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Creating beautiful pen and wash in a kitchen or studio is a comfort. But what if you want to work outdoors? To do this, you need to take a few things with you. I narrowed down nine essentials you will need to enjoy pen and wash and the great outdoors at the same time.

Art supplies

A real must if you are going to paint outdoors. Your basic items are paint, pens, brushes, sketch journal, paper towels or rags, plus anything else you use in your painting process.

Sketch board or easel

If your sketch journal or pad does not have a strong backing to hold your paper flat on your lap you will need a sketch board or easel to keep the paper steady. Sketch boards come in different material so get one that is portable and lightweight.

Stool

If you enjoy sitting on rocks or fallen tree stumps then skip this, but if I know you a stool will be a godsend. Stools come in different sizes and configuration to fit your definition of comfort. Some are lightweight. A little comfort from home will not restrict your talent or dampen your woodland spirit.

Water

Aside from your beverages, remember to take two bottles of water; one for you and one for your pen and wash.

Hat

If you want to look like Poncho Villa or Indiana Jones, fine. But your focus is to protect your head, face and neck. Get one that is collapsible. You do not want the hat cord tugging at your throat all day when you’re not wearing it.

Shoes

Select hiking shoes are comfortable all day and can handle many terrains. Leave the slippers, loafer and cowboy boots in the closet; they have their place in your social life, but not in the woods.

Snacks

You just never know how long you will be out there, as well as, any unexpected delays and interruptions. Depending on your diet, select nutritional snacks that keep your appetite at bay and keep your energy up. Beef jerky, peanut butter crackers and granola bars are what keeps me going until I think I have captured what I want or until it gets dark.

Umbrella and flashlight

An umbrella will protect you from the sun’s rays when it gets too hot. Also, it will protect you from unexpected showers that creep up on you. Get a collapsible one to make carrying easier. A flashlight is handy if you over extend your stay in the woods.

Cell phone

Thanks to modern technology, you are never too far away from civilization if you get into a bind or need to have someone bring you that brush you forgot. 

The list can go on and on where individual taste dictates. But the list above is a good start to have a fun and safe time outdoors creating your pen and wash. Enjoy. With the enjoyment, the reviews can be checked at https://www.paintingkits.net/. After the view of the reviews, the experience and interest of the person in painting will be increased as per the taste. 

Lawn mowing is an important part that helps to keep the grass healthy. You should always keep this thing in mind before getting started. Mowing grass is simple, but most of the homeowners do it in the wrong way. Some professionals also get it wrong, and that’s you need to be aware of some essential things related to this task. You should always try to keep some important tips in mind to cut the grass. With the help of this, you can maintain your lawn in a perfect condition that will also add value to your home. 

Before going to start your work, you should learn how to mow, and when you should start this task to succeed. It is also important to understand the tips which have been provided by experts. If you are still confused about how to mow your lawn perfectly and without wasting a lot of time, then you should keep reading this post. Make sure you have enough knowledge about the different power tools used for mowing the lawn. 

You should always mow the lawn whenever it requires. Never start mowing the lawn as per your desire. Your single mistake can affect the growth of grass and the entire look of your lawn.  It is the reason why you should follow the effective tips that we are going to discuss in further paragraphs. 

Buy a lawnmower 

To mow the lawn in a correct manner, you should get assistance from the power tool like a lawnmower. It is a type of device that can be used to mow the land in an effective manner. Using this tool can make your task easier. You don’t need to spend a lot of time mowing your land. All you need to do is to use the mower in order to get your task done in no time. Plenty of lawnmowers are out there, but all of them are not the same. Some are operated by electricity whereas others are petrol operated. Know your requirements and the size of your lawn before going to buy the lawnmower. 

After picking the right type, you should pay attention to the other important factors. Check whether it comes with other accessories or not. You also need to know its brand, price, and features. By doing this, you are able to make the right choice quickly. With the help of using the top best lawnmower, you can deal with the lawn mowing task in a professional manner. 

