1. 10 Feb


    iwillmakeyouskinny: 1. FRONT LUNGES Front lunges are one of the absolute best exercises for your butt. To start, stand up straight with your hands on your hips. Take a big step forward with one leg, bending at the knee, until your knee is at a 90 degree angle. Step back. Repeat 15 to 20 times with each leg. 2. SIDE LUNGES A side lunge is very similar to a front lunge, only instead of stepping directly forward with one leg, you’ll go forward and to the right (with your right leg) or left (with your left leg). Whew! It’s hard to keep your balance! 3. BACK LUNGES Again, these are very similar butt exercises to the front lunge, only (you guessed it!) instead of stepping forward, you’ll step backward. You might have to do these a little more slowly than the front lunges to avoid a fall, at least at first. 4. SQUATS These are my own favorite exercises for my butt. Stand with your hands and arms straight in front of you, then, keeping your back straight, squat as though you’re going to sit in a chair behind you. Stop when your thighs are level with the ground, and your knees are bent at a 90 degree angle. If it helps, you can lean against a wall to keep your balance. 5. RUNNING Running isn’t just great cardio! It’s also a marvelous exercise for your butt! Even a good jog or brisk walk can help tone your tush. Lace up your shoes and go! 6. LEG LIFT Lie flat on your back with your legs straight, and raise one leg straight in the air. Try not to bend your knee! Then, with your arms and hands flat on the ground, raise your hips off the ground. Hold for five seconds. Repeat ten to fifteen times with each leg. Feel the burn! This is one exercise for your butt you’ll feel right away! It also helps strengthen your core. 7. STEP-AEROBICS Even if all you do is a simple up and down step, one foot at a time, step-aerobics can be a great exercises for your butt! Turn on your favorite workout song and keep stepping to the beat. If you’re feeling particularly motivated, try stepping along to a video or DVD. Yow! 8. BALLET Have you ever seen a ballerina with a saggy butt? No way! That’s because many of the basic ballet positions and moves are also good butt exercises. Don’t believe me? Enroll in a class for adult beginners and just wait for the plié. 9. HURDLES If you’re just not cut out for distance running, try sprinting and adding hurdles to the mix. Somehow the combination of the sprint with the leaping motion helps tone your butt! 10. SCISSOR KICKS These are a jane fonda classic, but they work! Lie on one side, all straight, propped up on one elbow. Lift your outside leg slowly, keeping both legs straight. Hold it in the air for 15 seconds, then lower your leg. Repeat 15 times one each side. 11. FORWARD BENDS AND KICKS Stand with your feet together, arms at your sides. Then bend forward while raising one leg behind you, and stretch your arms out in front of you for balance. Whew! It may not sound difficult, but this is one exercise for your butt that’s surprisingly tough! Repeat 10 to 12 times. 12. SINGLE LEG LIFT Start by standing straight with your hands on your hips. Keeping your legs as straight as possible, and without pointing your toes, slowly lift one leg in front of you, holding it there for fifteen seconds. Slowly lower it, then switch to the other leg. Repeat 12 to 15 times. 13. STANDING DIAGONAL KICKS Stand straight with your hands on your hips. Slowly raise one leg diagonally, behind you (not directly behind you). Hold it there for ten to fifteen seconds, then slowly lower it. If you need to, you can place your hands on the back of a chair for balance. 14. ELLIPTICAL MACHINE The elliptical is my favorite torture machine at the gym. Why? Because half an hour (or even an hour) is a complete workout, toning your muscles (including your butt!) and giving your heart a good workout. 15. STAIR STEPPER Here’s another machine you’ll find at the gym, designed to exercises your butt. The stair-stepper is also great cardio, but beware if you have weak knees… otherwise, step away, and firm your fanny! 16. SINGLE-LEG SQUAT Stand straight up, with your hands in front of you. Kick one of your legs to the side, then slowly lower yourself down to a 90 degree angle be bending your other knee. You might need to prop your side-swept leg on a pillow or rolled towel. 17. SIMPLE BRIDGE Lay flat on your back with your arms flat at your sides. Lift your hips into the air, keeping your arms flat but bending your knees. Hold the position at least 15 to 20 seconds, longer if you can. Repeat 12 to 15 times. 18. PLANK Prop yourself up on your elbows, stomach down. Push yourself up on your toes, stretch out, legs straight, and hold this plank position as long as you can. Can you do it for a minute? Two? Let’s find out, and exercise your butt t the same time! 19. BOUNCE! Is anything more fun, or exhausting, than bouncing on the trampoline? This is a butt-toning exercise you can do at home, with the kids! You’ll not only firm your fanny, you’ll be setting a good example, and getting great cardio! 20. BIKING Whether you choose a stationary bike or a real live bicycle, biking is another fantastic exercise for your butt. If you’re doing it outdoors, make sure to wear a helmet — safety first! 21. YOGA! Yoga is so good for toning your muscles overall, and giving you balance, you might forget it’s also a good way to exercise your butt! Sign up for a beginner course and enjoy the sun salutations. Wow! 22. BUTTOCK PINCHES Cousin Balki was right: buttock pinches can be a good workout! Start by standing tall, with your feet together. Raise yourself on your tip-toes, then “punch” your butt together, hold for five seconds, then lower yourself back down. It’s also a good calf workout!

