Diet For Women in Their 40s

Age of 40 is a period the most emotional
and volatile in a woman's life. At this age, most women begin to
experience symptoms of menopause can create stress. To minimize this,
multiply the consumption of nuts and fruits like oranges, bananas and
strawberries. Enter the fruits and vegetables in the daily diet, and
avoid unhealthy fats and soft drinks. Body weight changes in women aged 40

Scary Cat| My Halloween Look| FOTD & OOTD

I don’t know about you, but I have never been a huge fan of fancy dress. I do love Halloween, but find that it is a little bit too Americanised now, and preferred it when the point of a Halloween costume was firstly for it to be Halloween related and secondly it was to scare someone. I’m all about the pumpkins, trick or treating, scary masks, claws, cobwebs and cloaks! This year I was invited to a Halloween party last Saturday night by my manger at work. I was a little unsure to begin with, but when she said that you had to dress up, and your costume had to be scary I was all for it. Now, I am a little unoriginal with my Halloween outfits, as I normally go as I cat as I can’t help but love the irony. I love when drunk people find it hilarious that I’m called Cat and I am a cat!

I decided to stick with what I know but wanted to scare my outfit up and make it a bit more dramatic. I had originally bought face paint and face crayons to decorate my face, but after practicing with them I found them very waxy and not very pigmented; consequently not creating the dramatic look I was after. I changed tactics and decided to buy the above makeup items to create my look. The Lipstick I have talked about here, and the eyeliner I already had. The lip liner was used to draw on cuts and scratches all over my body, and it was the perfect blood red. The eye-shadow is Boujois and was part of their Halloween collection and it’s amazing! I don’t know if I will wear it again soon, as it is a very pigmented and a very matte black. But it creates the perfect dramatic cat eye, and stayed  in place all night! The Boujois nail varnish was again very dramatic; it needed a few layers to build up colour, but once you did it looked great.

For my outfit I wore a black cocktail dress and tights which I ripped up. My hair I backcombed to the max and used a whole can of dry shampoo to turn it grey. Unfortunately you can’t see it too much in the pictures but believe me my hair was very tatty and grey! I actually woke up on Sunday morning and was rather confused by all the white dust all over the surfaces in my bedroom, it took me a while to realise the white dust was in fact the residue of my dry shampoo.

I admit my look isn’t the scariest ever, but I think I did a pretty good job. At the party and in town there was some great scary costumes, lots of very convincing zombies and vampires, along with Goth brides, Bettlejuice and Jimmy Saville (a little bit of bad taste, but we all knew someone would dress up as him).

What do you think of my look? What did/ are you dressing up as for Halloween?

*Apologies for the poor quality iPhone pictures, still in need of a camera*

15 Foods To Prevent Osteoporosis

Eating a foods with balanced nutrition and rich in calcium can prevent osteoporosis. Oosteoporosis is a disease characterized by reduced bone mass and changes in bone tissue microarchitecture. Osteoporosis is not just a reduction in bone density but also decreased bone strength. In osteoporosis the bone damage faster than improvements made by the body. Osteoporosis is often called bone loss. The

Grapes Benefits For Our Health

Grapes is a pretty little plant with variegated colors red, green, or purple that has tremendous benefits for your health. Grapes are not only a source of vitamin A, C, B6 and folate are good. But it is also an important source of minerals such as potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and selenium. The content is extremely beneficial for the health of our immune system and our beauty.

How To Get Rid of Back Pain

Back pain is one disease that definitely affects 8 out of 10 adults in their lives. Most often back pain occurs due to stretched back muscles or ligaments. There are many options to deal with pain medication, but there are some natural ways to get rid of back pain.










Back pain can be triggered by a variety of reasons, ranging from injuries to the muscles and spine using excessive and

Benefits of Swimming for Babies

Teach baby to swim since the first year has many benefits. Not only beneficial for babies, swimming can improve the parent-child bonding. According to a study from the University of Science and Technology in Norway, babies can swim proved to have a better balance, and can reach around objects more easily than infants who are not swimmers.







Water Babies surveys conducted showed that 40

Why do you wear makeup? | Tag

*Combination of my own images and those from We Heart It*

I have seen this tag floating around on peoples blogs over the past few weeks and it seems to be spreading like wild fire. Now I’m not normally one for tags; I don’t know why, I just never found one that inspired me and if they did, they were quite lengthy. However this tag is short and sweet and gives a little insight into the blogger. So here goes my answers.

When did you begin to love makeup?

Like many others I have forever been a girly girl. When I was a little girl I was obsessed with princesses, pink, glitter, Barbie's and spent my time dressing up, putting on fashion shows and baking mud pies. With this girliness came the love of makeup. I remember I used to have a big pink makeup case at my Nanas house and would stand in front of her mirror applying glitter, stick-on tattoos, peel off nail varnish and sickly sweet perfumes. I have always been gifted numerous makeup palettes for birthdays and Christmas, and as I grew so did my make up case. Obviously as I got older the quality of the product improved.