Tips you should keep in mind 

Buying a lawnmower is important, but you also need to take some other important things into consideration. While using this powerful tool, you need to keep some tips in mind to accomplish the task properly. Some of these tips are listed below- 

• start with the sharp blades 

While getting started, you should make use of the sharp blades. Using dull mower blades is one of the most common mistakes that many homeowners do. The sharp blades can cut the grass cleanly, whereas the dull blades torn the grass instead of cutting it. Make sure the blades of the mower are sharp. If the blades are not sharp, then replace them, but you must be careful while changing the blades. 

• pay attention to the height 

Cutting the grass is not a piece of cake, and that’s why you need to take some important things in mind. The height of the grass is the crucial thing that you should be taken care of. While cutting the grass, you should only cut 1/3rd of the length of the grass. Never cut the grass more than it, and it will help to keep the grass greener and stronger. To cut the grass in the right manner, you need to adjust the height of the grass. 

• always mow the dry lawn 

If your lawn is wet, then you shouldn’t mow it because it may create lots of problems for you. You should leave it to dry, and then you can use the lawnmower to mow the grass. Always avoid the mow the wet grass because it may affect your lawn. Always wait until it becomes dry and then start your process. Well, it is one of the beneficial tips that can help you a lot and provides better results. 

With the help of all these tips, you can easily mow your lawn in a right manner and make it look attractive. 

The final words 

Mowing your lawn can help to add stars to the beauty of your lawn. Without having a good lawnmower, you can’t complete your task perfectly. With the help of Gardeningfreaks, you can read the details related to different lawnmowers, and it will help to ease up the selection process. You also need to take care of some safety tips while using this tool to cut the grass on your lawn.

My wife and I lived at the residences at 240 West 64th Street (also named “63 West”) for a long time. Four years or so, 2002-2005/2006. Our apartment as 240 West 64th Street was 3C; right there in the meaty part of the discussion. Not too high up, not too close to street level. The view we had from our third floor apartment was a lovely view of more housing and a dingy courtyard/pit area where people were allowed to, but barely did, pass through. Throughout this time, we were scrounging for different condo for sale to make a move from this place. 

I will always remember 240 West 64th Street for what it could have been: A great neighborhood institution, a place where family could feel comfortable sending off students to go to school, safe in the knowledge that they would always be well taken care of by the kind and attentive staff. A place my then girlfriend/now wife and I could and still do call home for their fair rental increases and no nonsense services. Sadly, none of that is true.

240 West 64th Street is a freely passed-through place full of the dregs of society. Our downstairs neighbor used to clog the vents with marijuana smoke and would always start laughing when I’d plead with him to smoke out another window. Still, every time I passed him in the halls or the elevator, he’d act as though we were good friends. “Jessssssseeee!”

The service staff at 240 West 64th Street is not at all on top of things. One winter weekend, on Friday, our living room wall near my computer desk began filling up with water. Alarmed and glad that it was still late morning on Friday we had figured someone would be able to show up before the end of the day. Front desk instead told me that there would be no way to get anyone out at this late an hour (aren’t there 24 hour emergency services for this kind of thing? Or is ‘someone else’s busted pipes and my wall filling up with someone else’s bath or toilet water’ not enough of an emergency?) They assured us that they would work very hard to get someone out by Monday for an emergency fix.

In fact no one ever showed that weekend or ever. Once the laminate paint filled like a bubble, my genius wife decided we should pop this thing and ‘drain it’ ourselves. That’s what we did and the water continued briefly. When the maintenance staff said they would come have a look at it and get the necessary tools to fix it, they never did. The wallpaper hung over that wall like discarded lard on a jelly-fish and was never repaired. We stayed in that apartment for another year and were always reminded of the apathy of our building management; forced to live side-by-side with this floppy, exhausted, flushed out wallpaper.

I’m now looking at apartments and I happened back across their website. Looks like the same guys running the joint. While their current web presence is a lot snappier than when I lived there, that doesn’t fix sub-par management. I actually happened by there the other day (early) and woke up their front desk/overnight guy. The insides of the office look new, but some things never change. I’d heard that 240 West 64th Street was a lot more interested in marketing itself as something of a temporary-stay hotel type situation with some furnished rooms accommodating for a large part of their business.

