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The city plans to install protected bike lanes on both sides of deadly McGuinness Boulevard and remove a car lane in each direction as part of a major redesign of the highway-like north Brooklyn road, Streetsblog has learned.

The overhaul will reconfigure the 1.1-mile stretch of the busy boulevard between Meeker Avenue and the Pulaski Bridge in Greenpoint, and comes after local activists and politicians pushed two mayoral administrations for safety upgrades following multiple deaths, including the hit-and-run killing of beloved local teacher Matthew Jensen in 2021.

The lane removals are the most ambitious redesign yet under Mayor Adams, said one advocate, proving that so-called road diets that reallocate space away from cars are politically possible on the citys busiest thoroughfares.

Weve seen some bold DOT proposals during the Adams administration, but I think this is the boldest yet, said Jon Orcutt, the advocacy director of Bike New York. If you can road diet McGuinness Boulevard, you could probably road diet any street in the city, which makes it an interesting case.

The proposal would replace the current two travel lanes in each direction with just one travel lane and seven-foot bike lanes along the curb, according to a graphic obtained by Streetsblog in advance of Thursdays public presentation by the Department of Transportation.

The DOTs preferred design would shorten 25 crosswalks by one-fifth by installing pedestrian islands, while removing an average of two parking spaces per block to improve visibility and maintain clearance for turning vehicles. The overhaul also includes installing neighborhood loading zones on each block and DOT is considering metered parking for drivers patronizing businesses along the strip.

The current four-lane boulevard has long been a deadly corridor cutting through the Brooklyn nabe. Three people died due to traffic violence there over the last decade and a whopping 389 people suffered injuries in 1,690 total reported crashes nearly one every other day on just a short stretch of one roadway.

The Department of Transportation previously raised concerns about traffic spilling over onto nearby streets, but these kinds of road diets have shown to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in crashes by 30 percent, according to agency stats.

The new protected lane would also provide a much-needed north-south connector to the Pulaski Bridge for cyclists, with few other safe options available in the area. The next-nearest protected bike lane is West Street at the western edge of the neighborhood. And that bike lane isfrequently blocked by trucks.

The citys redesign is one of three possible redesigns that DOT presented to Community Board 1 last summer, and officials chose the lane reduction because it got the most support, according to DOT presentation slides obtained by Streetsblog.

The revamp is among a slate of new protected bike lanes DOT plans for the city this year, according to an agency press release last week, including the much-delayed nearby Meeker Avenue and Ashland Place in Fort Greene.

DOT began some smaller-scale fixes to McGuinness last year by banning little-used left turns at three intersections, and getting rid of parking and installing bike corrals at 11 junctions.

Removing a travel lane could lead to 30-40 percent of traffic divert to adjacent roads such as Manhattan Avenue, DOT said during its June presentation, adding that it work to improve parallel streets.

During peak times between 9001,300 vehicles an hour travel the corridor connecting the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Long Island Expressway, volume that exceeds the capacity of a single lane at 700 vehicles an hour, DOT said at the time. Roughly100 of those vehicles are trucks.

The agencys press office declined to share specific plans ahead of Thursdays presentation about how officials will manage potential traffic effects on nearby streets.

DOT looks forward to discussing our plan to bring critical safety improvements to McGuinness Boulevard later this year. We will be monitoring the project closely during and after implementation and will detail those plans to the community board, DOT spokesman Vin Barone said in a statement.

The hit-and-run killing of Jensen, a beloved teacher at P.S. 110 nearMcGuinness Boulevard, spurred residents and politicians to organize and rally for safety improvements under the banner of Make McGuinness Safe.

Then-Mayor Bill de Blasio walked the corridor with advocates and pledged to fund nearly $40 million in upgrades to the lethal boulevard.

Those funds will be used for a future capital project, and the current redesign will be done separately in-house by DOT and could be a precursor for the larger changes, according to sources briefed on the plans.

Local electeds applauded the plan as transformative.

After a two-year engagement process during which several more residents were injured in car crashes on McGuinness the Department of Transportation has put forward the kind of transformative redesign that was promised, said Assembly Member Emily Gallagher and Council Member Lincoln Restler in a joint statement.

We look forward to hearing the communitys feedback and are committed to partnering with DOT in support of the core elements of this proposal for McGuinness that will make Greenpoint safer.

DOT will present the proposal to Community Board 1s Transportation Committee at a virtual meeting this Thursday at 6.30 p.m.

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The liver, which is the second largest organ in the body, is responsible for performing a variety of functions like removing toxins from the body, blood purification, and protein synthesis, among others. This is why it is imperative to follow a lifestyle and diet that is liver-friendly and can keep it healthy. But, before doing that, one needs to understand the foods that are good for liver health, and those that may do more harm than good. To help you make the right choices, nutritionist Lovneet Batra took to Instagram to share that omega rich foods, wheatgrass, green vegetables, sunflower seeds, and turmeric are good for liver health.

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Speaking with indianexpress.com, Dr Rahul Dubbaka Consultant Gastroenterologist CARE Hospitals Banjara Hills Hyderabad said, Certain dietary choices can positively or negatively impact liver health. Consuming a diet high in processed foods, refined sugars, and saturated fats can lead to the accumulation of fat in the liver, which can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Conversely, eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins can help protect against liver damage.

