This Is Definitely, Without Doubt The Perfect Winter Exercise Programme

We’ve not had much of a summer, and as winter will be here before we know it, I thought I would share my best winter exercise programme with you.

Winter Exercise Programme – They Have To Be Some Of My Least Favourite Words…

but I think I’ve discovered the secret to getting through those long, dark evenings.

You see, I’ve told you before  in my previous post – Exercise – Top 5 Excuses Why We Have No Time that I’m really no fan of exercise, and that would be fine if I was content to be a bigger beauty, but I’m not.

Having spent too much time as a single girl, stocking my fridge with whatever I wanted and eating anything that tempted me I am now prone to putting on half a stone before you can say “cream cake” and one irritating thing about reaching 40 is that your metabolism will  start to slow down. 

So, if doing some exercise means that you (and me) can still enjoy a little bit of what we fancy then I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it.

So Here You Have It - My Best Winter Exercise Programme

Take 2 Weetabix.
Take a large Aero chocolate bar.
Crumble the Aero over the Weetabix.
And Voila…

AEROBIX!!!

 Ha Ha – Well, What Did You Expect?

I am eternally grateful to Kim at  www.improvability.co.uk  for introducing this winter exercise programme to me and I shall  try to stick to it at least 3 times a week!

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Men Like Women Because They’re Women.

This might not be as obvious as you think. You see..

A friend of mine has been off radar for a few weeks now. Why?  She has a new man, a whole new set of interests and seemingly a new circle of friends – although it will be interesting to see how long these friends stick around for when he dumps her; and he will.  Why?

Well it might not happen to them overnight, but lots of women when they meet a bloke who they see as ‘significant other/husband’ material gradually begin to change…into something they’re not!

They start to forget about their own interests, hobbies and even their own individual personality and take more interest in the things he’s interested in.  These women make themselves constantly available, giving less and less priority to their own friends and life, in order to focus all their attention on Mr Right Now. 

They unconsciously become a female version of the man they are dating.Federal tax refund calculator2011 federal tax refund calculator2012 federal tax refund calculatorFederal tax refund calculator 2011Federal tax refund calculator 2012free tax return calculator 2011free tax return calculator 2012estimate tax refund 2011estimate tax refund 2012quick tax refund calculator 2011quick tax refund calculator 2012income tax refund estimator 2011income tax refund estimator 2012calculate tax refund 2011calculate tax refund 2012income tax refund calculator 20122012 refund estimator THIS IS NOT A COOL THING TO DO GIRLS especially if you want the relationship to last.

Remember…he likes you because of who you were when he met you.  So, all of a sudden when you morph yourself into a female version of him, YOU have disappeared and so will HE.

Dropping your own friends, lifestyle and even personality in order to adopt his is usually out of desperation to try to make him like you more, but what usually happens is that you end up looking insecure and needy.

Most Men Like A Challenge…

… and a woman who values herself and is secure enough not to need constant approval from him.  After all, if he’d wanted a lap dog he’d have adopted a Chihuahua!

Men and women are just…different and that’s what makes us all so interesting!

My Colonic Irrigation Irritation

My idea of alternative therapy is probably a large bar of Fruit & Nut, a glass of red wine and a cheesy chick flick,  but in one of my attempts (and there have been many) to detox and clear my system of all the ‘junk’ that had accumulated over the years, a colleague suggested I go for a colonic irrigation with a practitioner she had been to previously with “great results”. 

What Is Colonic Irrigation?

For those of you who haven’t heard of it – colonic irrigation is a supplementary health practice that cleanses the colon by flushing it with warm purified water.

It has been suggested that a colonic irrigation can undo damage caused by the poor Western diet of starchy, over-processed and undigested foods that can cause all kinds of problems such as fungal infections, parasites, bloating, lack of energy, IBS etc.

Fore-warned is fore-armed, so one very important thing about having a colonic irrigation you really need to know is when it comes to reaching the colon, there is only one way in.  Now you can call me unadventurous  if you want but I’m not the kind of girl who is used to having a big pipe stuck up her rear end so naturally I was more than a little bit anxious.

The whole process was a lot more dignified than I was expecting – contrary to popular opinion the process of colonic irrigation doesn’t involve you laying on a table on all fours with your nether regions in the air for all to see, but on your side, in a gown with only a little bit of your bum on view so that the practitioner can insert the tube. 

Well it’s actually 2 tubes, or at least a 2-way thing.  One tube flushes gallons of warm water in and the other carries it, along with the contents of your insides, away into a hidden tank; no smell, no noise and in my case no contents!

In normal circumstances there is a ‘viewing window’ (how pleasant) in the ‘out’ tube that the practitioner would look through during the colonic irrigation process to diagnose your waste (the poo!) but despite having the contents of the local reservoir pumped through my system and a less than gentle stomach massage for 20 minutes, other than a bit of brown water, nothing, and I mean zilch, nada, came out.  I had blocked the tube!

