Women: for change

Diet & Fitness | It's Not What You Eat, It's How Much?

A study conducted over two years has confirmed by results that the way to weight loss is reducing calories. In the study severel overwight people were given different types of food to eat but the same calorie amount and they all lost weight the same.

This is positive news for the 'i've tried every diet' crowd and makes sense for weight loss but you do also have to eat healthy to be healthy. It is true you could eat the same amount of calories of chocolate and healthy meals but the best option is balanced healthy meals. So are they saying anything different from what we already now?

Read the rest of the Wall St. Journal article after the click

Get Fit || Mel B on Ellen DeGeneres - Totally Fit DVD

Mel B was on the Ellen Degeneres show yesterday to promote her new Totally fit DVD. Mel looked great and Ellen as always brought the humor.

Health & Fitness | Ever Thought About Going Raw?

Raw food that is, watch this interview with phenominal raw food specialist Karyn Calabrese by Lilou Mace.

This is Part 1 & 2 of a 4 part interview, watch Karyn discuss EVERYTHING raw food from what it means to its benefits + Karyn is 60!!

Get Fit | Sanaa Lathan's Low Cal Diet to Shed the Pounds

In a recent blog entry on GlobalGrind.com Sanaa let all the ladies know that she is one of us. In the Obama moment Sanaa delayed her post Christmas diet and although she loves her curves she admits that the camera doesn't so much (especially the flat screen kind). The flawless actress didn't go into detail but said she will start a 1200 cal diet plan and i'm sure a work out plan to match.

Did you start or stick to your 'New Year' Get Fit plan? Go to the Health / Fitness page for tips to start or get back on track.

Check out the whole blog after the click

Get Fit | How to Meditate Guide x Triceps & Plie Press

A great video on how to make a meditation practice and two great mini work out video's to tone up the arms & legs.

Get Fit | Mel B Brings in the New Year with Totally Fit DVD Release

What perfect timing to release a dvd to 'motivate' us all to lose the excess weight and tone up. We love Mel because she's so common (in a good way) and makes you feel like you to can achieve your perfect body. How true it is, i guess is up to you, so do you think you will try Mel's new dvd....she does look fab!!

Get Fit | Fergie's Fitness Plan x Upper Body & 2 Min Bun Blaster Work Out

Its the new year and if its not in our resolutions we probably still need to get fit. Fergie needs to do it for her wedding, but whatever your reason check out these quick work outs to inspire you for 2009.

Diet & Fitness | Rihanna's Routine Pt.2

Rihanna on exercise:

 

YOU have an amazing figure. How do you stay in shape?
A lot of hard work and a lot of running on the treadmill. Cardio is the key. I have a personal trainer who travels with me if we have a big event coming up. I work out every day but I need a trainer to motivate me – I don’t find it much fun working out on my own.

Diet & Fitness | Rihanna's Routine Pt.1

After seeing pics of Rihanna this week whilst performing, i was inspired...yes inspired not motivated to research he diet & fitness routine. As usual the results were the same as many and exactly what i thought. In short its cutting carbs, eating smaller more frequent meals and working out....a lot!!

Some facts: Rihanna is about 5ft 8" and ranges between size US 2- 4 (UK 6-8) and weights about 97 pounds.

Rihanna on her diet:

Hair & Beauty | Get Beyonce's I am....Sasha Fierce Hair Style

How to guide to get Beyonce's 'If i were a boy' hair style. What do you think?

STUDY SHOWS HIV COULD BE ELIMINATED IN A DECADE

The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model.

It is an intriguing solution to end the AIDS epidemic. But it is based on assumptions rather than data, and is riddled with logistical problems. The research was published online Tuesday in the medical journal, The Lancet.

"It's quite a startling result," said Charlie Gilks, an AIDS treatment expert at the World Health Organization and one of the paper's authors. "In a relatively short amount of time, we could potentially knock the epidemic on its head."

Gilks and colleagues used data from South Africa and Malawi. In their model, people were voluntarily tested each year and immediately given drugs if they tested positive for HIV, regardless of whether they were sick.

MARY J. BLIGE NEW PERFUME 'MY LIFE' x CAROL'S DAUGHTER

Mary J. Blige is poised to be the next celebrity to put her creative talents to the test with a signature fragrance. WWD is reporting that the R&B singer, who is already an ambassador for beauty line Carol’s Daughter, is working on an upcoming fragrance with the brand. My Life by Mary J. Blige, named for her second album, will be their first foray into celebrity scents — and will also mark first time the singer is

Amazing Story of Bone Marrow Transplant Curing a Cancer Patient of AIDS

A 42-year-old man who had both leukemia and AIDS received a bone marrow transplant — a common, late-stage treatment for that type of cancer. His doctor selected a bone marrow donor who had a rare genetic mutation that renders people virtually immune to HIV. The transplant appeared to cure the patient of AIDS.
We’re as wary as the next guy of inferring too much from a single case study. Maybe it was a fluke; maybe there were unknown factors at work. But this one is pretty intriguing.

The case was presented at a conference earlier this year (here’s the abstract), and written up in this morning’s WSJ.

Get Fit x Work Out With Britney Spears

All the celebs are gettin fit and it seems like they all want to share it with us. On the newly launched britneyspears.com, TeamBritney has uploaded a video 'Working Out With Britney Spears'. After the click there is also an additonal Britney Ab WorkOut video...Enjoy & Get Fit.