Dr Dubbaka shares the functions of the liver as:

1. Detoxification: The liver helps remove toxins and harmful substances from the body.

2. Bile production: The liver produces bile, which helps digest fats and absorb fat-soluble vitamins.

3. Storage: The liver stores vitamins, minerals, and glycogen, which is a source of energy.

4. Protein synthesis: The liver is responsible for producing important proteins, such as albumin and clotting factors.

Dr Dubbaka shared why the food items shared by Batra are a good option for your liver health. They are:

* Omega-3 rich foods Omega-3 rich foods such as fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, sardines), walnuts, flaxseeds, and chia seeds, can help reduce inflammation in the liver and improve liver function.

* Wheatgrass Wheatgrass contains chlorophyll, which can help detoxify the liver and promote its health.

* Green vegetables Green vegetables, such as spinach, kale, and broccoli, contain high amounts of antioxidants, which can help reduce inflammation and protect against liver damage.

* Sunflower seeds Sunflower seeds are a good source of vitamin E, which can help protect against liver damage.

* Turmeric Turmeric contains curcumin, which has anti-inflammatory properties and can help protect against liver damage.

Batra listed out ways to keep your liver healthy. They are:

* Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet.* Limit fat, sugar, and salt.* Exercise regularly* Limit alcohol intake* Maintain a healthy body weight

Dr Dubakka added that it is essential to keep in mind that excessive alcohol consumption can cause liver damage, and hence, avoiding or limiting alcohol intake is crucial for its health. Maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, and avoiding smoking can also help promote liver health, he concluded.

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Keke Palmer worked out with weights like kettlebells and HIIT routines prior to showing off a strapless gown at the Met Gala. AJ Lising/Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Keke Palmer prepared for her Met Gala look by lifting weights, eating more, and crushing intense HIIT routines,according to her personal trainer Corey Calliet.

The actress hit the red carpet Monday night in a strapless, form-fitting tweed gown from designed Sergio Hudson. Days earlier, she showed up at the Atlanta Film Festival in a cheetah-print bodysuit for the premiere of her new film and directorial debut, "Big Boss."

Calliet told Insider that Palmer reached out in late March to begin working with him first on Zoom, then through in-person gym sessions in LA. The actress had her first child February 25, and has spoken out against pressure to 'bounce back' after a pregnancy.

Calliet specializes in celebrity body transformations, including trainingMichael B. Jordan for "Creed 3".

He said Palmer was highly motivatedandmade quick progress when he started her on weight lifting workouts.

"She's an amazing client, and she can actually train," he said. "Her body changed a lot very fast, which was really impressive."

Calliet said Palmer incorporated exercises like goblet squats, glute bridges, kettlebell swings, and HIIT-style circuits, and also began eating more to fuel the intense routines.

The "Nope" actress has previously stuck to workouts like pilates, body weight, and cardio, as reported in Shape.

Leading up to the Met Gala, she worked out every week day, resting on the weekends, and spent about an hour per session in the gym, including a warm-up, weight lifting, and conditioning, according to Calliet.

He said the strength training portion of the workout started with exercises for the lower body and back. Since those are big muscle groups, they take more energy to train, so it's best to tackle them first before any fatigue sets in, he said.

Calliet said each day's workout had specific focus on one muscle group glute day, for example, includes exercises like squats, reverse lunges, and glute bridges, often with impressively heavy weight.

"Some of these glute exercises that women do, I can't do them myself," he said.

Calliet said that for lower body gains, he specifically loves goblet squats, which involve holding a weight in front of the body and can help build core muscle and stability.

Palmer also trained with kettlebells, which are ideal for powerful explosive movements like swings.

Basic, foundational exercises like squats, presses, and rows round out the rest of the workout, since Calliet said he "doesn't do anything fancy" and likes the tried-and-true classics.

"You don't have to re-invent the wheel," he said.

Calliet said he also likes to incorporate high-intensity interval training or HIIT into Palmer's workouts, with a circuit-style workout of both upper and lower body exercises as well as plyometric or explosive movements.

"I like HIIT because it's a mix of everything, with weight training and cardio at once," he said.

A typical circuit might include several rounds of push-ups, mountain climbers, sit-ups, jump squats, and battle ropes.

Calliet said the while Palmer is "not a big cardio person," he had her finish each workout with a short session on the incline treadmillfor an intense, effective finisher to keep the heart rate high, burn fat, and boost stamina and overall health.

"Some cardio is mandatory for all my clients," he said. "You just don't want to do too much of it."

The most important part of Palmer's routine was good nutrition, which is crucial forany fitness transformation, according to Calliet.

"You can work out all day long but if nutrition is not aligned, you won't get there," he said.

He said that prior to working with him, Palmer hadn't been eating enough to build muscle. He had her work with a meal prep company to get a mix of carbs, fats, and protein to fuel her workouts.

"It wasn't a strict diet, more of a healthy lifestyle plan," Calliet said. "The main thing was eating more food because you have to eat to lose weight, and you have to lift weights to burn fat."

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Warren Buffett may be 92 and one of the richest people on the planet, but he still has a child's taste for fast food, sugary sodas, and sweet treats.

