It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Mirabai

Fashion Flash is hosted today by Caryl & Maryl of Second Lives Club, here to help you plan and execute your next life the one that’s the Real You. Click in for Insight and Inspiration. All of us Fashion Flash Bloggers are here for you with everything Fashion, Beauty, Health & Fitness, and Retail Therapy. Happy Monday.

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Q: l’ve recently hurt my left shoulder. My doctor said it was a rotator cuff injury. I went through physical therapy but my shoulder still hurts me. My doctor wants me to do some post-rehab exercise to continue to rebuild the muscles.

What exercises can I do at home? And are there any exercises I should avoid?

A: Rotator cuff injuries can take a long time to heal. While your shoulder still hurts don’t do any movements with your arms higher than shoulder level. Once you get clearance from your doctor, you can try this classic exercise to help strengthen that area. lt’s called external rotation.

Get a resistance band and sit in a chair with arms. Tie one end of the band to the right arm of the chair. Sit up straight facing forward. Hold your left arm in front of you, bent at 90 a degreeangle, palm up. Grab the band in about the middle. Keep your elbow close to your side but not touching. Pull the band laterally away from your body while exhaling. Hold for 5 seconds and gently release. start with 1 or 2 and build up to 8-12 repetitions over a couple of weeks. If you don’t have a resistance band, use a towel or scarf.

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HEALTHY HOLIDAY TREATS FROM VERMONT!

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Mirabai

Healthy holiday treats. Really? We all seem to suspend our healthy eating habits during the holidays. Maybe rightly so. There are so many delicious temptations. Go ahead I say. The holidays come but once a year. However, not all treats are created equal. Here are three healthy holiday treats to add to add to your list with a little less guilt.

HEALTHY HOLIDAY TREATS

Great Tasting Honey Champlain Valley Apiaries, Middlebury, Vermont has been producing high quality honey since 1931. Their honey is extracted from blossoms of clover and alfalfa and comes in crystallized and liquid form. Their crystallized honey retains all its vitamins, and nutrients because it is neither heated nor filtered. And the flavor is wonderfully light and delicate making it a perfect ingredient to use in cooking or to simple spread on a piece of whole grain toast. And I like the liquid in my cocoa.

For an extra health boost try Charles’ Royal Blend, a combination of crystallized honey, 10 grams Bee Pollen, and 10 grams of Royal Jelly.

Available online at www.champlainvalleyhoney.com

Deliciously Pure Handmade Jams & Preserves

Side Hill Farm, Brattleboro, Vermont produces all their jams & preserves with small batches of fruit, sugar and nothing else. There are no preservatives, pectin or other thickeners. There’s just enough sweetness so as not to camouflage the fresh taste of the fruit. It comes through strong and pure whether you put some into your yogurt or just eat it plain for a quick healthy treat. There are many wonderful flavors to tickle your palate. Wild Blueberry, Blackberry, Apricot Orange Marmalade, and Strawberry are available online at http://www.sidehillfarmjam.com

For more exotic flavors like Mango Habanero, Hot Red Pepper or Cinnamon Pear call 1-802-254-2018.

Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks 200 Year Old Maple Syrup? Not exactly. But Morse Farms, Montpelier, Vermont has been making its Maple Syrup for 200 years. They are part of the reason why Vermont Maple Syrup is the standard by which all syrups are judged. “We think you can taste eight generations of experience in our products.” Their 100% pure Maple syrup is rich in calcium, potassium, B vitamins and niacin. It comes in 4 different grades of syrup from light to full body taste: Vermont Fancy Grade, Grade A Medium Amber, Grade A Dark Amber, and Grade B. I dribble it on my cereal in the morning and use it in my baking.

Available online at www.morsefarm.com

BTW I don’t having any stock or financial interest in any of these companies. I just like this stuff.

And, after indulging, burn some of those calories off with one of my workouts. Check them out at www.mirabaiholland.com

Happy Holidays!

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Fab Over 40 Hosts Fashion Flash Blog

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Mirabai

Fashion Flash is hosted this week by Fab Over 40.com. Creator Kari gives you the straight skinny on honest 40 plus beauty maintenance options without injectables or surgery.

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Menopause and Weight Gain: What You Can Do About It

A study from the Mayo Clinic has revealed that menopause and weight gain are linked because proteins that store fat do it better when estrogen is lost after menopause. They also cause fat to be burned by the body more slowly so weight gain after menopause is hard to fight. Something else happens too. A study in the Journal of Obesity points out that post menopausal women gain about 12 pounds following menopause. And even women that don’t see weight gain after menopause experience a shift in body shape that expands their waistline.

That’s because lower estrogen levels cause fat to shift from hips and thighs to the belly. Belly fat has been linked to higher incidence of heart disease. So menopause and weight gain is a serious health issue, not just a cosmetic one.

So what does one do about menopause and weight gain?

