December 15, 2009 – 8:56 pm
Breakfast is often the most easily skipped meal of the day, but the most IMPORTANT meal of the day.
Nag, nag nag…am I sounding a bit like your mother? If so, GOOD! Because she’s right. They are always right! Well, 9 times out of 10, anyway.
But, in all seriousness, breakfast truly is the most important meal [...]
November 19, 2009 – 4:25 pm
This time of year is notorious for wide spread cold and flu, not to mention the craze of H1N1, aka Swine Flu. My family has taken extra precautions, like many have, to ward off or limit the time we are struck with a flu virus or bought of the cold.
With a great many thanks to [...]
I’ve had the great fortune of “tweeting” with New York based, personal trainer, Natasha Linton, after meeting on Twitter. We both share a similar passion for fitness and healthy living, so naturally, I wanted to get her perspective on what drives her to do what she does, so well, and how this great passion has [...]
Here is my 3rd challenge to stick with:
Don’t eat off my kids plate when they are done!!
You are all probably laughing and saying “how tough is that?” Well, when they’ve got bits of mac n’ cheese, toast, waffle, cookie, you name it…it’s all very tempting! Especially when I can’t stand to be wasteful and [...]
February 28, 2009 – 9:15 pm
Each day I am going to present one CHALLENGE that I personally want to stick to. I encourage anyone reading this, to follow me and create a challenge for themselves.
Today’s Challenge:
PORTION CONTROL
It is one thing to adhere to a healthy lifestyle and “clean” diet, although it’s another to overeat those foods, even though they are [...]
February 9, 2009 – 12:09 am
A great article from Mercola.com:
Being overweight is not just a disease; it’s a symptom of many other things that are wrong with your diet. And much of the blame for the current American diet comes down to economics.In a $10 trillion economy, $1 trillion goes to food companies and $2.5 trillion goes to health care. [...]
February 5, 2009 – 5:20 pm
It can seem like an impossible task to steer kids toward healthy food choices when they face a daily stream of endless advertisements depicting other kids happily devouring high-calorie foods loaded with sugar, fats, and sodium. But according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), our food and physical activity choices affect not only [...]
February 3, 2009 – 5:58 pm
A great article I found through my favorite health and wellness website: www.mercola.com
A class-action suit contends that Coca-Cola is illegally marketing its “Vitaminwater” line as a healthy product.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is one party to the suit, which cites California consumer-protection laws.According to the suit, “Vitaminwater is not a healthy [...]
January 30, 2009 – 6:37 pm
I wanted to share this great testimonial by one of our founding Coaches, and I’m honored to have him as our team leader. As a fellow skeptic, I related well with how he approached the business. Enjoy:
“My name is Blake Warrington and I am a Beachbody Coach who has experienced tremendous results with P90X. I [...]