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5 Fat-Burning Low Impact Workouts for Beginners | If you're looking for workouts you can do at home that aren't high intensity, but will still allow you to break a sweat, burn calories, and burn fat, these full body low impact exercises are for you! Whether you're new to fitness, recovering from an injury, have bad knees, bad hips, or a bad back, or you're looking for workouts you can do after surgery, these are the best of the best!

No Excuses! 5 Fat-Burning Low Impact Workouts for Beginners

7 Shoulder and Back Workouts for Women | Whether you're training at home with no equipment, or lifting weights at the gym, working your shoulders and back helps increase range of motion, prevent injury, improve posture, and enhance strength and performance. And sculpted shoulders are sexy, too! If you're looking for shoulder workouts and/or back workouts for women to tighten, tone, and get rid of back fat, grab your dumbbells and give these a try! We've included no equipment options too!

Sexy and Sculpted: 7 Shoulder and Back Workouts for Women

10 Morning Workout Motivation Tips | If you're looking for a little inspiration to help you get up early and get in a good sweat sesh to kickstart your day, we're sharing our best morning motivation tips to help! Whether it's a gloomy Monday or a lazy Saturday, these morning motivation tips will help you create daily routines to increase your energy, boost your metabolism, feel happier, sleep better, and lose weight fast! If you want to know how to get up early and workout, these ideas work!

No Excuses! 10 Morning Workout Motivation Tips to Get You Out of Bed

10 Trampoline Workouts For Weight Loss | Whether you have a mini indoor trampoline in your basement or a big full size trampoline in your backyard, there are tons of ways you can use it to lose weight. Jumping is such a great form of exercise, and we're excited to share our favorite trampoline exercise tips and routine ideas for beginners and beyond! The benefits of having a trampoline aren't just for kids - the offer a great way for adults to squeeze HIIT and cardio in at home too!

Get Fit at Home: 10 Trampoline Workouts For Weight Loss

How to Look Better on Zoom and FaceTime | If you're looking for tips and tricks to make you look camera ready on video calls on even your most disheveled days, we've got you covered! From makeup tips and hairstyles to make your face look slimmer, to clothes that compliment your best features and outfits that flatter, to figuring out what colors make your best features pop instead of washing you out, to knowing the best poses and camera angles, these ideas work!

How to Look Better on Zoom and FaceTime: 17 Tips

10 Inner Thigh Workouts To Do at Home | If you want to tighten, tone, and strengthen your inner thighs, these are the best workouts for you! We've included no equipment workouts, as well as exercises that use basic equipment like ankle weights, an exercise ball, and resistance bands. From quick and easy 3-minute workouts, to standing exercises, to barre workouts, to advanced 10-minute routines, you can mix and match these based on your ability and schedule!

Tighten and Tone: 10 Inner Thigh Workouts To Do at Home

15 Home Gym Ideas | If you're looking for DIY tips and hacks to help you transform a small space in your bedroom, basement, or garage into a home gym, we're sharing 15 budget friendly ideas to inspire you! These cheap home gym essentials and simple home gym organization ideas will help you tighten and tone your body while also getting in a cardio workout without leaving your house! From tips for transforming small spaces into a gym, to gym equipment swaps, these hacks are a dream come true!

Home Gym Ideas: 15 Tips for Creating a Home Gym on a Budget

40 Low Carb Cocktails for Weight Loss | If you're trying to lose weight and don't want to give up alcohol, you're in luck! Whether you're organizing a girls night in or you're on the hunt for low carb drinks to order at the bar with your BFF, we've curated 40 of the best keto cocktails that are simple and easy to make, taste good, and are (relatively) guilt free! From vodka, to gin, to tequila, to rum, to whiskey, to bourbon, there's a drink here for everyone!

Weight Loss and Alcohol: 40 Low Carb Cocktails to Indulge In

9 Weight Loss Vision Board Tips and Ideas | If weight loss is on your mind and you're on the hunt for motivational tips and tools that will keep you accountable to your goals, we've got you covered! We're teaching you how to make a vision board for weight loss, including goal setting ideas, step by step tips for curating photos, words, and quotes to bring your vision to life, and tons of inspiration to make the law of attraction help you in your weight loss journey!

Goal Setting 101: 9 Weight Loss Vision Board Tips and Ideas

30-Day Insulin Resistance Diet Plan | If you're looking for food lists, recipes, and a menu plan to help you create meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snacks that help with insulin resistance, we've curated 30 days of recipes to keep your insulin and blood sugar in check. We've included a range of recipes from different dietary needs, including low carb, keto, paleo, vegetarian, and vegan options. If you want to lose weight, these recipes are a great place to start!

Weight Loss That Works: 30-Day Insulin Resistance Diet Plan

40 Healthy Avocado Recipes for Every Meal | If you're looking for new and exciting ways to incorporate avocado into your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, we're sharing 40 of the best ideas to inspire you! From a fruit and veggies smoothie, to guacamole and mango salsa, to a simple pasta with avocado and lime, to avocado keto brownies, these ideas are equal parts easy, filling, and delicious. And they're great for weight loss, too!

