, etc. Beyond our physical health, it can be said that "size matters" cognitively and emotionally to ourselves and others. Eating and food have come to symbolize being accepted, being cared for and comfort. Having the support of others in our efforts to naturally lose weight and regain our health is a huge advantage.

We have been "conditioned" to fear any kind of loss, including weight loss. Especially if what we may lose is something with which we identify i.e. use to tell us who we are.

The emotions of fear, anger, anxiety and depression effect our weight. We often tend to "stuff our feelings" or numb these emotional feelings or stress by overeating. We may even overeat, thinking that will ease the physical discomfort caused by excess weight e.g. physical pain, lack of sleep, and lack of energy caused by moderate depression. To improve our overall health and support us through the process of natural weight loss and the emotional dynamics around it, we can take advantage of natural sleep aids, natural depression relief and natural pain relief health care products.

Our weight and health is greatly dependent upon our having a healthy digestive system or metabolism. Our digestive system converts, on a cellular and muscular level, the foods we eat, eliminates toxins, and uses and stores glucose for energy. Natural enzymes trigger hunger signals and facilitate absorption of nutrition. Good digestion with the help of natural enzymes aids in the conversion of fat to muscle.

Allergy and sensitivity to food, parasites, yeast overgrowth and emotional stress are signals of digestive disruption and inflammation. Natural essential fatty acids work to reduce intestinal inflammation, decrease harmful acids, help the liver process proteins that grow muscle, balance hormones and facilitate the elimination of toxins. Natural essential fatty acids help clear our digestive system of heavy metals, harmful bacteria, pesticides that we are increasingly encountering in our environment. Essential fatty acids along with natural fiber help us clean out the intestinal debris that harm our health and often lead to weight gain. Essential fatty acids also help our brain's neurotransmitters to function properly in order to deal with stress, emotions, and cravings that can lead to overeating and weight gain.

Natural amino acids are the building blocks that make up proteins. Next to water, protein makes up the greatest part of our body weight. Amino acids help increase metabolism, build muscle, ease moderate depression, and help burn fat. Natural antioxidants help carry more oxygen to cells and muscles to help increase energy, burn fat, build muscle and process the foods we eat.

Hormone balance is essential for natural weight loss. Our metabolism slows as we get older because of the decrease or imbalance of hormones. This contributes to weight gain. Hormone balance also helps us deal with stress that leads to weight gain. Proper hormone balance helps to decrease cravings and binge eating. There are many natural hormone balancing products available, e.g. natural progesterone, promensil, soy isoflavones, essential fatty acids and hormone balancing formulas.

Our metabolism's primary task is to nourish our brains. We need healthy neurotransmitters to help us curb craving, ease depression, and deal with stress that lead to weight gain. Balancing our natural brain chemistry has a calming effect and allows us to feel a sens of well being and safety. There are many natural health care products to help balance brain chemistry, e.g. essential fatty acids, natural depression relief products, natural products to increase serotonin, and more. When our brain feels well and safe, it is prone to change our metabolism from calorie saving to calorie burning.

Our bodies were designed to move and be active. Movement requires muscle activity. Muscle activity uses the glycogen supply found in our muscles. When this glycogen supply stored in our muscles is used, our body is forced to use stored fat as an energy source. Using this stored fat through movement and exercise, results in natural weight loss. There is no reason for us to become athletes to accomplish natural weight loss. Low impact exercise like swimming, walking, etc, can be done slowly and without strain. In order to lose real weight rather than "water weight", it is important to drink extra amounts of water when exercising. Drinking more water will also help our digestive system and metabolism to use and eliminate extra weight.

Remember, the first objective, accomplished through natural weight loss, is to improve our physical and emotional health. This involves having a healthy digestive system, a healthy emotional system and a healthy nutritional system. We can build these healthy systems with natural vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, natural digestive aid, pain relief aid, natural sleep aids, natural emotional and mood aids, essential fatty acids and many more helpful natural health care products. We need to concentrate on improving our general health, feeling good, and living well through natural weight loss, rather than constantly comparing ourselves to someone else's idea about appearance from some magazine. Physical and emotional health is primary. Appearance may be important to us, but it is secondary. Through natural weight loss, we can live well and live long.

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The Number 1 Thing a Mother Must Do!

