Are your exercise is crossing the limit ?

We all are aware of the saying that anything when done in excess is more bad than good, and the same can be rightly said for exercising as well. 



Though getting motivated to start exercising is a challenge for many, the bigger challenge is to take a day off from your exercising schedule, for those who are addicted to it. Our body needs a good amount of rest to combat several challenges and to be ready for daily wear and tear. There's a thin line of difference between exercising and over exercising, you have to take the right steps for a better and a healthy future.

You feel more tired than rejuvenated: One of the main reasons for working out apart from keeping you fit, is that it leaves you energized to tackle the twists and turns of a hectic schedule. However, if after exercising you feel extremely tired all day long, then maybe you need to reassess and redesign your exercising schedule to suit your body needs. Also if you are always in an irritable mood then there are chances that your body is worn out by over exercising and needs some rest.

Less or no sleep at all: If you feel like a sleepy head throughout the day, or do not get any sleep if even after a hectic and tiring schedule, chances are that it is due to you over exercising.

Hormonal imbalances: Hormonal imbalances are one of the major side-effects of over exercising. If you are falling sick often or if your periods are becoming irregular, then take a note of your exercise routine. While exercising in a healthy manner helps you to maintain a healthy and strong immune system, over exercising disrupts it all, leading to excess fatigue and weakened immune system.

Feeling 'blue': Although exercises are known to release hormones that makes you feel, good, fresh and energized throughout the day, over doing it weakens you leaving you moody, blue and completely unmotivated.

Slow recovery: If on a regular basis you are doing a high intensity workout without giving your body the much need break then, your body will recover on a slow pace if and when your body encounters an injury or when the internal immune system slows down. If you don't allow your body to fully recuperate and rebuild, your efforts will not pay any good deeds, especially if you're exercising to get healthy and a toned body.

While is it important to exercise on a regular basis to get a healthy body, it is also equally important to give our body enough rest and listen to the instincts and signals of your body.

sit right at your computer

The right posture while sitting at the desk for long hours can save you from backache. Here's how:

1. Push your hips as far back as they can go in the chair.

2. Sit straight, but make sure the small of your back gets some support.

3. Adjust the seat height so that your eyes are at level with your screen and your knees equal to, or slightly lower than, your hips.

4. Let your wrists rest on your desk and don't extend your hand too far while operating the mouse.

5. Ensure your feet are supported either by the floor or a footstool.

prevent obesity

You don't need fancy exercise equipment or an expensive gym membership for losing weight. Walking, jogging, running, cycling and swimming are great for weight loss

- If you are overweight, take action right now to prevent crossing over into obesity. The first step is to make healthier lifestyle choices in your diet and exercise.

- Eat healthy. Include fruits, green vegetables, cereals and whole grain foods in your daily diet. Avoid sweets, fried, junk, packaged and refined foods. Eat small meals and chew your food slowly.

- Set aside at least 30 minutes every day for cardiovascular exercise. You don't need fancy exercise equipment or an expensive gym membership for this purpose. Walking, jogging, running, cycling and swimming are great for weight loss. It is essential to exercise at least thrice a week.

- Ignore popular quick-fix weight loss methods unless they are medically supervised. This category includes fad diets, weight loss pills and powders and fat burning machines. Not only do these techniques have serious side effects, some of them have a yo-yo cycle wherein you will regain excess weight just as quickly as you lost it.

- If you are overweight, don't socially ostracise yourself even though it may appear that society is pushing you to it. Weight gain has a deep psycho-social impact in these condemnable "size zero figure" times. Depression and stress further aggravate the condition.

- Become a non-smoker. It's a myth that smoking induces weight loss. Nicotine suppresses the appetite but its side effects are enormous.

- Avoid drinking. Most forms of alcohol contain a high percentage of fat. The fat content shoots up thanks to sweetened aerated drinks and greasy, fried foods that alcohol is usually paired with.

- If diet and exercise fail in obesity prevention, don't shy away from bariatric surgery. It's the only medically proven method for sustained weight loss. Unlike liposuction or the tummy tuck, it's not a cosmetic option either.

