When we talk about the benefits of exercise, looking better gets the most attention. Burning off unwanted pounds is a great thing, but let’s not overlook a more immediate benefit of exercise. Exercise transforms how you feel—with quickness.
Vacations are a time to get away from the grind of everyday life – to indulge mind and body in relaxation and enjoyment. Unfortunately, all that indulgence typically leads to a pound gained for each day that you’re away. To help you combat these unwanted pounds, I’ve identified the 5 main reasons that people gain weight on vacation, as well as your strategic plan of avoidance.
It’s a common problem. You’ve been on a diet for weeks and aren’t losing weight like you thought you would. It may be because you’re consuming more calories than you think. Keep reading to discover seven sneaky habits that may be sabotaging your weight loss efforts.
Have you noticed a pattern? You’ll spend a couple of weeks eating clean, exercising, and losing weight, but then the pendulum swings and you spend the next week or two indulging in your old unhealthy habits. After enough chubby days, you’ll get back to your clean habits, and so the yo-yo goes.
Stress is an inevitable part of our modern existence. Whether you’re the president of a Fortune 500 company, a Kindergarten teacher, or a construction worker, you have stress to deal with. But you don’t have to let it get the best of you.
I read the article and was not impressed. The “lies” were nothing but a bunch of fitness myths, nothing worth repeating and definitely nothing that I’ve told my clients. Then I got to thinking about all the lies that fitness magazines try to get us to believe, and realized that this was the real story to tell.
What is your immediate goal? If you don’t have a ready answer then chances are good that your motivation is low and it has resulted in a lack of results. I know from firsthand experience that operating without a goal will get you nowhere. Sure, you may still be exercising regularly and eating mindfully but without that concrete goal, your efforts will yield little results.
If you’re reading this, you know how important exercise is. However, there are right ways to exercise and there are wrong ways. In order to get the greatest benefit from your workout and prevent possible injury, you’ve got to do it the right way. What is the right way? You’re about to find out.
Restaurant menus have so many choices and are often full of unfamiliar terms. Is the food fried or baked? Does it come with a sauce or dressing? If you’re not careful, you won’t know the answers to these questions and more until you ask them. Before heading out to dinner tonight, here are some tips to enjoy a healthy meal.
Your mornings may be hectic, the alarm may not go off, or the kids may not seem hungry first thing after waking up. Whatever your reasons may be, skipping breakfast puts your kids at a distinct disadvantage. And while you know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, approximately 40 percent of children don’t eat breakfast on a regular basis.
Chronic fatigue is concerned with a “waste basket” diagnosis. This means if a doctor thinks they have ruled out all normal reasons for fatigue, and can’t figure out the reason, this is the label you get. The definition of chronic fatigue is the “absence of other causes of chronic fatigue.”
