Jessica Smith

Your week-long action plan for short-skirt ready legs: Tone them with these easy workouts that exercise your calves, hamstrings, quads, glutes and inner thighs.

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By Brenda Kearns

Ditch the guilt! These health "hazards" can banish fatigue, ease depression, speed weight loss and more.

Fidgeting and Squirming
Fidget, pace, bounce a foot, twirl your hair, fiddle with the phone cord...those small muscle movements act like exercise, burning off damaging stress hormones during tense times, says cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D., author of Reverse Heart Disease Now. And research at Rochester's Mayo Clinic suggests that people who fidget a lot increase their fat-burning metabolic rate by as much as 40 percent. The reason: Constant body movements stimulate the brain's release hormones that boost your ability to burn stored fat for energy.

Gossiping
Spending 20 minutes chatting with a trusted friend about other people's news (and, yes, even their minor misfortunes) helps 96 percent of people squash feelings of stress, tension and anxiety for up to four hours straight, say researchers at Rhode Island's Brown University. Even better? Women who spre

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The holy grail of slim-down smoothies? Jessica Simpson's trainer, Harley Pasternak, has the recipe...
by Sarah Jio, Glamour

The healthy smoothie that Jessica Simpson and other celeb clients of Harley Pasternak swear by? Here you go:

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Harley Pasternak's Breakfast Smoothie

Yields: 1 16 oz. serving

Ingredients:
- 5 raw almonds

- 1 red apple

- 1 banana

- 3/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt

- 1/2 cup nonfat milk

- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

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Preparation:
Place all ingredients in a blender. (Depending on how powerful your blender is, you may need to chop the apple and almonds into small pieces before blending.) Blend on medium-high for 30 seconds (or until desired consistency).

Enjoy! (And, I think this is going to be my new breakfast fave!)

P.S. More healthy smoothie recipes, and breakfast ideas.

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by Heidi Pashman

Op, op, op, op, oppa Gangnam style! It was just a matter of time before fitness enthusiasts capitalized on the thigh-burning effects of the Gangnam Style dance. And that time really could not have come quickly enough.

Dance centers, fitness clubs, Zumba instructors, flash mobs locally and worldwide, as well as personal at-home fitness video instructors have taken the song (and the choreography!) and put their own spin on the routine for one cardio -blasting, muscle-burning Gangnam Style workout. And we've all noticed.

The routines in these dance workout videos incorporate side-to-side movements, squats, intense jumping, and the signature "ride the horse" move that will get your heart rate up and force you to use those thigh and butt muscles for a serious burn. There are even a few ballet movements and grapevines in the at-home fitness video by Cassey Ho, certified Pilates and fitness instructor , below-be sure to check it out!

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by Sarah Jio, Glamour

Skinny jeans that cut off circulation, heels that are bad for your feet, flip-flops that are wrecking your ankles--we've all heard about the alleged health risks of some of our fashion choices, but you may also like to know three chic style picks that happen to be healthy choices...

Oversized sunglasses: If you love the Jackie O look, good girl: Experts say big sunglasses may deflect more rays. "Although the glasses are a fashion statement for most, few people are aware of the need to protect the eye, particularly the cornea, from harmful sun damage," reports CBS. "Corneal flash burns can cause pain and vision changes and even lead to permanent scarring. Look for labels on sunglasses which indicate the level of ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) protection."

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