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Older Women Can Fight Depression With a 1,2 Punch

Two major factors to help older women overcome depression.

Less time watching television and more physical activity are the best cures for depression.

The women who exercised the most were about 20 percent less likely to exhibit the signs of depression. However, their risk of depression increased the more hours they spent watching TV each week.

A Pricey Gym Membership Isn’t the Answer to Weight Loss

You don’t need to hit the gym to lose weight.

Making activities fun and convenient means that you are also, more likely to stick with a regime.

Committing time, travel and money to a work out can prohibit how often you will actually exercise.

But allocating a few minutes, consistently, to at-home exercise can yield real results.

Don’t be blinded by the illusion that the only way you can lose weight is if you hit the gym – people are losing weight and staying in shape every day by using the tools they have at home and investing a little money (far less than they would invest in a gym membership!) to buy a few key fitness tools. Follow these tips and clean up your eating habits and you’ll be shedding the pounds in no time.

Too Much Sitting May Increase Your Cancer Risk

So, get off your seat and move!

No good comes from sitting around all day but sometimes jobs make it difficult to get the exercise we need.

Here are a few tips to incorporate more movement into your otherwise sedentary day.

The American Institute for Cancer Research recommends the following tips for breaking up your sitting sessions:

Set a timer on your computer to remind you every hour that it’s time to step away from your desk, and take a short walk down the hall.

Instead of emailing a co-worker, chat with him or her over a walk.

If possible, stand up and walk around during phone calls and meetings.

Keep light hand weights in your office to use while reading email or talking on the phone.

Skinny Face Problem?

After all of your hard work dieting and exercising you can end up producing something called runner’s face.

And I bet you didn’t even know it was a problem .

Dr. Brian S. Glatt, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New Jersey, calls that skinny, Skeletor-esque look some dedicated runners may unwittingly develop, runner’s face.

And he believes that it needs to be fixed.

Runner’s face generally occurs in both men and women ages 40+ who exercise to improve their body, and in doing so end up with a skeletal and bony face. When exercising, an athlete burns off fat beneath the layers of his/her skin. The marked loss of fatty tissue results in a loss of volume which leads to a prominent appearance of the bones, accelerated development of skin laxity and deepening of wrinkles. Though you may look like a 20-year-old from the neck down—your face will easily give away your age.

Avoiding the Fat Traps of Life

Fat traps in your life can sabotage your weight and your overall health.

Certain landmarks are a time for celebration but when a rights of passage add on the pounds it’s time to have a strategy.

It’s bad enough to deal with the holidays but being married, having a baby and menopause also add pounds.

Here are a few solutions to help you ward off life’s weight gain pitfalls and sail into middle age without a spare tire.

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