The only way to get rid of that belly fat is to lose weight everywhere and sculpt your body with exercise. Let’s talk calories. 1lb of weight equals 3500 calories. So to lose 1lb a week exercise 200 calories off with about a half hour of moderate cardio a day and eat 300 calories less every day. That 500 hundred multiple by 7 days will get you on the track to lose one pound per week. What can make this process easier is combine cardio with strength exercises. Try this anti menopause and weight gain routine.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday do 30-60 minutes of moderate cardio exercises like Brisk walking, swimming, biking jogging, or dance exercise videos.

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It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Mirabai

Fashion Flash is hosted by Prime Beauty, the blog for women 40 and over. Editor Cindy offers you the most up to date information on skincare, makeup, product reviews, bargains, product launches, and makeup tips and tricks. She’s done the homework, so all you need to do is click.

The rest of us Fashion Flash bloggers are bringing it home to you too. We’ve got everything: Fashion, Beauty, Health & Fitness, and Shopping for us 40 + females.

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CAN YOU OVER EXERCISE? TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?

A study at the University of Alabama with older women concluded that the exercise sweet spot is about 40 minutes of cardio twice week and a full body strength workout on 2 alternate days.

The group that exercised more, up to 6 times a week did not achieve better results, and reported less energy for daily activities.

So more is not always better!

But doing enough on a regular basis is what counts!

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It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Mirabai

This week’s Fashion Flash host is the No Nonsense Beauty Blog by Deb Chase. We all want to look and feel beautiful. But there’s more beauty nonsense flying around than there is polin in the air. Deb cuts through the beauty blah blah and offers you real solutions to real beauty issues.

The rest of us Fashion Flash bloggers are no slouches either. We’ve got the real deal in 40 + Fashion, Beauty, Health & Fitness, and Real Deals for the Personal Shopper in all of us.

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Posted on October 26, 2014 by Mirabai

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It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Mirabai

Fashion Flash this week is hosted by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, author of Best Of Everything After 50, your guide to the best of 50 plus Health, Sex, Style, Beauty, and Finance.

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It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Mirabai

This week’s Fashion Flash host is Black Cat Plus, the Fashion resource for Fab Plus Size women. Editor Jodell Raymond has chosen the best of Fall Fashions! Check out the Fall Sale at Black Cat Plus!

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It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Mirabai

It’s Fashion Flash Monday! Today’s host is Deb Chase from No Nonsense Beauty Blog. Deb combines her experience and latest research in both science and beauty to develop a no-nonsense anti-aging beauty plan for all women over 40. The rest of us Fashion Flash Bloggers give you the latest in fab fashion, beauty, and fitness info and deals so you can look and feel your best for Fall.

Here is a Fabulous Forever Q & A:

Q: Is exercise just as effective for depression as Zoloft? Is this real?

A: It’s real all right. The study, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, comes from Duke University. Professor of medical psychology, Dr. James Blumenthal led the research. 153 women and 49 men, suffering from depression were divided into four groups. The first did aerobic exercise in a group setting. The second got an actual antidepressant drug. The third group did aerobics at home. And the fourth group got a placebo that looked just like a Zoloft pill.

After 16 weeks everybody did better than the placebo group but here’s the kicker. While 47% of the real Zoloft group no longer had depression, 45 % of the group exercisers were also no longer depressed. Almost dead even!

It was found that aerobic exercise is the type that works best. It seems to affect the body’s levels of mood lifting neurochemicals like norepinephrine and serotonin.

So if you’d rather exercise your depression away, it’s worth a try. You may get fit in more ways than one.

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Low Fat French Toast Recipe

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Mirabai

Here is a low fat French Toast Recipe.

As for me, I had a taste for French toast this morning so whipped up a slice of my 5-minute lo-cal recipe.

Low Fat French Toast Recipe

Here you go:

Grab a slice of Challah bread or Brioche. Crack one whole medium sized raw egg into a bowl big enough to hold your slice of bread. Whip up the egg with a wisp or spoon till it fluffs a bit. Drop in your bread and let the egg soak in. Flip it over and soak up the other side. Then take a non-stick frying pan and plop in your egg soaked bread over medium heat. In a minute or so flip it over and in one more minute slide your toast onto a plate. Top off with a teaspoon or two of Vermont Maple Syrup. (My personal favorite is available online at www.morsefarm.com). I don’t have any stock in the company I just love the purity and the taste)

Now you’ve got a SPECTACULAR 225-Calorie piece of French toast, no glob, no preservatives, no artificial ingredients. Yummy!

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It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

CAN YOU OVER EXERCISE? TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?

A study at the University of Alabama with older women concluded that the exercise sweet spot is about 40 minutes of cardio twice week and a full body strength workout on 2 alternate days.

The group that exercised more, up to 6 times a week did not achieve better results, and reported less energy for daily activities.

So more is not always better!

It’s Fashion Flash Monday!

Menopause and Weight Gain: What You Can Do About It

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Low Fat French Toast Recipe

Low Fat French Toast Recipe