Attention all mothers! Martyrdom is dead. Take it from a reformed people pleasing veteran, if you want to live a happy, fulfilled life you need some help to get rid of the desire to please others before yourself. Basically the more help you get the quicker you reform. Hire a coach, a counsellor or seek out a group tailor made for people pleasers.

Truly the biggest hurdle for those with the disease-to-please is convincing themselves that they are worth the time, money and effort of getting some skilled help.

So I imagine you might have some difficulty in that area so let me tell you something that might motivate you. This applies to all parents, whether they work in the home or out of the home. Go look at your daughter and think about all of the times you have put others before yourself. ThinK of all the times you felt guilty for taking care of your own needs. Remember, you are teaching her about how to be a woman. Your daughter is learning from you on how to make herself important in the world.

If you are not even on the list of importance then neither will she be, do you think that your daughter is worth the time, effort and money for you to seek assistance in this area? Every time you put someone before yourself, imagine it is really your daughter who is going to be last? Would you still act the same way? The only way to teach our children self respect and self love is to respect and love ourselves.

Another outdated thought is that children learn from what we say not what we do, WRONG! They are super sensitive sponges that gain their knowledge about the world from all of the actions of those around them. You are also teaching you son about women. If you cannot consider yourself, consider this...he will view the importance and relevance of women through your eyes. He will treat women exactly how you treat yourself.

"What we don't fix in ourselves we pass onto our children."

Now, that's a gift that keeps on giving. True to a pleaser's form, I imagine right now you are riddled with guilt as you read my words. Please don't dump on yourself...we are all a work in progress and ...when we know better we do better.

Mothers, you need to get on the list. The list of things that you consider important. Now the moment you start to make a shift and begin to transform your self importance your sponges (your children) will begin to learn too. It is never too late, we are always teaching our children regardless of how old they are. Imagine the wonderful gift you will give your children when you seek skilled, professional support in this area, you will teach your son and daughter how to reach out for help when they needs it.

Mothers, if you want to give your children a lifelong gift that will carry them through thick and thin, then teach yourself to know without a doubt, without a hesitation, without a guilt trip....that you are important.

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Shiseido Maquillage Neo Climax Lip !

A year ago, I've decided to abstain from buying any lip-related makeup products because I hardly ever apply anything other than lip balm on my lips -lipstick always seems too mature to me and lip gloss never seems to stays put for more than 15 minutes. (Anyone else feels the same?) But while I was waiting for the makeup lady at a Shiseido shop to try on eyeshadow on my mum, I got bored and looked at the new products. I very quickly noticed Shiseido's younger line, Maquillage's ad. I absolutely love this look, especially as a night look. Doesn't the model look so sophisticated, cool and pretty?

The product that really caught my eye was the new 'Neo Climax Lip', which is described by the saleslady as an in-between of lipstick and lipgloss. She suggested I try on the colour that the model had on. I did that and loved it! Like the ad suggested, it wasn't overly sparkly, and gave a cool, glossy finish to my lips. Unlike the lip glosses (too sheer) or lipsticks (too strong) that I own, this product actually gave my lips a perfect amount of colour.

You know how you get to an age where you feel like you're in-between for everything? Too young for certain things and too old for others? I want some lip colour that will stay on but I'm not ready for lipstick yet. So basically, I consider this a more sophisticated-looking version of lipgloss. On the Maquillage site, there's this image which shows how you apply this product (-which is simply how you apply all other similar lip products.) So do check out the Neo Climax Lip when you pass by a Shiseido counter next time!

Image credit: http://www.shiseido.co.jp/mq/index.htm
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Beach Party Wear Party.!

This weekend I went to a beach party that goes from day to night and onwards into the next morning. Personally, I've never been to a huge beach bash before (I can't even remember the last time I stepped foot on a beach), so I was actually really excited to go. I imagined it to be similar to the beach party scene in Princess Diaries, minus the public humiliation bit of course. As the date approached, I was increasingly thinking about one question- what does one wear to a beach party? Beach wear? But its a party.....supposedly like a nightclub moved to a beach.....how does one recouncil the two?
Some thoughts. As I didn't plan on getting myself wet or anything, the first thing that popped to mind was a pretty summer dress in bright colors like these two from Free People shown here. Just imagine what a pretty beach pic these dresses would make! And the thin material and relatively cheap price is perfect for the beach, as you wouldn't have to constantly think about ruining it.
Ultimately though I ended up wearing cropped jeans as the practical side of me pops up, with the fear that skirts may be blown by the wind and it could get messy. You always want to wear pants when things get messy. Of course, shorts work too, but I was also scared of mosquitos too since it was night- I know I think too much! (Both from Forever 21)

