Getting rid of your love handles doesn't have to the painful chore that many folks make it out to be. In fact there are many exercises you can do to get rid of your love handles quickly and easily.
Here I'm going to show you 3 of the best exercises to get rid of love handles.
Side Twists - An often forgotten and neglected exercise in most routines to get rid of love handles is the good old side twist. You can get a stick or other short pole and rest it behind your head along your shoulders with your hands on either end, and then twist your torso from one side to the other, taking care not to do it too fast, as you won't feel the benefit.
The reason for the pole is to help you maintain a straight back, and keep your legs straight. It%u2019s important to keep your hips facing forward throughout the exercise and not let them twist, as twisting your hips will mean you lose the effect of the exercise and risk injury.
I recommend you start with 2 sets of 20 repetitions. They are fairly easy and a great way to finish a workout. Increase the reps as you get more experienced. The more advanced of you can try an alternative using weights - side bends.
Side Bends - Hold a dumbbell in each hand by your sides, with your feet facing forward and a shoulder-width apart. Without allowing your back to curl forward, bend your torso slowly to one side, until you feel a little stretch in your side muscles. Slowly straighten back up into the start position, and repeat the exercise going the other way. One full movement from the left side to right side and back to the middle equals 1 repetition.
I recommend you start with 2 sets of 10 repetitions using light dumbbells, and see how you get on, increasing weight and repetitions as you go.
This exercise is best performed slowly and controlled, with the added benefit of the extra weight being held in each hand. They are great for toning and tightening the oblique muscles on the sides of the abdominals, as well as the lower back muscles. This will help you to get rid of love handles, and improve your posture and back strength.
Twisting Crunches - These are an excellent way to get rid of love handles and if you've ever done crunches before you'll probably know what these are.
Lay with your back on the floor, knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Cross one leg over the other so the foot is resting on the opposite knee. With your hands on the side of your head, slowly crunch your abdominals as if you were trying to lift your chest toward the ceiling, and as you reach the apex of the crunch twist your torso towards the knee that is lifted off the floor. Slowly roll your torso back to the start position. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, and repeat on the other side, switching your legs over. 1 set of 10 - 20 repetitions should be fine to begin with, increasing as you gain experience and strength.
The numbers are not so important as the form that you maintain during the exercise to get rid of love handles. Many people make the mistake of pulling on their head and bending their back during this exercise. By doing that you will risk injury to your back, not work your abdominals and obliques, and not get rid of love handles. You MUST lift your chest towards the ceiling, as you'll feel the benefit immediately. Try to maintain tension in your abdominals all throughout the exercise to get an extra boost.
Sabtu, 29 November 2008
Rabu, 26 November 2008
Cruise Basics - I Love Taking Cruises This Much
I love cruises so much that whenever I take a shower, I imagine my washroom swaying like it would if I were on a moving cruise ship. Even though I only go about once a year, my memories are so vivid that some experiences are anchored into my brain.
I love cruises so much that I start applying skin cream months in advance to ensure that I am not going to have itchy skin while I'm on my cruise. I live in a cold climate so every year, without exception, my skin become dry and itchy in the winter. I do not want to feel itchy while I am in my winter paradise so I take proactive steps to make sure that does not become a factor that might hinder my enjoyment of the cruise. I floss for the same reason. I usually do not floss, but I start about two weeks before my cruise because I do not want a sore mouth to detract from my Utopian experience.
I start planning a lot of things months in advance. I usually cruise in February so I start searching in December for my passport, health insurance, cruise documents. I begin packing in the fall because that way I can put my summer clothes directly into my suitcase instead of in boxes.
I really love cruises, so much that as soon as I return from one, I immediately begin researching my next one. I begin comparing prices among the major cruise lines. As well as the places that I want to see next and I start all over again.
I love cruises so much that I start applying skin cream months in advance to ensure that I am not going to have itchy skin while I'm on my cruise. I live in a cold climate so every year, without exception, my skin become dry and itchy in the winter. I do not want to feel itchy while I am in my winter paradise so I take proactive steps to make sure that does not become a factor that might hinder my enjoyment of the cruise. I floss for the same reason. I usually do not floss, but I start about two weeks before my cruise because I do not want a sore mouth to detract from my Utopian experience.
