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Saturday, May 4, 2013
This Week on POPSUGAR Girls' Guide: DIY Party Poppers, Easy Manicure Ideas, Data Backup Tips, and More!
This Week on POPSUGAR Girls' Guide: DIY Party Poppers, Easy Manicure Ideas, Data Backup Tips, and More!
Sunday, April 28, 2013
How Long Is Your Typical Workout?
How Long Is Your Typical Workout?
When it comes to working out, we all have different styles. You may try to fit in a short workout whenever you have a few minutes, or you may like the discipline - and results - of scheduling an hour-long workout into your daily routine.
Whatever your workout style, it's smart to try and get in the minimum amount of exercise - 150 minutes per week, according to US guidelines - in order to help reduce risk of disease and reap the other benefits of exercise. So tell us: do your weekly workouts make the cut? How long is your typical workout? Tell us what your favorite workout is in the comments!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
POPSUGAR Shout Out: Thrifty Gifts Any Mom Would Love
- Sweet and priceless Mother's Day gifts - Smart Living
- Unparalleled street-style looks courtesy of Jessica Alba - Fashion
- Jennifer Lawrence shows off her new haircut during a brunch date - Celebrity
- Try 11 easy-to-DIY nail-art designs - Beauty
- See all the pictures of Ryan Gosling looking hot in his new movie - Entertainment
- Add a sturdy, satisfying salad to your picnic spread - Foods
- 20 ways to get almost instantly happy - Fitness
- Video: Get a load of our long-lasting bridal makeup tips - Beauty
- How to have a long-distance baby shower - Moms
- Feel the Coachella love with the festival's cutest couples - Sex & Culture
- Why WeddingHappy is the app to use when wedding planning - Tech
- Give your wedding a golden touch with glitzy decor - Home
- Check out 10 eco-friendly pet essentials - Pets
Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Fast Metabolism Diet
The Fast Metabolism Diet
By making the right choices and substituting a few favorites, you can totally enhance your fat burning potential. Check out these metabolism-boosting diet tips.
By making the right choices and substituting a few favorites, you can totally enhance your fat burning potential. Check out these metabolism-boosting diet tips.
The Fast Metabolism Diet
Your metabolism is your body’s ability to burn fat and calories, and no matter how you approach it, you can make considerable improvements to your metabolism by eating the right foods.
Today, I’m outlining my best metabolism-boosting diet plan. By making the right choices and substituting a few favorites, you can enhance your fat burning potential quickly, easily, and affordably!
Want to Boost Your Metabolism? Here’s How…
My fast metabolism diet plan isn’t a detailed, day-by-day meal plan that leaves you eating the same foods day in and day out. Strict plans like that don’t always work for everyone, and sometimes a little flexibility is just what you need to see your goals through.
Let’s start with 3 basic rules:
1. Eat 6 Meals a Day – Eating smaller meals on a more frequent basis is the easiest way to keep your metabolism boosted throughout the day. If you wait too long between meals, your metabolism actually starts to slow down. You’ve just got to make sure you’re eating the right foods.
2. Think about Nutrition, Not Calories – My fast metabolism diet doesn’t rely on calorie counting. In fact, I want you to stop that habit today. Because you want to keep your metabolism boosted all day long, restricting calories isn’t necessarily going to help. Instead, watch your nutrition labels and avoid foods with trans and saturated fats, high sugar content, or bleached and processed carbs. Generally speaking, you should be focusing on whole foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals.
3. Supplement with Omega-3s – Omega-3 fatty acids, like those found in fish, nuts, and avocados, have been shown in a number of studies to speed up your metabolism in a big way. Although you should also be eating more foods high in omega-3s, supplementing daily with a product like Optimum Fish Oil Softgels will ensure more consistent results.
Now, I want you to clean out your cupboards and do a little grocery shopping. I’ve compiled a list of foods that are particularly effective at boosting your metabolism. For more details on what to keep and what to toss, take a look at my Master Cleanse here.
Foods for a Fast Metabolism:
- Lean proteins (chicken, fish, lean beef, shrimp)
- Nuts ( almonds and pistachios)
- Egg whites
- Whey or pea protein (check out the Best Protein Powders here)
- Whole grains / organic sprouted grains
- Steel cut oats
- Quinoa
- Chia seeds
- Sweet potatoes / yams
- Leafy greens (spinach, red leaf lettuce, arugula)
- Almond milk
- Avocadoes
- Extra virgin coconut oil
- Spices (cinnamon, cayenne pepper, chili powder)
- Tea (green tea, chai tea, black tea)
- Water – simple but proven!
Generally speaking, you want to be looking for foods high in protein, fiber, complex carbs, and vitamins and minerals. All of these ingredients will keep your metabolism boosted for longer, which means more fat and calories burned AND fewer cravings!
But Don’t Neglect Your Workouts…
A good diet is definitely half the battle when it comes to burning fat and losing weight. But I’s not everything! A solid exercise and workout plan is equally important.
To make sure you’re staying active and building lean muscle mass to burn even more fat, try my Intermediate Workout for Fat Loss here. It will help you shed the extra weight and get you in amazing shape!
Have any questions or feedback about these my fast metabolism diet? Please leave a comment below…
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Sign Up For Our New POPSUGAR Fitness Email and Enter to Win a Trip to NYC!
Sign Up For Our New POPSUGAR Fitness Email and Enter to Win a Trip to NYC!
You can now get your POPSUGAR Fitness fix delivered directly to your inbox! Our new email newsletter will include all the things you love: quick video workouts, healthy eating tips, and reviews of our favorite gear. To celebrate our new newsletter, we're giving away a trip to New York City to attend our next Class FitSugar event featuring celeb trainer and cardio dance queen Anna Kaiser, founder of AKT INMOTION.
Entering for your chance to win this amazing trip is easy. Just sign up for the POPSUGAR Fitness newsletter, and you'll be entered for a chance to win a trip for two to New York City, including airfare and hotel, tickets to our next Class FitSugar event with Anna Kaiser, and a $500 Nike gift card to outfit you for class!
Head over to the giveaway page and enter for your chance to win now!
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