I first started wearing “proper” makeup aged 12… yes it is a little early, however when I was a younger I wore glasses, which unfortunately made my eyes appear smaller than what they were. I was obviously very self conscious of this and used to (still do) layer on the mascara to make my eyes look bigger. I probably started wearing a full face of makeup when I was 14, again to mask my insecurities, which at the time was my bad skin. When I started wearing a full face my confidence with my makeup improved and so did my experimentation, cue lots of black eyeliner and bright eye shadow… baby pink was one of my favourites for a while. Thankfully my taste has changed and matured, but I still like to have fun with it.

How do you feel without makeup?

A bug! I have a bit of a complex whereby I think my eyes look very small when I’m not wearing mascara, I call them my little bug eyes! As a result I almost never leave the house without mascara, the only time I do is when I’m out running. I know they probably don’t but I just don’t feel very confident when not wearing mascara. I will quite gladly leave the house without other makeup; I choose not to though. When my skin is looking good I will happily just wear mascara and a bit of bronzer and blush, especially during the weekends.

What do you like about makeup?

Quite a difficult question I think as sometimes I love makeup (like 70% of the time) and other times I feel like its an evil necessity and more like war paint than makeup. The days when I love it are obviously days when I’m feeling on top of the world. I love that makeup allows me to look and feel more human. I like that it can help enhance anyone’s natural beauty, and draw out a persons individual and beautiful features that they may not have been aware of before. I also love how colourful and pretty makeup is, the colour combinations and collections are never ending… it’s always great finding a new favourite lippy.

The days when I don’t love makeup are obviously days when I’m not feeling quite my normally self, perhaps a little blue. On days such as this I tire of applying my makeup but I would never leave the house without it. Like I mentioned, I feel like it’s a necessary evil; war paint; a mask that myself and many others apply to hide behind. I wish there was a national day where us girl don’t wear our makeup and show and (try to) embrace our natural beauty, as no matter how much we fight it, we all have something unique and beautiful about out face.

Three “Holy Grail” Items:

Mascara- I’m not fussed on which brand, however I do love L'Oreal Telescopic False Lash Mascara and Maybelline Colossal Mascara

Urban Decay NAKED Palette- A god send for eyeshadow lovers! I use mine all the time, perfect for both day to day looks and for dramatic night out looks. The pigmentation is great and the colours all compliment each other perfectly.

Rimmel Blush Pink Rose- A bargain high street product, but one that is very pigmented, lasts forever and is a great match for my skin tone. Great at giving me some colour on these dull days and a daily wear for me.

I hope you enjoyed reading my answers and learnt a little more about me. I look forward to reading some of your answers, if you do write your own be sure to Tweet me or comment below so I can give them a read.

How to Get Rid of Gout Naturally

Uric acid or gout arthritis is the result of the body's metabolism by one protein, purine and kidney. In this regard, the kidney controls the stability of uric acid levels in the body where most of the rest of uric acid excreted through urine.



However, if excess uric acid and the kidneys can no longer regulate its stability, the uric acid would accumulate in the tissues and joints. At high

6 Kiwifruit Benefits For Health

Do you like to eat kiwifruit? Apparently, kiwi contains many natural nutrients that the human body needs. Kiwi fruit has been known as one of the fruits of high nutritional and vitamin C. kiwi also contains a digestive enzyme that can help the absorption of protein. Enzyme called actinidin. It is a protease enzyme (protein destruction) which is in the green kiwi fruit, functioning digest

How To Get Rid of Stomach Fat

There are several areas of the body that seem easier to accumulate fat, one of them is the stomach area. Stomach fat be one of the most dangerous kind of fat for your health. Visceral fat, the fat on your stomach lining which is located directly above on your abdominal organs, is associated with increased development of some health conditions, such as heart disease and some cancers. 







To

How To Get Rid of Heartburn

Heartburn or a burning sensation in the chest like a burn from acid reflux into the esophagus. Heartburn is the main symptom of the disease GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease). Stress and smoking suspected as the main cause of this problem. The condition of people with heartburn, usually gets worse when they lie down, Bowing and overeating.






Tips on How to Get Rid of Heartburn:

Vampy Lips| Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick Wine 107

Just a quick post for you today, as I wanted to share with you my new vampy lipstick. Firstly I apologise for the quality of these pictures, they were taken on my iPhone in bad light. I am really missing the sunshine, these dark days make taking pictures for my blog very difficult. I have actually resorted to taking the majority of them at the weekend when I actually see some daylight! So if someone wants to buy me a new camera to help my fight for good pictures then I will love you forever!