I start planning a lot of things months in advance. I usually cruise in February so I start searching in December for my passport, health insurance, cruise documents. I begin packing in the fall because that way I can put my summer clothes directly into my suitcase instead of in boxes.
I really love cruises, so much that as soon as I return from one, I immediately begin researching my next one. I begin comparing prices among the major cruise lines. As well as the places that I want to see next and I start all over again.
Minggu, 23 November 2008
Are You Desperate For Love?
Everyone craves to love and be loved in return. This is a basic essential of life. But how much do we love ourselves? How often do we acknowledge the qualities that we have instead of desiring to be someone else? Some people think that the only way to be happy is when people love them and accept them is not true. Love is like a mirror. It is a reflection of who we are. So if you don't love yourself, you wont be able to love someone else and be loved in return.
Sometimes we go to the wrong places searching desperately for love and end up getting hurt or heartbroken. Some have pre-conceived ideas of what love should be and when they get hold of it, they cling tenaciously to it. This is desperation! And it doesn't stay. It doesn't last because desperation has a way of pushing everything it touches away especially love. The things you are desperate about sense it and runaway. So stop being desperate. Be gentle with life
There is a secret to attraction and that secret deals with been able to appreciate yourself first. In appreciating yourself you must begin to see yourself in a different light; begin to act, sound and look good and be confident of yourself. When you begin to feel good about yourself, you radiate a form of energy that enables other people to see you in the light in which you see yourself.
One simple truth about love is that you can't make people stay. You can't force them to love you. You can't even make them change their minds about the things that are important to them; the things they want more than they want you. But you can be happy loving yourself and accepting others as they are because Love is in you; in your smiles, your laughter, your cares, your genuine concerns, it is all around you! It is your passion and your strength. It is life itself. It is also your genuineness towards other people.So don't worry about been loved. Just love yourself. Give yourself a treat. You deserve it!
Sometimes we go to the wrong places searching desperately for love and end up getting hurt or heartbroken. Some have pre-conceived ideas of what love should be and when they get hold of it, they cling tenaciously to it. This is desperation! And it doesn't stay. It doesn't last because desperation has a way of pushing everything it touches away especially love. The things you are desperate about sense it and runaway. So stop being desperate. Be gentle with life
There is a secret to attraction and that secret deals with been able to appreciate yourself first. In appreciating yourself you must begin to see yourself in a different light; begin to act, sound and look good and be confident of yourself. When you begin to feel good about yourself, you radiate a form of energy that enables other people to see you in the light in which you see yourself.
One simple truth about love is that you can't make people stay. You can't force them to love you. You can't even make them change their minds about the things that are important to them; the things they want more than they want you. But you can be happy loving yourself and accepting others as they are because Love is in you; in your smiles, your laughter, your cares, your genuine concerns, it is all around you! It is your passion and your strength. It is life itself. It is also your genuineness towards other people.So don't worry about been loved. Just love yourself. Give yourself a treat. You deserve it!
Kamis, 20 November 2008
I Love You, You Love Me, We're a Happy Family
All you need is love- The Beatles
When my nephew became a father, I told him that I think we bring our children to life to learn to love ourselves.
The birth of our first child is always the greatest opportunity to live our life again - a second childhood, only this time we're taller, more coordinated and a bit wiser. I remember looking at my newborn daughter with my heart full of feelings I'd never had and loving her with every cell of my body. She did nothing. She was tiny and her eyes were closed most of the time. She just had to be there for me to have that feeling. I remember Gal holding her the first time and saying, "I don't know you, but I already love you so much". It's funny how babies don't need to do anything to be loved. They just need to be.
I wonder when this rule fades or when we, parents, forget it. I remember in those moments I imagined my mum and dad looking at me like that and I knew, with 100% certainty, that love is born with the birth of your child and that I was loved, very much loved.
