It’s Our Year
Posted on January 5, 2009 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 7 Comments
Welcome to 2009! It’s our year. This is the year we take back our health and happiness. This is the year we dump the unhealthy habits. This is the year we commit to healthy lifestyle changes. Who’s with me?
How many thousands (maybe millions) of people are resolving to get healthier this year? Are you one [...]
Make Changes That Last a Lifetime
Posted on December 8, 2008 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 7 Comments
A quick thought to get you started today. I share this because everyday I see/hear ads that promote quick health fixes and miracle products. You don’t need those products. You need to make healthy lifestyle changes that you can stick with for the rest of your life.
“People who have the most success, not just with [...]
Chew on This
Posted on November 19, 2008 - Filed Under Prevention, healthy lifestyle | 5 Comments
Here’s something to think about from the introduction in Walter Willett’s book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating:
“By making the right choices, you will help yourself avoid some of the things we think of as the inevitable penalties of getting older. A healthy diet teamed with regular exercise and [...]
Change YOU Can Believe In
Posted on November 5, 2008 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 6 Comments
Change. That’s a word we’ve all heard thrown around lately. We (America) elected who we thought would be the best choice to lead our great country and we also were able to cast our votes for our local leaders.
Good. We did our part for our country and we will continue to do so. But what [...]
You Gotta Want It
Posted on October 15, 2008 - Filed Under Behavior Change | 3 Comments
Creating healthy habits can be hard. In order to change our bad habits to good habits, we have to want to. We have to have the willpower and determination to do it.
Of course it is hard at first. But with time it gets easier and easier to stick with the healthy changes.
Everyday I [...]
Lifestyle Change
Posted on October 4, 2008 - Filed Under Weight Control | 1 Comment
I found a great article yesterday about a woman who lost 110 pounds so she could join the U.S. Army. When she first met the recruiter, he told her she would have to lose 100 pounds to join. She wanted to serve so she got to work on getting healthier. How?
Lifestyle.
She had to start [...]
Season Premiere of The Office
Posted on September 26, 2008 - Filed Under Fad Diets, Weight Control | 2 Comments
I’m a big fan of the TV show The Office. In last night’s season premiere, the office staff of Dunder Mifflin Scranton tries to win a weight loss contest developed by corporate. They compete against the other branches to see which branch can lose the most weight. The winning branch receives 5 extra days off.
What [...]
Soda and You
Posted on September 23, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition | 4 Comments
How many cans of soda have you had today? This week? This month? For some, it may be none, for some, it may be a lot.
In case you haven’t heard, soda and soft drinks are not that good for you. Here’s what Marion Nestle says in What to Eat (yup, still reading it and still [...]
Excuses Will Not Help You
Posted on September 22, 2008 - Filed Under Behavior Change | 2 Comments
I am guilty of being an excuse-maker. I hate that I am sometimes. I’m not a fan of excuses. They don’t get me anywhere. They won’t help you either.
For some strange reason, we always find something or someone other than ourselves to blame for our health failures. Guess what? Sometimes we are to blame.
When it [...]
Why I Blog About Health and Wellness
Posted on September 16, 2008 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Prevention | 10 Comments
In 2005, there were 2,448,017 deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, 652,091 (27%) were from heart disease, 559,312 (23%) from cancer, 143,579 (6%) from stroke (cerebrovascular diseases), and 75,119 (3%) from diabetes (according to CDC Statistics).
I would be stupid to say that ALL of these deaths were preventable through healthy lifestyle habits. [...]