- Reverse the clock. Discouraging as this state of health might be, please remember that you are not a lost cause. Give life a second chance. Depending on which spectrum of weight gain you belong to, there are effective solutions — from lifestyle modifications, diet and exercises to surgery.

how can we stay happy all day

Staying in shape and being happy is easy

Happiness is a state of mind. But to retain it is not as difficult as it appears. Health and happiness are directly proportional to each other in most cases. So if you are healthy, then it's incredibly easy to be happy too. Here are some easy to follow tips on how to be happy and healthy:





Sweat it out: Physical exercise is important and some brisk walk/jog will give you instant energy and a happiness boot in the morning. So get dressed in your jogging gear and the hit the roads. You'll feel invigoriated and good all day!

Beat the sun: Apply sunscreen lotion/cream with SPF to cover your exposed skin and prevent sun tan. In winter too, sunscreen is needed to protect skin from chapping.

No binging: At work or home, there are times when you are thirsty but you assume you are hungry. Drink lots of water. Avoid caffeine. Your craving for food will reduce.

Chew gum: If you are stressed out a stick of sugar free chewing gum can be a mood enhancer and make you feel energized.  chewing gum helps the brain mute the stress response to noise.

Car posture: If you have the luxury of a chauffeur, then roll up a towel and put it between your lower back and the car seat. This will help you sit straighter and avoid hunching over, a common cause of back and neck pain.

Eat right: Vitamins A, D, E and K need fat for your body to absorb and store them—and your evening meals contain the highest amount. Ask your doc to check your vitamin D levels. You may need a supplement.

Foot spa: Before bedtime, bathe your feet in hot water for 15 minutes. This will give you pain relief and help you relax. Afterward, apply foot cream or lotion to keep skin moisturized.

Early to rise: You will be less likely to switch off the snooze button of your alarm if you have to physically turn it off. Snoozing in the morning makes you grumpy and exhausted, so it's better to rise and shine instead and begin another day.

How to boost my self-esteem

Having a poor self-esteem can harm our personal as well as professional life. But there are many ways that can help us take charge of the situation.

Here go some tips to build confidence to take our life forward:



1. Groom yourself. Even a shower, a good perfume and a good hair do can boost our self image and self-confidence. Many turn their mood around completely with this one little thing.

2. Dress well. If my dress are nice I'll feel good about myself. I'll feel successful and presentable and ready to tackle the world.

3. Empower yourself with knowledge. Empowering myself is one of the best strategies for building self-confidence, and one of the best ways to empower myself is through knowledge. Research, studying, travelling, networking, meeting sets of different people, books, magazines... all this can help us to become more knowledgeable. It will make us build competence and prepared to face the world with loads of confidence.

4. Think positive. Replacing negative thoughts with positive ones can bring a big change in our life, it can make great things happen. Try it if you haven't.

5. Volunteer. Volunteering for a good cause, bettering other people's lives or even spreading good message can have amazing side benefits. You will feel better about yourself instantly.

6. Exercise. Exercise can be one of the most empowering activities. It makes us feel on top of the world. Brisk walking, swimming, running, yoga...all can boost your self confidence, make us feel lighter and raring to go.

HTC One (E8) The affordable 'One'

We're now used to seeing device makers introducing cheaper, compact, under-powered variants of their flagship phones. But it's not often that we see a device of the same calibre, just wrapped in a less premium or fancy form factor, being on offer at a much lower price point.

HTC One (E8) is one such smartphone. It takes the best from One (M8), the company's flagship phone for 2014, and packs it in a polycarbonate body. This will let HTC reach out to prospective customers who were holding back because of the high price of One (M8).

Display

HTC One (E8) sports a 5-inch, Full-HD display that looks bright, offers great viewing angles and vivid colours. Colour reproduction is among the best in class, at par with One (M8).

Pictures and text look crisp and sharp. Although the display is a bit reflective, we did not face issues while using the phone under sunlight. It is in fact one of the best displays we've seen off late.

The display comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to guard against minor scratches.

Software
Just like HTC One (M8), the One (E8) too comes with Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the latest version of the OS with Sense 6, HTC's custom UI, running on top. While it looks very different from stock Android, we quite like the Sense 6 interface. It doesn't look very different from that of the previous version of Sense.

It sports the on-screen navigation keys, which hide while playing games and using apps that make use of Android's new immersive mode.