After a rather shocked practitioner informed me “this doesn’t usually happen” it was suggested I drink some vile, herbal concoction for a few days and then go back for another session.  Did I go?  No Way!

Colonic Irrigation – Was It Worth It?

I had hoped a colonic irrigation would help me to lose a few pounds and it did – a whole 70 of them from my purse but nowhere else!  And after telling my less than sympathetic friends of my experience, their reply was “You didn’t need to spend 70quid on a colonic irrigation just to find out you were full of crap – we’d have told you for nothing?”

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Body Confidence Tips – How To Avoid A Bikini Breakdown!

I could have hit one of my friends around the head with her sequinned fit flops the other day when she announced (while tucking into a large slice of Victoria cream sponge) that she wasn’t looking forward to going on her winter holiday because she felt fat!  What the ****?!!!

This is a woman who like most people, works hard for 52 weeks so that she can spend the remaining 2weeks each year relaxing in a 5* hotel  in some fabulously exotic location that the rest of us, in order to afford to stay there, would need to sell a kidney, and yet here she is whinging about it.  I wouldn’t care but she’s not exactly obese.

Body Confidence – The Bare Facts.

Statistics show that apparently 98% of women hate something about their body.

So, here’s a way you can instantly improve your body confidence. Think about it, if you are sat around a pool with 100 women, then another 97 of them are going to be so concerned about their own bodies they’re hardly likely to be checking yours out! Simple as that.

I know lots of women with confidence, body confidence or otherwise but I don’t know anyone who is confident all the time.  You are quite normal and let’s face it, those precious 2weeks will fly by quick enough without wasting time worrying about what you look like on the beach.

A Few Body Confidence Tips

Laying down hides a multitude of imperfect body sins anyway and if you don’t want to be recognised the answer is to buy a big hat!

If you don’t like your bum then invest in a sarong, maxi dress or even some loose trousers as a cover up.  If like me, you’ve got the dreaded bingo wings, there are some lovely chiffon throw on’s in the shops the end of summer sales that you can pick up for literally a couple of pounds.

And Finally, My Number 1 Tip For A Body Confidence Boost

Brown fat always looks slimmer than white fat so my trick is to cover myself in fake tan before the holiday starts.  It’s amazing how  having a bit of a bronzed glow can boost your body confidence! 

If you are lucky enough to be jetting off on holiday this winter, then really, just be grateful.  There are thousands of people who would dearly love to be in your position but havent got a hope in hell of flying off to Costa Del Luxury.  So, as it says in the song, “pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile”.

 These are just a few simple little steps you can take to make sure that you go away, enjoy your fabulous down time and come back feeling better – about life, yourself, and your beautiful body!

Body confidence is just mind over matter – if you don’t mind then it just doesn’t matter!

The Power Of Our Thoughts

It’s a quiet Sunday today so I’ve been sat here thinking (now that in itself is dangerous) and I’ve realised weird things happen to me on a fairly regular basis. For example:

Have you ever had sudden and quite random thoughts about someone you perhaps haven’t seen in ages, only to bump into them when you’re out and about or for them to phone you ‘out of the blue’?  Or have you thought about something or someone and before you know it tears have been streaming down your face or you’ve burst out laughing seemingly for no reason?

Me too! Don’t worry, I’m not about to have you carried off to the nearest loony bin for admitting this has happened to you too, I think we’re quite normal (whatever normal is ha ha). 

You see,  I believe our thoughts cause everything that happens. Thoughts lead to feelings and those feelings determine our behaviour; the action we take.

But how do you tell the difference between thoughts and feelings?

In simple terms, thoughts are both the words that we hear in our head and the words we say out loud (obvious huh?) A feeling is the mood connected to the thought and is both a physical and emotional sensation, for example a racing heart beat or a lump in the throat.

To give you an example of this: 

Imagine, you wake up to your alarm clock beeping like crazy at 6am.  It’s still dark, you forgot to set the heating to come on so know it’s going to be cold and you didn’t get to bed until late anyway so haven’t had your full 8 hours sleep.  You have a meeting with your  tyrant of a boss this morning and know you’re not as prepared as you should be.

This scenario has happened to me and this is pretty much how it went:

(Thought) “Bugger it can’t be time to get up already”
(Feeling)    Tired
(Thought) “I have to get up I’ve got that stupid meeting first thing”
(Feeling)    Anxious
(Thought) “I can’t believe I forgot to switch the heating on”
(Feeling)    Cold & annoyed
(Thought)  I wish I could just stay under the duvet
(Feeling)    Miserable and tired

And the action:
I eventually force myself to get out of bed, slam every door and draw, kick the cat (not really), put my skirt on inside out, fall down the stairs, spill coffee down my top and trip over on my way to the bus, cursing everything and everyone on the way!

