The stretches, for example, are a result from changes in collagen of the skin and it is an effect from expanding beyond its borders. When collagen is not sufficient, the veins expand and form a violet-red stretch marks.  After a time your skin loses its pigmentation and stretch marks remain as white.

This can happen during pregnancy and also in drastic diet, so better avoid it. I mean the diet.

Normally increase of your weight is resulted from increasing the amount of food you eat. So, figuratively speaking, you are “flooding” your body with extra fat, sugar and preservatives.


Note that excess sugar is a major helper in the process of aging of the skin, since it attacks and preventing new collagen production.

On the other side is the rapid weight loss.

Do not be fooled that the injuries in this process are smaller. In rapid weight loss, skin may not react quickly enough and easily, and you will see the effect in the area of abdomen, thighs, arms and even face. This is why doctors and nutritionists deny fast diets and advising their patients to choose a healthy diet combined with exercises.

Fact, a healthy lifestyle, combined with appropriate sports program may make you look younger. If you add antioxidants and vitamins to a well-balanced diet and reduce the amount of sugar, you will enable your body to reduce the level of natural collagen.

The healthy diet is based on fruits and vegetables, proteins, like chiken and fish, and mainly on low fat products.

Beach season is close and this is the perfect time to look in the mirror. How do you look in a bathing suit? If in coldest days you have lose form, now is the time to work it back.

Gaydan Gabal, owner of a fitness gym in Toronto share some basic ways on how to prepare your body for the beach:

1. Endurance training

If you really want to have and effective training, you need at least 45 minutes – 3 times a week. You can practice at home as the most appropriate exercises are: push-ups, recruitment, various squats etc.

Remember one thing – the less muscle you have, the more calories burned.

2. Balanced training

Cardio exercises are a great way to burn some calories but the best resuls gives balancing it with endurance exercises. If you want to free your body from some kilograms – do cardio exercises 3 days a week, and leave other 3 days for endurance training. You should give yourself one day rest.

3. Eat on small portions

Acceptance of small quantities of food several times a day speeds up metabolism. So rather than miss the breakfast, and eat something sustaining to lunch and make a great dinner – try to eat morning, noon and night with two snacks between meal.

4. Control calories

Eat to satiate, not to gluttony. This extra amount may impede the metabolism so that it need to process the food 2 to 3 days.

5. Constancy

If you start a diet and after three days quit, you should determine that you want see the results. It is necessary to comply with its plan – to train regularly and eat according to the program. Your body likes routine and, if use some weights, it will try to keep the results. It is important not to miss even one days.


6. Drink water

This may sound cliched as a rule, but many people do not follow it and the result is – dehydration. Drinking enough water helps your body dump toxins and prevent fluid retention and bloat. When it has a lack of water – your body stores it. Furthermore, drinking water saves calories – we often interfere thirst with hunger, and it is always better to drink a glass of water rather than sweetened drinks.

7. Do not miss meals

Omission of eating is more dangerous for your figure than to eat a sandwich. This is because these pauses between nutrition slows metabolism. So if you do not have time for breakfast – better drink a protein shake.

8. Stretch up

Many people tend to miss the stretching, even making their training consequently. Your muscles needs it in order to prevent any injuries. Furthermore, it stimulates the body circulation, which is part of maintaining good form.

9. Remove the stress

Good appearance depends not only on the figure, the emotional and mental state plays a role. Stress forces the body to produce cortisone – it prevents burning of calories. You should try breathing exercises, meditation or a walk to get rid of it.

10. Raise the bar

Once entered into rhythm, you have set the program for your body. After passing this barrier it is difficult to continue the changes. If you need more – change the program or try a larger load.

However we believe that environmental and nature is essential anywhere and anytime. Yes, this is true even while sweating over the perfect body.

And once we found a few eco-fitness widget that can be useful we have decided to share them with you immediately. The best thing is that they are beautiful and not leave “black tracks” in nature.

View them bellow in out Eco-gallery.

Eco-suit

Fitness vision you can be both chic and eco if you choose a shirt of organic cotton.
Some materials contain additional fibers, which improve elasticity and it is completely natural.

Metal shades in the bottle

Plastic is so retro that it is time to replace it as often with other materials.
Just look for that bottle of water from stainless steel.
It is light, often retain the original temperature of the water and not given it any substances, which makes it ideal for repeated use.

Eco-bed

Forget boring and dusty mats that are used in practice.
Now available, made from recycled materials, further destruction is completely natural in nature and not leaving “dirty” track.
The most funny is that the U.S. has produced bedding with super realistic images on them – the green grass footprint in the sand and others.

Herbal aroma