Friday, May 6, 2011

A Message for Women

With the summer months approaching, we're all getting our bodies beach ready. Just wanted to remind you guys with a friendly message from News-Fitness.com:

A Message for Women


Body fat Percentage

Women have more body fat than men--about five percent more. By nature, a woman's body is developed to protect her and a potential fetus. As a result, women have more enzymes for storing fat and fewer enzymes for burning fat. Additionally, the estrogen women have activates fat storing enzymes and causes them to multiply.

Hydration levels

Women experience more changes in hydration levels than men because of their menstrual cycle, and this can affect body fat measuring, particularly using the BIA method. Retaining fluid may also cause weight to fluctuate day-to-day during this period causing additional variation in the body fat percentage.

Monitoring body fat

Female users of BIA products should be aware of their natural monthly body cycles. To establish a baseline for monitoring body fat, many women find it useful to chart their readings every day for a month. Afterward, monitoring at regular intervals can anticipate monthly fluctuations.

Variations in measuring

Hormonal changes due to pregnancy or menopause may also cause water retention and variations in measuring. Changes in hydration levels can also be due to food, caffeine or alcohol consumption, strenuous exercise, stress or illness, or the taking of prescription drugs.

Healthy Body Fat Range

To successfully monitor progress, women should remember to compare weight and body fat percentage measurements taken under the same conditions over a period of time. Pay attention to fluctuations caused by menstruation. And stay within the Women's--not the Men's--Healthy Body Fat Range!


Health Risks

Too Little Body Fat

It's possible to have too little body fat. Women athletes involved in high performance sports that emphasize low body weight and extremely low body fat percentage often experience a decrease in hormones that causes an interruption in the menstrual cycle. The same condition can occur when a woman is anorexic and her body goes into a semi-starvation mode. Over an extended period of time, this can lead to other health risks such as the loss of bone mass.

Too Much Body Fat

Obesity has become a serious health threat for women at every stage of life. Conditions that are attributable to overweight and that are female-specific include an increased incidence of breast cancer after menopause particularly for women taking hormone replacement therapy, and higher rates of endometrial cancer. Also associated with obesity are various birth defects, obstetric and gynecological complications, and infertility. In addition, obesity has been documented in connection with stress incontinence among women.


Of course, this applies to some men too...and don't forget the sunscreen!

Thursday, April 7, 2011


"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”⎯Albus Dumbledore

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.” ⎯Jim Rohn

"To love thyself is to know thyself, for self-awareness unwittingly breeds acceptance." Travis Bradberry

 “The trick is in what one emphasizes. We make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”⎯C. Castaneda



Friday, April 1, 2011

random thoughts...

All the so-called "secrets of success" will not work unless you do.  ~Author Unknown



I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.  ~Thomas Jefferson

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.  ~Author Unknown



 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.  ~Attributed to both Vidal Sassoon and Donald Kendall



Plough deep while sluggards sleep.  ~Benjamin Franklin


Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.  ~José Ortega y Gassett