Archive for February, 2010

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What I’ve Learned From Slovak Hockey Team at the Olympics

Author: Silvia Pencak I don’t know about you, but here at my place we live Olympics. Late nights and early mornings mean lack of my beauty sleep and it’s starting to show on my face. My dark circles are getting even darker and I need 2 extra layers of concealer to look normal during a day. Uff! But you know what? Watching these men and women performing their best after 4 years of hard work reminds me that there’s time for hard work, but there’s always a reason for hard work. So what’s yours? What do you want to achieve? Where do you want to be in couple of years? How do you want to look? Who do you want to be? What is your reason why you’re doing what you’re doing? Once you figure it out, taking some “ME” time, taking care of your body and mind, working towards your ...

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Should You Count Calories?

Author: Susie Shina I hate diets.  Diets are just a list of foods that people tell us not to eat.  Well, I want to eat whatever I want.  If I feel like having a mouth-watering, spicy Popeye’s fried chicken sandwich one day, what’s the big deal?  If I need a Dove sweet, dark and delicious chocolate bar, is it OK?  I gotta say – YES! IT’S MORE THAN OK – IT’S NECESSARY! Depriving ourselves of the things we love is not fun.  Granted, waddling away from the all-you-can-eat buffet isn’t fun either! Here are 3 tips to eat what you want, not count calories and Really Live in a body you love: 1)  Make your food fantasy list. I talk about this in my book, Fit Enough, and it’s the #1 rule I live by.  List the 5 foods you would fantasize about if you were stranded on a desert island.  Those are the foods you should definitely ...

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Finding Your Happiness

Have you sat down and made out your yearly goals?  If so, have you made out your life goals?  The things that you want to accomplish throughout your life.  Your dreams and aspirations.  Achieving your goals is directly related to your happiness. If you are like many people today, you probably have a list of things that you would love to do or try, but you just don't know how.  The things on your list probably make you happy and bring you joy and fulfillment.  By writing these items down on paper, you will have a visual guide to what you want to accomplish.  Being able to mark those things off of the list as done gives you an even greater feeling. Once you write out your goals, make time to do them.  If you have always wanted to learn how to knit, set aside time each week to practice knitting.  If ...

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