The perception of love, you see, changes when you become a parent. For me, it was a great realisation mixed with sadness. It was a great feeling knowing how much my parents loved me and it was sad that I only realized it when I became a mother. I couldn't stop thinking of all the previous years, when I needed that feeling during my schooling years - my fights, challenges, obstacles, my fears, failures and disappointments. Realizing my parents loved me when I was an adult was not enough to change the past. It's as if their "love account" was full but I didn't have the "access card" or they didn't provide a "withdrawal facility". In other words, I wasn't able to see it or they couldn't express it. Maybe because they didn't have the skills to withdraw from their parents' love...
Can you see the cycle? Love was there all around, but no one knew how to pass it on.
Do your children know how much you love them?
Do you ever say, "If they only knew how much I love them"? Especially in times of conflict, many parents feel like their kids just don't know, even though they love them dearly. The difference between parents' and children's definitions of love is natural. People form their definition of love thanks to their life experience and closest life agents - parents, family, friends and teachers. There's a 20-year of cultural, generational and experience gap between parents and children and the question is actually who is responsible? Do we need to give or do they need to receive?
Love is a give-and-receive relationship. Assuming the love account is full, the giving and the receiving must match. Yes, loving somebody else is not enough if they don't feel it. Frustrating as it is, knowing how to receive love is not genetic and it is also our responsibility to teach. So when you ask yourself "if they only knew?" think of the answer. How would their life be if they only knew? Just imagine them knowing you love them throughout their life, their challenges, their failures and fears.
I remember asking myself this question when my son was seven. I imagined him at the age of 16, going through the challenges of adolescence, and looked for an idea to establish a withdraw facility to my full love account and wrote him a love story waiting for him when he's ready.
Tell them how much you love them!
I love you!
I love you!
I love you!
Expressing love is paramount in our relationship with our children. Saying "I love you" is great. However, there are many ways to show them how full their "love account" is. Remember, if you don't tell your child how much you love them every day, you've wasted a day. Here are some ideas you can use:
I love you #1
Some of the first ideas were born with the birth of my "happy thought" - my daughter Eden. I started a love album with photos and love letters from me to her. From time to time, I see her going over them and reading, accessing my love.
I love you #2
I remember wanting to take a photo of every second of her life and Gal telling the kids "can you see my love in the photo? Dedicating an album to show your love is an asset to children. Make them an album.
I love you #3
Over the years, we came up with love songs, our own family love songs that we sing from time to time and every night before bedtime. Get creative or find a song you love expressing your feelings and sing it to them.
I love you #4
Lunch boxes are a great container of love. Put sticky notes full of love: hearts, kiss, encouraging words like "good luck on your test" or just plain, "I love you"
I love you #5
Dinner times are great opportunities to show love to each other. Play "what do you love about me?" games where every person needs to say two things he loves about the other family member. You start (be a role model).
I love you #6
Later in years, when the kids learned to touch type we started writing love emails to each other. Sometimes we sit next to each other, with different computers and write love to each other, funny, but written words you can keep for later.
I love you #7
A baking pan shaped like a heart can make kids really happy. It's the thought that counts anyway. It's easy to express your love by baking sweet, chocolaty, heart-shaped cakes for your kids.
I love you #8
Dedicate one evening a week to "my favourite food night". This night is dedicated to the kid's favourite food. If you have three kids, everyone gets to choose the meal once every 5 weeks (mum and dad get to choose too).
I love you #9
Touch is very important and is one of the best ways to communicate love. Remember: everyone needs 12 hugs a day, so make sure to give them all the hugs they need for a great feeling every day before bedtime.
I love you #10
Ask your children, "What can I do to make you feel loved?" You'll be surprised to hear what children have in mind. It is also wise to find out the value of every expression of love. Different kids like different things. You may be putting in a lot of effort to show love in one way when your child prefers other ways.
When my nephew became a father, I told him that I think we bring our children to life to learn to love ourselves.
The birth of our first child is always the greatest opportunity to live our life again - a second childhood, only this time we're taller, more coordinated and a bit wiser. I remember looking at my newborn daughter with my heart full of feelings I'd never had and loving her with every cell of my body. She did nothing. She was tiny and her eyes were closed most of the time. She just had to be there for me to have that feeling. I remember Gal holding her the first time and saying, "I don't know you, but I already love you so much". It's funny how babies don't need to do anything to be loved. They just need to be.