    iwillmakeyouskinny:

    1. FRONT LUNGES

    Front lunges are one of the absolute best exercises for your butt. To start, stand up straight with your hands on your hips. Take a big step forward with one leg, bending at the knee, until your knee is at a 90 degree angle. Step back. Repeat 15 to 20 times with each leg.

    2. SIDE LUNGES

    A side lunge is very similar to a front lunge, only instead of stepping directly forward with one leg, you’ll go forward and to the right (with your right leg) or left (with your left leg). Whew! It’s hard to keep your balance!

    3. BACK LUNGES

    Again, these are very similar butt exercises to the front lunge, only (you guessed it!) instead of stepping forward, you’ll step backward. You might have to do these a little more slowly than the front lunges to avoid a fall, at least at first.

    4. SQUATS

    These are my own favorite exercises for my butt. Stand with your hands and arms straight in front of you, then, keeping your back straight, squat as though you’re going to sit in a chair behind you. Stop when your thighs are level with the ground, and your knees are bent at a 90 degree angle. If it helps, you can lean against a wall to keep your balance.

    5. RUNNING

    Running isn’t just great cardio! It’s also a marvelous exercise for your butt! Even a good jog or brisk walk can help tone your tush. Lace up your shoes and go!

    6. LEG LIFT

    Lie flat on your back with your legs straight, and raise one leg straight in the air. Try not to bend your knee! Then, with your arms and hands flat on the ground, raise your hips off the ground. Hold for five seconds. Repeat ten to fifteen times with each leg. Feel the burn! This is one exercise for your butt you’ll feel right away! It also helps strengthen your core.

    7. STEP-AEROBICS

    Even if all you do is a simple up and down step, one foot at a time, step-aerobics can be a great exercises for your butt! Turn on your favorite workout song and keep stepping to the beat. If you’re feeling particularly motivated, try stepping along to a video or DVD. Yow!

    8. BALLET

    Have you ever seen a ballerina with a saggy butt? No way! That’s because many of the basic ballet positions and moves are also good butt exercises. Don’t believe me? Enroll in a class for adult beginners and just wait for the plié.

    9. HURDLES

    If you’re just not cut out for distance running, try sprinting and adding hurdles to the mix. Somehow the combination of the sprint with the leaping motion helps tone your butt!

    10. SCISSOR KICKS

    These are a jane fonda classic, but they work! Lie on one side, all straight, propped up on one elbow. Lift your outside leg slowly, keeping both legs straight. Hold it in the air for 15 seconds, then lower your leg. Repeat 15 times one each side.

    11. FORWARD BENDS AND KICKS

    Stand with your feet together, arms at your sides. Then bend forward while raising one leg behind you, and stretch your arms out in front of you for balance. Whew! It may not sound difficult, but this is one exercise for your butt that’s surprisingly tough! Repeat 10 to 12 times.

    12. SINGLE LEG LIFT

    Start by standing straight with your hands on your hips. Keeping your legs as straight as possible, and without pointing your toes, slowly lift one leg in front of you, holding it there for fifteen seconds. Slowly lower it, then switch to the other leg. Repeat 12 to 15 times.