The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO counts burgers, hot dogs, and ice cream among his favorite foods. He munches on McDonald's for breakfast, guzzles five cans of Coke every day, and demolishes cookies and chocolates.

Fittingly, Berkshire owns See's Candies and Dairy Queen, while Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz are among the largest holdings in its $300 billion stock portfolio.

Buffett has defended his eating habits and voiced his disgust at vegetables and other healthy options during interviews, in his yearly letters to shareholders, and at Berkshire's annual meetings.

1. "I've gotten to 92 with the habits of a 6-year-old. So far, it's working. Charlie's 99 and he doesn't eat any better than I do. I found everything I like to eat by the time I was six. Why should I fool around with all these other foods? If somebody told me I would live an extra year if I ate nothing but broccoli and a few other things all my life, I would say, 'Take that year off the end of my life and let me eat what I like to eat.'" (CNBC)

2. "I think happiness makes an enormous amount of difference in terms of longevity. And I'm happier when I'm drinking Coke or eating hot fudge sundaes or hot dogs." (CNBC)

3. "I'm one-quarter Coca-Cola. If I eat 2,700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola. I drink at least five 12-ounce servings. I do it every day. I have three Cokes during the day and two at night." (Fortune)

4. "I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among 6-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a 6-year-old. It's the safest course I can take." (Fortune)

5."I follow a very simple rule when it comes to food. If a three-year-old doesn't eat it, I don't eat it." ("The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life")

6. "Broccoli, asparagus, and Brussels sprouts look to me like Chinese food crawling around on a plate. Cauliflower almost makes me sick. I eat carrots reluctantly. I don't like sweet potatoes. I don't even want to be close to a rhubarb, it makes me retch. My idea of a vegetable is green beans, corn, and peas. I like spaghetti and grilled cheese sandwiches. I'll eat meat loaf but wouldn't order it in a restaurant." ("The Snowball")

7. "During the meeting, Charlie and I will each consume enough Coke, See's fudge and See's peanut brittle to satisfy the weekly caloric needs of a NFL lineman. Long ago we discovered a fundamental truth: There's nothing like eating carrots and broccoli when you're really hungry and want to stay that way." (2015 letter)

8. "There's a lot to be said about being happy with what you're doing. If I'd been eating broccoli and Brussels sprouts all my life, I don't think I'd live as long. I would approach every meal thinking it's like going to jail or something." (2015 meeting)

9. "When I compare drinking Coca-Cola to something that somebody would sell me at Whole Foods I don't see smiles on the faces of people at Whole Foods." (2015 meeting)

10. "I like eating the same thing over and over and over again. I could eat a ham sandwich every day for 50 days in a row for breakfast." ("The Snowball")

11. "I don't eat any Chinese food. If necessary, serve me rice and I'll just move it around on my plate, and I'll go back to my room afterward and eat peanuts." ("The Snowball") (This was Buffett's response when Bill and Melinda Gates asked what he liked to eat ahead of a group vacation to China. Buffett made sure to speak up after suffering through a disastrous sushi dinner a few years earlier, and was served hamburgers, french fries and Cherry Coke throughout the trip.)

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Its easy to overlook this denizen of the dark, despite its diaphanous green wings. Only occasionally will this insect come to the light, sitting on a windowpane, before a hint of something unexpected sends them flittering off into the night or simply dropping to the ground and out of sight. Meet the green lacewing.

The green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea) is common and widespread insect in the UK, and a welcome inhabitant of gardens and allotments. As larvae, they are the gardeners friend, on the strength of their monstrous appetite for aphids and other sap-sucking, leaf-shrivelling and bud-blighting pests.

Green lacewing are about 1-1.5cm long

It's not hard to see how this insect got its name. The green lacewing's body is lime green, while their green wings are translucent and intricately veined, which give the impression of lace.

Look out for the ant-proof eggs of lacewings. They are laid near aphid colonies, but to avoid the attentions of the ants that attend them, they are positioned teetering on the tip of a long, extruded thread. Each lacewing will lay several hundred and larvae emerge from the eggs after three to six days.

At first glance, the larvae fall somewhere between caterpillar and slug soft-bodied, lumpy looking grubs but up close, the camouflaged body is topped with a mean-looking head, sporting a pair of huge, scimitar-shaped jaws. As it grows, it uses these to end the hopes of more than 600 aphids grabbing them, injecting them with digestive juices and sucking them dry in a ruthless summer campaign.

After emerging from its silken cocooned pupa, the more refined and delicate-looking adult lacewing imbibes pollen and sweet liquids, such as nectar and honeydew. Then it will seek out a mate and this is where it gets fascinating.

Lacewings have ears, or rather, two kinds of sound-receptive organs. The first is found in the wings, but they also have them in their legs. Nothing unusual so far, as crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and many more insects have similar devices. The difference is that lacewings are famously noisy creatures. They sing to each other, and sound plays a significant part in their lives. Its part of a secretly sonic world, out of human listening range, where body parts become instruments, and insects, such as our lacewing, use the resonance of plant fibres to broadcast their music. The sound made by a lacewing goes by the lovely name of tremulation.