Nutritious and Filling: 40 Healthy Avocado Recipes for Every Meal

5 Powerful Plyometric Exercises for Beginners | Do you want to take your cardio to the next level? These fat burning plyometric workouts will help you boost your power, speed, and endurance while also burning calories. These exercises will also help you build muscle, which will boost your metabolism and help you lose weight. Great for runners who are looking for speed and strength training, these HIIT workouts require minimal equipment (a jump rope and box step at most!).

Strength and Speed: 5 Powerful Plyometric Exercises for Beginners

10 Full Body No Gym Workouts | Perfect for beginners as well as fitness gurus who are looking for at home workouts they can do when they can't make it to the gym, we've curated a full workout plan complete with videos you can stream anywhere to help you tighten and tone your arms, legs, core, abs, obliques, and glutes. If losing weight is your goal, strength training is key, and these workouts will help you target specific parts of your body while also getting in some cardio.

Get Fit at Home! 10 Full Body No Gym Workouts for Weight Loss

Weight Loss After Menopause | The hormone imbalance that occurs during the transition to menopause can lead to many uncomfortable symptoms, and is often to blame for a slower metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and weight gain. If you want to know how to lose weight during perimenopause and menopause, exercise alone won't help. We're sharing a list of the foods you should eat and avoid for weight loss - and to help manage the symptoms of menopause - for a healthier, happier you!

Weight Loss After Menopause: 14 Foods to Eat and Avoid

5 Fat Burning Jump Rope Workouts | Perfect for beginners and those who want new ways to get a little HIIT into their day when they're strapped for time, these jump rope videos for weight loss are the perfect cardio challenge! Find out the many benefits of using a jump rope routine for fat loss, what you can expect from a transformation perspective, and why it's a great workout for women. Make sure to take before and after photos to measure your progress!

Feel the Burn! 5 Fat Burning Jump Rope Workouts for All Levels

How to Get Over a Weight Loss Plateau | A new weight loss program such as a low carb keto diet usually produces great results at first. You may even lose 10 pounds in a week! But eventually, your weight loss will stall and it can be difficult to figure out what to do. If you're looking for weight loss tips to help you get back on track, we're sharing common reasons for a weight loss plateau and 9 weight loss hacks to help correct them!

How to Get Over a Weight Loss Plateau: 9 Effective Tips For Women

45 Healthy Chickpea Recipes | Chickpeas are an easy plant-based protein you can add to any salad to help you feel full for longer, but there are tons of delicious ways you can cook with them. Enjoy them roasted as a snack, add them to your favorite soup, stew, or curry recipes, make a batch of hummus, or make a chickpea veggie burger! This post has tons of lunch, dinner, and dessert ideas, including options you can make in the crockpot or instant pot when you're pressed for time!

Healthy and Delicious: 45 Chickpea Recipes That Hit The Spot

8 Full Body Pilates Workouts for Beginners | Whether you're in your 20s or over 50, pilates is a great way to strengthen your core and improve your posture, flexibility, balance, and coordination. If you want to lose weight and tighten and tone your body at home, we're sharing 8 fat burning videos you can stream from anywhere. With both mat classes and reformer workouts to choose from, we've included exercises specifically for your abs, as well as a video to help with back pain.

Tighten and Tone: 8 Full Body Pilates Workouts for Beginners

50 Quinoa Recipes for Every Meal | Whether you follow a vegan, vegetarian, plant-based, and/or gluten-free diet, or you're just looking for easy, healthy, and filling recipes for weight loss, quinoa is a gluten-free, high protein, mineral-rich superfood with anti-inflammatory benefits. Check out these delicious quinoa-based breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and dessert recipes that are equal parts filling and delicious! #quinoa #quinoarecipes #plantbasedprotein #glutenfreerecipes

Hearty and Healthy: 50 Quinoa Recipes for Every Meal

50 Filling Cottage Cheese Recipes for Weight Loss | High in protein with a low calorie and low carb count, cottage cheese is a healthy ingredient you can add to your breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and dessert recipes to help you feel full and lose weight! From smoothies, pancakes, and muffins, to dips, salads, sandwiches, pastas, and casseroles, to pudding, cakes, and cookies, there are tons of ways to eat cottage cheese, and we're sharing our favorites! #cottagecheese #cottagecheeserecipes

50 Healthy and Filling Cottage Cheese Recipes for Weight Loss

5 Cardio Workouts That Burn Fat | Whether you workout at the gym or at home, there are tons of fat burning workouts that will help you lose weight in less time without running on the treadmill or spending hours on the bike. Whether you're a beginner or just need ideas to switch up your exercise regime, we're sharing 5 of the best HIIT inspired workouts to give you a full body workout and results that last. Are you up for the challenge?! #cardioworkouts #fatburningworkouts #HIITworkouts

Weight Loss That Works: 5 Best Cardio Workouts That Burn Fat Fast