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As a recovering nail biter, my advice is to wear gloves while watching tv. I know this sounds weird. Get the moisturizing gloves and use it as an excuse to moisturize your skin and cuticles. I also like to have a hot mug of tea to hold in my hands which keeps my hands and mouth both busy.

For exercise, I do lots of elliptical cardio, my own version of 8 minute abs, and medicine ball step twists to target the belly area. For food, I find that keeping carbs and sodium low really helps with the belly area. I follow a 30% carb, 30% fat, 40% protein diet (1200 calorie diet) and never go over the recommended…

I tend to do intervals at 6 and 12 resistance. On the 6 I tend not to hold on at all and use my core to balance. on the 12 I hold on and alternate pushing and pulling.

I use a Precor elliptical, and on their website they say 2241 strides equal a mile. "How do I convert strides into distance on my Precor elliptical? The EFX stride length is approximately 28 ¼ inches (2.356 feet). Therefore, it will take approximately 2241 strides to equal 1 mile. To convert the number of stride to miles,…

Yes. I always heat my pans before adding anything to them. The level of heat will depend on what you are cooking. Are you using non-stick, stainless steel, or cast iron?

Breakfast Sandwich Ingredients: 2 slices Pepperidge Farm light whole wheat toast 1 oz. cheddar cheese 1 large egg cooked with Pam cooking spray 2 slices Applegate Farms turkey salami Directions: Cook egg in pam then... Cook like a grilled cheese careful not to squash the egg One sandwich = 320 calories!

Turkey Chili! (Can be made with other meats or vegetarian as well) Ingredients: 3lb lean ground turkey* 3 large cans crushed tomatoes 2 cans kidney or black beans rinsed well with cold water** 3 medium white onions chopped 3 green and red peppers chopped 5 cloves garlic chopped 2T EVOO PAM cooking spray 1 bunch scallions…

Mango Salad (two servings) 1 Mango cored and cubed 1/2 Red Bell pepper 2T roughly chopped cilantro 1T lime juice 115 Calories per serving One of my favorite after yoga snacks and summer sides.

Watermelon Salad (one serving) 1 Cup cubed watermelon 2T feta cheese 2T roughly chopped fresh basil 1/4 tsp. sea salt 100 Calories I like to eat this in the summertime as a snack or side dish with a BBQ dinner. I also like to eat it all year round as an after yoga snack.

Name: Tamara Location: Brooklyn, NY Who you usually cook for: me and my husband but I love to host parties! Recipe Inspiration: I like foodnetwork.com and realsimple.com. I get a lot of my inspiration from there. I rarely follow a recipe but get lots of great ideas from reading them!

I'm Tamara and I live in Brooklyn, NY! Would love to find other Brooklynites.

I use the elliptical in the gym in my building. I used to like the treadmill but after a skiing accident my PT said the arc trainer was best, elliptical second best, because they have less knee impact. I don't particularly like it... I usually prefer "non gym" activities like swimming, biking, yoga, long walks on the…

I have some Lululemon stuff that I love. I only have two shirts and one pair of pants from there. I also have a pair of gap workout pants which I think are just as great as the lulus. I wear champion from target sports bras. I wash them all in a load together when I have no more clean ones (so after two yoga classes) on…

What's your name? Tamara Where do you live? Brooklyn, NY What are your food vices/ cheats? Fried food, television What do you think is holding you back from being in your TOP shape? Laziness What's your favorite exercise? Swimming, hot yoga, bicycling What exercise would you like to try this year? Nothing new, but I'd like…