It’s our thoughts good and bad that lead to feelings and those feelings lead to action.  You can’t take action without having a thought first and it’s our thoughts that determine whether our actions will be positive or negative.

Have you considered that your thoughts create what happens in your life? 

How many times have you heard the phrase “If you think you can you will, and if you think you can’t you won’t”? It’s true; using negative words like can’t creates doubt and a life of frustration, possibly resentment and definitely deprivation.  You will miss out on so many opportunities purely because of the power of your restricting and negative thoughts. 

On the other hand, positive thoughts will create great feelings, and as a consequence, you’ll take the best action.

Could it be that everything that takes place in our physical, material world is simply a manifestation of what takes place in our mind? 

I’ll leave you with those thoughts…for now.

Sex Not Sit Up’s!

I bumped into an old friend of mine in town the other day.  I hadn’t seen her for at least 6 months and she looked fantastic.  Positively glowing, she must have lost 4 stone, possibly more.

We got chatting and she had that annoying rather smug look on her face (you know the one) as she told me how she had a new man in her life, how wonderful he was and “Oh I haven’t been dieting, I’m just having lots of sex”.  So that got me thinking, can you really sh*g yourself slim? 

Is plenty of sex the secret to having thighs strong enough to crack walnuts?

Over time (and it’s taken quite some time) I have begun to realise that any exercise is good for you, especially if you find something you enjoy and hey, sex would be up there at the top of the list for me too. 

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However…,I wouldn’t have thought sex a typically good way to lose weight for everyone, because you see, unless you are lucky enough to be with a man who doesn’t selfishly satisfy himself first, surely you will only lie there disappointed, bored and likely to work up more of a sweat jumping out of bed and running as fast as your little legs will carry you to bury your face and your frustrations in the fridge & biscuit tin!?

Do You Want To Make Money Working From Home?

With the economy in it’s current sorry state, it only makes sense that all of us are trying to pull in a few extra pounds from wherever we can in order to make our lives comfier and take some of the worry away.

So, I’ve put together this article which I hope will provide information to help you discover just a few of the the many opportunities that are available to you if you want to make money working from home.

But First A Word Of Warning To Those Who Want To Make Money Working From Home.

My first tip not just for women, but for all of you who want to make money working from home is don’t expect it to be easy! Remember what I told you before about 5% of the people making 95% of the money?  It’s going to take time and a lot of effort, but if you’re prepared to put the work in, chances are eventually you will reap rewards bigger than you ever thought possible.

Thanks to today’s technology, for women who want to make money working from home, finding the right opportunity can be as easy as a few mouse clicks.

Although there are many Internet based opportunities at your disposal I really recommended that you proceed with caution as it is a bit of a mine field out there – trust me, I learnt the hard way. There are many so called (and usually self proclaimed) ‘Guru’s’ all over the world, happy to prey on those who are desperately seeking  the opportunity to make money working from home. I don’t want to tar everyone with the same brush as there are some genuine experts in their field who not only provide excellent products but first class support and help – but these people are very few and far between.

Just use your common sense and don’t be taken in by a fancy sales pitch or letter. When an opportunity sounds too good to be true, chances are it probably is. 

Gone are the days when the only opportunity available to women who want to make money working from home was Tupperware.

Another one of the more popular options for women who want to make money working from home is not a new concept at all. Many women (and men) have found great success by working with established companies to promote and sell useful products to their sphere of influence. This type of opportunity is known as network marketing. 

Some friends of mine currently make almost £100,000 a year with Avon.  It’s very much a husband and wife team effort. They put in a lot of work and have bags of enthusiasm (for 100k wouldn’t you?)  Another friend and fellow mastermind group member has an image business that has evolved into something pretty incredible, and it all started in her spare time. 

It’s taken them both 8 years to get to where they are now but they have the financial and time freedom they would never have had as an employee.

It’s important that you take the time to think about and investigate just what is the right opportunity for you as it’s easier to make a success of something you are passionate about or at least have some interest in.

Is there something you already do that you could perhaps develop?  For example, say your hobby is card making, or you are fabulous at making cakes?  Do you have a skill in your employed job that you could use to create extra income? Or perhaps you can consider selling stuff onEbay?  Many millionaires have been created thanks to Ebay and it’s something you can start today from your own computer and grow as your confidence and experience does.

I know plenty of  people who want to make money working from home but the vast majority will never do anything about it because they don’t believe they can.  Set yourself some realistic goals, believe you can achieve them and take some action.  It really is as easy as that.  The happiness and money will follow.

Women who want to make money working from home – I’m one of you and I’m with you all the way!

 Can A Vagina Look Pretty?

I thought I would have little rant today as I’ve  just been reading how a woman in the USA had diamonds embedded into her vagina.  I kid you not.  She is not a porn star, or at least at the time of writing this she wasn’t, so why would she want to decorate her lady garden in such a way?  Even thinking about it makes me wince and clench my nether regions.

