Tips to get fit quickly

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With summer around the corner, here are a few selected tips to regain your ideal summer body and stay healthy.

Write down your goals, like eating more fruits and vegetables, losing 5kg or making exercise. Writing things down provides concrete motivation.

Start your day with a breakfast rich in fibers. According to a new study the healthiest way to start the morning is cereal with skimmed milk for breakfast.

Stress can lead to an inability to lose weight. Avoid eating when stressed: make a cup of herbal tea instead.

Lift weight to lose weight: Lifting weights speeds up your metabolism after you do the weight lifting, because your body is tired from the exercise and rebuilding muscle.

Drink plenty of water. Our body needs a lot of water. Water is not just way to flush out toxin but if you have more water in your body you will generally feel healthier and fitter. This itself will discourage any tendency to gorge. The best thing about water is that is has no calories at all.
Getting to bed just 30 minutes earlier and waking up 30 minutes later than you normally do can help you make better food choices, researchers report. Also, when you're well-rested, you're less prone to snacking out of fatigue or stress.

Design tips: unforgettable chairs!

Buying new furniture? Have a look at these little marvels that already are icons and design landmarks...

The LOUIS GHOST, 2002: ELEGANCE AND IRONY...
A comfortable armchair in revisited Louis XV style, designed by Philippe Starck, it is the quintessence of Baroque!

MR IMPOSSIBLE, 2007: COMFORT AND STYLE
Starck and Quitllet accomplished a technological challenge by welding together two different shells, thus creating a truly surprising effect!

MAGIS STOOL 1, 2006: MINIMALIST AND INDUSTRIAL
Fabulous and original are a few words to describe this aluminum statuesque and elegant shape by Konstantin Grcic.

EAMES, 1950: PLAYFUL AND FUNCTIONAL
New materials doing more with less fascinated Charles and Ray Eames. They adapted world war II manufacturing techniques to mass produce this enduring design in side and armchair versions. An absolute hit since the fifties!

Source: RJ mag. All outfits are from RJ SS 2011 collection.
(Art direction: Maya Metni • photos: Imad El Khoury)

Your #FF is a winner !

#FF hashtag stands for Follow Friday on twitter. Follow Friday is a quick way for you to recommend other interesting Twitter users to your Followers. RJ has been on Twitter and Facebook for a little while now and we followed everyone you recommended …

But we thought that only following great “ tweeps” is not enough, that’s why this Friday, RJ will give away a T-shirt from the new spring summer collection 2011  for the most recommended twitter user

All you have to do is to mention one or more person as your best #FF and explain WHY ?

Isn’t a great idea to reward an interesting “ tweep”  twitter user?

Please Click here to vote 

>Style tips: 5 suit rules

1 Sleeves and pants. Your sleeves should be right over your round wrist bone, about 1.25 cm above your shirt cuff. The pants legs should have a single medium break in the front and the back part should fall where the top of the heel meets the leather of your shoe.

2 Armholes. If the armholes are a bit high and tight, they can be tailored to get you more room. But if the bottom of the arm opening is low and baggy, you should choose another size or cut.

3 Rollout. Most of suits are cut with a slightly sloped shoulder. That is why men with broader shoulders get an unattractive fabric roll that gathers where the collar and body meet. It should be removed by your tailor.

4 Middle part. When your jacket is buttoned, tug it away from your body: your should have about 5 cm of room. More than that would make you look like a box, and we are aiming for a defined waist.

5 "2.5 cm of magic". While you're standing with your arms on the side, curl your fingers to touch the bottom edge of your jacket: it should fall right between your first and second knuckle. If you want your suit to have a modern look, take out another 2.5 cm, but anything more than that would ruin your suit's proportions.

Why you Have to "Like" Us?

RJ has been on Twitter and Facebook for a little while now; however we invite all existing and new customers to follow us via social networking sites.

If you are on Twitter or maybe spending more time on Facebook, now it’s a good time to join us, because we have loads of exciting projects planned for 2011 and we don’t want you to miss out!

• We use Twitter and Facebook pages for exclusive fashion news updates, insider tips, special promotions and giveaways
• You will be among the first to learn what's coming up in our new boutiques
• You will be updated on the latest fashion trends
• You will have the ability to share your thoughts and your opinions
• Take the opportunity to add your comments to any article, photo or video we post on our facebook page
• Once you’ve "liked" our page you can vote for the best RJ polo on the welcome page and you might be a winner!

So why wait, “Like us” on Facebook, “Follow us” on Twitter and enjoy the RJ lifestyle!

>New RJ yellow & Black packaging

Black with a dash of yellow, that's how we re-vamped our line of packaging this season... UHU, Nikon, Bic, the yellow pages and much more brands chose the yellow color to stand out in the dense media jungle.
Back in 1988, we did start with yellow in our logo, but throughout the years we only kept the name. With color blocking's powerful return, we're very happy to splash some sunshine in your daily lives!

Happy Easter!