I just hate looking at my stomach! Especially as I had to endure two stomach surgeries within a 4 month period from December 2011 to April 2012. Not only do I have an atrocious scar, but I ended up looking pregnant for months, no baby ever came and my stomach will no longer allow me to wear a bikini!!
I have always been self conscious about my stomach. I would look at pictures of myself and my drop dead gorgeous friends at the beach or where ever, and look at my stomach and just go, OMG! Now, when I look at those pictures I think, wow, I really was in good shape then! Just shows you the perspective that time will give you!
In my never ending quest for health, beauty and fitness, I have found some things that are real easy to do, fun, yes it has to be fun! and most of the time are just good common sense.
I hate sweating and hard physical work! Exercising to tone up. Doing crunches to give my stomach that 6 pack ab look. Going to the gym and using the equipment to tone up and build my strength to me is just plain boring. I have tried many different types of exercise to tone up and slim down. Running, walking, boogie boarding, the gym, the weights to get rid of that "rooster skin" look that hangs from the upper arms. I have discovered that if it is not something I enjoy doing for exercise, I will not stay consistent with it, and being consistent is really the key to ridding your stomach of ugly belly fat and unsightly love handles.
You can tone up your stomach, get rid of the love handles at any age. I am not saying that a 70 year old will suddenly get the body of a 20 year old, but you can look good at any age.
It is what you eat and when as well. If you love to dance and that is your exercise, the best time to do it is in the morning prior to eating breakfast. This raises your body's metabolism for the whole day, so it will burn off fat cells faster for you. Every body's metabolism is different, but the faster your metabolism is, the faster you will burn fat.
Eat your main meal for breakfast or lunch! The earlier you eat your main meal for the day the better as far as burning calories. You may want to consult with a dietitian as to what foods you can eat to help you burn fat. You don't have to eat 3 times a day, in fact, many nutritionists recommend eating as many as 6 small meals a day, with plenty of fruits and veggies. I only eat when I am hungry and always try to cut my self off by 6:00 pm. A steak will lie in your stomach undigested if you are eating that steak at 8:00 pm.
Make sure that you give yourself a cheat day! I never say I am on a diet, it just makes me hungrier. I just do the best I can do everyday eating healthy, not giving in to my sweet tooth and not expecting perfection from myself. Perfection and diet are just two words that don't go together, if you know what I mean!
I highly recommend Mike Geary's Truth About Abs. Mike is a registered dietitian, as well as a personal trainer. Having his book is like having a personal trainer to me! He has educated me on what to eat to burn fat, what foods not to eat as well, how to get a toned flat stomach without doing any crunches, really, NO CRUNCHES! His program is not a diet, it is a way of eating and toning up your body to get rid of those horrible fat area's that we all hate to look at.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
All About Cat Behavior
Aloha to my friends who love cats!
First of all I would like to say Mahalo (thank you) so very much for the comments that were posted on my blog anonymously. I really appreciate the feedback, especially that my blog was useful to you all.
Way back when in 1997 when we brought home our first rescue, Scampers, she fit in our palm. She was the sole surviving member of the litter of cats at the boat yard where my husband worked. Every cat is very unique and the way we played with her, slept with her, and what we fed her as treats....well, it gave her some strange cat behavior!
Cats are naturally curious. They get into everything especially when they are kittens. Thus the saying, curiosity killed the cat. Good thing they have nine lives! We were renting a room in a large home, shared bathroom and kitchen while we established ourselves and saved enough money for our own place. The house manager told us we had to keep Scampers in our room, she couldn't roam the home freely. Our double bed took up most of the room so naturally Scampers slept with us. She ate, slept, played and did her "business" in that room and wasn't socialized with other cats, she was the "one!" So she thinks of herself as a person, not a cat. She will be 16 years old in September.
We gave her Hagen Das ice cream when we ate it. She would just stick her whole head into the pint sized carton and lick out every last drop. So today whenever we eat ice cream, or yogurt, she wants her share. She will sit at my feet and keep tapping me with her front paw, until she gets her due. Since she wasn't brought up with multiple cats, she never took much of a part in any of the other cats that were rescued after her. She stays aloof. Our second rescue, from a feral litter at my place of employment, was a tiny little guy with HUGE ears. We named him Rusty. He was a nasty little customer! Now he is a huge orange tabby, who takes care of the rest of the cats, except of course, Scampers, and is the Alpha male. She would hiss at him, but when you bring in a kitten, the older cat will let the kitten eat first. Eventually, the hissing stopped and they would play together and everyone was happy. This is true of all cats, the kittens will stand in the food bowl and eat their share, the older cats will allow them to finish before they eat.