HTC has not skinned the notifications tray and has sobered down the settings menu which is now devoid of coloured graphical icons. As with the previous version of Sense, the app launcher involves vertical scrolling.

The phone includes a new version of BlinkFeed, HTC's homescreen utility that brings personalized updates from the user's preferred news sources and social networks.

HTC has also included new gestures for unlocking the screen and going directly to Blink Feed or other home screens. 

Camera
Unlike HTC One (M8), the One (E8) doesn't feature an UltraPixel camera or a secondary camera lens for depth sensing. Instead, it includes a 13MP BSI sensor with f/2.2 aperture.

The rear camera is similar to the one on HTC Desire 816. It's not clear if the phone has a dedicated ImageChip, but the camera shutter is more responsive (almost zero lag) than Desire 816 and also includes Zoe Mode missing in the mid-ranger.

Performance
HTC One (E8) is one of the most powerful smartphones available right now. The variant available in India comes with a 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor and 2GB RAM.

Thanks to all the power under the hood, we did not notice any lag while launching and switching between apps, editing photos, browsing the web, clicking pictures, watching high definition videos, or playing graphics-heavy games.

In terms of synthetic benchmarks, it scored 25,005 in Quadrant Standard, 37,224 in AnTuTu and 58.6 in NenaMark 2, topping the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 by a small margin in some tests.

Interestingly, it scored a little better compared to our One (M8) unit as well. But we do not recommend a phone based solely on benchmarks as real world performance is different at times.

There's no doubt that HTC One (E8) offers one of the best smartphone experiences.

We were able to play videos of popular file formats barring MOV, without any hiccups. Additional file formats can be played through third party video player apps. The sound delivered by the phone's front-stereo speakers is unparalleled in terms of both quality as well as loudness.

Call quality was excellent and the phone works well even in weak signal areas. We also observed that the phone catches even weak Wi-Fi signals.

The phone comes with GPS and A-GPS for navigation and maps and was easily able to lock a signal.

It comes with FM radio and NFC connectivity options. It's not clear if the phone is capable of supporting Indian 4G LTE bands like its metal sibling. HTC feels that the phone is targeted at a segment different than the one M8 targets.

HTC One (E8) comes with a 2600mAh battery with a claimed standby time of up to 504 hours and talk time of up to 26.8 hours on 3G.

We were satisfied with the battery backup delivered by the phone. With moderate to high usage, including about one to two hours of making calls, playing games, clicking some pictures, listening to music and browsing the web, the phone will last you a full working day, even if you put the screen brightness at the maximum level and keep 3G turned on.

The phone also comes with an Extreme power-saving mode, activating which will make the phone's battery last for 2 weeks, as per HTC. It also claims that the phone can offer 30 hours of talk time in the mode even when the battery's charge level is 10%.

The Extreme mode restricts background data and offers access to Phone, Messages, Mail, Calendar, and Calculator apps.

Verdict
With HTC One (E8), HTC's intent was to offer the same experience as that of HTC One (M8) at a relatively lower price. Has it been able to achieve that? We feel it has succeeded.

Priced at less than Rs 35,000, you get a top-of-the line smartphone that doesn't compromise when it comes to performance. It features the latest hardware and software experience, and will satisfy most users. The dual-sim capability with CDMA support, is an added bonus.

habits for a successful man

Succeeding in life is not only about working hard, but also working smart.

We all want to be successful in life. But many of us end up working harder in wrong areas of life. But simple habits and smarter thinking can bring your success rate high in your life.

Wake up early
Mornings are one of the most productive times of the day. Both our mind and body are fresh and are gearing up to take on the day. Don't start your day at the office, start it two hours before that. Plan your goals for the day, make a list of things you need to do and make sure you follow them.

Workout
A healthy body makes for a healthier life which is essential for achieving your goals. Exercise daily so that your body is ready to take on the hard work you need to do to achieve success.

Groom yourself
Half the battle is won if our confidence levels are high. And good looks make sure we are confident. When i know i am well groomed and well dressed, it automatically increase your confidence levels. The world looks at you differently as well.

Eat right
Our food should help as go ahead in life not feel like going to bed. If our lunch is making as feel dizzy and sleepy, we need to change our eating habits. Eat light and eat healthy.