When a lacewing tremulates, its abdomen jerks rapidly up and down and parts of its body rub against each other. The insect orchestrates these vibrations into pulses of low-frequency sound that can travel effectively through the air or a dense tangle of undergrowth, announcing their presence to other lacewings.

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Males initiate tremulation, and if a receptive female hears this, she will respond with a similar pulse of sound. Eventually, they will start a duet, with the female filling the gaps between the males pulses. This is a vital part of the courtship; mating doesnt happen without it.

Scientists studying these tremulations have noticed that green lacewing have different songs in different parts of their range. One in particular, found in the lowlands and the south, has been described as motorboat, with slow motorboat found in the uplands and the north. It is thought that the owners of each sexual signature tune belong to different species, with their songs acting as an isolating mechanism.

We are only beginning to understand what this means for the actual number of species in the UK and the places they can be found. To date about 20 species of lacewing have been identified by song alone. However, unless you have the equipment to hear them singing, they can only really be referred to as a member of the green lacewing complex.

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Demi Bagby is an American bodybuilder, CrossFit athlete, Martial artist and social media influencer from San Diego, California. She has been involved in many different sports and fitness activities since a very young age and has become a shining example of overcoming a crippling injury to become a flag bearer of fitness and peak performance. This article takes a closer look at her inspiring story as well as diet and current workout routine.

Demi Bagby took her first steps towards a sports and fitness lifestyle as a child. Her brothers played soccer and her father coached the sport. Naturally, she was inclined towards it. However, she expressed interest in competitive cheerleading when in sixth grade. The family respected Demis decision by supporting her to go ahead.

Bagby got an admission in the cheerleading gym in spite of having no experience on one condition she had to learn the necessary skills before their first competition. The San Diego native opted for taking private lessons as well since she did not feel confident with her skills. She trained by herself in the comfort of home.

Id take these rectangular cushions from outside by our pool and put them in the living room and start flipping. Thats where I did my first ever backflip, Demi told in an interview with Mens Health.

As months went by, Demi got remarkably better and the pace of her progression astonished even the coaches. But something that starts well does not necessarily end well. Bagby suffered a horrendous back injury on the last day of cheerleading practice. As she was descending down during a basket toss, Demi was dropped and the impact immediately broke her back.

It took Demi one full year to recover completely from the injury and the process raised her pain threshold exponentially.

Unless I die, nothings ever going to hurt that much, She says.

Discovering CrossFit training played a crucial role in Bagby moving on from the injury. She decided to check out a CrossFit gym after a display sign awakened her curiosity. The then 14-year-old was intrigued to see the gym and knew what she wanted to do next.

I walk in, and it;s a little gym with black mats, pull-up bars and an open floor And Im like, Wow, this is crazy. It just looked so cool. Like, this open space means you do something here.

Gymnastics and conditioning were Demi Bagbys favorite aspects of competitive cheerleading. She could do a whole lot of it in CrossFit and do light lifting work as well. Once again, Demi started making rapid progress in CrossFit and competed in the teen competition at CrossFit Open, placing 517th in the US for 14 to 15-year-old girls. She returned the following year and jumped to the 23rd place in the world.

The young prodigy never looked back after finding her way forward. She never stopped learning new things and added ocean surfing, wake surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding to her long list of accomplishments.

Demi Bagby started posting her progress on Instagram and other social media platforms. She soon shot up in fame and started gaining followers at a rapid pace. But more than the means to become famous, Instagram was always the means to track her progress.

Its a journal of my skills. I can watch myself surfing and say, I know what feeling I had when I was carving, and this is what it looks like.

Demi Bagbys Instagram and YouTube channel content give a fair idea about her training philosophy. Fitness is not merely a function of her strive for achieving peak performance level but a motivating factor in all aspects of her life.

She gives her all to fitness and training. Also, Demi Bagby likes to constantly learn new things and not get comfortable with what she is already good at. Her training philosophy revolves around the principle of trying new things and learning through failure as well as success.

Ill do something and know that its not right or Ill get hurt and be like, I know what I did. I need to never do that again, rather than someone saying, Dont do that, Demi Bagby said in an interview.

Demis training routine is a mix of different disciplines like calisthenics, plyometrics, CrossFit as well as combat sports. The workout routine mentioned below isnt a hundred percent accurate summary. Instead it gives a broad idea about how she trains based on various social media posts on her Instagram and YouTube channel.

Calisthenics is nothing but a fancy epithet for body weight exercises. It is a training method where the person relies on his own body weight for resistance to build muscle strength and other attributes necessary for leading a healthy life.

It is an excellent way to work mainly for two reasons you dont need to spend on equipment or gym as your body and a little bit of open space is the only real estate required to perform calisthenics workout. Calisthenics is a holistic way of training and helps improve functional strength instead of being focused heavily on the aspects like aesthetics or body composition.

Push-ups, pull-ups or bodyweight squats are some most common examples of bodyweight training. Demi Bagby starts her training week with calisthenics training and does a full body circuit on Monday.

Repeat the circuit three times

Being a mix of aerobic and anaerobic training, Muay Thai offers great benefits in terms of strength and endurance. The aerobic elements of Muay Thai training like jump rope, battle rope, running and shadow boxing helps improve the cardiovascular strength required for maintaining the optimal function of the human body.

