Exercising Techniques

. . . and more!

I got a First Magazine dated August 20th 2007 at the grocery store and was amused by this article about housework as exercise. They covered three surprise fat blaster chores and here is my synopsis of the page 34 article.

1. Putting away dishes tones your arms. To trim and tone faster, double up on the weight of the dishes. (Don't drop them!)

2. Grocery shopping -- 30 minutes burns 200 calories - 30% more than walking on a treadmill the same amount of time. To melt more thigh fat -- when you bend down to the lower shelves, do squats. Nothing was mentioned about the quick spree sprint pushing the carriage.

3. Gardening -- helps trim the tummy. To triple the tummy toning, press your tummy muscles in toward your back/spine and works to help tighten the abdominal muscles. I don't have a garden to do this one.

I seem to get more exercise vacuuming, doing laundry, walking the dogs, walking around this house, laughing, and finger exercise typing. Oh yes, and the very long walk to the mailbox, maybe several times if the mailman has not come on time.

Other things mention worthy were --

Tomatoes (page 25)
Orange tomatoes deliver 200 times more lypopene (proven to ward off cancer, heart disease, and macular degeneration).
Eating a half cup of tomatoes a day can help reduce up to 34% joint soreness.
Eating a cup a day increases brain cell activity to speedy thinking and improve focus, this all due to the 400 mg of potassium.
Eating a cup a day also helps reduce sun related skin damage by 35%.
Eating a tomato a day helps your bones become more resilient because of vitamin K.

My husband planted some tomatoes, but some creature has been eating them.

On pages 28 and 29 another article on being tired and what causes it.
A fact stated was that 80% of women suffer from a lack of magnesium and do not know this.
They have a minute quiz of symptoms to help evaluate your situation.

Maximizing Metabolism is on pages 30-31 and how you can lose 30 lbs by Labor day with the new "water cure", which is 4 weeks away.

Now eat some tomatoes and think about and focus on what I reviewed here.