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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Lose That Lower Gut Flab


Ugh, the lower gut — it's often the last thing to go, right? Lower-abdominal flab can be downright persistent, but it can be reduced with the right diet and exercise regimen. If your gut instincts are telling you to start crunching, you're on the right track. Although crunches by themselves won't burn belly fat, they will strengthen your core, burn intramuscular fat, and help you build lean, calorie-burning muscle. If you want an exercise that specifically targets the lower and transverse abs, try the Reverse Crunch.

Reverse Crunch
  • Lie on your back with your feet off the floor, knees bent, and ankles together. Bring the tops of your quads inward and onto your stomach so that you don't swing your legs to gain momentum during the movement. (This also helps you isolate your lower abs during the crunch instead of engaging the hip flexors.) Relax your head, neck, and shoulders, resting them on the floor. Rest your arms at your sides, palms facedown on the floor.
  • Lift your pelvis off the floor, and curl it toward your rib cage. Make sure to exhale fully while you're crunching in order to maximize the contraction.
If you really want a challenge, hold your arms out at your sides and several inches off the floor. This helps to further isolate your abs, prohibiting your arms from assisting in the crunch by pressing off the floor with your hands. Do 3 reps of 15 a day! I challenge you!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Help us make the new Summer Catch Phrase!

We need your HELP! We need your help thinking up our "Summer Marketing Slogan" and are offering free merchandise from our new ShopSkinnyBrides online store coming out soon!

Grand Prize is: One of each of our new merchandise items from our online store in your size (if applicable), 3 Months of Skinny Brides Coaching, and a free 1 Yr membership to our partner Company SKINNYbridesNetwork to get discounts on everything under the sun with our partners for your big day!

1st Runner up: 3 New Skinny Brides tm prizes & 1 month of SkinnyBrides Coaching.

2nd Runner up:  1 Skinny Brides tm merchandise prize & one month of free Skinny Brides Coaching.

And just for getting in the Top 10 that we like you will win a free prize just for submitting the slogan. After we have 10 Slogans that are Vote worthy, we will post the slogans up on our website for 7 days. Then everyone can vote on them and help us decide who's slogan is the best! Yes we said FREE!! So to be our GRAND Prize Winner and submit your ideas to this email address today between now and June 30th. The submission email to send your best slogan is: Contest@SkinnyBrides.com Please Submit only one submission per email. In the email subject line please type: Summer Contest Slogan, and in the email type your name, number, and address to mail the prizes if your submission makes the TOP 10. If your top 10 becomes one to the top 3 you will win one of our runner up prizes and if everyone votes for your slogan as the best Summer Slogan you will be notified within 5 business days. So good luck and get your submissions in NOW!  Thanks everybody for helping the success of Skinny Brides!!



 SkinnyBridesInc Reserves the right to not use a slogan if it seems that their is any cheating involved with computer program voting, illegal methods of spamming people to get people to votes for your slogan, or makes slogans that are demeaning emails slogans will not be used.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

How to spot processed foods

Need help figuring out which foods are processed? If you shop at an all-organic market or food co-op, you're already taking a step in the right direction; however, you still need to look out for processed foods. Check the labels on all the foods you buy. If you see any ingredients that look questionable, don’t buy the food! If you see an unpronounceable list of ingredients that look like gibberish, put the item back on the shelf! Go with foods that are truly natural and contain minimal ingredients. More specifically, don’t buy anything containing: Anything not 100 percent whole wheat; trans fats or hydrogenated oils; corn syrup or high-fructose corn syrup; a chemical; MSG; butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);  sodium nitrate or nitrite; or sodium benzoate; potassium benzoate.

