My Black is Beautiful May 2009





If you want to keep your skin properly moisturized you need to keep your body properly hydrated. Drink about eight glasses of water every day. 5. Find, and use, a good lotion, 'good' being the operative word. Like I mentioned above many of the products you buy at the store contain harmful chemicals. The minimum problem with them is that they simply don't work. 

With our responsibilities to our jobs, our families, and ourselves, our society is more stressful now that at any time in history, despite all of our advances. Another possible catalyst for adult acne are hormonal fluctuations. Women who are pregnant, peri menopausal, or menopausal, undergo immense hormonal changes. 

While the band is set up to offer a certain amount of resistance, if you hold it in a different way you increase the resistance. By giving yourself very little slack, for instance, you can double or triple the resistance of the band. Why is this type of exercise so good for losing weight? It's good because you're toning your muscles. 

For example, the gardener gets to show off their huge tomatoes or their beautiful flowers, the builder gets to admire their new bookshelf, etc. Finding hobbies that will provide you with a keepsake of your relaxation time can really pay off since you can get a little bit of relaxation every time you admire the end results of your hobby. 

Daily frustrations are cumulative and over time they can add up to one very big ball of stress. We all know that if we allow stress to build up for too long we eventually explode. Regular exercise will help you get it out of your system. If we control those explosions by focusing that energy into something constructive, such as a boxing class, or a nice long jog, we can get the stress relief we need without getting ourselves into trouble. 

Yale university conducted a similar study in which they showed that women exercising for 20 minutes (doing 8 seconds of running with 12 seconds of moderate exercise for the 20 mins) lost more fat than women doing 40 minutes of constant moderate exercise. Intervals became very popular for a while; and it remains one of the best ways of exercising for short periods while obtaining the results of a long period of exercise.