Tag: healthy
12 Days of Fitness 2018: Day 11 – What Does It Mean to be Healthy?
(This is part 11 of a 12 part series to provide you with some helpful health and fitness tips over the holiday season) What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘healthy’? Some may visualize a lean person perhaps with ripped abs or shapely muscles. Others conjure up images of perceived […]
12 Days of Fitness 2016: Day 7 – The Most Addictive (And Least Addictive) Foods
(This is Part 7 of a 12 part series to provide you with some useful health and fitness info over the holiday season) The holiday season more than any other time of year is full of tempting treats. From holiday parties to family gatherings, the amount and variety seems almost endless. For some, it’s a […]
10 Things To Teach Your Kids (Or Yourself) About Fitness
In another month or so my little boy will be turning five! Where in the world does that time go? I’ve loved every stage of his growth from feeding him to watching him crawl to seeing him run to trying to keep up with him, and I know it’s only going to get better. But […]
Still Good Enough For Us To Eat? 2013 – 12 Days of Fitness: Day 11
(This is Part 11 of a 12 part series to provide you with some helpful health and fitness tips over the holiday season) Eating healthy is a choice just as much as eating unhealthy is. The problem is while most can agree on what is considered unhealthy eating a much larger discussion would be necessary […]
6 Lies The Food Industry Is Feeding You 2013 – 12 Days of Fitness: Day 2
(This is Part 2 of a 12 part series to provide you with some helpful health and fitness tips over the holiday season) Forget for a moment about defining what a nutritious diet should be. If you were to pose that question to ten different people, you would certainly get ten different answers. Instead, think […]
The Caloric Price Tag of The Thanksgiving Meal
Today’s post is not meant to dampen your holiday spirits. I enjoy Thanksgiving as much as anyone (as an adult it has become more my favorite holiday) and I do not intend to allow one day of enjoyable, perhaps gluttoness eating ruin my holiday spirit or waistline. It’s more to just shed some light and […]
Foods That Carry The Most Pesticide Residue
Ahh summer! I am one of the few crazies that love the heat, but what I really love most about summer aside from the warmth is the extended daylight, trips to the beach, and the abundance of fresh and local produce. Farmer’s markets are a great year round source for seasonal produce and if you […]
12 Days of Fitness 2012 – Day 11: Eating Healthy On A Budget
(This is Part 11 of a 12 part series to provide you with some helpful fitness tips over the holiday season) Make no mistake about it; the cost of food has gone up. And when you’re low on both time and money, eating healthy food is quickly replaced by processed foods because they’re quick, […]
The Top 10 Things That You’re Probably Doing That Sabotage Your Weight Loss Efforts
According to the calendar, summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21st. But with the recent weather, summer has made an early entrance. Hotter weather has a tendency to do two things: keep people inside with the air conditioning and two, remind them about how much they did not stick to their “plan” 5 months ago […]
Give Thanks For Healthy Thanksgiving Food Choices
Thanksgiving is probably my most favorite holiday. There’s no frantic shopping, stressing about what gifts to buy, or jumping from holiday party to holiday party. It’s simply a day to sit back and appreciate all you have to be thankful for with family, friends, and those who you hold dear and close. And of course, […]
