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Healthy Hacks For Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a day to love and be loved, but like most holidays, Valentine’s Day can also be a day in which candies, sweet treats and heavy romantic dinners are consumed and we tend to overlook our healthy eating in the name of indulgence to celebrate love and that’s okay, but if you want to keep this special day dedicated to love as healthy as possible, here are a few Valentine’s Day healthy hacks that will help keep you on track: Reduced Sugar or Sugar Free Sweets The candies, chocolates, and other miscellaneous sweets of Valentine’s Day (which is much of what this holiday is all about) may be…
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The Truth About Exercise & Weight Loss
There is a false belief that the key to weight loss is exercise. While exercise is very important for your overall health and will certainly aid in weight management, the food you eat is far more impactful when it comes to losing weight. To put things into perspective, you will need to run a full (26 mile) marathon without putting any food in your mouth just to lose a single pound of body weight. Food is Far More Important for Weight Loss Than Exercise On average, people today are working out at the same level that they did 30 years ago. However, obesity has skyrocketed. So, what has changed? People…
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Willpower Is Overrated
Are you struggling to eat healthy or exercise regularly? Don’t blame your willpower. Successful people don’t have more willpower than you do. They simply know how to plan out what they want and that makes hard things easier for them to do and you can do it too! I have listed a few simple things you can do that will help you out, no willpower required: Quit Drinking Soda Start with not buying any sugary drinks for home consumption. This requires no willpower at all. Instead buy alternatives such as carbonated water or flavored water or don’t buy any drinks at all. Instead, have a cold bottle of water ready…
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Losing Weight Starts With Self-Love & Compassion
Losing weight is a physical, mental, and emotional challenge, so today I want to talk about love and compassion or more specifically, self-love because loving yourself and truly believing that you are a worthy person, is the first step towards optimal health. So, here are some ideas that can help you shift your thoughts and actions: Every Day is a New Beginning No matter how bad things are, each new day brings an opportunity to start fresh; to push the reset button; to start off on a new path, or to get back on the path you were already on but lost for some time. When we start the morning…
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Ways to Make Your Weight Loss New Year’s Resolution Stick
How many years have you made this New Year’s resolution (myself included): “This time, I’m really going to lose weight!” Probably more times than any of us care to admit. This is the most popular New Year’s resolution to get broken because “if it didn’t work last year, or the year before, why try again”? Often, a resolution is something you feel you “should do”, but don’t really want to because it’s too hard or no motivation, so it’s easy to dismiss everything when the going gets tough. Is it any wonder that success rates are so low? Here are some tips that will help increase your chances of success:…
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Thanksgiving Survival Tips
With Thanksgiving only a few days away, you are probably having a few discussions with yourself on what to eat, how much to eat, and how to stay healthy, so I thought I would provide you with some suggestions to help you through Thanksgiving. With a few simple adjustments that will be barely noticeable, but highly effective, can help you lower your stress levels this holiday and keep your healthy eating on course. No Guilt This time of year is all about family, friends, tradition, and having a good time together. Mental health and fortitude are very powerful in helping people through challenges such as healthy eating and weight gain,…
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How To Keep Fit This Fall
Throughout the summer months, we have to get our outside workouts done very early in the morning to beat the heat. Now that fall is here, we can get a cool, crisp outside workout without worrying about the heat and humidity of summer, so I have some tips I am sharing to help you keep fit during the fall months… Take Advantage of The Weather Fall is waited upon for the cooler weather it brings above all else. The perfect time of year to enjoy outdoor exercise activities of every variety such as trail hiking, biking, walking the dog, outdoor aerobics, outdoor sports and more. With only so many days…
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Ways To Make The 80/20 Rule A Part Of Your Life
In my last blog post “Simple Steps To Eat Smarter” I briefly talked about the 80/20 rule which is making smart food choices 80% of the time and loosening up the reins for the other 20%, so here are some ways to make 80/20 rule work for you: Jot Down What You Eat When you are first getting started with the 80/20 rule, it can be really helpful to track your food. Otherwise, you might think you are only splurging occasionally when you are really making not-so-great choices half of the time. By keeping tabs on your food decisions and reviewing them at the end of the day will help…
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Simple Steps To Eat Smarter
Deciding to start a healthy-eating routine can be daunting. Many people choose to redo their entire lifestyle and then give up a few weeks later (I am guilty of doing this more than once). Forget the all-at-once approach, and read my step-by-step guide to making smarter choices everyday… Step One: See Where You Are Starting Out For the next week, write down everything you eat and drink without making any real changes (you do not need a fancy food journal; any basic notepad will do). This will give you an idea of what you are eating and drinking throughout each day so you can figure out the pitfalls you would…
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Healthy Habits & Small Changes For Your Daily Routine
Are you looking to make some healthy changes this year, but whenever you make a New Year’s resolution to get healthy, you end up going strong with a whole new lifestyle plan for a couple of weeks, and then totally let it slide? Well, I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news first: Trying to overhaul your entire lifestyle at once is most likely going to fail every time. It is just not practical. The good news? Making small changes to your daily life can have a big impact, especially since you are more likely to keep them going long term, so here are some tips on…