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One of the things people usual do is skipping meals. This can often lead to out-of-control hunger usually resulting in eating too much.

When we are very hungry, it’s also tempting to forget about good nutrition and eat what we find even if it isn’t healthy.

Eating snacks between meals can help curb hunger, but don’t exaggerate and use snacks as an entire meal.

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I’ve been having some intestine problems due to my not-so-good healthy diet.

Holidays means getting up late, eat breakfast almost at lunch time and the rest of the day I spend it eating several things like yogurts, bread, fruit, etc and sometimes the food mix I make makes me bloat, have a extra large tummy, etc.

Last week my tummy was so “inflated” and hurting that I started looking for ways to get rid of everything that was in my colon. I took a look at some sites like www.colonixreviews.info and decided that I really needed to make a complete cleanse of my colon.

Once I’m short of money I decided that this time I had to do it with what I had at home. So I started drinking a lot of water, removed milk from my daily meals (I’m partial lactose intolerant), I ate a lot of plums that are well known for their help to regulate the functioning of the digestive system as well as kiwi and in a couple of days I was just fine.

I feel I need to detox my body and make a colon cleanse. I never did it but I feel the need to. I think it would make me feel more “cleaned” inside.

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Most of my country in Heat Orange Alert 4 (the highest is Heat Red Alert 5) due to the high temperatures we are having.

Today we had 104 Fahrenheit and since yesterday, the news are alerting for the danger of getting outside without skin protector and at least one bottle of water. People should stay away from the beaches between the hours of higher temperatures (11am-4pm).

Insulation and dehydration is also a serious problem that can happen if we don’t drink enough water. Children and elderly are instructed to stay indoors or in a place out of the sun and fresh if possible.

My kids are in the pool with their cousins and I have been in the kitchen most of the afternoon. My refrigerator filter was changed recently so it is working properly with no noise now, so it’s rather comfortable to be in the kitchen on such a hot day.

Here, tomorrow and Wednesday the forecast is for high temperatures, probably only decreasing on Thursday.

I know some heat waves are striking in some places of the Earth. Toronto and Russia have a Heat Alert as well. So, let’s stay out of direct sun and drink a lot of water.

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Today it was the first day I was able to be on the computer to write a few posts.

My father died last Sunday and his funeral was Monday. As you might imagine, I went through rough days, even after the funeral I had a lot to take care of.

The last three days of his life were really terrible, he was suffering a lot and well…it was his time. The nurses did an excellent job, they did all they could to keep him with no pain, he was on painkillers, antibiotics, I don’t remember the names but one was similar to apidexin or apicox but that is no longer relevant.

Now life goes on, my mother is very sad of course but I know she will go on with her life. During 3 years she was my father’s nurse and she had to stay by his side almost 24 hours a day. She has some health problems that she needs to treat, and now she has free time to take care of her.

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These last days I was away from the computer most of the day because since last Friday that I spend most of my days in the hospital where my father is trying hard to breath and beat death.

He’s 80 years, Parkinson and Alzheimer and now a pneumonia. Things are really bad. Yesterday his condition was considered critical, today, the doctor told me that he has become worse during the night. Right now I don’t know how to call his condition, hyper critical perhaps.

He is suffering a lot; he makes a huge effort to breath and fever is always rising. Let’s see how he will be tomorrow.

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I’m happy!! Not everybody can say that. I’m happy!!

For several years I was confined to an abusive working place where I was stressed and miserable. I quit my job, I have no income, I’m having financial difficulties but I’m happy. I know you might thing I lost my mind, that I should have kept the job and be an office slave because I need the money but…for the first time in my life I’m living one day at a time.

Bills to pay and bank extracts is something I verify everyday but I’m confident that I will go through this.

I was depressed, underweight, weak, now, while some people are looking for the best weight loss pills in the market, I’m happy to say that since I quit my job I was able to gain weight, people say my face expression shows that I’m good with life.

