Category: Lifestyle
Gaining weight but eating healthy? Maybe it’s stress.
If you felt stressed over the holidays, you may need a low key day of R & R. When you’re in “fight or flight” mode (rushing to work, not getting enough quality sleep, letting the small stuff get to you, etc) your body increases the amount of adrenaline and cortisol released. This can – and [...]
Exercise, Holidays and Calories That Tip the Scales
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the HUGE amount of calories we all eat over Thanksgiving, weight gain we’ll consequentially gain, and the foods we should eat instead. Actually, this is the same old story we all hear at this time of year. The “Eat This Not That” rules are in full force. Don’t [...]
The Flesh Eating Bacteria: Living to Be Healthier
A little over ten years ago I contracted the flesh eating bacteria, the same disease that Aimee Copeland and a couple other people around the country happen to be recovering from right now. Suffice it to say, my experience was nothing short of a living nightmare. Fortunately, I came through on the other side with [...]
5 Tips to Burn Fat…and why they work
Eat less. Move more. Usually that works, but not always. If you can’t seem to shake a few pounds, but you’re working out regularly and eating healthy, here are a few tips, along with why they work. 1. Do Interval Training Interval training at a high intensity has far greater benefits in terms of fat [...]
4 No-Fail Morning Workout Routine Tips
We all have those days when the alarm goes off and we just don’t want to get out of bed. Ask anyone who is a regular morning exerciser, and they’ll likely tell you the hardest thing about working out is pushing the sheet back and getting their feet on the ground. Here [...]
15 Fun Ways to Burn Calories
Little do we realize, but those days when we eat a bit too much or move less than what we should can really catch up with us. Cheating our health has become commonplace with all the exceptions and excuses made. I’m all about the 80/20 rule. If you stay on top of your health and [...]
Moving Around, the Old School Way
Every now and then, a good workout slips through the cracks, and leaves you feeling like you really haven’t done “enough.” Enough? Sometimes when I sit back and really look at my regular routine as it has been for well over the last decade, I wonder what the heck people did before the jogging craze [...]
Low-fat, Schmo-fat! Part Deux
Last Tuesday, MSNBC ran a story recapping a study that was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The bottom line of the piece (via the results of the study) suggested that it makes no difference where you get your calories – protein, carbs or fat. As long as you stick to one diet, [...]
4 Healthy and Fit Super Bowl Weekend Rituals
To millions of Americans, football is like religion and Superbowl Sunday is the most sacred of all sports-related holidays. Even if you’re not a huge football fan, there is a very strong possibility that you’re going to a party – that is if you’re not hosting one of your own. How many times have you [...]
29 Days + 1 Body = Amazing Changes
The 29 Great Days Challenge kicks off today! February is National Health Month, so what better day to start a month-long resolution that will make you healthier while motivating others! What did you do yesterday that made you healthier today? That’s the magic question, and the answer could be anything that makes you healthier in any way, [...]
