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		<title>Comment on The Best Pilates Core Workout Video by jeanalarimore</title>
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		<description>This is a good one. I started taking a pilates class 3 months ago and Im in the best shape of my life!!! LOVE IT!!</description>
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		<title>Comment on The Best Pilates Core Workout Video by jeanalarimore</title>
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		<dc:creator>jeanalarimore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a good one. I started taking a pilates class 3 months ago and Im in the best shape of my life!!! LOVE IT</description>
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		<title>Comment on fast ways to lose stomach fat in about 3 weeks? by ny</title>
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		<dc:creator>ny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>jogging is an excellent exercise because it let you lose weight
evenly throughout your whole body. If you want to lose weight in
specific areas, you should target them with exercises. If they are
your problem areas, they will be very difficult to tone. You will have
to work double on them. The best approach is this:
1. Lower/control your daily calorie intake (control for normal
weight, lower for overweight).
2. Run/jog to lower your overall body fat percentage.
3. Target your problem areas with exercises.
an  excellent  exercise,  you  can do it in front of your TV: sit on a
stool,  and  put  your toes under something (piece of heavy furniture,
for  example). In your hands hold a little dumbbell. Please, make sure
that  it  is  not very heavy, start with one kilo, for example, or you
will  damage  your  back and spine! Slowly move the upper part of your
body  back, until it&#039;s parallel with the ground. Stop for a second and
move it back to the sitting position. Repeat ten times. Every week add
to  the  number  of  repetitions.  You will see the results in a week,
guaranteed! You will see or feel under the fat - if you have any - six
pack  and  muscles.  Dumbbells  do  wonders.  Much  better  than these
crunches  -  I  came  up to three hundreds and there was no results AT
ALL. With the dumbbells you will see it in a week.
 Side Lunge Slide
Stand with feet hip-width apart, left foot resting on a paper plate.
Bend the right leg while sliding the left foot to the side, torso
upright and abs in. Slowly slide left foot back to starting position,
repeating 8-12 times. Switch legs and repeat for 2-3 sets.

Lunge Slide
Stand with feet hip-width apart, left foot resting on a paper plate.
Bend the right leg while sliding the left foot back into a lunge
position, keeping the right knee behind the toe, torso upright and abs
in. Slowly slide left foot back to starting position and repeat 8-12
times. Switch legs and repeat on each leg for 2-3 sets.

Front One-Legged Squat
Stand on a step or small platform. Lift left leg out in front of step
and bend the right leg, bringing the toe of the left foot to the
floor. Touch the floor lightly and keep the knee of the bent leg in
line with toes. Straighten the right leg and repeat 8-12 times. Switch
legs and repeat for 2-3 sets.

Chair Squat
Stand in front of a chair with feet hip-width apart, abs in and torso
straight. Slowly bend your knees and lower and until you&#039;re almost
touching your butt to the chair. Hold for 2-3 seconds, knees behind
the toes, and straighten. Repeat for 12-16 reps, 2-3 sets.

Heel Drops with Leg Extension
Stand on step or platform with left leg on the step, right leg
hanging off the side. Bend the left leg and lower the right foot
towards the floor (a few inches). Straighten the left leg and bring
the right leg out to the side, foot flexed, in a leg extension. Repeat
8-12 times, switch legs for 2-3 sets.

