Q: Consistency is key when you’re trying to get rid of your muffin top and lose excess body fat. Whatever exercise plan you create, make sure that you can commit to exercising at least 3 days per week to ensure that you’re moving enough to fight off belly fat. While the amount of time will vary depending on your specific body type and goals, you’ll likely need to commit about 30 to 60 minutes each session. Belly fat can be stubborn and difficult to get rid of. Therefore, it’s important that you vary your workout routine to avoid hitting a progress plateau. As your muscles grow accustomed to a particular exercise, it will become less effective over time. By switching things up, you’ll keep work a wider variety of muscle groups and ultimately, burn more fat.  Varying your workouts can also help you ward off exercise boredom and keep you motivated.  For example, if you do a yoga class one day and a HIIT class the next, try to plan a different workout, such as a strength training session at the gym, for your next workout. While you can certainly do the same workout twice in a row, try to switch it up at least a 2 times per week. To make the most of your workout, try to incorporate several short bursts, about 20 seconds to 1 minute each, of high intensity cardio. While consistent, moderate-intensity workouts, such as walking and jogging, can certainly help decrease your body fat percentage, shorter, higher intensity cardio tends to be more effective at fighting belly fat.  Sprint intervals and HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) classes are both great ways to burn fat and calories in a short amount of time. You can create your own high intensity cardio workout by doing sprint intervals on the treadmill. In order to get rid of your muffin top, you’ll need to decrease your total body fat percentage – not just the amount of fat stored in your stomach. Therefore, it’s crucial that you incorporate total body strength training into your training plan. Exercises that work your whole body help you build lean muscle mass, which helps you burn more calories throughout the day and decreases the amount of fat stored in your stomach area.  Try doing dumbbell squats with a rotation shoulder press for a strength exercise that works almost all your abdominal muscles as well as your legs and arms.  Medicine ball tosses with a core rotation is another great total body strength exercise that will help burn body fat and sculpt your core.  Dumbbell dead lifts are another great total body exercise that can burn fat and help strengthen your core. While focusing only on abdominal exercises won’t get rid of your muffin top alone, it can be helpful to do some targeted ab work alongside your cardio and total body regimen. Ab-specific exercises, such as an oblique sit up, can supplement total body exercises and help get rid of muffin top by sculpting your abdominal muscles.  Variations of plank pose, for example, can work your whole core and help sculpt your midsection. Plank jumping jacks, side planks, leg pull-ins, and mountain climbers are all great ab exercises with the added benefit of a bit of cardiovascular work.  Standing twists and side bends can both target your oblique muscles, decreasing the amount of fat that hangs over and gives you the muffin top effect. In addition to high intensity cardio and strength training, walking is also a great way to target belly fat. While it may not produce results as quickly or efficiently as more intense forms of exercise, walking more can make a huge difference in the size of your muffin top over time.  Try going for a walk right when you wake up in the morning. That way, you won’t have time to think about it too much and talk yourself out of it. To help you walk more, try walking places that you usually drive, or parking farther away from the door. You’ll get more steps in per day without even realizing you’re doing it. While yoga is a relatively gentle form of exercise, it’s also known to be quite effective at decreasing your total body fat, including the fat stored in your belly. Yoga is also a great stress-reliever, which decreases your cortisol levels and helps get rid of your muffin top.  Vinyasa and power yoga are particularly good options if you’re looking to get rid of your muffin top. Both of these types of yoga keep you moving consistently, which helps you burn more calories and decrease your total body fat.  Yoga may also help reduce stress and help you sleep better, both of which can help decrease stubborn body fat.
A: Exercise at least 3 times per week. Vary your workouts to avoid hitting a plateau. Focus on high intensity cardio intervals. Incorporate total body strength training into your exercise routine. Do core-strengthening moves to help sculpt your belly. Make an effort to walk more often. Do yoga to help decrease your total body fat.

Q: As braiding your hair can be difficult, you want your supplies ready ahead of time. You do not want to be scrambling for an item while in the middle of the braiding process. You will need the following:  A brush A hair tie Hairspray (optional) You want your hair as smooth as possible prior to separating it. Use your brush to smooth out any tangles.  If you have any particularly stubborn tangles, pull the difficult hair into a semi-ponytail. Then, take your brush and work out the tangles, moving from the bottom of the strand of hair to the top. If your hair is being particularly stubborn, use a detangling spray or leave-in conditioner to help with the process. These sections will be braided together in a five strand braid. Grab your hair, and separate it into sections that are roughly equal in size.  To help separate your strands, use small rubber bands to essentially make 5 ponytails. Place the bands about halfway down the length of the hair section, and slide them down as you braid. Your hair may not be completely equal. That's okay. As long as one strand is not obviously bigger than the others, your braid will still turn out all right.
A: Gather your supplies. Brush and detangle your hair. Split your hair into five equal sections.

Q: You won’t get called in to interview for every application you send. When you do land an interview, research the company, its leaders, what it does, and its values. Use your research to think of questions you could ask your interviewer. You could ask about how a product is manufactured or mention a way you could help the company improve its performance. Study the job description and required skills, and practice talking about how you’ve exercised those skills at past jobs. Think of questions your interviewer might ask you about your experience, and have a friend ask you practice questions. In addition to asking you specific questions about past jobs, they might ask you about your strengths and weaknesses, where you see yourself professionally in the future, and other more general questions. Do your best to relax, and be positive and friendly at the interview. Take slow, deep breaths to help you stay calm, and think for a moment before you offer your responses. Interviews can be stressful, but try to be confident and collected. Staying relaxed will help you come up with better answers and show your interviewer you'd be a positive, personable addition to their team. Since Kiwi workplaces average around 14 employees, teamwork is an invaluable skill. Highlight times that you’ve worked closely with a small number of people to execute a project. Independence is also a common trait in Kiwi workplaces. Discuss how well you’ve managed your time without having someone look over your shoulder.
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Do your homework before an interview. Practice answering interview questions. Relax during your interview. Stress your teamwork and self-management skills.