“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.” No matter how intense efforts are when beginning a new health, fitness or weight loss regime, at some point in time, we all have to deal with those pesky “excuses” that surface and try to derail our efforts. [...]
Yep, dieting success requires planning and along with planning...a little “cheating” too. Although our perception of “cheating” in anything is negative…when it comes to dieting success cheating can actually play a positive role. CHEAT DAY How can “cheating,” especially on a diet be considered something positive? By adding a simple, fun and mood boosting [...]
Nutrition impacts every single element of your life. Your daily energy levels, weight, risk for disease and even the level of self-confidence you feel about your outer appearance are all tied to nutrition and nutrition comes down to habit. If you currently entertain more bad eating habits than healthy good ones, it’s time for [...]
The confidence you exude to others is not something that can be learned. There are no set of rules that must be followed because self-confidence is actually a state of mind – a result of the feelings of acceptance and self-love of mind and body as well as a firm belief in skills, ability and [...]
The strength of our skeletal, muscular health is important. It is the framework that holds us up and allows us to move around. It is foundation of our posture. Without it, our body would fail with muscle, joint or bone issues. Muscles grow weak when not used. This includes our all-important core muscles, including lower [...]
Just because we live in the age where food is at our fingertips we think we are well fed and well nourished. Unfortunately, one does not equate into the other because many of the easily obtainable and readily available foods are fast foods and convenience foods. These preserved convenience foods can sit on a shelf [...]
In this “new age” of mental abilities, it is no secret that thoughts and emotions directly affect the body. Depending on focus and where the predominant thoughts and emotions lie, the body either reacts for the better or the worse. In other words, the body and mind are connected and react together not separately. So, [...]
Information overload: When you are trying to process too much information on any given topic in order to make sensible decisions. Many people when they wake to the truth that everything they do and say contributes to how their lives manifest realize that this principle applies to all areas of their lives…their diets and exercise [...]
ACHIEVING BALANCE With so much emphasis on the type of exercises we should be performing and how often, it’s way too easy to overlook or not assign enough importance to the role that rest plays towards achieving and maintaining our fitness goals. Because the world around us seems to supply us with instant gratification [...]
Gym intimidation. It happens to nearly everyone and for some it actually becomes an excuse not to go. Cosmopolitan Body did a study that revealed that women feel twice as embarrassed as men about exercising…especially at the gym where they “believe” that they’re being watched or taken note of. Let’s face it, starting anything new [...]