Every Tuesday in Demi Bagbys training schedule is reserved for this art of eight limbs and she does not cut any corners when it comes to learning this craft. Apart from the health benefits, no one can deny the efficacy of Muay Thai in self defense situations.

The Muay Thai training session typically consists of:

For those with a superficial understanding of the practice, Yoga is beneficial improving flexibility, muscle coordination and balance. However, the more experienced individuals will tell you that the most potent benefits of Yoga go above and beyond that. The ancient Yogic practice helps with managing stress, improves mental health and makes positive changes in every aspect of life.

Demi Bagby practices different forms of training like calisthenics, CrossFit and Board Sports to name a few. To maintain focus on each one of those disciplines without mental fatigue setting in, Yoga practice must help her immensely. The Yoga session in Demi Bagbys routine looks like this:

Surfing is a good full body workout in that it engages the shoulder and back, core as well as lower body muscles. Its benefits for the cardiovascular system cannot be denied. Additionally, it is an amazing way to spend time in a natural environment and reduce stress and anxiety.

Demi Bagby enjoys surfing as much as she loves to train in the gym or outdoors. Also, a full body activity like surfing can really put the gains made with body weight and strength training to test and give a person an idea about their level of fitness.

Demi Bagby is back to working calisthenics on Friday. She goes through a full body training circuit to improve functional strength and muscle coordination.

Repeat the circuit for 3 rounds

Demi Bagbys Saturdays start with a long run along the beach with her dog. On some occasions, she also rides the exercise bike to get the cardio work in.

It would not be an overstatement to say that CrossFit gave Demi Bagbys aspirations a second wind and allowed her to pursue an active lifestyle after the career ending back injury. She goes through an intense CrossFit training session every Sunday which concludes her training week.

Hydration is the key to maintaining healthy body function, especially when you are as active as Demi Bagby. The 22-year-old gives utmost importance to staying hydrated and makes sure to drink enough water throughout the day and during her training sessions to fuel performance.

Demis diet includes a balanced mix of Complex carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, other micronutrients and most importantly, protein and fiber. Ice cream is her weakness and she can walk miles to have a scoop of her favorite flavor. However, Demi practices immense self control and does not waver from a strict diet plan necessary for maintaining peak physical health.

She follows a simple dietary routine of three meals per day. It consists of simple and nutrient dense whole foods that are not laden with calories.

While chicken, eggs and Salmon are the primary sources of protein in her diet, vegetables, fresh fruits, brown rice and oats serve as healthy sources of fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

A full day of eating in Demi Bagbys routine looks like this:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Demi Bagby has overcome life altering injuries at a very young age and that has helped her build an unbreakable mind and body. Still in her early 20s, Demi has a lot of time left to take her fitness career and business endeavors to a whole new level. Her progress in different disciplines of training shows that if you have the drive and a right mindset, nothing can stop you from achieving the highest levels of human capabilities.

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My belly fat has gone! 56-year-old woman shares her amazing body transformation (Image: UP)

Women can struggle with weight loss for several reasons, but Debra Mingoia, suffered from endometriosis since she was 23 years old which meant her body thought it was going into early menopause, and with that, her body constantly changed. Now, 56, she told Express.co.uk how she went about dropping from a size 12 to a size six with the help of Ultimate Performance.

Debra said: Like with most things, I try to be as positive as possible, so when entering in early menopause initially I wanted to manage it naturally as best as I could with acupuncture sessions once a month, exercise and natural remedies, and healthy eating.

No matter what I tried though, the symptoms became unbearable. My weight crept up gradually and I was possibly in denial about weight gain for quite some time. Sleep was really difficult. I did eventually give in to HRT. Anxiety played a bit part - something Ive never really experienced but this overwhelmed me at times.

Whilst battling with endometriosis, Debra still strived to maintain a level of fitness. She explained how running was a big part of my exercise routine for quite a while, with lots of training going into various events from 10k, half marathon to full marathon, having done London, New York and Chicago.

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Road biking became a big part of exercising to taking part in Prudential Ride London three times, she added.

Despite taking part in so many activities, Debra said she found them challenging due to my moods, as well as debilitating symptoms.

She was also in the mindset of doing all this training and eating what I want when I want.

As for why she chose Ultimate Performance, Debra explained she had several friends who had completed a programme with the same company and they looked amazing.

It got me thinking as no matter what I was doing, nothing was shifting the belly fat and what I call overhang that I had since surgery and weight increase due to menopause, she added.

I remember saying to my friend one Christmas that Im going to give it one last try and if I cant get rid of this belly fat I will have surgery, so I enquired about having a tummy tuck and even went along for a consultation to get an idea of what was involved. So U.P. was my last resort before this.

Throughout lockdown, Debra did lots of home workouts and ran frequently, which resulted in a gradual drop in weight, so when she started with U.P, she bought some home weights and bands, whilst following a food plan which was high protein diet and a set number of calories to stick to each day.

It took me 12 weeks to get me to my target weight of 51kg, she said. I then continued with training and started introducing other foods into my diet and the transformation was amazing and it worked. My body fat reduced my belly fat had gone.