Anyways onto the lipstick; I picked this Rimmel lipstick up at Asda as it was on offer for £4 and I needed a blood red shade to wear for Halloween. It’s from Rimmels new collection with Kate Moss, which has been hyped up a lot. The 107 shade is actually more of a deep wine red shade, not blood red, but still perfect for Autumn. It is described as being matte, and it is more of a matte finish than my other lipsticks however I would say it is more of a demi-matte as it is applied quite easily. I can’t believe how pigmented it is, the pictures above show me wearing two coats. I would definitely pick up another lipstick in this range as the quality is great for the price I paid.

It is actually the brightest and boldest shade of lipstick I have ever owned, I normally go for a nude or slight plumb shade. However after wearing this around the house it is growing on me; I don’t have to confidence to wear it outside yet, but watch this space!

Have you tried Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick range? Do you wear bright shades such as this often? If so can you give me some confidence tips to help me pull these bright shades off!

9 Health Benefits of Walnuts

Walnuts are a source of vegetable protein, as well as vitamins, minerals that are good for our health. Research shows that walnuts have high levels of antioxidants two times more than other beans. Unfortunately not many people who eat them. Walnuts are one type of nuts that has tremendous benefits. The content of alpha-linolenic acid, which is part of the omega 3 can reduce the risk of coronary

Simple Tips On How To Lower Bad Cholesterol

Sometimes you feel you've done the best to lower cholesterol, but still no luck. Maybe some of you have already tried to cholesterol-lowering drugs as a way to lower cholesterol, but what about your eating patterns? Have you changed it to be more healthy? Because even with treatment, but without the proper diet, cholesterol could remain high.







Did you know that you can reduce the levels of

6 Exercise To Get Rid of Cellulite

Fat that cause of cellulite can be burned with exercise and proper diet. Exercise is one of the best ways to remove cellulite. This method is inexpensive and fun. Cellulite, not only interfere with performance, but including skin problems and metabolic disorders caused by accumulation of fluid and toxins beneath the skin's surface that surrounds fat cells. As a result, the skin will look like an

Healthy Breakfast Rules To Help Weight Loss

The breakfast is one part of the diet that most important if you want to lose weight. Instead you need breakfast to boost your metabolism, burn calories, and not 'greedy' when the lunchtime. For those of you who want to get the ideal weight, here are rules of breakfast for weight loss:







1. Eating One Hour After Wake up

The first step, you have to set the time a proper breakfast. Eat one

Five Years

Five years ago, not only did I start a new chapter in my life by moving across the country to attend university, I also started a chapter in my life that I hope never ends, and that is the chapter I share with Matt.

Five years ago I moved into my university accommodation and on the first day I met, unknown to me then, the man that now makes my life complete. The man who loves, supports and cherishes me; the man who makes me one of luckiest girls in the world. As many people say to me, he is one of the good ones… He’s a good egg, which is pretty much spot on!  Five years later and many miles between us (at one time 919 miles), he still makes me smile every day and with him by my side I know I can take on whatever the world throws at us. 

I know I don’t often speak about Matt but as it is our five year anniversary, and as he did treat me to an amazing weekend away in Edinburgh, this post is dedicated to him. I thought I would share a number of the countless pictures I took.

1+2. Some shots of Edinburgh I took; the castle and the view from it. We were extremely lucky and got some great weather over the weekend, perfect for wandering the streets aimlessly; as we did.

3+4. Our hotel room, and cards. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel on the outskirts of Edinburgh and lucky girl I am, we stayed in a gorgeous suite.

5+6. Shots of the hotel room again. The hotel had little cuddly toys that acted as your do not disturb sign, which I always love. However I always feel sorry for the cuddly toys being left in the cold corridor over night… soppy I know! The bathroom in the hotel suite was huge! There was a double shower and a big bath with a television in it… Luxury!

7+8. Celebrating by drinking champers in my pyjamas…why not! The hotel served some amazing breakfast, my favourite was the pancakes and maple syrup.

9+10. Some gorgeous cupcakes from a store we stumbled across called Bibi’s Bakery, the cakes were to die for and the interior of the shop was very cute and kitsch. A picture of me and my man, he’s quite photo shy, unlike me.

11+12. We chose to visit Edinburgh because Matt had had bought me a voucher at Christmas so I could go see the pandas at the zoo. I had been so excited about it, as I am a little obsessed with them. I would love to go to China and visit them in a sanctuary, but at the moment this is as close as I’m going to get, and it was definitely enough. I was completely memorised and so overwhelmed I nearly cried! We were very lucky and saw both male and female pandas for the entirity of our viewing slot. I would recommend a visit to anyone.

I had such an anniversary weekend, and fall in love with Edinburgh more each time I visit. So thank you Matt for making it so special for me!

5 Exercises To Get Rid Of Stress

According to the research exercise can overcome stress. Exercising helps you be healthier, increase energy and stamina, making the mind more fresh, and make sleep more soundly. Those who are more physically active tend to adjust better to the emotional and mental stress, and more rarely suffer personality disorders.







