Yes, I know — technically, summer’s not over till September 22nd this year. But, up here, for all intents and purposes, summer is a done deal. The kids are back in school, bathing suits are being put on less often (if at all), and the days are getting shorter.

Chances are you went to one too many barbecues, ate one too many cheeseburgers or drank one too many mojito this summer. Even though I’m more active in the summer, I tend to celebrate the season with more food and pack on a bit of summer fat.

If you’ve gained some summer fat, now’s the time to get cracking and make changes to lose it. Even if it’s just a few pounds, do you really want the summer fat hanging around till December, when “holiday fat” comes a-knocking? I don’t think so… Before you know it, you’ve added on 5, 10, 15lbs or more!

When it comes to getting rid of fat, it’s best to use a 3-pronged attack: nutrition, exercise and mindset. I’ve pulled together some links to help you attack your summer fat.

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(ARA) - Four years ago, Erika Williams never would have guessed she would be starting a career in accounting. She was single, didn’t have a college degree and was struggling to make a living for herself and her four children at a dead-end call center job. Even with putting in additional hours of overtime, she still could not make ends meet.

“I would come home frustrated by my job every day,” Williams recalls. “I was not a pleasant person to be around.” That’s when a friend told her about online degrees. “She told me about how she could study at home when her kids were sleeping,” Williams says, “I thought, if she can do it, why not me?”
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Fit Yummy Mummy — What Is It?

This lifestyle program for busy moms is a comprehensive guide to what’s arguably the most widespread, challenging and frustrating issue faced by moms today: how to get their pre-baby body back. For almost all mothers the changes their bodies incur during pregnancy coupled with the countless responsibilities that motherhood bring spell trouble for regaining their pre-pregnancy figure.

There is no shortage of fitness, diet and fat loss products on the market today. You can find a veritable library of conflicting arguments almost anywhere you choose to seek information on the subject of fitness for women, whether it’s online, at your local library, through contact with personal trainers, or through the (less reputable but nevertheless very common) ranks of wannabe experts: aka, those frustrating people with no qualifications and no practical experience but are self-professed experts because they read the last issue of Shape magazine.

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If you’re a mom you know that your job never ends. There are so many things to do and consider that you don’t often have time to think about anything else. This can be a slippery slope that leads to trouble in your marriage.

It’s not anyone’s fault that this happens but the consequences can be severe. You definitely want to make sure you do set aside some time to nurture your relationship with your husband. Marriage is so special and sacred that you need to take the time for one another.

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If you take a good look at kids today, you can see a very disturbing trend. Childhood obesity is becoming a huge problem in many countries, with a lot of children actually being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This used to be a disease that was only seen in older, overweight adults. It’s our responsibility as parents to watch our children’s weight, and encourage them to maintain a healthy body weight. It’s important to encourage them to exercise often, to not only help them lose the weight, but to be healthier overall as well.

Follow these tips to get your child up and exercising:

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