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In terms of what Debras biggest challenge was, she revealed it was starting the programme.

We were still in lockdown and changing my eating habits and at the time giving up chocolate, she added. However, my trainer knew how hard this would be and incorporated three pieces of dark chocolate into my food plan and this was great and took away any cravings I had.

Its all about changing your mindset and when you start to see results quite quickly, which I did, it felt amazing. I was sceptical at first, but the support, understanding and focus you get from U.P. is amazing. They keep track of you, support you, become your friend, challenge you and make things happen. I felt amazing when I reached my goal and even more so when I did the photoshoot, and still do today.

As for how she feels now, both physically and emotionally. Debra said: Weight training has helped me in all aspects, I have lots more energy, improving my times in events.

I did a few triathlons and duathlons and improved my time each time. I felt more focused, stronger, sleep has improved immensely and even though having surgery has massively reduced the endometriosis and the symptoms, it doesnt mean to say it has completely gone but the weight training and mindset I get from that helps enormously.

Debra shared her advice for others in a similar situation: Only you can make the change, you have got to put the time and effort in, but the results can be amazing. Everyone has busy lives but if you really want to do something you can. You need to find the right trainer that works with you and for me, you cant go wrong with U.P. they have a completely different style and get results.

I no longer think about surgery, one I dont need to, and U.P. have given me all the tools and understanding I need. I still dip in and out with them and am planning to go back for a block of training sessions soon. I do this mainly to keep me on track and also make sure I am not picking up any bad habits.

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While I generally recommend a slow and steady method to lose weight, we all understand that sometimes, you'd like the scale to move down quicker. (This, of course, is without sacrificing losing weight in a healthy manner, which trumps any fitness goal you may have.) Whether you're prepping for a high school reunion that crept up on you or a summer beach getaway you want to get toned for, you're on a bit of a time crunch to lose weight. The following routine is a hardcore HIIT workout to help you lose 10 pounds or less in 30 days, so lace up those sneakers, and gear up.

If you stick to the program and couple it with a healthy diet for fat loss, solid lifestyle habits, and make sure you don't take a single cheat day, you can drop weight quickly and be set for whatever big plans you have in store. Perform each exercise for 30 seconds at maximal intensity, followed by 30 seconds of slow walking/pacing. Then, move on to the next exercise and repeat. Complete this workout three times per week. On non-workout days, perform 30 to 60 minutes of slower cardio to keep your caloric burn as high as possible while recovering from the workouts. Repeat for four to five weeks, and watch the weight melt right off!

As with any new exercise routine, it's always important to check in with a healthcare professional or certified fitness expert to ensure it's the right route for you.

Keep reading for a fitness routine that will help you lose 10 pounds or less in 30 days. And next, be sure to check out 7 Simple Dumbbell Exercises To Lose Weight in 30 Days.

The goblet squat is a functional lower-body exercise that hits your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and core for a serious calorie burn.

To perform a dumbbell goblet squat, stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width distance apart, holding a dumbbell vertically with both hands at chest level. Brace your core and squat down, pushing your hips back and keeping your chest up. Push through your feet to return to the starting position, squeezing your glutes at the top. Repeat for 30 seconds.

Sprints are a high-intensity cardiovascular exercise that helps burn calories quickly by seriously revving your metabolic furnace. Focus on maximizing your stride rate by driving your knee explosively upward with each repetition, then slamming your foot straight toward the ground as you take each step at maximal intensity.

To perform sprints, find a flat, open area with enough space to run. Start in a standing position with your feet hip-width apart and your arms relaxed at your sides. Begin running, gradually increasing your speed until you reach your maximum effort. Maintain your top speed for the target distance or time. Slow down gradually, and return to a standing or walking position. Aim to be at a maximal sprint for 30 seconds.

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Pushups are a compound upper-body exercise that helps to build strength in the chest, shoulders, and triceps while demanding full-body stabilization. They also burn serious calories when performed as part of a HIIT circuit. Plus, pushups don't require any equipment setup.

To perform a pushup, begin in a pushup plank position with hands under your shoulders. Engage your core, and keep your spine in a braced neutral position. Lower toward the ground by bending at the elbows and shoulders. When your chest is just above the ground, push evenly through both hands to return to the starting position. Do not allow your hips to sag throughout the movement Repeat for 30 seconds.

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The burpee is a full-body, explosive high-intensity exercise that seriously kicks up your metabolism and helps the fat melt right off.

To perform a burpee, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms at your sides. Squat down, and place your hands on the floor in front of you. Kick your legs back into a plank position. (Optional: Do a pushup.) Jump your feet back to your hands, returning to the squat position. Jump straight up, reaching your hands overhead. Absorb your landing with a squat, and drop immediately into the next repetition. Repeat for 30 seconds.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e

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The last exercise in this workout to lose 10 pounds in a month is the bicycle crunch. Bicycle crunches are an effective abdominal exercise that targets the rectus abdominis and obliques, giving you a two-for-one ab exercise that maximizes your time and calorie burn compared to other core exercises.

To perform bicycle crunches, lie on your back with your hands behind your head and your knees bent. Engage your core, and lift your head, shoulders, and feet off the ground. Bring your right elbow toward your left knee as you extend your right leg as if pedaling a bicycle. Continue alternating sides in a controlled, fluid motion, maintaining tension in your core throughout the exercise. Repeat for 30 seconds.