Monday, May 16, 2011

How to lose those extra pounds— and YES—keep ‘em off


How to lose those extra pounds—
and YES—keep ‘em off
Getting the right nutrients, while cutting calories, can make or break your goals for weight loss, weight maintenance and overall health. While there are many products designed to help people control calories for weight management, the majority of these “diet products” don’t provide proper nutrition or quality protein to stave off muscle loss that often accompanies weight loss.
Proper snacking is also imperative in reaching your weight loss and weight maintenance goals.  Eating between meals curbs your cravings, enabling you to make smart choices about your food intake. It’s easy to be tempted by high-calorie foods when you’re feeling overly hungry.
In addition to cutting calories (while still getting proper nutrition), and keeping on track with smart snacks, exercise is the third essential component of successful weight management. Let’s explore these three key facets of weight control…


Healthy Ways to Cut Calories
First, you want an easy way to get the nutrients your body needs, while cutting calories to lose weight. Meal-replacement shakes are an ideal choice. However, you want to make sure your meal-replacement shake has the right kind and quantity of protein, as well as provides essential nutrients for safe weight loss and maintenance. With 23 grams of whey protein (the highest quality protein) and active enzymes for easy digestion, IsaLean® Shake is a complete meal replacement that delivers optimal nutrition. When evaluating your meal replacement shake, consider these important components:
Five “must-haves” for your meal replacement shake

1. It works. Whether you’re aiming for weight loss and/or maintaining your ideal weight, you want a product with a proven track record. Does the product deliver long-term weight loss results? This is likely the most important question you need to ask. After all, your dedication to your weight loss and overall health deserves real results. Founded in 2002, Isagenix takes great pride delivering long-term weight-loss results. More than 5.4 million pounds and 6.5 million inches have been lost by people using Isagenix products. Theprimary pillar of Isagenix weight loss protocol is IsaLean Shake—our best-selling product.

2. Third-party scientific evidence. Referencing clinical studies is another excellent measure of a product’s efficacy. Did you know that in a university study IsaLean Shake surpassed other protein shakes for weight loss results?  In this controlled experiment, two IsaLean Shakes replaced two meals each day for seven days. Participants experienced a greater percentage of weight loss when compared to results obtained from other protein shakes on the market.

3. It’s a full-meal replacement shake, not a snack shake. When you cut calories to lose weight, it’s essential to get proper nutrition to prevent muscle loss, as well as achieve optimal health. You’ll want to be wary of “snack shakes” on the market lacking adequate nutrients and offering inferior protein. Whey protein (the protein in IsaLean Shake) is superior to other proteins (including soy protein) in staving off muscle loss that often accompanies weight loss. It’s important to get the correct amount of protein, too. IsaLean Shake has 23 grams. (To trigger a protein synthesis response for supporting muscle, you need at least 20 grams.)
A protein synthesis response is also dependent upon amounts of balanced-chain amino acids that are highest in whey protein. Getting the right vitamins and minerals, as well as healthy fats, is also critical in preventing muscle degeneration that often occurs with weight reduction. Make sure you’re getting sufficient calcium, vitamin C, vitamin B12 and vitamin D in your shake. While low in saturated fat, IsaLean Shake is high in healthy poly- and mono-unsaturated fats. Moreover, the enzymes in IsaLean Shake help break down carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

4. Nothing artificial. Be sure to check the ingredient list on any product you consume for additives and artificial ingredients; you don’t want to find any artificial flavors or sucralose. IsaLean Shake is all natural—with no additives—containing whey protein produced in New Zealand from cows never treated with hormones or antibiotics. This high-quality whey protein exceeds USDA organic standards and is guided through fine filters under low heat to separate whey from other diary components including fats and lactose.
Also, be wary of products that haven’t been evaluated for contamination with pollutants and heavy metals such as mercury. Isagenix Quality Assurance Department inspects all ingredients to test potency, amino acid profile, as well as presence of microbial, pesticides and heavy metals.
Isagenix-coupon5. Superior value. While IsaLean Shake retails at around $3.64 per meal, its cost is $2.78 at the Associate and Preferred Customer Price. As a full-meal replacement, this saves you money on groceries each time you replace a meal with your meal-replacement shake.

For more information about the nutrition products. please go to: www.skinnybrides.isagenix.com