Hip Extension
On a flat or inclined step or platform, lie facedown with hips on the
edge of the step, legs straight out behind you with toes resting
lightly on the floor. Squeeze the glutes and hamstrings and straighten
the legs until they are level with the hips. Hold for 2-3 seconds, and
lower letting toes lightly touch the floor. Repeat for 2-3 sets of
8-12 repetitions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jogging is an excellent exercise because it let you lose weight<br />
evenly throughout your whole body. If you want to lose weight in<br />
specific areas, you should target them with exercises. If they are<br />
your problem areas, they will be very difficult to tone. You will have<br />
to work double on them. The best approach is this:<br />
1. Lower/control your daily calorie intake (control for normal<br />
weight, lower for overweight).<br />
2. Run/jog to lower your overall body fat percentage.<br />
3. Target your problem areas with exercises.<br />
an  excellent  exercise,  you  can do it in front of your TV: sit on a<br />
stool,  and  put  your toes under something (piece of heavy furniture,<br />
for  example). In your hands hold a little dumbbell. Please, make sure<br />
that  it  is  not very heavy, start with one kilo, for example, or you<br />
will  damage  your  back and spine! Slowly move the upper part of your<br />
body  back, until it&#8217;s parallel with the ground. Stop for a second and<br />
move it back to the sitting position. Repeat ten times. Every week add<br />
to  the  number  of  repetitions.  You will see the results in a week,<br />
guaranteed! You will see or feel under the fat &#8211; if you have any &#8211; six<br />
pack  and  muscles.  Dumbbells  do  wonders.  Much  better  than these<br />
crunches  &#8211;  I  came  up to three hundreds and there was no results AT<br />
ALL. With the dumbbells you will see it in a week.<br />
 Side Lunge Slide<br />
Stand with feet hip-width apart, left foot resting on a paper plate.<br />
Bend the right leg while sliding the left foot to the side, torso<br />
upright and abs in. Slowly slide left foot back to starting position,<br />
repeating 8-12 times. Switch legs and repeat for 2-3 sets.</p>
<p>Lunge Slide<br />
Stand with feet hip-width apart, left foot resting on a paper plate.<br />
Bend the right leg while sliding the left foot back into a lunge<br />
position, keeping the right knee behind the toe, torso upright and abs<br />
in. Slowly slide left foot back to starting position and repeat 8-12<br />
times. Switch legs and repeat on each leg for 2-3 sets.</p>
<p>Front One-Legged Squat<br />
Stand on a step or small platform. Lift left leg out in front of step<br />
and bend the right leg, bringing the toe of the left foot to the<br />
floor. Touch the floor lightly and keep the knee of the bent leg in<br />
line with toes. Straighten the right leg and repeat 8-12 times. Switch<br />
legs and repeat for 2-3 sets.</p>
<p>Chair Squat<br />
Stand in front of a chair with feet hip-width apart, abs in and torso<br />
straight. Slowly bend your knees and lower and until you&#8217;re almost<br />
touching your butt to the chair. Hold for 2-3 seconds, knees behind<br />
the toes, and straighten. Repeat for 12-16 reps, 2-3 sets.</p>
<p>Heel Drops with Leg Extension<br />
Stand on step or platform with left leg on the step, right leg<br />
hanging off the side. Bend the left leg and lower the right foot<br />
towards the floor (a few inches). Straighten the left leg and bring<br />
the right leg out to the side, foot flexed, in a leg extension. Repeat<br />
8-12 times, switch legs for 2-3 sets.</p>
<p>Hip Extension<br />
On a flat or inclined step or platform, lie facedown with hips on the<br />
edge of the step, legs straight out behind you with toes resting<br />
lightly on the floor. Squeeze the glutes and hamstrings and straighten<br />
the legs until they are level with the hips. Hold for 2-3 seconds, and<br />
lower letting toes lightly touch the floor. Repeat for 2-3 sets of<br />
8-12 repetitions.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Do low-carb diets work? by Cindy in Texas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cindy in Texas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It won&#039;t work well the way you&#039;ve got it planned.  Lean meats will require lots of extra mayo and oils, grilled chicken is fine but the skin is fine (unless you just don&#039;t like it) but that sounds more like a low fat plan.  To work properly to access &amp; burn body fat, a low carb diet needs to be high calorie to keep the metabolism in fat burning mode and high fat to be in ketosis.

Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) and exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.

The core of the Atkins program is converting your body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). You need to keep your fat levels at &gt;65% of your calories, if you don&#039;t your body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis).

You can have several cups a day of (mostly) lettuce and celery, cucumbers, radishes, mushrooms, peppers the first 2 weeks and more variety of vegetables thereafter add 5 grams per day additional (20 grams day first 2 weeks, 25grams 3rd week, 30grams 4th week etc) Keep your carbs at less than 9grams per hour to control insulin.

It takes minimum of 3 days to convert your body to ketosis, (but only one bite to convert back to glycosis) you will probably feel sluggish the first week but most people feel better than ever thereafter.

Ground flax seed (2-3 Tbsp) 1/4 cup of water, cinnamon, artificial sweetener, mix in a raw egg - let sit 10 min to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle and nuke for 1.5 min. for hot cereal or 2 min. for more of a muffin type thing. Great low carb, high fiber treat.
--------------------------------------…
I recommend the new plan but you have to follow it specifically read the book or the website (www.atkins.com). This is closer to the original (1972) plan, but its very simplistic:

You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don&#039;t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you&#039;ll need added potassium). Keep the calories high and the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Adding in green vegetables &amp; some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.

Your body won&#039;t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow your metabolism to compensate and store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering your calories, it will continue lowering that set point, til you can survive off nothing and store fat on anything. The body will only release it&#039;s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of food.

Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin which can store the calories you eat into fat. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate you eat the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.

Simple carbs are addictive and can be disastrous to our health. The best way to break the addiction is NO carbs for 3 days. Make a huge batch of deviled eggs and eat one every time you want &quot;something&quot; have huge omelets for breakfast, with bacon, a lil onion, peppers, mushrooms &amp; cheese. Pork chops for lunch. Get pork rinds and eat them with tuna salad. Steak for dinner. Make a huge sugar free cheese cake for dessert. Eat so much you won&#039;t feel deprived of anything. By the fourth day, your addiction will be gone and you can start making healthy choices.

