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LACK OF SLEEP MAKES YOU FAT… esp around the belly area!

June 1, 2013 By TheLifestylista

According to scientific researchers, we need to get enough sleep to lose weight and keep it off for good… That’s 7 – 9 hours per night ladies! Get that sleep and rewards you will reap 🙂

WHY?

1) Research shows that if you lack sleep, you make more ghrelin (a hormone that makes us hungry, stimulates our appetites). So people who lack sleep are HUNGRIER!

2) The body’s stress levels increase when you don’t get enough sleep and when you’re stressed you secrete more cortisol (stress hormone). Increased cortisol levels cause you to store more fat around the middle section… BELLY FAT.

3) Sleep deprivation not only makes us stressed, we’re also more likely to be depressed, grumpy, less optimistic… Perfect candidates for some emotional eating! And when you’re exhausted, it’s harder to control your impulses… “Huge bag of potato chips??? Yeah why not!”

4) The longer you stay up, the more time you have to squeeze in an extra snack or two or three… This is especially the case if you are watching TV. One study showed that people who stay up late at night to watch TV tended to eat 500 calories more per day (of high calorie foods) when compared to early sleepers / early risers.

The bottom line is… GET SOME SLEEP!

I’m staying up to write this article for you, so I’m going to take my own advice and I’m going to go to sleep too 🙂

I’m here rooting for you!

love,

The Lifestylista

xox

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Should I be myself or should I try being someone else..?

May 29, 2013 By TheLifestylista

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde

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4 ESSENTIAL SLIMMING STYLE TIPS FOR CURVY LADIES…

May 29, 2013 By TheLifestylista

1) ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE!

Use patterns and colors and accessories to draw the eye towards the parts of yourself you love the most!
So if you want to draw the eye away from your tummy and thighs wear DARK COLORS but if you want to accentuate your bust or your waist wear LIGHT COLORS e.g. a light top or a light belt to highlight those areas.

And big accessories can make you look smaller e.g. big bag, big necklace, big earrings, big bangles… I’m not saying wear them all at once!!! Just choose one element to highlight (e.g. the big necklace) and go for that!

2) BUY (OR MAKE) YOUR OWN SLIMMING UNDERWEAR
See my article on how to make your own Spanx… www.TheLifestylista.com (Health & Weight Loss section)

3) STRIPES GIRL! AND LINES THAT TAKE YOUR EYES UP / DOWN
Horizontal stripes draw the eye width-ways rather than length-ways and so they make us look bigger than we actually are.
Verticals do the opposite… Optical illusion: longer & leaner. Add a bit of cleavage too if you’d like. A V-neck lengthens you and a Polo neck squashes you 🙂

4) YOU DON’T NEED TO HIDE YOURSELF IN HUGE CURTAINS OF FABRIC…
YOU’RE A GODDESS!
I’m not saying go for tight-tight lycra pum pum shorts, I’m just saying that you are beautiful and you don’t need to hide!
Don’t wear ‘sack’ one size fits all dresses or big baggy T-shirts. Make sure there’s a bit of shape to it, a bit of ‘fitted-ness’, especially if you have a bigger tummy.
You’re fine to wear a Tunic top, Empire waisted top etc. something nice and flowy at the top as long as you’re wearing something tighter at the bottom to balance it e.g. a cute, dark pair of boot cut jeans.
See my article on how to choose flattering jeans… www.TheLifestylista.com (Beauty & Style section).
and
Go for well cut clothes in fabrics that aren’t too flimsy. So YES to garbadine and linen and NO to thin polyester!

I’m here rooting for you girl. You are beautiful right now so be your most fabulous! Bring it 🙂
love
The Lifesytlista
xox

What happens if you hang out with chickens… #PeerGroupIsEverything

May 27, 2013 By TheLifestylista

“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” Steve Maraboli

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The Lifestylista

xox

MSG IN FOOD MAKES US FAT & IT'S BEEN — — USED TO MAKE LAB RATS FAT FOR DECADES!

May 27, 2013 By TheLifestylista

NEW STUDY FINDS MSG IN FOOD MAKES US FAT & IT’S BEEN — — USED TO MAKE LAB RATS FAT FOR DECADES!

Researchers at University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) have found that if you eat more MSG, you are more likely to be overweight! And they factored in the amount of calories and it wasn’t that… if you’re eating the same number of calories but your meals has more MSG, you’ll gain more weight. PEOPLE WHO EAT MSG (vs people who don’t eat any MSG) GAIN WEIGHT.

HOW DOES MSG CA– — USE WEIGHT GAIN?

Another study, published in Obesity magazine showed that MSG MAKES YOU _THREE_ TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE OVERWEIGHT than someone eating the same amount of calories but no MSG! This study suggests that MSG actually damages your hypothalamus (the part of your brain that regulates appetite) and causes leptin resistance (leptin is a crucial hormone which regulates appetite and metabolism) so YOU NO LONGER FEEL FULL AND SATISFIED after you eat. Instead you just keep eating and eating…

So, the brainiac science aside… the bottom line is that this study suggests that MSG makes us fat! It’s not just us humans either…

RATS

…Think of the poor lab rats. For decades, when scientists want rats to be obese for certain experiments, they just give them MSG and HEY PRESTO – you get a HUGELY FAT RAT!

This wouldn’t be particularly interesting except that:

1) We humans have been shown to be 5 times more sensitive to the damaging effects of MSG than rats are!

and

2) Studies have shown that fat gained because of MSG is harder to lose (through diet or exercise).

WHAT IS MSG & WHY IS IT ADDED TO FOOD?

MSG is a flavor enhancer that makes food taste better and it’s found in almost all packaged food. MSG is an excitotoxin – it stimulates the brain to make huge amounts of dopamine. When you eat food laced with MSG you feel a huge pleasure rush and it’s highly addictive too…

LIST OF FOODS CONTAINING MSG

Packaged foods (e.g. gravies, salad dressings, soups, stock cubes, chips, ramen noodles, processed cheeses, ketchup, many spice blends, frozen hamburgers, deli meats, many brands of bacon & ham) and fast food restaurant food (including KFC / Kentucky Fried Chicken, lots of Chinese Food etc)!

More detailed list:

http://www.saynotomsg.com/basics_list.php

It’s no wonder sometimes we gain weight and we can’t work out why!

I’m here rooting for you!

love

The Lifestylista

xox

Who to love (and who not to)… :-)

May 26, 2013 By TheLifestylista

“Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” Oscar Wilde
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The Lifestylista

xox

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