Category: Lifestyle
Suitcase Cardio: Travel Healthy and Stay Fit
Vacations can completely take us out of our routine, creating a loss of fitness momentum – and possibly a little bit of weight gain. Back in the days when I was a borderline couch potato, I used to justify taking a “lazy vacation” because a) I firmly believed in the the “work hard/play hard” rule, [...]
6 Ways to Never Miss a Workout
The alarm went off, the pillow feels good – and you’re falling back asleep. A little voice inside your head is quietly telling you to get up, but somehow you manage to justify ten more minutes, then ten more minutes, and finally…ten more minutes. By the time your conscious is loud enough to get you [...]
Inertia: A Couch Potato’s Biggest Battle
Exercise and eating well – a couple things that make us look and feel good. It’s universally agreed that these two things have the potential to help us: reach an optimal body weight decrease bad cholesterol, increase good cholesterol reduce general crankiness/put you in a better mood prevent and reverse some [...]
3 Ways Sugar Makes You Age
Crow’s feet, sagging skin and achy joints – all telltale signs of Father Time’s wicked ways. While a few wrinkles might make us cringe when we look in the mirror, there could be more going on inside our body that adds years on a lot faster than you might think – with much thanks to sugar. [...]
Detox Monday: Quinoa Tabouli
I went back and forth on this one…tabouli or taboulleh? According to Wikipedia, both are correct so I went with the shorter version. Up until ten years ago, the most I ever saw of parsley was on the side of a plate served in a restaurant, or in my grandma’s mashed potatoes – which were [...]
Foods That Help You Stress Less
Our body deals with an infinite amount of stressors, but translates stress itself in exactly the same way over and over again. Regardless of whether you’re “stressed” because you’re running from a burning building, frustrated to be sitting in gridlocked traffic or running a marathon (yes, physical stress counts) – stress is stress. The severity [...]
A Reason NOT to Be Healthy
Getting or staying healthy is not just about working out and what you eat. It’s an entire lifestyle that is always in need of attention and balance. Most people aren’t active enough, where others workout non-stop. Neither is healthy. Most people eat too much, where others don’t eat enough. Neither is healthy. Some people lay [...]
What’s Your Workout Type?
We take care of our bodies. We take care of our health. These are utterly important to our overall wellbeing! That said, every once in a while it’s ok not to take ourselves too seriously and have some fun with this thing called “fitness.” Where do you see your workout type stack up in this [...]
Calorie Crazy vs Calorie Conscious?
Several years ago I trained a great client who showed up for every session with a calorie-counting heart rate monitor ready to go. I also had another client around that same time who would show up shortly after breakfast worried about the 200 calories she just ate…and whether or not they would increase her body [...]
Food: not the only culprit of weight gain
Wait a minute…food is not the only culprit of weight gain? How can that be? Isn’t the holy grail of metabolism ‘calories in, calories out?’ It’s true that if you eat too much there is a very good chance that you’ll start putting on the pounds. It’s also reasonable to expect that if you cut back [...]