Kittens should be handled at a young age, in order to gain your trust. Both Rusty and Scampers are used to grooming, having flea meds or collars applied, and are easy to handle. The younger kitties that after that, Rusty "mothered" them, and they are much harder to put on the flea collars, although they do love the grooming. Cats are social and my cats actually hug each other. Except, of course, Scampers because she is human! LOL!
Cats purr for many reasons. Pleasure is one. I had a friend who had never had a cat, and she got a kitten. She wanted to know what that strange sound was when her kitty purred! She thought something was wrong and was all worried. I reassured her that everything was fine and her cat was purring because it was happy. Cats do not like their bellies scratched as dogs do, and if you do this, you may get some claw in response. They like to have their throats rubbed, behind their ears, on the side of their face, and petting from head down the spine to the tail.
Kneading is common to all domestic cats. When in a state of ease they alternately push out and pull in their front paws, often alternating between right and left limbs. Some cats actually appear to "nurse" or suck on clothing or bedding during kneading. Some people believe "kneading" (other than being hell on your comforter, chair or pillows,) stimulate your cat and make it feel good, in the same manner as humans stretching. I learn a lot from my cats, I always stretch out after taking a cat nap.
I can't go into all cat behavior in one blog (obviously!) I will talk more on the subject to be sure. I know for a fact that cats communicate with each other or none of the strays would have ever made it past my American Pit Bull Terrier to the back yard, where I would feed the feral cats of the neighbor hood, and where kittens would pop out from under my house. Cats rub the side of their heads on the corner of an object to "mark" it as their turf. They are territorial and there is a social structure for each colony or pride of cats. Remember I said Rusty was our Alpha Male?
And Scampers is human, my husband and I are her Alpha's!
Thank you for reading! Please leave me your comments or suggestions and visit my web site at:
http://www.lindaz1homebiz.com
We gave her Hagen Das ice cream when we ate it. She would just stick her whole head into the pint sized carton and lick out every last drop. So today whenever we eat ice cream, or yogurt, she wants her share. She will sit at my feet and keep tapping me with her front paw, until she gets her due. Since she wasn't brought up with multiple cats, she never took much of a part in any of the other cats that were rescued after her. She stays aloof. Our second rescue, from a feral litter at my place of employment, was a tiny little guy with HUGE ears. We named him Rusty. He was a nasty little customer! Now he is a huge orange tabby, who takes care of the rest of the cats, except of course, Scampers, and is the Alpha male. She would hiss at him, but when you bring in a kitten, the older cat will let the kitten eat first. Eventually, the hissing stopped and they would play together and everyone was happy. This is true of all cats, the kittens will stand in the food bowl and eat their share, the older cats will allow them to finish before they eat.
Kittens should be handled at a young age, in order to gain your trust. Both Rusty and Scampers are used to grooming, having flea meds or collars applied, and are easy to handle. The younger kitties that after that, Rusty "mothered" them, and they are much harder to put on the flea collars, although they do love the grooming. Cats are social and my cats actually hug each other. Except, of course, Scampers because she is human! LOL!
Cats purr for many reasons. Pleasure is one. I had a friend who had never had a cat, and she got a kitten. She wanted to know what that strange sound was when her kitty purred! She thought something was wrong and was all worried. I reassured her that everything was fine and her cat was purring because it was happy. Cats do not like their bellies scratched as dogs do, and if you do this, you may get some claw in response. They like to have their throats rubbed, behind their ears, on the side of their face, and petting from head down the spine to the tail.
Kneading is common to all domestic cats. When in a state of ease they alternately push out and pull in their front paws, often alternating between right and left limbs. Some cats actually appear to "nurse" or suck on clothing or bedding during kneading. Some people believe "kneading" (other than being hell on your comforter, chair or pillows,) stimulate your cat and make it feel good, in the same manner as humans stretching. I learn a lot from my cats, I always stretch out after taking a cat nap.
I can't go into all cat behavior in one blog (obviously!) I will talk more on the subject to be sure. I know for a fact that cats communicate with each other or none of the strays would have ever made it past my American Pit Bull Terrier to the back yard, where I would feed the feral cats of the neighbor hood, and where kittens would pop out from under my house. Cats rub the side of their heads on the corner of an object to "mark" it as their turf. They are territorial and there is a social structure for each colony or pride of cats. Remember I said Rusty was our Alpha Male?
And Scampers is human, my husband and I are her Alpha's!
Thank you for reading! Please leave me your comments or suggestions and visit my web site at:
http://www.lindaz1homebiz.com
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