Posted on 12th May 2009 by Jiggly in Lifestyle
church, religion, spirituality, Yoga and Pilates
That was the question posed by The Huffington Post. It seems that Americans are veering more and more away from formal religion and focusing on self improvement instead. They boldly state that:
… more and more people are connecting with regular and diverse spiritual practices such as meditation, yoga, mindfulness, expressive arts (such as dance, group singing/chanting), self-help studies, and spiritual travel. These things can all be done in connection with religious affiliation or without. These are not belief systems, they are active practices that shift awareness, emotion and help us to see where we get stuck in life.
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Posted on 24th April 2009 by Jiggly in Lifestyle
increased appetite, leptin, sleep, weight gain
How many of us stay up late at night in an effort to get some extra work done? We need more hours in a day! Unfortunately for us, we’re going to have to make do with 24. Like I briefly mentioned in my last post, there is a strong correlation between the amount of sleep you get and weight gain. We can blame our weight frustrations on more than just a lack of willpower on our part to eat right and exercise.
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Posted on 17th April 2009 by Jiggly in Lifestyle
diet, diet industry, dieting, eating right, exercise, fad diets, Lifestyle, losing weight, vibration toning plate
By now, we’ve heard just about every fitness craze there is:
- The Grapefruit Diet
- The Atkins Diet
- The Blood Type Diet
- The Ab Toning Belt
- Beyonce’s infamous Master Cleanse
- The Peanut Butter Diet, the Ice Cream Diet, the Chocolate Diet (seriously?!?!)
- Hydroxycut, Ephedrine, and all every other diet pill on store shelves
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