High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight gain, hunger and unbalance other hormones. Controlling your insulin level will balance out other hormones &amp; allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so you will gain lean muscle even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase your muscle mass with high HGH levels.

Once you get near your goal, you start adding 5 carbs every week til you gain weight, then you subtract 10 carbs. That would give you your personal carb level (everyone is different and it depends on how active you are.) As long as you remain &lt;9 carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control, and shouldn&#039;t gain weight. 

Many people gain weight on high carb, then switch to low carb to lose weight &amp; then are shocked when they return to high carb that they gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar and maintain weight or health.

Dr.Atkins was a cardiologist, low carb was a health plan easier sold as a &quot;diet&quot; Read any of his books for easily understandable science. Lutz &quot;Life without Bread&quot; &amp; Taubes &quot;Good calories, Bad calories&quot; are excellent books that dispel all the nutrition myths.

Reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass will have you in awesome shape in no time. Good luck!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It won&#8217;t work well the way you&#8217;ve got it planned.  Lean meats will require lots of extra mayo and oils, grilled chicken is fine but the skin is fine (unless you just don&#8217;t like it) but that sounds more like a low fat plan.  To work properly to access &amp; burn body fat, a low carb diet needs to be high calorie to keep the metabolism in fat burning mode and high fat to be in ketosis.</p>
<p>Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) and exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.</p>
<p>The core of the Atkins program is converting your body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). You need to keep your fat levels at &gt;65% of your calories, if you don&#8217;t your body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis).</p>
<p>You can have several cups a day of (mostly) lettuce and celery, cucumbers, radishes, mushrooms, peppers the first 2 weeks and more variety of vegetables thereafter add 5 grams per day additional (20 grams day first 2 weeks, 25grams 3rd week, 30grams 4th week etc) Keep your carbs at less than 9grams per hour to control insulin.</p>
<p>It takes minimum of 3 days to convert your body to ketosis, (but only one bite to convert back to glycosis) you will probably feel sluggish the first week but most people feel better than ever thereafter.</p>
<p>Ground flax seed (2-3 Tbsp) 1/4 cup of water, cinnamon, artificial sweetener, mix in a raw egg &#8211; let sit 10 min to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle and nuke for 1.5 min. for hot cereal or 2 min. for more of a muffin type thing. Great low carb, high fiber treat.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;…<br />
I recommend the new plan but you have to follow it specifically read the book or the website (www.atkins.com). This is closer to the original (1972) plan, but its very simplistic:</p>
<p>You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don&#8217;t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you&#8217;ll need added potassium). Keep the calories high and the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Adding in green vegetables &amp; some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.</p>
<p>Your body won&#8217;t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow your metabolism to compensate and store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering your calories, it will continue lowering that set point, til you can survive off nothing and store fat on anything. The body will only release it&#8217;s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of food.</p>
<p>Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin which can store the calories you eat into fat. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate you eat the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.</p>
<p>Simple carbs are addictive and can be disastrous to our health. The best way to break the addiction is NO carbs for 3 days. Make a huge batch of deviled eggs and eat one every time you want &quot;something&quot; have huge omelets for breakfast, with bacon, a lil onion, peppers, mushrooms &amp; cheese. Pork chops for lunch. Get pork rinds and eat them with tuna salad. Steak for dinner. Make a huge sugar free cheese cake for dessert. Eat so much you won&#8217;t feel deprived of anything. By the fourth day, your addiction will be gone and you can start making healthy choices.</p>
<p>High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight gain, hunger and unbalance other hormones. Controlling your insulin level will balance out other hormones &amp; allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so you will gain lean muscle even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase your muscle mass with high HGH levels.</p>
<p>Once you get near your goal, you start adding 5 carbs every week til you gain weight, then you subtract 10 carbs. That would give you your personal carb level (everyone is different and it depends on how active you are.) As long as you remain &lt;9 carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control, and shouldn&#8217;t gain weight. </p>
<p>Many people gain weight on high carb, then switch to low carb to lose weight &amp; then are shocked when they return to high carb that they gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar and maintain weight or health.</p>
<p>Dr.Atkins was a cardiologist, low carb was a health plan easier sold as a &quot;diet&quot; Read any of his books for easily understandable science. Lutz &quot;Life without Bread&quot; &amp; Taubes &quot;Good calories, Bad calories&quot; are excellent books that dispel all the nutrition myths.</p>
<p>Reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass will have you in awesome shape in no time. Good luck!</p>
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