Getting to the crossroads of mid-life, Bonnie stopped for a minute to take stock of her life. And she realized that it was time to get healthy or continue down the path of self-neglect.

This is whole Bonnie’s stages of her story overcoming her mid-life crisis… weight.

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In the latest GOOP newsletter, Gwyneth Paltrow reveals how she is hoping to shed some pesky pounds she gained over the holidays.

And because of this holiday excess, she needs to lose a few pounds. She started subsisting on lemon water and she asked her doctor, a detox diet specialist, for the guidelines he uses to achieve a good detox that is not as hallucinogenic.

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With Tosca Reno’s The Eat-Clean Diet book, readers will transform themselves from sluggish, exhausted and overweight to energetic, lean and fabulous!

Through this Eat-Clean Diet, readers will discover how to make their bodies burn fat while eating tons of food. Just follow what’s inside and Eat Clean to have your dream figure.

When you read The Eat-Clean Diet you will:

• Rev up your metabolism to burn more fats faster.
• Loose weight quickly and easily.
• Never go hungry.
• Eat all food groups.
• Eat 5-7 meals a day.
• Receive eat-clean recipes with color photos.
• Have more energy than you ever dreamed possible.
• Stay lean forever and never worry about dieting again!

If you want to have a sexy tummy, spend just five minutes a day on toning your abs and you’ll get an amazing middle. So, washboards abs, here you come!

• Pike 90 – Lie face up; raise legs until perpendicular to floor, feet flexed. Lower right leg so it hovers 1 or 2 inches off floor and place hands lightly behind head. In this position, do 15 crunches, lifting chest toward ceiling and lowering. Switch legs and repeat.
• Crunchy Frog – Sit with knees bent, feet flat. Keeping legs together, raise feet several inches and bring knees toward chest. Wrap arms around knees without touching legs. Extend legs and stretch arms to sides, palms forward. Return to wrapped-arm position; repeat. Do 15 reps.
• Tornado – Stand with feet hip-width apart, right leg in front of left, right foot turned out. Bend elbows and raise arms out to sides at shoulder level (like goalposts). In one motion, raise right knee to lowered right elbow. Return to start; switch sides and repeat to complete one rep. Do 15 reps.
• Corkscrew – lie face up. Press legs together and raise them toward ceiling until they’re at 90- degree angle, with knees slightly bent and toes pointed. Raise butt and legs off floor using abs muscles; twist legs slightly to left. Repeat, twisting to right, for one rep. do 15 reps.
• Side Arm Balance – Start on floor on knees. Lean to left and place left hand on floor under shoulder; extend right arm up and to left, palm down. Straighten right legs out to right with foot on floor, resting on left knee. Hold for 5 breaths. Return to start; switch sides. Repeat twice per side.

Just be equipped with a towel and work 3-4 of these exercises into your routine and you’ll have the sexy tummy you’ve ever dream! [via]

The cycle of losing weight and giving up goes on and on for so many people. So, how can we stop this cycle?

1. Assess your past attempts.
2. Don’t be hard on yourself about the past.
3. Accept the fact that work is involved. – learn to adjust, adapt and accept.
4. Be your own champion. – you are the one who can make things happen.
5. Don’t let a lapse or setback. – stick to your plans.
6. No more if-then’s. – engage yourself and take action in all areas of your life. This will help you champion your own fitness/weight loss program to success.

To do this, start off with a realistic idea! [via]