Why

Posted on July 27, 2010 - Filed Under healthy lifestyle | View Comments

I try my best to maintain healthy eating and exercise habits because I want to give myself the best chance of living chronic-disease free for as long as I can.  I want to live a long, healthy life along side my wife and daughter (and any other kids that come our way).  I’m not perfect at [...]

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Sleep!

Posted on July 19, 2010 - Filed Under Healthy Monday, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

Each Monday, a simple health tip and challenge will be posted as part of Healthy Monday.  Healthy Monday is a public health initiative founded in 2005 in association with Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, and Columbia Univerisity. 
Their mission includes ending “chronic preventable disease in the U.S. by offering people and organizations a weekly prompt [...]

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Love to Move

Posted on June 10, 2010 - Filed Under Exercise, physical activity | View Comments

Source: Pre-School: Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit: Get Moving

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LiveStrong Friday

Posted on May 28, 2010 - Filed Under Exercise, Weight Control, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

Here are a couple of my published articles from LiveSTRONG.com:
Practical Ways to Lose Weight
Cardiorespiratory Endurance Exercises
Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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Healthy Monday

Posted on May 10, 2010 - Filed Under Healthy Monday, physical activity | View Comments

Each Monday, a simple health tip and challenge will be posted as part of Healthy Monday.  Healthy Monday is a public health initiative founded in 2005 in association with Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, and Columbia Univerisity. 
Their mission includes ending “chronic preventable disease in the U.S. by offering people and organizations a weekly prompt [...]

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It’s YOUR Journey

Posted on May 4, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

Making healthy changes in our lives takes time.  It takes patience, determination, and dedication.  The key is actually starting and staying consistent. 
No matter where you are in your get-healthier journey, remember that it’s YOUR journey and no one else’s.  It’s easy to want to compare yourself to other people’s health/fitness levels, and that can sometimes be [...]

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Park Farther Project

Posted on April 20, 2010 - Filed Under Exercise | View Comments

The folks at Intermountain LiVe have come up with the Park Farther Project.  Pretty cool. 

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Women and Heart Disease

Posted on February 4, 2010 - Filed Under Heart Health, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

Important message for women and everyone else to take better care of your heart.  Read more from Stacey Shipman here and also, don’t forget to check out Go Red for Women. 

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Fall Off the Wagon Yet?

Posted on January 12, 2010 - Filed Under healthy lifestyle | View Comments

We’re 12 days into the new year.  How are those resolutions coming?  Sticking with them or already forgot what they were?
If you haven’t been doing as well as you were hoping, consider this a friendly reminder to start over again today.  Make specific, measurable goals.  Each day, note how you did for the day. 
Your health [...]

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The D Word

Posted on January 8, 2010 - Filed Under Fad Diets, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

diet (dī′ət)
noun

what a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
a special or limited selection of food and drink, chosen or prescribed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight

intransitive verb, transitive verb
to eat or cause to eat special or limited food, esp. for losing weight
[via here].
When you say the word “diet” [...]

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