Topwise, I suggest a pretty floral top that would also make a pretty picture (left: UO, right: Forver 21).
And if you're worried about a tan line (as I'd be if I'd went in the afternoon), tubes are a great option like these two from Forever 21 (left) and UO(right). I especially love the white tube, because its so simple but elegant and fun.
Then came shoes. These are the times when sandals/flip flops become your best friend, as heels will sink in and are impractical and sneakers are too hot. Remember to get super cheap ones, as you wouldn't want to ruin your fancy pair on the rough sandy shores of a beach (above from UO). I bought a pair of flip flops for less than $3 especially for the occasion!
Then came a bag to put all your stuff in. At that moment, I wished I had my white Le Sportsac huge tote with me. But alas it is in Chicago. But really, just stuff everything (mat, sunscreen, food, water, shades, umbrella etc) into a big beach bag like the one above from UO. And just in case you want to head over to the bar for a while and don't want to bring everything with you, consider bringining a small clutch like this one also from UO to put your valuables in. Leaving valuables anywhere is not a good idea. Plus, it'll look more chic then holding your wallet around.

And lastly, don't forget to bring a cardigan. It CAN get cold at night on a beach- think OC beach parties with everyone putting on college sweat shirts and cardis. And that is my whole thought process prepping for this beach party. I know, I think too much. LOL. Hope everyone has a fun weekend as well!

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สั้นได้ข้ามฤดู

ช่วงนี้อากาศเปลี่ยนแปลงบ่อยนะคะ เดี๋ยวฝนตก เดี๋ยวแดดออก เนื่องจากกำลังจะเข้าสู่ฤดูฝนกันแล้ว แต่เทรนด์แฟชั่น ที่ยังครองใจสาวๆและฮิตไม่เลิก นั้นก็คือ แฟชั่นกางเกงขาสั้น ที่ตอนนี้มีดีไซน์หลากหลายหลากสไตล์มาให้สาวๆทั้งหลายได้เลือกสวมใส่ตามความพอใจกันอย่างเต็มอิ่มกันเลยทีเดียว เนื่องด้วยข้อดีข้อกางเกงขาสั้น ที่ทำให้ผู้สวมใส่ รู้สึกสบายและคล่องตัวยามสวมใส่ หน้าร้อนก็ดูดี หน้าฝนก็ดูเก๋ พร้อมทั้งยังสามารถ Mix & Match กับเสื้อ รองเท้า กระเป๋า เข็มขัด ได้อย่างง่ายดายอีกด้วย

เลือกเสื้อผ้าอำพรางรูปร่าง

ร้อยทั้งร้อยไม่มีใครที่จะเพอร์เฟกซ์ ยิ่งรูปร่างที่ไม่ได้สัดส่วนแล้ว อย่าเพิ่งท้อใจค่ะ เรามีวิธีแก้ไข

1. ชุดที่ทำให้คุณดูผอม ต้องเป็นชุดดำจึงจะได้ผล และแจ๊กเก็ตยาวๆ ก็ช่วยได้มาก แต่อย่ายาวมากหากคุณไม่ใช่คนที่มีรูปร่างสูง

2. เสื้อแจ๊กเก็ตแบบทหาร มีกระเป๋าติดกับตัวเสื้อ จะช่วยทำให้คุณดูมีหน้าอก

3. เสื้อแจ๊กเก็ตแบบผู้ชายที่ดูหลวมๆ สักนิด จะช่วยอำพรางส่วนเกินบนร่างกายคุณ

4. ชุดสั้นหรือชุดยาวก็ได้ แต่เว้าตรงแขนให้ลึกเข้าไว้ จะช่วยทำให้คุณดูผอม

5. ชุดยาวๆ เข้มๆ คอวี จะช่วยอำพรางต้นขาอ้วนๆ ของคุณ ทำให้ดูผอมลง

6. ถ้าสะโพกคุณใหญ่โตเกินไป กระโปรงทรงเอ-ไลน์ ช่วยได้ แต่ต้องเลือกที่มีกระดุมและกระเป๋า เพราะทั้งสองสิ่งจะช่วยปิดบังสะโพกที่ล้นออกมา