Get Fit x Angela & Vanessa Simmons Work Out Routine

 We all want to know how Angela Simmons got into shape and how Vanessa maintains her fitness. I can tell you that it is by working out hard, they look glamorous doing it and they do where Pastry Kicks whilst doing it.

There are two videos posted by ForceFitnessINC which gives us a fly on the wall look into their work out regime. Its got us thinking... Should there be a V & A fitness DVD?

Get Fit x Free 7 Day Bootcamp Workout

Just because it's getting cold doesn't mean that you want to let your body go. To maintain the body that you worked hard for in the summer or to get the body that you want, try out this FREE 7 day bootcamp 10 minute work out. Be warned it looks simple, but you will be sweating within 4 minutes. This is courtesy of sparkpeople.com which is an excellent free online diet programme.

Celeb Workout x Beyonce Knowles

 Celebs like Beyonce look good most (if not all ) of the time and i know it doesn't happen over night, so i wanted o post what i found out there workout plan maybe.  wanted to focus on the workout as apose to the dieting cos i know that can get crazy. Plus for the most part the workout is somehing we can all do.

Celebrity Workout: Beyonce (source)

..."Unless specified, don't count reps; do each move for one minute and hold the last rep for as long as you can."

MINUTE 1: BASIC CRUNCHES
MINUTE 2: BICYCLE CRUNCHES
Lie on floor, legs extended at a 45-degree angle. Bring bent left knee toward chest, reaching right elbow toward it. Alternate right and left knees.

A Research-Proven Way to Flatten Your Abs

You eat well, do cardio, and crank out countless crunches, but you still don't have a flat belly? Add some Pilates moves to your routine. When researchers at Auburn University measured muscle activity in the abs during a hundred, double-leg stretch, crunch, and roll-up, they found that the first two were tops for targeting the transverse abdominis. "That's the deepest ab muscle, which pulls in the midsection and stabilizes the spine, giving you a flatter belly as well as more control during exercise and everyday movements," says lead author Michele Olson, Ph.D., professor of exercise physiology at Auburn University. "Plus, the more stable your spine, the better your posture." Keep up the healthy eating and cardio, but mix up your ab exercises too. By combining Pilates moves and traditional toners, you can create a rut- and gut-busting workout that emphasizes all your middle muscles.

Check out a fab 10 Min Pilates Ab workout after the click

Mel B to release Workout Fitness dvd

Melanie Brown knows a thing or two about getting shape. Now the Spice Girl and former Dancing with the Stars contestant is putting her experience into a new fitness video, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

"For anyone with jubbily bits, I'm going to tighten you up, make you laugh and enjoy your workout no matter what level of fitness you are," says the former Scary Spice.

Brown's three-disc set, Totally Fit, features a 28-day plan of aerobic and resistance workouts set to up-tempo and dance music, along with her own advice and tips on nutrition, including recipes and snacks. The DVD will be available Feb. 3.
– Julie Jordan (people.com)

Angela Simmons: How I Lost 15 pounds

For the past couple of months seeing Angela Simmons out and about, i've been thinking that she has lost so much weight. I thought they may address it in the new season of Run's House or their website, but no. Finally there is an article in Life&Style magazine (US) kind of explaining how she lost the weight. Check it out; (Its intensive exercise and cutting out junk food...what a surprise!!)

Think Thin, Be Healthy

A positive mind–set goes a long way

It turns out thinking you're overweight could be worse for you than being overweight. In a new study in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers asked 150,000 adults about their current weight, their ideal weight, and how often they felt unhealthy.The less satisfied people were with their size, the more unhealthy they felt, regardless of how much they weighed. "The brain is both the source of our emotions and the control center for our physiology," says lead author Peter Muennig, M.D. "So if you're depressed or stressed, it changes things like blood pressure. If these emotions are chronic, that can lead to disease." To up your well–being, focus on what your body can do, not how many pounds it weighs. After you exercise, for example, write down how far you ran, then try increasing that number each time.
(source: shape.com)

Full Body Toning Work Out's

Self magazine has hosted some great workout video's at Youtube, they are short themed pointers to help us get or maintain the bodies that we desire (or have).

I have picked out three below the rest you can check out at Youtube 

Let's get Physical 80's Inspired

Workout tip: Burn calories with pals- Self Magazine

Burn calories with pals; a great video from Self Magazine-
    SELF Magazine presents a fitness video based around a simple workout routine that can be used by multiple people.

My picks for Ladies contemporary fashion sneakers: September 08

 

    Today i was searching through all the ‘hot’ sneaker sites to see the latest in women’s sneaker releases, well by the time i had gone back through the whole of August and done a general search and found nothing of interest i decided to search further and compile my own top 10 women’s hot performance / fashion sneaker . All i’m hoping is that 1 through 10 isnt all Pastry , as much as i love them. The sneaker industry was so interesting over the past couple of years and has really started to fall off now so i see where Vanessa and Angela were ahead of the curve by creating their own line.

(Vanessa & Angela Simmons -Magic Show 08-NewPastry Kicks)

 

Nike Air Force 1’s:

So boring and done before, the best one i could find was this;

Release Date: 07/19/2008

Model: Women’s Air Force 1 Premium 07

Color: White/White-Vivid Blue

Product Code: 315186-142

Price: $100

Jennifer Lopez get's fit for charity

After just having twins, Jennifer Lopez is getting back into shape for herself and charity, but preparing to complete a 'Triathlon'. This is a big deal and not the usual celeb route, so props to Jenny Lo for being a great inspiration.

Visit the official Blog at Self.com where you can also donate via Paypal for the Children's hospital in Los Angeles.