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2019 Health Fashion

Break a sweat with 24 fitness essentials you should always buy at Costco

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April 29, 2019 at 05:00PM by CWC Workout routines are either really cheap or really expensive, but the sweat is all the same. While you can most definitely get your heart pounding at no cost by lacing up your running shoes and hitting the pavement, the cost of boutique fitness classes, gym memberships, and home equipment adds up quickly. In an effort make sure your don’t break the bank with your fitness habits, you might want to check out Costco exercise equipment and fitness essentials. You’re probably well aware that the buy-in-bulk store is hot-spot for healthy food finds and discounted beauty products, but it’s also a one-stop shop for all your fitness needs. While making sure your supply of organic cauliflower tater tots stay stocked, you can also get a cheaper gym membership, upgrade your fitness tracker, and achieve your dreams of having an at-home Pilates studio. The best fitness finds at Costco Buy Now 24 Hour Fitness 2-year ALL-CLUB SPORT Membership Buy Now Body Glove Oasis Inflatable Paddleboard Yoga & Fitness Package $430 Buy Now ProForm Premier 500 Treadmill- Assembly Required $600 Buy Now Personal Power Plate Vibrating Platform $1000 Buy Now ProForm Coachlink E9.0 Elliptical – Assembly Required $900 Buy Now Golds Gym 7-in-1 Body Building System $35 Buy Now Total Gym X-Force $300 Buy Now JumpSport 350i Fitness Trampoline $300 Buy Now SPX Reformer Athletic Conditioning Package $2,700 Buy Now ProForm Body Blitz Lift System $300 Buy Now ProForm Cardio HIIT Trainer Buy Now Fitbit Versa Bundle,

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2019 Health Fashion

How astrology has made me more self-aware, reflective, and accountable in my relationships

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April 29, 2019 at 04:00PM by CWC My newfound obsession with astrology started, as most things do nowadays, with an Instagram post. Last year, Co-Star, the personalized astrology app, shared an illustration of a Pisces bingo board, which looked exactly as it sounds: a card where you mark off Pisces traits you exhibit, like “using fantasies as an escape” or “giving good advice but can’t apply it to yourself.” Lo and behold, I ended up checking off most squares, and thought to myself how the traits felt different than a typical, one-dimensional horoscope reading. I got hooked—fast—and I have yet to look back. At that point, I didn’t even know what a moon sign was; now I can tell you that I’m a Pisces sun, Capricorn moon, Sagittarius rising with her Venus in Aries, and then some. Many are hopping on the astro bandwagon (or, er, spaceship), and with increasingly numbers of people knowing much more than their sun signs (determined by the sign the sun was in when you were born, it’s what you commonly look to when you read your horoscope), readings have grown to be more holistic and complex—and the result is a lot more celestial-sourced wisdom to glean. “We have so many great resources available that go beyond sun-sign astrology. So, astrology in the mainstream has changed,” astrologer Rachel Lang tells me. “I think this is indicative of an overall shift—astrology has evolved to meet our ever-changing needs,” she says. I’ve always understood that astrology can

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2019 Health

How losing an ovary helped me gain a new perspective on my health

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April 29, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC In the sweltering heat of July, I reclined on a gurney in the emergency room, clutching my stomach in pain while a gynecologist examined me. “It’s like you’re 20 weeks along,” he remarked casually. He was right; my belly was distended as though I was carrying a child instead of the 19-centimeter cyst protruding out of my left ovary. Looking down at my swollen stomach, a sense of disbelief overwhelmed me. How did I let it get this far? Hadn’t I noticed this thing that was growing inside me? How could I have let it go undetected for so long? The answer to all of these questions was simple: I ignored the signs that my body was telling me. Not because I didn’t care, but because I didn’t know better—and because I was too afraid to speak up. Ignoring the warning signs My first inkling that something was off with my health came six months earlier. I noticed had to pee more often than usual, and doing so was sometimes painful. When I told my primary care doctor about it, she had me checked for a urinary tract infection. The test came out negative, and she sent me on my way. In the months that followed, my symptoms persisted, with bloating and fatigue added to the mix. I chalked it up to stress; after all, I was a graduate student kept busy with an endless queue of assignments and deadlines. But beyond that,

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2019 Health Relaxation

My boss is texting me on nights and weekends—how can I take back my time?

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April 29, 2019 at 01:53PM by CWC For many people, the days of clocking out of work at 5 p.m. seem to have gone the way of the typewriter. But that doesn’t mean it’s cool for work communications to regularly invade your nights and weekends. In this week’s Good@Work column, career expert Amy Odell—whom you may know as the former editor (AKA HBIC) of Cosmopolitan.com and founding blogger of New York magazine’s The Cut—advises a young professional dealing with a boss who is chipping away at her work-life balance, one after-hours notification at a time. Question: My boss recently gifted me a work phone, which was a total score for my monthly bill. Lately though, I’ve been noticing that she’s texting me later and later (even on the weekends). I suddenly feel trapped by the notifications popping up at all hours on the +1 smart device in my purse. Help! How do I set healthy boundaries with the phone…and my boss? Answer: Turn off work-related notifications. In fact, I’d suggest turning of all notifications on all your devices because the main purpose of notifications is to keep you glued to your phone(s). They’re a mechanism tech companies use to divert your attention from important things, like eating tacos on a Saturday afternoon with your significant other, to completely unimportant things, like Instagram Stories and Facebook and email. Notifications about work messages are particularly insidious. I’m assuming your boss texts you at odd hours because she forgot to tell you something during work hours,

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2019 Health Vegetarians

This easy “nourish bowl” formula gets dinner on the table in 5 minutes flat

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April 29, 2019 at 11:38AM by CWC When a bowl of cold greens just isn’t enough, you’ll want to know how to build a nourish bowl. Not to hate on salads, but sometimes you just need something a little heartier. The concept behind nourish bowls is simple. And by following a nutritionist’s go-to formula, you can make a nutritious meal in five minutes flat. Essentially, a nourish bowls is a next-level salad that’s loaded with everything you need for a well-rounded meal. “The root of the nourish bowl is choosing nutrient-dense veggies, fruits/carbohydrates, healthy fats, and quality proteins to make a filling meal in a bowl,” writes McKel Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN, founder of Nutrition Stripped. The key is preparing everything in advance so that all you need to do is combine a handful of different foods to create exciting new combinations throughout the week. “Making a healthy lunch or dinner can be as simple as throwing these ingredients into one bowl and calling it a meal,” Kooienga says. “Typically, I suggest making nourish bowls utilizing meal-prepped meal components from the weekend, such as roasted veggies, prepared proteins of your choice, homemade salad dressings, and baked/cooked carbohydrates, but you can use whatever you have on hand.” Hungry yet? How to make a nourish bowl   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by McKel Kooienga, MS, RDN, LDN (@nutritionstripped) on Apr 29, 2019 at 6:11am PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js To show how easy it is to build a nourish bowl,

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