Here in LA (that’s Lower Alabama) for all you folks out in TV Land, it is beginning to warm up. We still have a few cool days remaining but those will soon be a distant memory. As the weather warms my wife tends to dream of spring cleaning. At least she dreams of me cleaning in the spring and the summer and the fall and all winter. Well the dreams and the nagging (described to me as motivational speaking) started this past weekend, and ended with me dragging every area rug we have ever owned out onto the driveway at 8 am.

I was then forced to drive to the local hardware store (read that as Rug Doctor Pimp) and rent a squatty little machine and a happy smile that promises clean carpets, clean furniture and a great time doing it. Since we are unwitting home to every animal that needs a home people (5 rescued cats and 2 rescued dogs and two teenage girls that I need to be rescued from) this is a semi annual event at least. Upon my arrival home the Rug Doctor took control of my life and forced me to work. I tried to resist but the power of my wife’s look and the hypnotic effect of the Rug Doctor was just too much. The Best Car Vacuum On the Market of 2020 will provide a demonstration to the person for cleaning of the car. Along with the males, females should take care of the effects. 

About 3:30 pm I was down to my last 6×12 area rug, 2 small rooms and a 5 foot hallway. The end was in sight when all of sudden a young man comes around the corner of my van and says “Whoa there, you should let me do that for you.” I handed him the brush, the hose and said the rug doctor was over there but he just laughed at me. He told me that someone would arrive at my door in about 15 minutes and they would finish the last two rooms and the hallway for free ( I figured he made this offer since I am such a handsome devil). At this point he did ask if I had heard about Kirby Vacuums and I said yes.

His next statement was that I shouldn’t worry about buying one of these machines since they are now almost $2500. But just to tell everyone I knew how well it did. They would be glad to do the rooms. I knew from the get go that I would not be buying one at this point even though I do believe it to be a very good product. About 20 minutes later a young man of about 25 shows up at the door with another young man who turned out to be 18 and both had two large armfuls of equipment. I invited them in to the living room and the older one introduced me to himself and the younger man.

Alex, the sales manager, took a cell call during the first five minutes of arriving and then said he would be back later to check on Jeff and make sure he was doing a good job. Jeff did a good job of demonstrating the various attachments and the strength of the Kirby vacuum. What he didn’t do was make the product sizzle for me. The little dirt pads that come out of his “dirt meter” are impressively dirty showing me how poor a job my current vacuum does. However, on the carpet I had just cleaned, it appears that the Rug Doctor did a good job. I was very relieved about that.

After about an hour Jeff finally started to vacuum and clean with a dry foam shampoo the area that had been promised. The hallway connects two teenage girls room to their bathroom. Not a pretty site. Make-up, pet stains, nasty tennis shoes are the mainstay of this hallway. Spilled drinks, snacks and too many people visiting make the carpets in their rooms a very tough job. It took about an hour and a half for Jeff to clean the carpet.

The carpet did not look new (as promised). I didn’t think it would. It did however look just as good as if I had done it with my rusty, trusty Rug Doc. By allowing him to do the work I was able to relax for almost three hours. Yes, I had to watch as he pulled out all the stops to demonstrate his machine. But that was just good TV.

After he was finished he asked if he could clean up the machine. I let him use the bathtub and provided some paper towels. He did not make a mess and was very polite. He called his manager who took about 30 minutes to arrive so we sat on the sofa and watched 3rd Rock from the Sun on TV together.

Once Alex, the manager, arrived he asked me how Jeff had done and rated him very well. He asked me if I knew how much the machine costs and replied about $2250 my wife yelled in from the kitchen $1800. I thought we were on the Price is Right. Started looking for Drew Cary. He handed me a price list with a cash price and two financed prices that were at full price. He then took another a phone call.

After hanging up the phone he asked Jeff how fast he could pack up the machine. If he could accomplish the task fast enough he could put him into another home right away. I thought this was kind of rude. He then took out a sales pad and said “Listen, I need to move this unit. Here is my manager’s discount. $20 down no payments for 60 days and you can take $600 off the price if you trade in your old vacuum.” I said no. He said, “What if I make it $10 and half price.” I said no again and he got up and left and young Jeff left right behind him with the machine.