Various bustle and daily activities can trigger stress, and even other

6 Fat Burning Foods

In addition to exercise, food intake also helps the fat burning process. Several types of specific foods can help burn calorie in the body, if taken correctly. Foods containing complex carbohydrates, fiber and essential fatty acids, it is difficult digested and your metabolism to work harder in order to disintegrate completely. As quoted from the Huffington Post, here it is foods that can help

How to Get Rid of Headaches By Natural Ways

There are many ways to get rid of headaches, one of them by taking pain medication. But there are also some alternative ways that you can use to overcome the pain of headaches. Headache that is medically known as cephalalgia is a condition of the presence of pain in the head, sometimes at the back of the neck or upper back neck. Headache disorders glance it looks as a trivial issue, but this

8 Healthy Foods To Boost Immune System

Healthy foods can improve our immune system. The immune system is a critical element of the human body to fight disease and infection. If our immune system is strong then we can maintain the health from the threat of disease, infection or allergies.







There are many factors that can make the immune system weakens, call it lack of sleep, stress, unhealthy diet, until exhaustion. Boost the

How To Get Rid Of Gas Pain

Gas in the stomach is actually a natural thing because it is the result of the digestive process. However, if excessive, especially cause we repeatedly flue gas, is certainly very disturbing. In addition to making social discomfort, stink gas can cause pain and discomfort in the stomach. Changes in diet and lifestyle can help get rid of gas pains.







Here are tips on how to get rid of gas

How to Get Body Always Fit

Building a healthy body, and body fit is not something that is obtained in a day but it takes discipline and commitment in the long term. At first it may feel a bit heavy but after a while they become a fun habit. Fit as an athlete was not impossible. A sports nutrition expert, Karen Warren, who is also the author of Best Nutrition Degrees reveals, there are secrets universal health tips that

How to Get Rid of Menstrual Cramps

Suffering due to stomach cramps, bloating, fatigue, mood instability, when menstruation is often experienced by many women. It occurs associated with hormone levels go up and down. Pain during menstruation is a reaction that occurs due to the release of endometrial cells in the uterus. There are several ways you can do to get rid of menstrual cramps. 







Tips On How to Get Rid Of Menstrual

Foods that Provide Energy Before Exercise

Before the exercise, you should eat foods that are not too heavy. But should you fill your stomach with food energizing. Exercise on an empty stomach is no more effective in losing weight and even more negative effects. Meanwhile, in another study, eating before exercise actually gives more benefits especially in women, which is not fast hungry.







Here are foods that provide energy before

How To Get Rid Of Bloating (Simple Tips)

Bloating is caused by too much air in the gut that makes you feel uncomfortable. So how to get rid of it? Bloating is caused by too much air in the gut that makes you feel uncomfortable. If bloating occurs, avoid eating foods that are difficult to digest is that it contains lactose, fructose, fructans, sugar alcohols, and galactan.







Causes of Bloating



There are many causes of bloating,

5 Healthy Herbs And Spices That Rich in Antioxidant

Did you know, spices and healthy herbs also contain high antioxidant? Some of these herbs have anti-inflammatory and, can help you lose weight. Antioxidants are compounds that can prevent the formation of free radicals. Anti oxidants are available in our body in the form of the enzyme catalase, SOD, and glutathione peroxidase. But we can consume antioxidants from outside the body such as

Mediterranean Diet, European People Healthy Lifestyle

The Mediterranean diet is considered as a balanced diet for some women. Mediterranean Diet is a diet that is inspired by the lifestyle of the people who live in the basin of the Mediterranean, such as Italy, Greece and Spain. The concept is to eat food that is natural by removing all artificial nutrition.







Mediterranean Diet is not just a regular diet that is able to losing weight because

Fluttery Eyelashes for a Fortnight| Eyelash Extensions Review

Dependent upon whether you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you may or may not know that I recently had Eyelash Extensions applied for my mums wedding last month. If you don’t follow me…why not? You know you want to! If you do follow me you may be one of the lovely people who have asked to to blog about this experience, so this is for you.

I had wondered and slightly panicked about what to do with my eyelashes for the wedding day, as like many of you, I am obsessed with having big fluttery lashes and normally achieve such a look either through multiple layers of mascara of with fake eyelashes. I had originally toyed with the idea of wearing fake eyelashes, but as the wedding was a two day affair, both days being very long, I worried that fake eyelashes would not stay put for the duration and I didn't want to have to keep applying glue and reattaching them. When my mum said she was getting Eyelash Extensions for the wedding and her honeymoon my mind was made up… I would have them too.

I went to Bellissimo Beauty Studio in Kendal and booked myself in for an Express Eyelash Extension Treatment. I would have preferred the Deluxe Eyelash Extension Treatment but there was no available appointments that fitted into my schedule. The difference between the two treatments is that the Express Treatment attaches the false eyelashes in clutters of around 6 as opposed to attaching a single fake eyelash to each of your own eyelashes. The Express Treatment is one hour shorter than the Deluxe Treatment, so only takes half an hour; preferable for those of you with busy schedules, that need to fit appointments in after work like I do. Finally the Express Eyelash Treatment is designed to last for 2-3 weeks, compared to the 4+ weeks that the Deluxe Treatment does. The Deluxe Treatment also allows for the eyelashes to be topped up and maintained, so you don’t have to wait for them to fall out.

