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5 Ways to Alleviate Wedding Planning Stress

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Your wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, so why does planning it seem like the cause of white hairs and migraines? Stressing about the wedding day is normal, but there are ways to alleviate the stress so you don’t have a total breakdown on your groom. Included here are a few things to do to keep your stress to a minimum during the planning stages of your wedding.

Leave Them To It

This applies to your venue, your caterer and any other vendors. Everyone you hire should be capable of performing the day of without you micromanaging the whole way. Choose a venue that is run by people you trust, with caterers whose food you know you love. Let all of your special requests and needs be known when you place your order and then… leave them to it. No one likes a bridezilla and it is a surefire way to give yourself a few extra white hairs in the planning process.

Journal

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One of the reasons people suffer from stress so profusely is that they refuse to let things go. Past mistakes, problems or upcoming events weigh heavily upon their shoulders and beat them down. Consider starting a journal to get you through the wedding planning stress. Everyday write down the things that went wrong, or right, and move forward. Close the journal on that day and remember that tomorrow is a new one. You are sure to be feeling more relaxed and relieved in the process. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 9, 2015 @ 6:17 pm

5 Diet Changes for Women to Help Battle Lifelong Illnesses

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While there are certainly many illnesses that can only be treated with powerful medications, it is becoming apparent that alterations in women’s diets can help you manage your condition. Even if you have already become too incapacitated to work and reliant on social security disability, you may be able to experience better days at home with a significant diet change. The old adage “you are what you eat” is never more applicable than in the management of lifelong disabilities. As a woman, there are several diet changes that can help you get healthy and stay healthy.

Eat Plenty of Whole, Plant Based Foods

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As creatures that thrive on naturally-derived, plant-based foods, it is surprising how far culture has moved away from those items. Women need to be eating a lot of leafy green vegetables and fruits to maintain perfect health. Eating plenty of whole grains and beans throughout the day will also supply you with the necessary fiber requirements to stay full while keeping your digestive tract humming along. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 12, 2015 @ 8:39 pm

Skulpt Aim Measures Your Muscle Quality With Handheld Device

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This is a guest post by Andrew Little from CrowdDistrict.com, an online publication for all crowdfunding projects and news. 

Skulpt Aim is trying to revolutionize the way fitness is measured. This amazing fitness tracker was created by a team of Ivy League vets, who are looking to change the way we exercise. The Skulpt Aim, launching on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform measures the fat percentage and muscle quality of your workout in seconds.

What is Crowdfunding?

For those of you new to crowdfunding, it’s a term used when people turn to the masses via the internet to raise micro investments to help fund an idea. Many times these people have both amazing and innovative ideas, yet no access to venture capital. Indiegogo is a platform in which you may advertise your project and begin to build a loyal consumer base.

The Skulpt Aim on Indiegogo via CrowdDistrict

What Are The Benefits of Skulpt Aim?

Skulpt Aim is a great fitness tracker for a couple different reasons. One being that this tracker, unlike most fitness trackers, measures muscle quality and fat percentage.

MQ, or Muscle Quality, is a measure of a muscle’s strength and definition. It is calculated by analyzing how current flows through muscle tissue using multi-frequency signals applied with four different electrode configurations.

The Skulpt Aim on Indiegogo via CrowdDistrict

These are two crucial measurements needed to determine the results of your workout. The second reason is with these measurements, users can quantify their gains or losses. As explained in our article featuring the Atlas Wristband, recording your steps, calories, and heart rate are not effective means to track your progress. Although motivating these variables are very minuscule in the overall progression of your personal fitness, you need a device that can track your body from the inside out. Skulpt Aim is the first fitness tracker to offer these features.

If you’re not familiar with CrowdDistrict, you’ll soon pick up that we are crazy about the latest fitness technology. We support the effort of those out there looking to improve the quality of health for other. And of course, so does The Health Blog.

Who’s Building Skulpt Aim?

The team was founded by Dr. Jose Bohoroquez and Dr. Seward Rutkove. The latter graduated in engineering from MIT and the former currently teaches at Harvard. The rest of their 13 person team is made of developers, engineers, designers, and even a growth hacker. Having a experienced team is not a requirement for crowdfunding projects but will make you feel a lot better supporting the project.

Wrap Up

For athletes everywhere you need the ability to measure how leaner and stronger you are getting every day. That’s the only way to improve, and to set your fitness goals. Get a grip on your personal fitness with the Skulpt Aim fitness tracker.

THE STEAL: $149 for your entire Skulpt Aim fitness pack.

Originally posted on January 8, 2014 @ 8:20 am

What Women Should Know About Strength Training

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There are many myths revolving strength training exercises. Exercises involving lifting weights are usually avoided by the body conscious types. These are the likes who do every other workout in the gym except to lift barbells or dumbbells because they think doing so will only make their muscles grow bigger, making them look bulky. Many share this notion, but more especially the women. Many of these ladies don’t want to look like men or body-builder types. Having those bodies supposedly lessens their femininity.

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This article will tackle some of the misconceptions about strength training. Ladies, you don’t need to fear strength training exercises. They actually have numerous awesome benefits. According to experts, strength training is actually more effective at achieving certain fitness and health results than its more popular fitness workout counterparts like cardio exercise. [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 9, 2014 @ 10:45 pm