Christina says:

You guys crack me up. Kim I know you have a workout video online that we can download… I saw on E! like a year ago when u made it!

I recently had a baby and I feel like crap. I was wondering if you or your mom had some tips on how to get confidence. I use to feel pretty but not anymore. I try to exercise but I get discouraged.

Maybe if you or your sis had time to talk about health and how to get healthy it would make it easier to have faith that someone cares and believes that heavier people can change and be as pretty as u guys r.

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  1. BE HUMBLE KIM  |   Posted on Jun 25th, 2008

    GOOD ADVICE JENNY. KIM THATS THE WAY YOU SHOULD HAVE ANSWERED CHRISTINA’S QUESTION? NOT PUSHING THAT DVD THAT YOU ARE SO NOT IN ANY FORM OF GOOD SHAPE YOU LOOK LIKE THE AVERAGE WOMEN WALKING AROUND WHO DOESN’T EVEN WORKOUT. CALIFORNIA THERE ARE TONS OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHO REALLY HAVE KICK ASS BODIES AND BLOW YOU RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER. TRY TO BE HUMBLE AND PEOPLE WILL LIKE YOU MORE. REALLY KEEP CAROLINE D’AMORE AS A FRIEND MAYBE YOU WILL LEARN A THING OR TWO. THERE IS MORE TO LIFE BESIDES MAKEUP AND CLOTHES. DO CHARITY WORK, VOLUNTEER AT A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, GO HELP OUT IN A BAD AREA IN CALIFORNIA MUST BE TONS OF PEOPLE IN NEED OUT THERE.

  2. Sheba  |   Posted on Jun 26th, 2008

    Stregth training is really important because it builds muscle and muscle burns fat (See Jorge Cruise’s book, 8 Minutes in the Morning). The challenge I have is squeezing it into my schedule!! It’s so easy to let it slip. I would like to make health a higher priority, but stuggle with time.

    There were some great health tips posted on this site. Thanks! :)

  3. LOL @ THE HATERS!!!  |   Posted on Jun 26th, 2008

    OOOOOOOhhhhhhhh PUHLEASE…the model that everybody is trying to say is ugly is no where near ugly. She is a very attractive girl with a very nice figure.

  4. whats a good work out for my stomach iam a mother of two and i need to tone what good and quick?

  5. chelsea  |   Posted on Jun 26th, 2008

    Hey Lee, you should try Jillian Michaels 30 minute Shred…its and awesome ab workout…and she does start out for beginners…Its great…its not easy at first…but when you finally do it, it feels awesome…it really does. Don’t buy it…google it online first they have a snippet..and see if its something you are interested in. I hope I didn’t sound discouraging about its not easy at first..i’m talking about me…after 7 years of doing nothing…and gaining weight…I was able to do it but boy was I sweating and I felt great afterward…not to sound like a broke record but..if I can do it…anyone can, and that’s for sure. Good luck.

  6. Jenny  |   Posted on Jun 26th, 2008

    For Nina:

    This may be hard, but don’t wear makeup. Curl your lashes, wear mascara and under-eye concealer and lip-gloss or balm, but nothing anywhere else so your skin can breathe. It is also essential that you keep your skin hydrated (use moisturizer all the time and drink WATER!)

    You are getting acne because of your hormones, because of your diet, and because your pores are clogged. Fix your diet (eat foods that are as close to their natural state as possible, no chips or junk foods, and have water all the time so your body can get rid of all the impurities that directly cause acne). For your face, wash it with something that removes makeup, dirt and oil. After that, use a medicated gentle scrub, an acne treatment, and then a moisturizer. I am very surprised that Proactiv didn’t work for you. I did also find that it decreased effectiveness at times, but after I was more thorough and pressed the products into my skin more, it did everything it promised.

    Here is my routine that has left me acne free for years:
    *Olay Moisture Balancing foaming facewash- to rinse off makeup at night
    *Proactive scrub- morning and night
    *Clinique All About Eyes Rich- morning and night
    *Proactiv toner- morning and night
    *Proactiv Daily Oil Control- morning (let it dry completely)
    *Proactiv Repairing Lotion- morning and night
    *Olay Complete All Day Moisture Lotion SPF 15 for combination/oily skin- morning (it has oil absorbers!)
    *Olay Age Defying Intensive Nourishing Night Cream- night (helps with cell turnover)
    *Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal mask- A MIRACLE! This may fix your problem more than anything else. Spot on fresh zits as long as you have them while you sleep and on your full face once a week after facewash and scrub.

    If none of this works after two months of following it faithfully you could go one step further and check on your hormones by getting a blood test at your doctor’s to see where the imbalance is occurring. They may recommend taking birth control pills, but believe me; those do nothing to address imbalances. They only give you more of everything and as a result the imbalance remains. The most efficient is to apply a *bio-identical* hormone cream to your body in different places so the areas don’t become saturated and less absorbent. It may be difficult to find a pharmacy that provides *bio-identical* cream because it is a natural product and the high-falootin’ pharmaceutical companies can’t slap their name on them. But as a result it is cheap, as things should be. Do some research to see if this is a direction for you when the time comes.

    For Lee:

    In order to lose mass in certain areas, it’s good to wear sweat suits (like those plain old Champion cotton ones) in order to make your temperature hotter, make you sweat more, and therefore lose more of the water weight in that area. The best workout is really walking for 30 minutes once a day every day, twice morning and evening if you can, while moving your arms back and forth. Also be sure to squeeze your butt cheeks to get the most out of them. Calisthenics (squats, calf raises; exercises using your body weight) are an easy way to build muscle, which burn fat and calories like nothing else. Eventually when you plateau (stop losing weight) you will have to challenge yourself more and walk faster and uphill. There’s an option for that on treadmills if you have one available, or you could go up and down your stairs a bunch of times. Don’t stay in your wet clothes more than 45 minutes because sweating is a cooling process and decreases the energy being burned. Drink plenty of water all throughout and shower as soon as you can to clean off what your pores have sweat out. Be sure to wash your sweat suit after every workout.

  7. hey kim, was on the dash website and can’t work out the size.. i am from ireland and i am a uk size 14, could you please let me know what that would be in your store size so that i can some things x

  8. neisha  |   Posted on Jun 27th, 2008

    hey kim i have two kids and always at work how can i keep my make up habits up my brother works for sephora and is always nagging me about wearing make up u have any useful easy and quick make up tips

  9. ::::: LILI :::::  |   Posted on Jul 15th, 2008

    i have the same problem only the thing with me is that i work so much that when i get off work all i wanna do is go home to my baby… my friends invite me to go to the gym n i wanna go to i feel like crap leavin the baby after not being with her all day bc of work idk wat to do n i only need to loose 20 pounds but i really feel bad leavin my daughter for another 2 hours to go work out .. any advice?

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