Remember Loise Redknapp in that Size Zero show? The purpose of the show was to discover first hand the dangers of the current obsession with being stick thin when she undertakes an extreme crash diet and exercise regime in an attempt to drop to a US dress size zero in just 30 days.

The TV presenter, who was voted FHM’s Sexiest Woman of the Decade, is usually a size eight, but in The Truth About Size Zero she attempts to get down to a UK size four.

To kick start the regime Louise traveled to LA where she enrolled with Bootcamp Barry; a military-style fitness and diet guru to stars such as Teri Hatcher, Katie Holmes and Jenny McCarthy. Bootcamp Barry sets out Louise’s diet and exercise plan for the next 30 days. She had to run three miles a day before completing a further punishing hour of cardio and weights in her home basement gym.

Two weeks into the diet, Louise goes for her mid-way appointment with the celebrity doctor, Dr Carey. The diet was taking its toll. She has a cold, can’t sleep, was tired, bored, irritable and hungry. Dr Carey urged her to quit.

Louise then returned to LA where she goes on a mad dash tour of weird and wonderful alternative routes to size zero.

If you are tempted to try out what she did, we recommend you try out the modified version first.

Now… how do we modify this to work and (hopefully) get away with it without the side effects?

1) Keep Bootcamp Barry in moderation. Go low calories as well but not too low. Consult your Doctor what’s sufficient for you/ daily routines. Do the runs, cardio and weights but in a moderate manner. Do the runs everyday and the cardio and weights 3 times a week. Do this for 3 weeks and do it in the morning if possible.
2) Do the “alternative routes” process in whatever way you may have read of heard about. You may get quite a few decent ideas from Fitfully Yours : ) Do this for 2 weeks while maintaining the runs but just 20 minutes 3 times a week.
3) Back to step 1 again for 3 weeks as well.

This should help you lose a lot of weight as well. How this will work? We do not see side effects to this as we are not going on a crash diet/ regime of sort. All we are doing is pushing our body to boost up the metabolic rate by exercising and eating right. We tend to eat whatever we want but if we are watching our calories, we will chose more wisely and carefully. Step one should set your body in position for a leaner slimmer you.

The “alternative route” is always recommended in many programs. Ever experienced difficulty losing that extra pound? Well, with some healthy alternative and diversification, that extra pound will go.

Notice the duration of this modified version is double the duration of Louise’ regime? Simple… we do not believe in crash diets and this is the main reason why we believe it should work better and healthier for you.

By the way, two months on, Louise has made a full recovery. She is once again enjoying her food and loving her curves. Well, that is Louise. She used to hot anyway. If you have not been blessed with all those curves, two months on, you may be back to square one with all the fats.

Note: Always remember to consult your doctor prior to trying any sort of weight loss program.

Good luck and stay healthy!! ; D

Though never really taking this into account, there are differences when you breathe using the left nose vs. the right. The right side represents the sun, left side represents the moon.

During a headache, try closing your right nose and use your left nose to breath. Repeat this exercise for 5 minutes and you will notice your headache go away.

If you are feeling tired, just do the reverse by closing your left nose and breathing through the right. After a while, you will feel your minds is refreshed.

The right side belongs to ‘hot’, so it gets heated up easily while the left side belongs to ‘cold’. It is said that most females breathe with their left nose; so they cool off faster. Most guys on the other hand breathe with their right noses getting them worked up.

One way to check is the moment you wake up, see which side breathes faster (left or right?). If the left is faster, you will have the tendency to feel tired. So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing, you will get refreshed quickly.

This can be taught to kids though more effective when practiced by adults.

This alternative natural therapy without medication is something that is worth trying especially if you are one of those people who are always tired and seeping coffee 24/7 or one of those who keeps taking painkillers to get rid of headaches.

Fitfully yours: We think it is worth a try especially it does not cost anything and should not cost any side effect. If it does, as always, quickly consult your doctor.

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It has been proven via various tests in the past that drinking water every morning on an empty stomach can help cure many diseases.

They include fast heart beat, excess fatness headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, kidney and urine related diseases, diarrhea, vomiting, gastritis, cancer, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases, etc

Method of Treatment

- Drink 4 glasses (160ml) of water in the morning when you wake up on an empty stomach.
- You can then brush your teeth but do not eat for 45 minutes.
- 45 minutes later, you can eat as normal.
- Do not drink and eat anything for 2 hours after 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Note: Those who can’t drink so much water straight up in the morning can start by drinking less and slowly increasing the dosage till you reach 4 glasses a day.

It is believed the above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

Here’s a list which also gives the number of days of treatment required to cure, control or reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure – 30 days
2. Gastric – 10 days
3. Diabetes – 30 days
4. Constipation – 10 days
5. Cancer – 180 days
6. TB – 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily.

Though there are no known side effects besides urinating a few times more, you may want to consult your doctor first. Like what people say… better safe than sorry.

It is recommended we treat the water treatment as part of our daily routine rather than a mere treatment.

Don’t you just hate headaches? It spoils your day and plan! Everything gets out of hand. Good news is that more than 60% of headaches can be prevented. Just follow these simple steps and you stand a much higher chance of avoiding that headache:

- Don’t sleep later than 4 hours later than your usual sleeping time. So if your normal bedtime is 11:30, try not sleeping later than 3:30. And even if you do, you might not necessarily want to make up for it by waking up 5 hours later than you usually do. Maybe just wake up 2 – 3 hours later and take a short nap later in the afternoon.

- Drink a lot of water. This has saved me many headaches in the past. At least 2 full cups of plain water in the morning especially if you are going out that day and the weather is hot.

- Don’t forget to shower. Very often during weekends, you wake up late, skip breakfast, and you don’t bathe till late afternoon. I don’t quite have an explanation for this but take your shower like any other days unless you are sick or something.

These are some ways that you can prevent yourself from getting a headache. It worked for me. Just give it a try. It is totally free anyway. What have you got to lose? Prevention is always better than cure.