65 Things Worth Reading!
A beautiful friend of mine- Galina Gegenava! 
It’s the end of the week! Today is my rest day, and it is hard for me to stay away from the gym, so I am heading to the park for a long walk! 
I had a great week! I love my job and my clients! It is so great to meet such inspiring individuals every single day! People who remind you what is the purpose of your life, why you wake up every morning with determination to go through the day, without letting obstacles break you or shake you! Besides that I am getting in the best shape I’ve ever been! I am getting leaner and stronger and I feel just awesome!
I hope that you had an awesome week! Hope that you are setting PRs in the gym and that you are enjoying your progress!
Don’t forget to eat clean, nutritious food during the weekend! Remember how bad you feel when you don’t fuel your body with good food! Don’t let yourself eat junk food! Treat your body better!
Meanwhile read my favorite reads of the week!
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Joy Victoria: Strength, Beauty and Intellect!
Joy Victoria
More often than not, people consider that lifting weights is not what a beautiful woman would do. People make the wrong assumption, that if a woman lifts weights, she is probably gonna become bulky and masculine. Well, that is why Joy Victoria was born- to prove you wrong! She is one of the most beautiful people you will ever get to meet- inside and out! She is strong, yet feminine! She is beautiful, but don’t let that fool you, because she is gonna kick your ass in the gym, without even thinking twice about it! Today I have the pleasure to introduce you Joy! Before that don’t forget to join my Facebook page (HERE)! Thank you!
Ines Subashka: Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Joy Renold: READ MORE
6 Reasons To Keep On Working Out In Winter
Winter is here and probably some of you will give up on working out. Winter and cold weather that goes with it, are the perfect premise to hide behind layers of clothes and convince ourselves that there isn’t anybody to see how fat we are. Thus, without even realizing it, the pounds pack on and the spring comes! We become aware of the fact that we got fatter and the big depression appears- what diet should you follow, how many calories should you burn, how in the world could you get rid of the extra weight! Summer is knocking on the door and we should be in the best shape, in order to walk proudly on the beach, showing off our new swimsuit!
If you do not want this so well known scenario to turn into your reality this year, it is READ MORE
Leptin Resistance or Why You Are Hungry All The Time
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Most people in the blogosphere, including myself, talk a lot about the connection between insulin and obesity, but we often neglect some other important factors, that play a key role in a person’s inability to lose weight!
You know that there are a lot of hormones in your body. Each one of them has a different role, but they all signal your brain about what is going on in your body! Then the brain reacts to those signals and if everything is going well, you are gonna be healthy. But if the brain doesn’t like the message that your hormones are sending, and if it thinks that your body is in danger, then some survival mechanisms will be switched on!
Today I am gonna focus on the hormones that signal for hunger( grelin) and satiety( leptin), and mostly on leptin!
Today I am gonna talk about leptin resistance, what happens in your body when you have leptin resistance and why would you care about it!
Let’s first see what happens in a healthy body:
First you should keep in mind that your fat stores make inflammatory chemicals, and hormones. One of these hormones is called leptin. So that means the fat in your body, produces leptin. The hormone that signals your body, that you are full and that your body isn’t in a danger of starvation!
As you already know our bodies are always about survival! Your body doesn’t care how cute you are gonna look in that dress. Your body doesn’t care that the summer is coming, and that a lot of chicks are gonna see your naked body on the beach! What it cares about is how to survive under any circumstances!
The fat stores are READ MORE
4 Myths About Grains or Why Eating Grains Isn’t Good For Your Health
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When somebody raises the topic about healthy eating, it is usually all about how you are supposed to eat oats, whole wheat flour, corn and other grains.
When I tell somebody about my job, usually the reaction is an immediate rush to explain how he/ she eats oats for breakfast! Right then, I become green and I want to scream that this is everything else, but not healthy eating!
In this article “Grains: How Are They Slowly Killing You!”, I mentioned some of the basic points about grains and why in reality they are not as healthy as you believe them to be!
That is why today, I decided to debunk a couple myths about grains:
Myth 1: Grains are healthy, because they give your body a lot of minerals and vitamins” READ MORE
The Reason Why Other People’s Opinion Offends You!
“Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. “-don Miguel Ruiz
The other day, I was thinking about what makes people leave their dreams behind, and follow the common sense. What is it that stops them from leaving the “frame” of the common beliefs about “right” and “wrong”?
Then, I came to the conclusion, that most people don’t have their personal evaluation of themselves, such that is independent from what other people think. Give it a thought! How often do words, said by other people, make you feel bad? How often, when somebody is calling names at you, these words manage to reach to your heart and make you feel sad, angry or unmotivated?
I made the effort, to create my personal READ MORE
Healthy Chocolate Avocado Pudding
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It’s Sunday and it is time for another healthy, delicious recipe, that is super easy to prepare! If you’ve been eating healthy for a while, you probably think that you should deprive of tasty foods. You probably get scared of the thought that you are not gonna eat chocolate or cakes, BUT I have some tasty, healthy options for you! One of them is this delicious chocolate pudding with avocado. The credit goes to Katie from This Chick Cooks. I recommend you visit her website for more delicious, healthy ideas!
Ingredients: READ MORE
26 Things Worth Reading
Hey, beautiful, FIT people! How was your week? Mine is great! Yesterday I managed to do weighted push ups for the first time in my life, and I am pretty excited about getting stronger and fitter every day! Lately I have way too much enthusiasm , at times it even bothers my sleeping, because I can’t wait to wake up and get busy doing what I love. Hope that you feel the same way too (without the sleepless part of it).
Don’t forget to love life and count your blessings during the weekend. Eat good, nutritious food! Say no to junk food! Move more!
Meanwhile read my favorite reads of the week!
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Do You Struggle with Emotional Eating? Check Out How I Managed to Quit on It and Try It Yourself!
It happens again… the weight of the day is about to crush you. The night is here and you are alone with the silence. Your confusing thoughts are fighting for predominance. The pain is trying to conquer you and take control over your actions and thoughts. A moment of desperation, which you’d love to overcome, but some how you feel helpless and weak.
The reality seems so hard to bear, that you need to find an escape, immediately. Some kind of comfort. And you open the fridge! And an hour later you’ve eaten massive amount of food. The reality is back again, but this time it is even more unbearable and suffocating. This time, besides the disappointments, the day had to offer, You disappointed yourself!
You had promised yourself that you will never reach out to food for comfort and you just did it again!
As I shared here “My Personal Confession: Emotional Eating and The Hunger of My Soul”, I’ve also been the main character READ MORE
Physical Pain! What Truly Causes It? What Can You Do to Relief It?
Physical pain is something that all of us felt at one time in our lives. Since I am an athlete I have experienced it a lot of times. Besides that I have seen people that went through a lot of health issues, that caused unbearable pain and physical damage. Whoever knows me, have noticed for sure that I totally love reading. I read everything I put my hands on. Lately I am really keen on digging in people’s mind, so I read a lot on the topic. After everything I’ve read the last couple years there are some facts about pain that I’d like to sum up:
First of all pain is survival mechanism and thus it’s function is to protect the body from harm
The well known READ MORE