While the machine did a good job of cleaning the salesmen did very little to build a need or desire in me to want the machine. I could have afforded the small down and the payments but at this time the need was not defined enough for me and my family to go down that path. If you need a good machine to do a thorough cleaning job this Kirby will do the job, but know what you want and what you are looking for before inviting them in to your home.

Most of us love sugar because it simply makes our food taste better. The American Heart Association (AHA) states that our bodies need this substance to help create energy. The problem is that we tend to eat much more than what our system can use. One important thing to remember is that not all sugars are the same. According to the AHA, sugars found in fruits, vegetables, and other natural healthy foods have no negative effect on our health. It’s the added sugar in processed foods and soft drinks that are the real problem. The AHA also recommends that for the average healthy woman, added unhealthy sugar intake should be 25grams or less or the equivalent of 100 calories. For men it should be less than 36grams or the equivalent of about 150 calories. To put this into perspective, the average can of 12 ounce soda contains about 22 grams of sugar. That pretty much wipes out our total intake for the day.

I am military veteran and have always believed in working out and staying in shape, but it was not until about a year ago I really started to pay attention to food labels. I went to my doctor for an annual physical and was surprised to find out that my blood sugar was elevated. I started trying to think back to what could be causing this change. That’s when I started to realize that I was eating too much sugar. One thing I did not realize is that just because a food is healthy in one aspect does not mean its good for you in all aspects. For example, I love orange juice and it is a good source of Potassium, Vitamin C, and other vitamins and nutrients. The downside is that it’s high in sugar. Typically, one eight ounce glass of the name brand juices contains as much sugar as soft drinks. So it’s best to drink pure squeezed orange juice because the sugar content is not as high and it’s natural from fresh fruits. Not all juices are 100% pure so always read the labels and do your homework if not sure. You can see this usually on the packaging of the product. Make sure that you read them carefully so you will get and know the amount of sugar on the product.

The doctor recommended that I lose around 5-10 pounds and to improve my diet and have my labs taken again in three months. I cut a lot of the bad sugar from my diet and also lost about five pounds. When I had my labs taken again my levels were back to normal. I am not saying that my problem was totally caused by sugar, but I am sure it was a contributing factor. If you are concerned about your health, I cannot stress enough to really pay attention to the labels of the food you eat. It is especially important to monitor your sugar intake because it is very easy to surpass the daily recommended intake. This could potentially cause you serious health problems.

New ways and websites to promote your AC content are only limited by the number of social bookmarking and networking sites made available. As social networking websites become more tailored and specific to the members who use them it becomes easier for you, an AC Content Producer, to promote your AC content within the online community. You can take help from Instagram and get free followers on Instagram that will help you in improving your reach. Another such online platform that you can use is Kaboodle is one of those websites, created for those who love to shop, organize information, and create lists of recommendations for other users.

Once registered on Kaboodle there is plenty to do and even more networks to explore. From creating shopping lists to recommending travel destinations, there are several ways to share your knowledge and interests while promoting your content on Kaboodle.

Here are some tips on how to promote your AC content on Kaboodle.

What is Kaboodle?

Kaboodle is a social shopping community that has evolved into a social network where users can not only create shopping wish lists but also organize websites that interest them, keep track of their favorite products, recommend restaurants, travel companies, and online deals.

After registering on the website you are can install a Kaboodle button on your toolbar that allows you to quickly add your content to your profile. By creating lists you can quickly and easily introduce your content to members, interacting in the groups and forums provides you with more ways to share your knowledge.

How to Use Lists to Promote Your AC Content

At the heart of Kaboodle are the lists that users create, so this is where you want to start with your promotion efforts. A good list, of any information, consists of at least five items with a common theme. Try to keep your lists to one topic, this helps lead the right readers to your content.

To determine the type of list you want to create, look over your AC content and select articles that are based on the same topic. Using my own content as an example, here are some lists I could create and the articles I would include a link to on Kaboodle.