I still have my bad days when I feel that I’m jobless while everyone is working, people look at me as if I don’t want to work but I’m Happy and I can say that after 15 years I’m alive again.

What about you? Are you happy?

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I picked up some clothes that no longer fit my daughter and drove to the store really excited with the idea of receiving some money. The girl in the store chose the best clothes and rejected those that she felt no longer were fashionable (although some of them are of high quality). I think she was too picky when it came to fashionable or not fashionable clothes but ok, she’s in charge so…. Even so, I managed to get 26€ (+/- 32 US$). Most of the clothes were rejected but I was really happy with the money.

This store also accept books, toys, strollers, shoes, hats, cribs and all baby/child related products. All clothing and products available are as new, some of them we notice that they were never used before.

I have a lot of toys in the basement (what we call the toy room) that are no longer in use so I intend to make a selection and take the toys to the second hand store and see how much money I will bring home.

If we want we can choose to receive a certificate instead of money to use in the store and for that option they offer 20% more than if we receive the money. I really prefer the money because: First: I need it badly, second: I received many clothes from neighbors and friends for my kids, therefore I don’t need any more clothing.

Some people are ashamed of entering in a second hand store to buy clothes but believe me, they are of good quality and at a very cheap price.

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Knowing your muscles will help you understand each function for you to know if you are targeting the appropriate muscle for each specific exercise.

Chest
Your chest muscles are made up of 2 muscle groups: the pectoralis major (commonly known as “pecs”), and the pectoralis minor. The pectoralis major is your largest chest muscle. It originates from your breastbone, that flat bone at the center of your chest. It then attaches to the humerus, just near the shoulder joint. The function of the pectoralis major is to adduct your humerus to bring it across your chest.

The pectoralis minor is located under the pectoralis major. It originates from the middle of your ribs and attaches to the coracoids process of the scapula. The function of your pectoralis minor is to rotate your shoulder forward, such as in the action of shrugging.

Examples of exercises that will help train your chest muscles are:

• Flat barbell bench press
• Incline barbell bench press
• Dumbbell flyes
• Cable crossovers
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• Isometric chest squeeze

Shoulder
The primary muscle in your shoulders is your deltoid muscle. It is divided into anterior, lateral, and posterior parts. The origin of the anterior and lateral heads is the collar bone, while the origin for the posterior head is the scapula. Each muscle is then inserted halfway down the humerus, the biggest bone in your arm. The primary action of the deltoid is to abduct or bring your arm away from your sides.

Exercises that will target your shoulder muscles are:

• Military press
• Seated dumbbell press
• Side lateral raise
• Front lateral raise
• Bent over dumbbell flies.
• Bradford press
• Cable rope real-delt rows
• Dumbbell lying rear lateral raise

Always see to it that you are using the appropriate muscle group while training your chest and shoulder muscles. A common mistake in doing press exercises is using the mainly the muscles in your arms to drive each motion without centering the action on the chest and shoulder muscles. Once you know how to center each exercise on your chest and shoulder muscles, you will be building an impressive and strong upper body in no time.

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When I’m under stress I tend to lose my appetite and during the last years I had a very stressful environment in my working place so I never gained weight, although I took vitamins. Now, 4 months after I quit my job I gained 12 pounds so I’m almost with my ideal weight.

Being under stress can be really bad for us and our body. When it is an isolated situation that can be controlled it doesn’t threat your life but if it is a long term situation that seems that never ends, then your body will resent and it will become out of control.

I was under stress for a few years and that didn’t let me be happy nor enjoy the work I was doing or the office environment. All that situation made me eat badly and even if I ate enough the body didn’t absorbed the nutrients. Now that I’m away from all that stress I’m able to eat properly and have a healthier life.

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I still don’t know how I’m going to do it but I would prefer to sell it to a second hand store instead of advertising on the net. People still are, I can say, shy about buying second hand clothes but if I could get a store to buy my clothes I would be grateful.

What do you do with your kids clothes? Do you keep them, give them away or sell them?
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