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Tone It Up!

Tone It Up!

News, Wellness, and Medical Information Home • Danielle LaPorte: white hot truth + sermons on life Sweat Salty In Spaces Between Healthy Living for Women through Fitness, Food, & Weight Loss You perform a breast exam in the shower each month. You shoot off to the doctor every time you spot a new mole. But chances are you still don’t notice most of what your body is trying to tell you. See, even the smallest of changes—from a new line on your fingernail to a bump on your eyelid—can be red flags for a host of health conditions, some of which are life-threatening, says Michael Smith, M.D., WebMD's chief medical editor. And since your doctor sees you once a year (for 10 minutes, right?) it’s even more critical to be in tune with your body, according to Smith. Here are five of the most surprising… If you see: “Spotting” all month long. It could mean: Most women chalk irregular vaginal bleeding up to stress, and that very well could be the cause. Follow up: See your gyno. If you see: Dark lines on your nail beds. It could mean: Mutating moles aren't the only signs of skin cancer—the disease can also develop under your nails. If you see: Sprouting pimples or thick hair.

Essie Button - UK Beauty Blogger How to Slim Down Thighs | Fat Thighs or Muscular Thighs? Before you set about losing weight from thighs first understand the factors that influence the size of your thighs. This will allow you to choose the right thigh exercises, tailored to your needs, goals and body type. Women and men have so-called sex-specific fat deposits. Your body shape will have significant bearing on the size of your thighs. Your thighs may simply be large because you have a lot of fat in this area - fatty thighs. The best thigh exercises for you are the ones that don’t simply firm and tone, but strip fat from thighs, to make big thighs smaller (see how to lose fat from thighs). Another reason for large thighs is that you may naturally have large thigh muscles. It may be the case that you don’t have a genetic tendency to have big thigh muscles, but that you have a natural tendency to gain a lot of muscle in your thighs with exercise. To understand how to slim thighs you need to understand a little about how your thigh is constructed, i.e. thigh anatomy.

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