The treatment itself was at first a little strange, the beautician firstly removed all my eye makeup (nothing strange about that) but then she stuck my bottom lashes down with a large white sticker. This was quite uncomfortable at first as it is placed very near to your eyeball, and even for a girl who wears contact lenses, it was strange having the sticker touching my eye in such a way, after a while it become more tolerable. The beautician then got to work on my eyelashes; she attached a cluster of around 6 fake eyelashes one at a time to my own eyelashes with a black glue. As the treatment only lasted half an hour the discomfort from the sticker was tolerable and it was nice to just lie back and relax, especially after a busy day at work. I was advised to not wear mascara on the eyelash extensions, and to remove my eye makeup with a none oil based remover; this would help prolong the life of the lashes.

At first the eyelashes felt very bizarre as they were attached to my eyelashes as opposed to my lash line like fake eyelashes are. My eyelids felt quite heavy, and I was really conscious of how long they were. The strangest feeling is when you shower after having them done, as the water is heavy on them and they feel like they will fall out; thankfully they don’t!

The pictures above show me with no mascara on the fake eyelashes at all, there really is no need to as they looked long and dramatic without. My mum got the Deluxe Eyelash Treatment and in comparison to hers mine were more dramatic. I actually preferred my dramatic look compared her her more natural style. 

I lost a couple of the clusters of eyelashes within the first week, but it was not obvious. It was the second week when a clutter on the inner corner of my eye became loose and stuck up continously that it became obvious; you can see said eyelash in the picture above. They have only just all fallen out, some I encouraged others fell out in my sleep, and I only started wearing mascara again today. So overall the eyelash extensions lasted for 3 weeks.

I feel completely naked without my eyelash extensions now; I miss my big flirty eyelashes, I miss not having to put mascara on, thus giving myself an extra 10 minute in bed, I miss having the confidence to go out of the house without a scrap of makeup on! Overall I’m sure you have guessed that I would definitely get eyelash extensions again. I paid £25 for the Express Treatment, so I think they are fantastic value and perfect if you have an event, special occasion or holiday. Next time I plan on having the Deluxe Eyelash Extension Treatment so I can have them topped up, however I’m going to give it a couple of weeks, as I want to let my eyelashes have a rest, I’m sure they are quite tired of carrying the extra weight of the extensions.

Have you ever had eyelash extensions? What was your experience, did you enjoy them? Would you have them done in future if you haven’t already?

How To Get Rid Of a Cold By Natural Ways

Do not rush to take medication if you have a cold. There are many ways to prevent and get rid of a cold. In addition to sore throat are also itchy and painful swallowing, cold is usually coupled with a runny nose, fever, body aches, and muscle aches. Of course this is very disturbing. The best way to get rid of the cold is in a natural way that can be done at home:







Here are the tips:



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8 Sources of Protein For Vegetarians

Protein is an indispensable component of the body to build muscle, tissue repair and maintain the immune system. These proteins can be easily obtained from foods such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products. But, what if you're a vegetarian who does not eat fish, poultry or meat?





You can still fulfill your protein intake by increasing the variety of food intake that also contains

10 Health Benefits of Cucumber

Cucumber is known as one of the best foods for health. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus Latin language) is one of four types of the most widely planted vegetables besides tomatoes, onions and cabbage. Cucumber benefits for health have been widely used for body care and treatment.Cucumbers contain many vitamins and minerals the body needs every day, namely vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B5,

The Days Gone By| A Week In Pictures

A little update for you all. To be honest I have not been up to much recently, as I have been pretty much tied to Kendal as I am dog sitting for my mum while she is honeymooning in Hawaii… so jealous! So apart from the weekends when my boy comes down to visit, I have been keeping the company of two very lively and sometimes annoying dogs and working hard at work. However despite the lack of excitement in my life these past few weeks I have still taken plenty of pictures.. blogging problems.