I wonder when this rule fades or when we, parents, forget it. I remember in those moments I imagined my mum and dad looking at me like that and I knew, with 100% certainty, that love is born with the birth of your child and that I was loved, very much loved.
The perception of love, you see, changes when you become a parent. For me, it was a great realisation mixed with sadness. It was a great feeling knowing how much my parents loved me and it was sad that I only realized it when I became a mother. I couldn't stop thinking of all the previous years, when I needed that feeling during my schooling years - my fights, challenges, obstacles, my fears, failures and disappointments. Realizing my parents loved me when I was an adult was not enough to change the past. It's as if their "love account" was full but I didn't have the "access card" or they didn't provide a "withdrawal facility". In other words, I wasn't able to see it or they couldn't express it. Maybe because they didn't have the skills to withdraw from their parents' love...
Can you see the cycle? Love was there all around, but no one knew how to pass it on.
Do your children know how much you love them?
Do you ever say, "If they only knew how much I love them"? Especially in times of conflict, many parents feel like their kids just don't know, even though they love them dearly. The difference between parents' and children's definitions of love is natural. People form their definition of love thanks to their life experience and closest life agents - parents, family, friends and teachers. There's a 20-year of cultural, generational and experience gap between parents and children and the question is actually who is responsible? Do we need to give or do they need to receive?
Love is a give-and-receive relationship. Assuming the love account is full, the giving and the receiving must match. Yes, loving somebody else is not enough if they don't feel it. Frustrating as it is, knowing how to receive love is not genetic and it is also our responsibility to teach. So when you ask yourself "if they only knew?" think of the answer. How would their life be if they only knew? Just imagine them knowing you love them throughout their life, their challenges, their failures and fears.
I remember asking myself this question when my son was seven. I imagined him at the age of 16, going through the challenges of adolescence, and looked for an idea to establish a withdraw facility to my full love account and wrote him a love story waiting for him when he's ready.
Tell them how much you love them!
I love you!
I love you!
I love you!
Expressing love is paramount in our relationship with our children. Saying "I love you" is great. However, there are many ways to show them how full their "love account" is. Remember, if you don't tell your child how much you love them every day, you've wasted a day. Here are some ideas you can use:
I love you #1
Some of the first ideas were born with the birth of my "happy thought" - my daughter Eden. I started a love album with photos and love letters from me to her. From time to time, I see her going over them and reading, accessing my love.
I love you #2
I remember wanting to take a photo of every second of her life and Gal telling the kids "can you see my love in the photo? Dedicating an album to show your love is an asset to children. Make them an album.
I love you #3
Over the years, we came up with love songs, our own family love songs that we sing from time to time and every night before bedtime. Get creative or find a song you love expressing your feelings and sing it to them.
I love you #4
Lunch boxes are a great container of love. Put sticky notes full of love: hearts, kiss, encouraging words like "good luck on your test" or just plain, "I love you"
I love you #5
Dinner times are great opportunities to show love to each other. Play "what do you love about me?" games where every person needs to say two things he loves about the other family member. You start (be a role model).
I love you #6
Later in years, when the kids learned to touch type we started writing love emails to each other. Sometimes we sit next to each other, with different computers and write love to each other, funny, but written words you can keep for later.
I love you #7
A baking pan shaped like a heart can make kids really happy. It's the thought that counts anyway. It's easy to express your love by baking sweet, chocolaty, heart-shaped cakes for your kids.
I love you #8
Dedicate one evening a week to "my favourite food night". This night is dedicated to the kid's favourite food. If you have three kids, everyone gets to choose the meal once every 5 weeks (mum and dad get to choose too).
I love you #9
Touch is very important and is one of the best ways to communicate love. Remember: everyone needs 12 hugs a day, so make sure to give them all the hugs they need for a great feeling every day before bedtime.
I love you #10
Ask your children, "What can I do to make you feel loved?" You'll be surprised to hear what children have in mind. It is also wise to find out the value of every expression of love. Different kids like different things. You may be putting in a lot of effort to show love in one way when your child prefers other ways.
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