Check Your BMI

The average American woman’s weight has increased with 11 pounds (7%) over the last 10 years.
Today for a woman who is 5′38″ (163 cm) the average weight is 163 pounds (74 kg). That gives her a BMI (Body Mass Index) on 28.
A healthy person should have a BMI between 19-25. Overweight is between 26 and 30, a BMI between 30 and 40 is obese, while a BMI over 40 is morbidly obese.

According The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 64% of the American population from the age of 20 are overweight.

An easy way to check wheter you’re underweight or overweight is to check your BMI. There are several websites where you just type in your height and weight and they’ll do the calculation for you.

Here is a goodwebsite where you can calculate your BMI:
http://www.bhf.org.uk/bmi/BMI_Calc.html

Exercise is the key…

Exercising….

god, only the word itself used to make me sigh and feel tired or a placebo feeling of actually not feeling quite well.

Two years ago I hated exercising, especially running. In school I was very creative at finding all types of excuses when I knew we were running on the P.E classes.

I was studying drama as my main subject, and I must have been quite a good actress since I convinced the school nurse that there was something wrong with my feet that made it impossible for me to run long distance.

I went to doctors several times a year, but nobody could find what was wrong with my feet… which is understandable, since it wasn’t the feet that was the problem, but my mind.

Somewhere along the way I linked up running with pain. And later on, every type of exercise with pain.

I have never been overweight, and I actually used to think I was in good shape, until one day when I realized how terribly wrong I was.

Within a year and a half I have gone from moving as rarely as possible, to being close to a health freak, all because of small changes in my everyday life.

You don’t have to go to a gym to get fit, you don’t need a personal trainer, you can find exrcise in all types of everyday chores.

All you need to do is take action and make small changes, step by step. I guarrantee you will get more out of this than just a hot body, the fitness is only a plus on the side.

You will feel happier, more confident and more energized.

Did you know that by…

… making your bed for an hour you burn 104 kcal.
… cleaning the floor you burn 234 kcal/h
… working in the garden you burn 336 kcal/h
… walking down the stairs you burn 426 kcal/h
… walking up the stairs you burn 600-1080 kcal/h
… ironing clothes you burn 252 kcal/h

Now I’m well aware that most people don’t walk up the stairs for an hour every day, but it gives you a good insight to see that you actually burn quite a lot by changing small things such as walk up the stair instead of taking the ilft.

The first thing I changed was that I started to take the bike to work instead of the tram.

That changed a large part of my life.

I felt proud over myself for biking, it made me wake up in the morning, I got some fresh air everyday and I saw myself getting fitter by every week.

The key to a slim, toned hot body is exercise! Try all the diet pills you like but you’ll never see the same results.

Good luck!

Get Rid of Excess Face Fat

Most people think it’s impossible to get rid of that extra fat on your face or a double chin once you’ve got it, but it’s not!

Excess face fat is caused by genetics, slack facial muscles and calorie intake.

So, how do we get rid of it?

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How to Get a Great Posture

Yes, I know I should stand up straight. Yes I know it’s not flattering when I’m hunching. Yes, yes and yes grandma, mum and “Americas next Top Model”, I know I should improve my posture!

You all keep telling me that posture is the one thing that makes the difference… but there are like a million other things in my life to remember and that are much more important, a great posture is the last thing on my mind!!?

I have heard it once in a while, but not so frequently that it bothered me enough to change it. That was before I went backpacking for 7 months. Carrying a 25kg backpack would make anyone hunch. I started hunching and my back started hurting. I threw everything out and the backpack lost 15 kg, but I still hunched when I walked EVEN after wearing it.

I knew I need to change something else, and this time I know there is nothing else I can change but myself.

So lately I have been reading up a bit about developing a good posture and the more I read the more convinced I am that this is something I really want to improve – for both my looks and health. Read more..