• Walk with a view- Last Sunday I dragged my man on a nice long walk with the dogs, the view is the view from the top of the hill I run up, it over looks all of Kendal and across to Oxenholme. I am really enjoying the change in weather, yes the rain sucks, but it rains all year here in Lake District anyway. Its the crisp cold days I am loving.
• Clean brushes mean a clean face- I admit, I am not great with washing my makeup brushes, yes beauty blogger cardinal sin. However last weekend I bought some baby shampoo and spent a good hour washing all my brushes, and the difference in them is amazing! I must keep this up as my makeup looks so much better after applying it with clean brushes.
• Are you breast aware? My Breast Cancer post this past week has received some great feedback. I wasn’t sure on whether to publish it at first as I did not want to offend or lecture anyone, but as it is something close to my heart, and something that is affecting my family right this moment I wanted to talk about it and am glad I have after all your lovely comments. I hope I have helped some of you be more breast aware.
• Drinking green, eating clean- After over indulging both before and after my mums wedding, I haven't been feeling too great so decided to embark on a bit of a detox to kick start my healthy eating regime. You may have seen the post below that talks about it. I essentially have been eating and drinking homemade smoothies and soups and having a healthy dinner, very simple, but effective.
• Autumn television- Oh yes, oh yes oh yes! Gossip Girl is back! I am totally obsessed with this programme! I am so sad it is the last season, I won’t know what to do with myself.
• Puppy cuddles- Pretty self explanatory!
• Wednesday is treat day- This has to be one of the highlights of my week. I came home form work on Wednesday to this scone and note from my lovely neighbour who has been helping me look after the dogs while I am at work. She attends Weight-Watchers with my mum on a Wednesday morning, so after the meeting they always go for coffee and a treat, and this week she brought me a treat… how lovely!
• Cani-x- As I have restarted my healthy living regime again, I have been out on the fells running with my dogs again. It proves a bit more difficult to run down hills when its muddy, I find I slip a lot more and the dogs attached to me pulling like crazy really don’t help. It’s all still fun (until they pull me over).
• Luscious lashes- I had temporary lash inserts applied over two weeks ago, and they are still surviving! Yes there are some gaps but this picture was taken just before I went to bed, so you can see I can still get away without wearing any mascara. A blog post will be coming up.
• Domestic Goddess- Baking at the weekend is something I love to do, I just have to try and not eat all my batch at once. This week I made peanut butter and chocolate squares
• Christmas Presents- I am already buying Christmas presents! Firstly I want to be organised and spread the cost, but secondly it’s because I’m already excited! I am a little Christmas crazy!
• Christmas Chocolates- Again as I am Christmas crazy these were purchased and soon consumed by me and my man this weekend… whoops. Back to the smoothies tomorrow!

What has been the highlight of your week? Have you had a quiet one like me? Have you started Christmas shopping yet?

How to Get Rid of Migraine Naturally

If you suffer migraines, of course you will instantly know the symptoms and immediately tried to find a way to get rid of it. Knowing the cause of migraine is very important before treating. However, most people only know some of the common causes of migraine such as excessive light or stress. Though there are some other things that can cause migraines.







Causes of Migraine



Here are

Our Health and Challenges

by Tauqeer Ahmad>>>>>>>>>>

                 When someone is going down and struggling with health in life and facing problems due to health then he think about his health and diet, many question rises in his mind. What is our health and where we are going?What are we doing to maintain our good health. What we done for our self. Then I ask about their health, I like to listen that now they are agree to do good things and making helpful changes in their life for their healthiness.

     People thinking what they have to do for their health and what is most helpful?  There are so many easy ways to live healthy, but I surprise why we are not doing this. It does not mean that I suppose it to be an easy to be done. I know that maintaining good health is a challenge rather a chain of challenges but we have to do this for our self and for our families.

First challenge is to fight with your own self. Before doing any work first make your mind up rather it’s helpful or not, is it beneficial and strong activity? In fact in this fight we have to outline few things:

1.      What do you like to do?

2.       Why do you like to done?

3.       The way you are doing.

4.       What thing brings to a halt me to do it?

After knowing these facts now you are able to focus on health. If you pay no attention to these facts or any of them then you have a serious problem that brings you in stressed. This is the reason that people are losing their health. In some cases people are not ignoring but they not giving proper attention or importance.

We are aiming to be a healthy life. We are aiming helpful healthy habit. We are aiming healthy exercises in life. Our aim is to build healthy environment. Our aim is to grow healthy bodies because healthy bodies have healthy minds. Now start with us to fight against beneficial activities and spread healthy information to all about good health and diet.

Fruit Diet Review, Methods of Natural Detox and Weight Loss

The fruit diet to be one of the trusted methods of diet effective to lose weight. The diet is also claimed to remove toxins from the body due to the accumulation of alcohol, dyes or artificial sweeteners and processed foods. How to do fruit diet, is to eat one item / piece of fruit every two hours, for three days. Is fruit diet is an effective and safe method? Here is a description of the

How to Gain Weight Healthy and Safely

Underweight is rarely seen as a problem as well as obesity. In fact, underweight also at risk of health problems and of course can create confidence diminished. There are many theories as why someone might have a thin body, ranging from heredity, diet, due to the stress factor. Several kinds of diseases can also make it difficult weight gain, such as thyroid disorders.



Body weight is too thin

How To Get Rid Of a Sore Throat Naturally

Pain in the throat was very disturbing. As a result, so it is difficult to eat because of pain while swallowing. Before going to the doctor or swallowing the drug, you should first try some natural ways to get rid of a sore throat.