– Five Beauty Products I Can’t Live Without: Include beauty product reviews

– My Favorite Fitness Finds: Include reviews of fitness equipment, guides to fitness apparel websites, reviews of fitness DVDs, a guide to online workouts

– Best Chicago Restaurants You Should Try: Include restaurant reviews

Fill Out Your Profile

One of the first things you should do on Kaboodle, even before the lists, is to fill out your profile. Once you begin to become active members will want to know a little about you, after all it is a social networking site. Make sure you include details about your interests and the fact that you like to try to search for and try new products and websites. The more information you provide about yourself, the more users will look and connect with you.

Join Groups and Connect

Creating lists of your content is great, but you want as many eyes as possible to see those lists. So, join groups and connect with other members by adding them as friends. Search for those with similar interests and send them a request. Look through the thousands of groups and find the ones that you know you can contribute to.

Members don’t just shop the internet for new things to add to their own lists, they shop each other’s list to find things they might also like. This is where the social shopping part plays a part, by joining groups and making friends you can share knowledge and information.

Comment and Post

Within each group are forums where members seek advice, tell about a new find, or talk about their lists. Posting in these forums gives you more opportunities to promote your content because you can share your own lists with a member who is looking for a specific product. At the very least it just gets your profile out there for more members to click and discover your list. Commenting on the items in other lists has the same result.

The potential for promoting your AC Content on Kaboodle is only limited by the number of lists you create. You already did the work by creating the content, now all you have to do is list it.

Our son has always loved music. Even during his early months of colic, music offered some relief from the crying. So when we discovered the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player, a mock toy MP3 player just for toddlers, we knew we had to try it for our son.

The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player is a plastic pretend MP3 player made just for toddlers.

The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player is a brightly colored plastic toy with a neck strap for carrying and a set of headphones. The working music player offers 21 toddler-friendly tunes for your child’s listening pleasure. Some of the songs have lyrics and some are instrumental. The tunes on the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player include such classics as Mary Had a Little Lamb, Skip to My Lou, and other nursery rhyme and classic songs for young children.

The buttons on the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player are easy to master for little hands. Our 2 ½ year old is able to manipulate the play and stop buttons with no trouble. He remembers which buttons play and stop the music by the shapes drawn on them. The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player is lightweight and easily carried. The headphones of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player are just the right size for toddler ears.

There are a few drawbacks to the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player. First of all, the strap that allows your toddler to wear the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player around his or her neck does not fit over the head. It has to be opened and snapped shut. Young hands could never manipulate this alone. Also, the volume of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player gets rather loud-much too loud for young ears. The volume on the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player really should not be able to go as high as it does.

The mp3 converter for soundcloud sells for about $18.99 and be found at a variety of retailers online.

Overall, despite a few drawbacks, I give the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player four out of five stars as a fun toddler toy. Our son has been walking around the house for days wearing his little headphones of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player. The songs are all excellent for learning and the look of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player allows your child to feel grown-up and to imitate Mommy or Daddy. Since he is unable to control the volume on his Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player we will continue to use this fun modeling toy.

The popularity of CBD products is growing day by day due to numerous reasons. Well, CBD products also become the hottest topic in the market. Before going to know more about these products or the benefits associated with them, you should learn how it works and provides benefits to an individual’s body. CBD is mainly derived from hemp or marijuana, but it doesn’t get you high due to the absence of THC. Most of the people are consuming CBD on a daily basis to overcome some health issues.

Due to the rise in the demand for CBD, many manufacturers and companies are entering this industry. They are offering a variety of CBD products, including the best cbd oil for pain. You can get a wide range of CBD products while shopping in your local market or online stores.

Types of CBD products

Many ways are out there with which you can get CBD into your system. You should make your choices after knowing how quickly and effectively it works. To know about different CBD products, you should read the below-mentioned points-

• CBD oil vape– It is an effective method to take CBD as it comes in the form of juice that you can smoke through a vaporizer.
• CBD oil tinctures– Tinctures are more in demand because you can consume them easily. You just need to keep them under the tongue and absorb through mouth’s membranes.
• CBD gummies– if you don’t like the taste of CBD, then it is good to opt for gummies. Most of the kids consider gummies instead of other CBD products.
• Capsules – it is easy to get a daily dose of CBD with the help of capsules. When you consume a capsule, then it takes time to give results in your body.