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Welcome back to theLearning Curve, a monthly column where we unpack the complicated experience of accepting your own body in a world that doesn't seem to want you to. This month, Nicola ponders the unease she feels when a plus-size celebrity suddenly becomes thinner despite their body being none of her business.

I cant look at Mindy Kaling anymore. Or Rebel Wilson. Or Adele.

Yes, its only because theyre significantly thinner. A wave of unease crashes over me every time I lay eyes upon a formerly plus-size famous person despite the fact that neither they nor their body have anything to do with me. Seeing a woman above a size 8 on a red carpet was nearly unheard of until the early 2010s, when Melissa McCarthy got promoted from dowdy sidekick to leading lady andOrange Is the New Black became the most talked-about show in the country. Still, comparatively few plus-size women have been allowed past the exclusive gates of fame, but when they thrive in that traditionally thin space anyway, it makes my own successes feel possible and my own body feel worthy.

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But every now and then, Ive woken up and one of the people I once felt proudly represented by onscreen suddenly felt like a stranger with more chiseled cheekbones, a flatter stomach, and a thigh gap.Theres something wrong here, my subconscious nags every time it happens,not with them with you.

Celebrities and weight loss itself arent my enemies here. People lose (and gain) weight for a wide variety of reasons and its not always under a persons control whether or not they do. Sometimes its healthy, sometimes its not, and sometimes its neither. Regardless, those reasons or the fact that it happens are none of my business usually.

They become my business when headlines and social media posts refuse to let me gloss over Wilsons year of health, during which she reportedly lost more than 80 pounds by eating high-protein meals, or how Kaling managed to become unrecognizable by losing weight allegedlywithout any dietary restrictions. Adele apparentlylost 100 pounds just by lifting weights and doing circuit training, according to what my phone tells me. Sure.

These are conversations, by the way, that the celebrities actively participated in by posting about weight loss on social media and/or allowing journalists to interview them about the topic. But whether or not the celebrity participates in it, the mainstream narrative surrounding any bigger, famous person who has lost a significant amount of weight is that they lookso much better now, dont they? And theyrehealthy now!

If influencers or different people are sending a message that we can modify our bodies simply through exercise and diet, the science simply doesnt support that.

This is where the problem starts, especially when the stories are presented with pictures of celebrities before and after their transformations, as many of them are. I think [before-and-after imagery] offers people an opportunity to think that achieving weight loss is something thats worthwhile, saysPhillippa Diedrichs, PhD, a research psychologist who specializes in media and body image. The issue really lies in the fact that it is often suggested the after image is the better of the two. It sends the message that a larger body type is not ideal and could and should be changed.

If youve ever tried to lose weight the old-fashioned way (diet and exercise), you know how impossible it can feel simply because you dont have time to hit the gym every day before or after the commute to your nine-to-five job. You might not have the budget to buy food that hasnt been processed. You dont even know where to begin with working outor eating because theres an endless sea of information about weight loss on the internet and little of it is realistic or trustworthy. You have these struggles because youre a normal person, one who probably has not sold hundreds of millions of records or written half a dozen hit television shows.

Thats reality. Celebrities dont live in reality. Imagine how much easier losing weight would be if you had a full gym at home or access to a private fitness center where the machines are clean, functioning, and always free to use, where men dont openly leer at you, and where you have your very own instructor telling you exactly what to do not to mention a work schedule that allows you to indulge in all of these things several times a day (or perhaps even a job that literally pays you to do so). At home, your personal nutritionist prepares post-workout smoothies and perfectly proportioned meals. You might even have an appointment with a doctor to discreetly discussliposuction or going onOzempic.

My imaginary scenario isnt stone-cold fact (though I will presentthis interview with Rob McElhenney as evidence), but theseare very rich people were talking about and rich people can afford a lifestyle that just makes things easier and that includes weight loss by any means necessary. But when the celebrity or the media outlets covering said celebrity depict drastic weight loss as something that can be achieved simply and quickly, you feel like a failure when you cant lose weight after you ate nothing but chicken breast for a week and bought a treadmill desk.

Just because young people know most media images are retouched doesnt change the fact that they feel impacted by their presence.

Those feelings of failure can cause a cycle that impacts ones overall well-being in the long run, according to Dr. Diedrichs. People can have unrealistic expectations about what they can achieve with weight loss, particularly if it is being marketed as a result of managing diet as well as exercise. That presents a very simplistic view of how a persons weight is determined. And she notes, a persons weight often comes down to a variety of factors such as genetics, biology, and socioeconomics, things that are perpetually glossed over in marketing and other online conversations about weight. If influencers or different people are sending a message that we can modify our bodies simply through exercise and diet, Dr. Deidrichs adds, the science simply doesnt support that.