Sore throat is most often caused by viral infections such as colds or flu. Sore throat usually resolves itself, although in some cases there is a growing

7 Tricks On Healthy Diet

Several types of diets usually brings you back to the weight gain  that is more severe. To fix this, you should do some clever tricks in a healthy diet so that your ideal weight last much longer.







Here are 7 trick on healthy diet:



1. Food labeled

You should leave the instant food has a label on the packaging. Because these foods contain lots of calories junk can destroy your diet. Get

Healthy Drinks Guide For Diabetic

All people need to drink to relieve your thirst. Even so, people with diabetes can not be indiscriminate take a drink. Every time consuming beverages, diabetics must measure the amount of calories and sugar contained in it. Here is a guide to a healthy beverage that can be consumed by diabetics:







1. Milk



Milk contains vitamins and calcium are healthy and able to improve the smoothness

Benefits of Apple for Health

By Taqroohi>>>>>

            Some people are very conscious about their health and diet. They are looking for, what is better for their health and what can harm their health. But sometimes we do not consider simple diet items such as Apple. An apple! Everyone is very much familiar about the name of APPLE. Because it included as best food items for children and as diet for elders. Let’s find how apple is helpful for health.

• Apple is helpful in improvement of memory/brain. Apple and apple juice reduce the harms related memory loss. 
•  Apple is great Antioxidants. Apple recommended by doctor as disease fighting composite. 
•  After comparison it is quite clear that people who use fruits especially apples and apples juice are stay healthy than others. 
•  It is declared in research that uses of apple reduce the cancer threat up to 23 per cent. 
• Apple can control blood sugar. Women who eat apple in daily diet plan remain healthy than others. 
• Use of apple in diet plan can reduce Cholesterol level. Soluble fiber in apple control level. 
• Apple is helpful for healthy heart. Apple skin is based on Phenolic compound which helpful in blood flow control. 
•  Apple helps in controlling the weight. The fiber compound in apple burns calories which cause of fats. Overweight people now try to use the apples. 
•  People who has disease of stress they increase the use of red apple in their diet. Red Apple contains Quentin that improves resistive system. 
•  Increase the apple or fruits to prevent from cataract. 
• The first and immediate effect of apple is that apple effect on teeth. Apple biting reduces tooth decay.

You have more information about what is good for health in diet plan then please share it.

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Foods To Keep Healthy Bones

There are some the food have the best nutrition for bone, which will keep bones strong and healthy in the long term. Good food for healthy bones basically consists of two things, namely calcium and vitamin D. Calcium is an essential mineral for the body to function properly, and calcium is stored in bones. Vitamin D is needed by the body to absorb calcium. Not getting enough calcium in the diet

Tips On Provide Healthy Snacks For Your Kids

Snack for your child is as important as the main meal. Especially if he is often fussy while eating. Sometimes it can be a substitute snack main meal. In order for your child to stay healthy, consider a few important things in giving this snack.







When the kids get hungry in between meals, it is important to ensure that there is the food quality is equally good and healthy to supply

Fitness Friday| Daring to Detox

*Vitamins* *7 day Detox Plan* *Green Smoothie* *Fitspiration*

I have previously written about the subject of detoxing, and shared my opinions on the wild and wacky “detox” programmes that exist. For those of you who don’t know; I believe that such crazy detoxes like the Lemonade Detox are firstly crazy and secondly no good for your body or health. I actually have personal experience of the Lemonade Detox, and the Soup Diet and it was not pleasant; think migraines, dizziness, tiredness and passing out! I believe detoxing should involve getting rid of all the crap in your body by not eating any crap! You should eat clean everyday, all day, and try to include as many “super Foods” as possible to help aid the detox process.

A few months ago I was contacted by My Vitamins; who are people after my own heart, as we share the same beliefs on detox programmes and health. They suggested that I followed their specially devised 7 Day Detox Plan and report on my results. They told me the plan was designed to purposely target the 4 key areas that need to be cleansed regularly; liver, kidneys, skin and colon, leaving me refreshed, more energetic and with improved skin, hair and nails.

At the time, I was about to go on holiday so a detox gave me the chance to loose a couple of pounds and inches before the bikini came out. My Vitamins delivered the vitamins shown in the picture and advised me to follow the meal plan above. I admit that I did not follow the diet plan completely, as some of the ingredients are hard to get in my little town, or were expensive, so I followed it as closely as possible. Along with following the meal plan and taking the supplements, each day I ran for 45 minutes. The results of such a regime were about a 6 pound weight loss, and a 2 inch loss on my waist. More importantly I had AMAZING hair and skin, glowing!

After a couple of weeks of being very relaxed on my diet and fitness regime I have since embarked upon a detox again. This time I have not been following the above meal plan but have still took the supplied vitamins, and been running for 45 minutes each day. I instead spent Sunday night making a big batch of vegetable soup, for my lunches and a batch of green smoothie, for my breakfasts. My dinners are the only solid meal I have, which is chicken and veg, served with any spices or any tomato based sauce you fancy. Even though I have only been following this eating plan for 5 days I already feel a millions time better, my stomach looks flatter and my face looks less bloated.

