http://www.womensnutritiontips.com All about nutrition, health, beauty and dieting for women Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:09:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The million dollar question: Which is more effective? Which one will make my waist-line slimmer faster? There are arguments on all sides with this one. The truth is that they're both important in accomplish a healthier better looking body. While resistance training is more intense, and the results might be seen ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/09/11/aerobics-vs-resistance-training/ The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy are pretty straightforward: Underweight (BMI less than 18.5) 28-40 pounds Normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9): 25-35 pounds Overweight (BMI 25-29.9): 15-25 pounds Obese (BMI over 30): no more than 15 pounds A new study found that obese pregnant women who had gestational diabetes had better pregnancy outcomes if they ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/24/weight-loss-during-pregnancy/ What you eat plays a major role in your everyday health, how well you feel and how much energy you have. It becomes even more important during pregnancy, when the demands of your body increase. The most basic way to think of food is as the fuel that runs your ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/24/basic-nutrition-during-pregnancy/ Sometimes life just isn't fair. You have been trying to have a baby for months (or maybe years) and your best friend gets pregnant the first month she "tries." Or didn't even try. Why do some couples have it so easy? Getting pregnant is a game of statistics. Two very fertile ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/21/getting-pregnant-on-the-first-try/ How does food you eat become nutrition for your baby? After food enters your mouth, it gets digested in your stomach and intestine. Sugars, fatty acids (the building blocks of fats), amino acids (the building blocks of proteins), vitamins, and minerals are absorbed into your bloodstream and travel throughout your body. As ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/21/pregnancy-nutrition-tips/ To find your peak fertility period, you need to know the day you are most likely to ovulate. This is the day an ovary releases an egg. To know how long your cycles are, track the number of days on a calendar for 2 or 3 months or cycles. Your ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/20/when-are-you-most-likely-to-become-pregnant/ A pregnancy of two or more fetuses is called a multiple pregnancy. Multiple fetuses can be the same (identical) or different (fraternal). Identical twins or triplets come from a single egg that has been fertilized by one sperm. For unknown reasons, the fertilized egg splits into two or more embryos during ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/20/multiple-births/ Remember when you’d run around, climb trees, play games and get your exercise while enjoying every minute of it? Why not go back to playing for fitness? Join a softball team, go to the beach with friends and play Frisbee or walk/run along the beach. Take a long hike in the hills ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/19/have-fun-and-get-fit/ There are a few things that you can do besides eating well and exercising that will expedite your physical transformation: 1. Stay positive Believe that transformation is possible even when you haven’t seen the changes that you want yet. I am sure that you can site many examples in your life where ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/19/the-non-food-aspects-of-weight-loss/ Just because you're on a diet, doesn't mean you must give up on your favorite eating places. It just means you got to do it a little bit differently. Here's a few tips on how to manage the seemingly mutually exclusive behaviors of dieting and eating at restaurants: Skip Out on ... http://www.womensnutritiontips.com/2008/08/10/lose-weight-eating-restaurant-food/