Now I know the banks can’t exactly be trusted with your money these days and I admit to telling my friends on more than one occasion to put their money in their bra when they go out – that way if they get mugged at least they’ll enjoy it, and I know that diamonds are meant to be a girls best friend, but isn’t embedding diamonds into your fanny (for the benefit of our USA friends that’s English for vagina)  a bit like trying to make a silk purse out of a pigs ear?
Rant over. But a designer vagina – Isn’t this just one step too far?

 Truth is only you can decide if a one night stand is ok for you.

Who am I to judge you if you want to have a one night stand?

As I’ve been working like a mad fool lately and my social life is as much at risk of extinction as the Polar Bear, a friend of mine recently phoned me to fill me in with all the ‘news’ – well, gossip from the lives of those who actually have time to have one (a life). 

She told me how disgusted she was that another friend of ours who incidently is unattached and quite free to make her own decisions had a one night stand with some random man in uniform (I assume military and not postman) and was quite happy to discuss it with all and sundry.

Got me thinking (and no, not about if I felt I’d missed out on something here) but what’s the big deal about a one night stand anyway?

Every now and again we all get an itch that needs scratching and I am sure we have all had times when lust has got in the way of common sense, you know those times when beauty really is in the eye of the beer holder?!

Have your one night stand but make sure it’s a safe one.

There is nothing wrong with 2 consenting adults having safe, no strings sex but please don’t fool yourself that a random one night stand is the first step to a relationship with a guy.  Yes you can have fun, but don’t expect it to be anything more.

Surely a one night stand has some benefits?

Probably the biggest (if not the ONLY) benefit of a one-night stand is that it can be very liberating as you have the freedom to completely let go without worrying about the consequences or if your bum looks too big or your stomach is wobbly.  You can also try out new moves, practice your technique and even take on a whole new persona if you want as after all it’s highly likely you will never see each other again.

A one night stand means just that – one night…

Not one night and the next morning so don’t try to outstay your welcome; you can make your own breakfast when you get home.  You both want to remember the night for the fun time you had, not the awkwardness of the following morning.

If by some slim chance he does ask to see you again then give him an honest answer. Give him your number if you want to but don’t sit by the phone hoping it will ring. 

And remember, any guy worth having a relationship with is probably not the kind of guy that likes girls who make a habit of having a one night stand!

Cayenne – One Of Mother Nature’s Miracle Cures?

A few years ago I had a Mexican boyfriend (he was gorgeous too but that’s completely irrelevant to this story).  On a trip to visit his family in a small town in the North of Mexico I got a really bad headache; the type where your eyes feel like they are going to pop out and there are little men living inside your head hitting your skull with hammers.  The type where every time you move even just a few millimetres you know you are going to puke. Get the picture?

Anyway, the BF’s Mum (who wouldn’t touch conventional medicines) insisted that she knew just the cure so off she went to the local medicine man. What did she come back with?

Cayenne Pepper.

I wanted her to get rid of my headache, not cook me dinner, but apparently Cayenne pepper has been used for thousands of years by the Central & South Americans to relieve a whole host of medical problems from headaches and high blood pressure and arthritis to indigestion.

Know as a capsicum, the active ingredient in cayenne pepper is something called Capsaicin, and it is this that makes it hot and spicy. Cayenne also includes large amounts of vitamins A, B & C so it’s a pretty good all rounder.  After doing a bit of research when I got home I discovered that it had cured my headache by stimulating the circulation and flow of blood which relaxed the throbbing, tense veins in the back of my neck and head.

I couldn’t believe it – a couple of spoonfuls of cayenne mixed into a glass of water with lemon juice and within half an hour I felt better, not great, but definitely much better.

Cayenne has been described as the most useful herb in the herb kingdom with the ability to enhance cardiovascular improvement and performance while actually lowering blood pressure.

I even read that a teaspoon of cayenne in a glass of water every 15 minutes has been known to cure a heart attack and cayenne poured onto an external wound stops it bleeding!  However, I’m no Doctor, my friends would say I’m nosey, I prefer inquisitive so don’t take my word for it, do your own investigating before you fill your cupboards with this magic orange dust.

Now, staying with the topic of cayenne pepper…

On this particular trip, the BF’s Mum could speak no ‘Ingleesh’ and my Spanish was pretty poor to say the least, therefore understanding each other was left to nods, pointing and charades. Having played ‘Give Us A Clue’ a lot as a child I was pretty good at charades so it didn’t take me long to understand the gestures she was making, pointing in my direction.

Yes, BF’s darling mother was also telling me to eat more Cayenne because it helps you to burn fat and stops you being ‘round’.  I will leave you to imagine my gestured reply…

Has anyone else given cayenne a try?