The science proves that most dieting practices do not result in sustainable weight loss (if any weight is lost at all), so those of us who see a celebrity lose weight and try their reported regimens for ourselves are immediately buckled into a roller coaster of self-hatred we cant get off of. The basic diet response can be restricting what youre eating, setting up unrealistic rules that are impossible to follow, that dont lead to the result that you want, Dr. Diedrichs elaborates. That leads you to feeling lazy and undisciplined, or feeling like these standards are impossible to maintain and that your body is not good enough. From that point, she adds, dieters are more likely to overeat out of frustration, which leads to more feelings of self-loathing, which leads back to square one with food restriction. In the most extreme cases, that can mimic or be a symptom of having an eating disorder.

And seeing someone who once looked like you suddenly adhere to thin beauty standardsdoes subconsciously encourage you to try to lose weight, whether or not that was ever of interest to you. Just by having images [featuring unattainable beauty standards] there, even if we dont think that its achievable, still sends a message that thats something to aspire to. And if we fall short of that, we dont measure up, Dr. Diedrichs explains, citing image retouching as a common instance in which an understanding of reality isn't enough to combat the effects of an unattainable beauty standard. Just because young people know most media images are retouched, she explains, doesnt change the fact that they can feel impacted by their presence.

Ive spent much of my life training myself to notice the way these things negatively impactmy own body image, and yet they still do hence, why I had to leave the room when I recently caught my roommate watching reruns ofThe Office. Just involuntarily picturing Kalings before and after in my head felt like a message that I need to lose weight. I could do it just as easily as she did and therefore Im supposed to, right?

In a fucked-up way, it kind of feels like Im losing teammates with the loss of certain plus-size celebrities. Those of us who do not meet that thinner-than-average beauty standard already struggle with a lack of fair representation in the media we consume. When some of our main pillars of representation fall, that, too, can negatively impact the way we see ourselves. By having a lack of representation, youre sending a message that those people arent welcome or theyre not aspirational or theyre not attractive, Dr. Diedrichs explains. The more likely we are to internalize those ideas, the worse our body image is.

And I do, indeed, internalize that, even though I don't want to. So, yeah. I hate it when celebrities lose weight, especially those who are or once were plus-size. It has nothing to do with who they are or why and how they did it but has everything to do with the ways our society and subconsciouses trick us into believing the fairy tale that everyone can and should be gorgeous and skinny. And it's certainly not that people in the spotlight should feel morally obligated to remain plus-size. It's that media as a whole should continue to highlight people of all sizes without commenting on their weight or asking for their dieting secrets.

If, somehow, there are any celebrities (or their publicists) reading this, I'm not asking you to abandon dieting or exercising or posting photos of yourself at any size. I'm asking you to consider refraining from sharing how you lost the weight the next time a magazine asks (or, as McElhenney did in that aforementioned interview, be brutally honest about how unattainable your results may be for the average person). Because, as Dr. Deidrichs explained, our brains are impacted by the false narrative that anyone can lose weight quickly and easily, regardless of whether or not we understand that its false.

While I believe the responsibility to stop this narrative lies mostly with the media, one also has to consider how the people seeking out and reading weight-loss content at home play into the equation. Media outlets (includingAllure, mind you) determine much of their content based on what their audience is naturally drawn to and what people en masse are typing into their search engines. If celebrity weight-loss content is what brings traffic to a publication, theyll keep making it. If this is a narrative you, too, would like to stop, then simply ignoring this type of content is a good place to start. Even hate-clicking a story about weight loss signifies your interest in it to a media company, and media companies are corporations that rely on that interest to make profits. It all feeds into one viscous cycle of clicks and content creation that wont break until one or both parties make a choice to quit cold turkey.

Being triggered into body shame is not something we can avoid, nor is it something can we expect celebrities or the media to manage for us.

Regardless of how media outlets change or dont change, Dr. Diedrichs says increased media literacy is the solution for people struggling with these unrealistic standards on a personal level. We know from research that if we increase peoples knowledge and understanding of what goes into creating a media image, that can sometimes disrupt the process of comparing ourselves to other people because youve dismissed that as a relevant target thats actually achievable, she says. In other words, keep in mind all that stuff I said earlier about the private gyms and personal chefs and Ozempic.

Many of these conversations about celebrity weight loss are simply another means by which women are objectified en masse, their value reduced to the appearance of their body. (Celebrity weight loss in men ignites similar harmful narratives, but lets be honest in acknowledging that their perceived worthiness is not as closely tied to their weight.) Just by writing this story, I risk objectifying these women even further, but when we collectively fail to address the reality at hand, I think it warrants a conversation. Dr. Diedrichs agrees, so long as that conversation challenges beauty standards in a way that does not reinforce the importance of appearance, to begin with.

So the next time youre confronted with the image of someone who meets a beauty standard you dont, and when that shaky, barely audible voice within you starts nagging at you to be skinnier, please pause for a second and ask yourself a few things: Why is weight the first thing that set me off about this image? Am I dissatisfied with my body or am I trying to control my body as a means of trying to control other problems in my life? What are those other problems? Is forcing my body to change a realistic or healthy way to get rid of them?

I cant answer those questions for you, but I can tell you this: Being triggered into body shame is not something we can avoid, nor is it something can we expect celebrities or the media to manage for us. But it is something we can learn to discuss and dissect to a greater degree than she/he/they look better/worse. Maybe if we do that more often, well feel less pressured to follow in the footsteps of the rich, famous, and increasingly thin.

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