Looking Your Best

Great skin, great hair and a great figure 

These are three elements that can make you look good on the outside. Feeling great however, starts on the inside. Make decisions that will help you sustain that wonderful inner glow all throughout the festive season.

To keep your skin looking and feeling supple, keep hydrating yourself by drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day. If you work in an air-conditioned environment moisturizing regularly will help your skin looking its best. Great, healthy looking hair is a prerequisite to looking your best. Recent research has shown that smoking causes hair loss. So ladies, if you want great hair then it might be wise to kick the habit.

Getting across that overhead bridge without huffing and puffing

If you’re only in your 20s and you are huffing and puffing after climbing up the overhead bridge to get to your bus stop, then you may want to think about building up your fitness levels.

Be creative when you exercise. Apart from taking part in a yoga class, jogging or brisk walking, think about how you can incorporate physical activity into your daily life. Some ideas are:

• Run up the flight of stairs that leads to your office instead of taking the elevator. Stair climbing is a great way to build up your gluteal muscles – the biggest muscle group in your body
• Cycle or walk to the MRT station instead of taking the bus
• Carry home your groceries from the supermarket instead of driving to tone up your arm muscles

Get a friend to exercise with you. Who knows? If the both of you sign up at a gym apart from working towards your fitness goals, you might just get lucky and spot a hunk!

Quitting without piling on the kilos

If you are apprehensive about quitting smoking because you think you may pile on the kilos, fret not. Studies have shown that women who gave up smoking and exercised at the same time put on less weight than their counterparts who did not engage in any form of physical activity.

Moreover, regular exercise will cause the release of endorphins, a feel-good hormone which will make you feel invigorated and less stressed.

Staying on track

All this may seem like a hassle now, but don’t lose sight of why you have embarked on this “project”. You’ll look great and feel good both inside and out. If you feel that you are slipping away then simply think about being able to pull on your tightest pair of jeans – and voila! It is loose.

Or to put things back into perspective, think about wearing that hot dress that you bought over the weekend and snagging that hottie!

Feel Great, Look Great

Regular physical activity, good nutrition and kicking the smoking habit will make you glow on the inside. And if you feel great inside, you’ll look great on the outside, effortlessly.

Posted by Publisher1 Publisher1 at 10/28/2009 04:49:05 PM |