Benefits associated with CBD

CBD offers plentiful benefits, and you shouldn’t ignore them. With the help of cbdmd review, you can know about these benefits and decide whether you should buy CBD products or not. Some of these benefits are discussed below-

• Cancer is a devastating disease, and some treatments also make it worse. That’s why you should use CBD products to reduce its symptoms in your body.
• People suffering from neurological disorders can also gain plenty of benefits by using CBD oil on a daily basis.
• CBD is also beneficial for skin issues that are affecting most of the people. With the use of the best CBD products, you can get rid of skin problems in no time.
• The right use of CBD can also help in growing the longer and stronger hairs. It also works on scalp health and prevents hair loss related problems.

After noticing all these benefits, you may also get encouraged to use CBD products or oil on a daily basis. With these products, you can get rid of several health problems and also gain some additional benefits for your overall health.

Want a spa-like facial that’s cheap, quick and easy? Clean and Clear may have the product for you – its new Steam Soft In-Shower Facial.The Johnson and Johnson-owned company recently debuted its Soft line, consisting of four products: two oil-free moisturizers in a day and a night form, with the day containing SPF 15, a purifying scrub cleanser and the in-shower facial.

The Claim:

Clean and Clear claims that in one minute, its facial will detoxify, smooth and soften skin by using breakthrough technology that utilizes steam to cleanse the skin of impurities. That’s quite a promise, does it live up to its boastings?

The Use:

To use, the bottle suggests applying, but not massaging in, a generous amount to your face, avoiding the eye area while in the shower. Let the facial sit for one minute, allowing the steam to penetrate pores. After one minute, massage skin to activate the exfoliating beads, which will get rid of dead surface skin. Wash your face off thoroughly. When exiting the shower, pat your face dry and apply moisturizer.

Clean and Clean recommends using the facial one to three times a week. I usually average twice a week. Also, use the facial in place of your regular cleanser. Using both may dry out your skin. The appearance of the wrinkles can be on the nose as well as under the eyes. The use of botox for nose wrinkles can be done through the person. The regular use of the botox will provide effective results to the person.

The Ingredients:

The formula, consisting of sugar cane – an excellent natural exfoliator, menthol and numerous fruit and leaf extracts, is oil-free (so that it won’t clog pores) and is dermatologist tested. The menthol is what creates the mild zesty sensation, which leaves skin refreshed. That ingredient alone made my skin feel cleaner after using it. The facial also contains methylparaben, a common preservative found in many skin care products, which some studies suggest may be linked to cancer, although nothing has been proven conclusively. (Since there has been some controversy over products containing parabens, I felt it was worth mentioning).

The Review:

When I first applied the facial, I didn’t feel a difference, but after a minute, I massaged it in and felt a delightful mild tingly sensation as I did it. It certainly felt like it was purifying my skin! When I rinsed off, my face did feel softer. After a few uses, my face was smooth but I didn’t see too much of a difference exfoliation-wise. I still had blackheads and minor breakouts. While Clean and Clear doesn’t claim to get rid of either with this product, I did expect it.

The 5-ounce bottle retails for approximately $5. I was fortunate enough to receive mine in a giveaway through Allure magazine. (Thanks, Allure!) Even after I finish the bottle, I plan to buy more. Sometimes products don’t always live up to its promises, however, Clean and Clear did a fairly good job with its facial. It may not be perfect, but it does indeed detoxify, smooth and soften skin within a minute, which in all honesty, is all the time I really have to spend on a facial.

When we decide to start losing weight, it can feel like a real challenge. In fact, the first days, weeks and months might feel like impossible hurdles to overcome. But it doesn’t have to be like that, and there are many things you can do to make the process easier.

