Want to make your diet all natural?

Created By Kelsey Hodgin and Kiriana Wilton

Pumping iron over cardio

Well with the weekend over it's time to hit the gym with the start of the new week! But change things up a bit and try weightlifting instead of just straight cardio all the time. Diet and cardio are equally important, but weight training will help the most with changing how your body looks! Lifting weights will help raise your metabolism and actually burn more calories than cardio. Muscles burn more than fat, so the more muscle you have the more calories you'll be burning!

If you're just getting started with weight lifting, keep a few things in mind:

     -Make sure you choose at least one exercise for each major muscle group which include chest, back, shoulders, hamstrings, quads, calves, triceps, biceps and abs. Leaving muscle groups out will give you an imbalance in your muscles

     -It's recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine to do 8-12 reps for muscle strength and 10-15 reps for muscle endurance, for about 3 sets. When lifting to lose fat or gain endurance, lift enough weight that you can only complete your desired reps. But to gain muscle, do the number of sets until you're tired.

     -And finally just stretch before and remember to breath while lifting. Inhale as you resist the weight and exhale when you lift or push the weight.

You can find several sample workouts online that can be personalized to fit you! Have fun lifting when you're not hitting the treadmill!

Thirsty Thursday just got healthier

Try making your happy hour a little more healthier with some low-cal cocktails! Just try substituting some ingredients to make it a bit better nutritious wise. For instance, add half the recommended amount of margarita mix and the rest with Fresca for a tasty margarita. It'll give it a little fizzle and cut out tons of sugar! Also, you can add some fruit to drinks to sweeten it up too! Just throw some frozen berries in a blender with the alcohol of your choice and enjoy your specialty drink. Here's an idea to get you started on your healthier Thursday nights!

Strawberry Daiquiri
Ingredients:
2-3 cups fresh or frozen chopped strawberries..amount just depends on if you're a strawberry lover :)
A bit of sugar..no more than three tablespoon
2 tablespoons of lime juice (then cut some wedges to decorate your glass)
Ice (again, your preference) but I'd use 2-3 cups
And some RUM! around 3/4 cups, you can even try a flavored rum like coconut to add some extra taste!

Then just blend all together until it's a nice smooth mixture! Serve and enjoy for under 200 calories :)

And remember, there's no science to mixology. Just depends on your taste and preference so add as little and as much of any ingredients or throw some extra in there too!

When life gives you lemons..

So the typical saying is when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But instead, try making lemon water! It's already recommended that you drink 8 glasses of water a day, but why not sweetening it up a bit a lemon? By adding a lemon wedge or just lemon juice to your water, you end up burning an additional 75 calories. Plus, it tastes better too so you'll be drinking the 8 recommended glasses in no time! Additionally, lemons are diuretic and will help flush out toxins in your body which is always a good thing :) So add a lemon to your water, and drink up!

Savory Stress Reliever

Midterms are right around the corner and don't get twisted up like a pretzel from all that stress...just eat one instead! Pretzels are a way to relieve unwanted stress! Eating carbohydrate-rich foods gives you a boost of energy and triggers the brain to release a chemical called serotonin - a feel-good chemical to punch out the stress! Be careful not to eat too many though unless you're trying to head to the gym with that extra energy. Put a good sized handful in a bowl and eat those instead of just eating out of the bag. You'll end up eating more than planned that way since you're just snacking and all. About 17 Rold Gold pretzels are only 110 calories so consider them a healthy stress reliever :) Stay chill by enjoying the savory snack!

WELCOME S.H.E FANS!

HI and welcome to S.H.E. Pullman! This blog is dedicated to the self, health and exercise for females across campus! We'll post helpful tips and how-to's for improvements to self-health, exercise, and beauty regiments frequently and we'll even let you know things around Pullman to improve the "SHE" in you! Thanks for visiting the blog and we can't wait to start posting!