The vitamins and supplements that were provided to me are described below.

• Ginseng- A natural stimulant, as opposed to caffeine. Improves circulation and oxygen absorption.
• Acai Berries- A supplement to help your PH balance and an aid fat loss. Widely regarded as one of the worlds leading Super Foods. A favourite with many stars such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
• Super Dophilus- Packed full of friendly bacteria. Great for digestion, it encourages the absorption of other nutrients within your diet
• Vitamin C- The best anti oxidant, and when mixed with L Carnitine, it posses a synergistic fat loss property by increasing the efficiency of the mitochondria to burn fat.

About My Vitamins themselves, I was hugely impressed. The rep from the company was lovely, extremely helpful and informative, and with his help I was given the vitamins and supplements most suited to my needs. My Vitamins aim to provide the same service to everyone. All their products are separated into categories based upon your goals such as “Detox and anti-aging” “Weight loss” and “Health and Wellbeing”. The vitamins are stored in resealable pouches, are reasonable priced and delivered to your door for free.

You can find visit the website here, and if anyone would like a copy of the Detox plan plus all the extra information then comment below and I can email you it.

What do you think of detox plans? Have you followed any and what were your results? What plan did you follow?

10 Tips For Healthy Party

The party can sometimes be one of the obstacles we are in losing weight, if you are planning a party and need to include some food to celebrate, limit choices on healthy and tasty food.







Here are some suggestions that can be followed for healthy party:



1. When you make the sauce accompanying the food or dressing for the salad (salad dressing), use yogurt instead of sour cream or in

Fight against Stress and get better Health

by Tauqeer Ahmad>>>>>>>>>>>>

              Its true and everybody know and belief that stress is harmful for health, but even then stress is the common disease now a days. Everyone knows that stress is main cause of high blood pressure but it’s out of control somehow. Stress commonly appears in elderly because they have some problems in their lifestyles. They might have not enough sleep, might haven’t regular and balance exercise, might haven’t balance diet, personal problems that increase stress in their life. Now you come to know the reasons of stress. Then there are many question build in mind.

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How can you fight against stress?

How you can control on stress?

How you get relief from stress?

What you can do to relieve the stress?

Have you any idea how can you do?  

Is stress in your under control?

The way to reduce the effect of stress is Fight against stress and this fight is main and essential part of your healthy life. Due to this fight elderly can improve their physical health and mental satisfaction. The best way to fight is Exercise. Exercise should be proper, balance and regular. Exercise develop your healthy body and fresh your mind. This healthy and fresh mind improves your mood and reduces your mental stress. This is a best way to deal with stress.

Stress also effect due to fat problems. Fat can increase illness, such as diabetes, reduce bone solidity, weaken the muscle, increase the blood sugar, and high blood pressure. These diseases are extremely danger for elderly. In this situation you have to maintain your balance diet. Only this is the way you can reduce fats.

Stress also cause of inadequate sleep. This is also main cause of stress. Due to the lack of sleep your resistive system become weakens. So you have to sleep at least eight hours in night. In the elderly ages sleep hours also minimizes. But you should try to sleep to have a complete rest and in day time you should choose healthy activities which bring happiness to you.

Finally, any activity cannot relieve your stress if you cannot fight against stress. Main thing you should forget your troubles in this way. This is momentary secure but very vital. when you get out of stress then able to take good diet which bring good health and healthy lifestyle.

Diet Plan Tips for Healthy Lifestyle

by Tauqeer Ahmad>>>>>>>>>>>

                    Why it's important to live healthy life. How can a man get healthy lifestyle? Why everyone wants to live healthy and active. Are there some benefits to keep healthy lifestyle? Yes there are benefits of healthy lifestyle. This keeps you and your family joyful. But there are some requirements for this in life. This is not an easy job but it required appropriate attention. For healthy lifestyle you must have to schedule your daily plans.

            Here you have some simple tips for your daily plan which show the way towards healthy lifestyle. You should keep your families with you in this plan.  

• First thing to get up early morning to get fresh breath in fresh morning atmosphere. 
• You should do regular exercise and energetic physical activities which keep you physical active and healthy growth. 
•  Use water maximum to reduce thirst instead of juices. But don’t neglect use of juices. 
•  Minimize the use of water with simple sugar. 
•  Increase the use of fruits in your life. Fruits keeps you health and away from diseases. 
•  Use vegetables in your daily routines. 
•  Include fresh fruits and vegetables in your daily plan. 
•  Took part in energetic indoor or outdoor game. 
•  Avoid using oily food. 
•  Take your meals in time. 
•  Don’t take dinner late night. 
•  Sleep in time to wake up early. So that you get better and absolute sleep.

Be careful about your health and diet.