    13. STANDING DIAGONAL KICKS

    Stand straight with your hands on your hips. Slowly raise one leg diagonally, behind you (not directly behind you). Hold it there for ten to fifteen seconds, then slowly lower it. If you need to, you can place your hands on the back of a chair for balance.

    14. ELLIPTICAL MACHINE

    The elliptical is my favorite torture machine at the gym. Why? Because half an hour (or even an hour) is a complete workout, toning your muscles (including your butt!) and giving your heart a good workout.

    15. STAIR STEPPER

    Here’s another machine you’ll find at the gym, designed to exercises your butt. The stair-stepper is also great cardio, but beware if you have weak knees… otherwise, step away, and firm your fanny!

    16. SINGLE-LEG SQUAT

    Stand straight up, with your hands in front of you. Kick one of your legs to the side, then slowly lower yourself down to a 90 degree angle be bending your other knee. You might need to prop your side-swept leg on a pillow or rolled towel.

    17. SIMPLE BRIDGE

    Lay flat on your back with your arms flat at your sides. Lift your hips into the air, keeping your arms flat but bending your knees. Hold the position at least 15 to 20 seconds, longer if you can. Repeat 12 to 15 times.

    18. PLANK

    Prop yourself up on your elbows, stomach down. Push yourself up on your toes, stretch out, legs straight, and hold this plank position as long as you can. Can you do it for a minute? Two? Let’s find out, and exercise your butt t the same time!

    19. BOUNCE!

    Is anything more fun, or exhausting, than bouncing on the trampoline? This is a butt-toning exercise you can do at home, with the kids! You’ll not only firm your fanny, you’ll be setting a good example, and getting great cardio!

    20. BIKING

    Whether you choose a stationary bike or a real live bicycle, biking is another fantastic exercise for your butt. If you’re doing it outdoors, make sure to wear a helmet — safety first!

    21. YOGA!

    Yoga is so good for toning your muscles overall, and giving you balance, you might forget it’s also a good way to exercise your butt! Sign up for a beginner course and enjoy the sun salutations. Wow!

    22. BUTTOCK PINCHES

    Cousin Balki was right: buttock pinches can be a good workout! Start by standing tall, with your feet together. Raise yourself on your tip-toes, then “punch” your butt together, hold for five seconds, then lower yourself back down. It’s also a good calf workout!

     

  2. 10 Feb


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  3. 5 Nov



    To love is to bring forth upon the beautiful, both in body and in soul.
    — Plato’s Symposium (via parti-like-itz-1996)
     

  4. 5 Nov



    Blasé: Love in the Pursuit of Wholeness.

    konichiwadomo:

    I wanted to share this wonderful greek myth a friend told me about today. It is probably one of the most beautiful depictions of love I have read, where we are destined to find our other half, and in that pursuit of wholeness of one’s self we define love.

    Enjoy…

    “First you must learn what human…

     

  5. 5 Nov


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  6. 5 Nov



    Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
    — Plato, The Symposium (via hideyreyes)

    (Source: noyrnot)

     

  7. 5 Nov



    thefitty asked: Do you like to draw?

    Yes I love to draw! My favorite thing to draw is food haha is that weird? I think it’s really easy and fun to draw food!

     

  8. 30 Oct



    Tip 2: Compare apples to apples (and chicken to chicken)

    Compare the prices of similar items. Make sure you’re comparing pound per pound and serving per serving. Say you’re considering a $7.50 package of skinless, boneless chicken breast versus a $3.50 whole chicken. That $7.50 package with two chicken breasts is just over a pound and will feed two to three people, while the whole chicken is more than three pounds and will feed four, as well as make homemade chicken stock and soup.

     

  9. 30 Oct


    thin-kbeforeyoueat: Follow me for loveliness and healthiness :)

    thin-kbeforeyoueat:

    Follow me for loveliness and healthiness :)

    (via fitnessfoodfabulous)

     

  10. 30 Oct


    thinslimfit: Clean does not mean less.. eat lots of nutritious things, and little of junk and you’re on the right track! 

    thinslimfit:

    Clean does not mean less.. eat lots of nutritious things, and little of junk and you’re on the right track! 

    (via our-own-perfection)