I can relate. You see, I battled with my weight for a long time, too. I wasn’t a skinny kid, and the other schoolchildren made sure I knew it. While this doesn’t do wonders for your self-esteem, in my case it encouraged me to lose those few extra pounds of baby fat.

So, since my early teens, I’ve been avid about eating healthy and getting the proper amount of exercise. This is why I would recommend a healthy diet plan for all those people that are trying to lose weight. If you need a much instant solution to this problem then I would like to introduce you to coolsculpting. This is a safe process in which you get to freeze the fat in your belly and get rid of it. Is CoolSculpting treatment for the stomach area safe and effective? If this question is bothering you then you can just follow this link and learn all about this process.

While this may be many years ago, I still have the motivation to stay in shape. And here are a couple of powerful tips I’ve learned along the way.

The first one is probably very obvious, however, it’s very easy to overlook. And why would you want to stop when you get such a rewarding feeling from it? Do you know what I’m talking about? I’m talking about junk food. And it is probably the number one reason many of us are carrying around a spare tire.

Junk food is so rewarding to eat because it has high amounts of saturated fat and sugar. When we eat it, our brains release a chemical that rewards us. But it isn’t doing us any favors, matter how good it tastes.

Did you ever wonder why potato chips are finger-licking good? Well, they’re high in saturated fat and other unhealthy goodness, plus they’re crispy. This crispiness is another reason we enjoy eating them so much. You see, we associate foods that are firm, crunchy or crispy with freshness. While I’m sure that you don’t think the same about raw carrots, this is the same perception your brain has for deep-fried potato chips.

Cutting out junk food really isn’t as hard as you think, for example, you can substitute one food for another. Chicken can be both extremely healthy and extremely unhealthy to eat. Skinless baked or grilled chicken is far healthier than fried, and they contain far fewer calories.

The next tip I want to share with you is about exercise, and before you panic, I just want to say you don’t need to spend an arm and a leg on workout equipment or on a gym membership.

Besides, most people don’t even use their memberships after the first month or two, so why waste the money.

No, there are better ways to get into shape, and they won’t cost you a thing. Before we go any further though, I just want to dispel one rumor that is anything but true. You cannot turn fat into muscle.

With that said, even if you would spend your time lifting weights in the gym, you’d be doing very little to lose weight. While it’s true you would, of course, get stronger, you would still need to do some form of cardiovascular aerobic exercise.

So why not just start that first? Walking has to be my absolute favorite form of exercise. And it is extremely useful to help stay in shape. If you’re able to walk for one hour each every day, you’ll quickly realize that pounds start to melt away, but not everybody is able to do this.

Also, it’s not a good idea to go from one to a hundred overnight. What I mean is if you’re not able to walk that far yet, it’s better to start slowly so that you don’t get discouraged.

In that case, it is better to begin building up slowly, however, don’t get stagnant. Set a plan and stick to it. If you find that you’re able to walk half an hour each day, then start with that and build up until you hit the hour day mark.

Why an hour rather than only the half-hour walk? Well, with a half an hour walk you actually don’t start burning any calories, it’s after the first half-hour that you actually begin to burn calories.

The last I have for you is probably a good health habit in general, but it is one that many people overlook or ignore.

Water is simply crucial if you want to begin losing weight. A lot of people I know assume that by drinking coffee, tea, pop, milk or whatever they are staying hydrated, this really isn’t the case. I know some people that wouldn’t hesitate to drink two liters of pop in one day. Well, if you can drink that much pop, you can also drink that much water instead. Plus unlike all of the soft drinks that dehydrate you, water is actually good for you.

As you can see, these are just a couple of things that you can do to start losing weight today. Cutting out the unhealthy food or replacing it with a healthier alternative, getting enough cardiovascular aerobic exercise and fueling your body with a healthy beverage (water) is achievable.

And here is one last tip that never fails. The sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll see results.

As I said in the beginning, my journey began many years ago and it’s been a rewarding one. I set out to change my eating and exercise habits, not for somebody else, but for me. You can’t lose weight for somebody else, it has to be something you want to do, a goal you’re motivated to achieve.

Weight loss is possible, in fact, it’s made up of many small steps made one at a time.