Gadgets, workouts stay in shape

THRIVE
Heart Math Inner Balance
Trainer & Stress Sensor IOS:
■■ The skinny: Too much stress can mean disaster for even
the healthiest of bodies. Health Math has designed this
stress sensor, which attaches to any iPhone, iPad and iPad
Mini and iPod Touch, to help you relieve stress, get in a better
mood and balance your heart rhythms, bringing you to a
more coherent or present state. You can track your progress,
create a journal, reward your progress and share with others
to help you reach your goals.
■■ Buy: $99 at heartmathstore.com
Fit
&
Fab
Gadgets, workouts
help you eat right and
stay in shape
By Carin Lane
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Figure 8 Fitness Workout
System:
■■ The skinny: You’ve probably seen or heard how the ce-
lebrities on “Dancing with the Stars” are getting super fit.
You can get just as toned at home with this workout system from dance queen Jaana Kunitz. The system includes
12 workouts that change things up every 14 days to keep
you from hitting a plateau. Also included are a dancer’s
diet guide, a success tracker and measuring tape, workout
calendar, sexy abs bonus DVD and a seven-day belly fat
meltdown guide. I was afraid that I wasn’t going to be able
to keep up with this one, due to my “two left feet” issue,
but it was easy-to-follow, and the moves are a combination of dancing and traditional cardio moves. However, it’s
the pace and the combination of moves Kunitz puts together that will have you sweating in the first few minutes
and seeing fabulous results. If not, you definitely are doing
something wrong.
■■ Buy: Three payments of $39.95 (free shipping) at
http://bodyfx.com/bodyfx/
Contigo
Autoseal
Swish Water
Bottle, 17oz.:
■■ The skinny: Too many water
bottles leak or sweat, are a pain
to clean or have some weird
drinking mouth or mechanism.
This water bottle has none of
the above issues. It has a sleek,
curved design for a comfortable
grip, Autoseal technology that
keeps it 100 percent spill-proof
and the push-button opening
gives you a quick one-handed,
BPA-free sip.
■■ Buy: $9.99 at gocontigo.com,
or visit BJ’s Wholesale Club,
Sears, Bed, Bath & Beyond
or Target.
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Zaggora Flares 2.0 &
Hooded Body Blazer:
■■ The skinny: Put your workouts into overdrive when you
wear these pants and blazer, or Hotwear, together. The
Celu-Lite Technology uses multi-layering of fabric that raises
your body heat to help burn up to 11 percent more calories
while you work out and even more when you’re done. The
pants are lightweight, have anti-chaffing seams, an ankle
zipper to easily get them on and off, fast-drying fabric with
UVA/UVB protection and odor control, as well as a zipped
pocket inside for valuables. The waterproof blazer targets
your upper body and abs with the same fabric as the pants.
The curved seams keep you comfortable and allow for easy
movement without compressing the bust. Sleeves come
with thumb holes to keep the blazer in place and a gadget
pocket.
■■ Buy: $112.50 pants and blazer at zaggora.com
T-Fal Balanced Living Yogurt
Maker with LCD Timer:
■■ The skinny: Yogurt has become a daily part of the American
diet, but most store-bought yogurt contains more sugar than
the protein and probiotics you want. T-fal has created this
great appliance to make your own healthy yogurt in 5.5-ounce
glass containers (it comes with 7) with lids that have adjustable
date codes to keep them fresh. The digital controls and timer
countdown and the automatic shut-off make for the perfect
consistency. It also includes a recipe book to make tasty fruit
yogurts, soy milk and lactose-free yogurt, Greek-style strained
yogurt and yogurt cheese.
■■ Buy: $39.99 at amazon.com, or visit Walmart, Target or
Best Buy
STRESS LESS
Even good advice can fall on deaf ears
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Anna desperately wanted
to discuss her concerns with
Kara, her younger sister. Kara
had everything going for her — a
great career, a good heart and
beauty. But for some reason, Kara
kept choosing men whom Anna
thought were beneath her. Finally,
when Kara started dating a stable
and successful young guy, Anna
was thrilled. Then Kara broke up
with him, claiming that they had
nothing in common.
This was the final straw for
Anna, who felt she owed it to her
sister to weigh in on the matter.
She wanted to know how to present
Maud
Purcell
her “case” to her sister. Here’s what
I told her: “The best approach to
offering unsolicited advice is not to
give it in the first place.”
There are good reasons why
most of us get our hackles up when
anyone decides to offer us unsolicited advice:
Generally speaking, we each
Please see STRESS F2 ▶
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Have a new or instresting product? Email Carin
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Good for you
Natural disasters serve as
reminders to be prepared for
anything at any given time.
Step up your level of safety
with these simple tips from
First Alert:
■■ Emergency essentials:
Create an emergency kit
complete with fresh water,
nonperishable food, blankets, a
first aid kit, flashlights, batteries
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and a portable fire extinguisher,
such as Tundra Fire Extinguisher Spray.
■■ Lock it up: Storing special documents in a
fully submergible water- and fire-proof safe can
help ensure important possessions, such as
birth certificates and passports, remain intact in
the event of a flood or storm.
■■ Be armed with carbon monoxide (CO)
alarms: Power outages can often lead homeowners to use fuel-burning generators, increasing incidents of CO poisoning.
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