Myth: It's Not Safe to Do Abdominal Work During Pregnancy:
Not only is it OK, but abdominal workouts can provide many benefits as well. Strengthening your abdominals and your entire core during pregnancy will aid in labor, delivery AND recovery. Furthermore, abdominal work during pregnancy will help with posture problems that may arise after your baby is born. If you are advised not to do any exercises on your back after your first or second trimester, there are many core/abdominal workouts that can be done standing up; such as pelvic tilts, cable rotations (both swinging up and down), and side bends.....
Becky's advice for the day: Don't ignore your core; it'll still be there after the baby is born.
This is perhaps the most common fad diet myth. This misconception has been promoted by all the high-protein fad diets on the market (Atkins, etc). Carbohydrates are your body's main source of fuel. Cutting carbohydrates from your diet will, without a doubt, increase your weight loss ten-fold, HOWEVER, the second you decide to re-introduce carbs into...
The added sugars in prepared and processed foods are threatening Americans' cardiovascular health, lowering levels of protective HDL cholesterol, raising levels of potentially dangerous triglycerides and possibly making people fatter, studies show.
Myth #1: Skipping meals helps you lose weight. No it does not! On the contrary, skipping meals makes you hungrier as it creates hunger cravings and actually causes you to over eat and/or store more fat (your body goes into starvation mode).
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