"What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories."

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Source : Kathy Freston (2012). “The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss”, p.19, Hachette UK

Kathy Freston

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“I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.”
“I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.”
“All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.”
“There are television sets in every home, every restaurant, every hotel room, every shopping mall-now theyâ€™re even small enough to carry in your pocket like electronic rosaries. It is an unquestioned part of everyday life. Kneeling before the cathode ray God, with our TV Guide concordance in hand, we maintain the illusion of choice by flipping channels (chapters and verses). It doesnâ€™t matter what is flashing on the screen-all thatâ€™s important is that the TV stays on.”
“The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the diaphragm increases while that of the abdominal muscles decreases, and vice-versa during expiration. Hence there exists between these two muscle groups a floating equilibrium constantly shifting in both directions.”
“Michael still thought of Havana as home, because he was born there. And he had been Miguel Arroya there. Here, he was Michael.”

Source : Mike Lupica (2007). “Heat”, p.15, Penguin
“Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.”
“We in Europe ... do not consider the freedom to buy weapons a human right.”

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