Diets don’t work long term. They don’t work long term because they disregard your thoughts, your lifestyle and your emotional and physical feelings. Paleo dude just doesn’t care about the many factors which influence how, why, when and what you eat. Keto man won’t be close enough to you to smell your breath. Eat-once-a-day guy is not forced to work with your grumpy, hungry ass all afternoon.
Read MoreOur minds are like cats on a leash jumping and flipping to try to get away from perceived danger. The only difference is we’re flailing in our head over an argument with our spouse, or our son’s poor grades, or what’s streaming on Netflix, or what’s that smell? The real question is, what can you do about it?
Read MoreDoes the dramatic rise of obesity and degenerative disease may stem from mankind’s recent adaptation of processed foods, many of which contain grains or products, such as gluten, which come from processing grains? This is a contention behind what is alternately called the Paleo or Caveman diet.
Read MoreThe results of a study led by Dr.Janet Daubenmier at UC San Francisco found mindfulness training not only helped participants lose weight, but also reduced their metabolic risk factors, including waist size, blood pressure, triglycerides and blood sugar levels.
Read MoreIf you do anything multiple times a day, every day, it tends to get stale. Eating is no exception; and in an age of distraction, feeding ourselves has become our most unconscious activity. To prove my point, ask yourself, what did I eat last night for dinner? Or, what did I eat in the car on the way home from the grocery store?
Read MoreYou know the scary things stress can do to your health. Stress raises your blood pressure, lowers your immunity and decreases your performance in everyday tasks. Over time, chronic stress makes everything less enjoyable. Now don’t get stressed out, but stress can also make you fat.
Read MoreIn Sesame Street terms, “C is for chronic (back pain) or compression (of the spine). I know that’s not catchy, but poor posture may contribute to low back pain, in part because of the disc compression in the spine. Another factor is the weakening of our best friend, the gluteus maximus and a shortening of the hamstrings. In short, if you sit on your butt all day, it will be inactive and weak. The hamstrings shorten after long periods of time in a seated position and have to over-compensate for weak glutes (they extend the hips), which adds to their tightness. Some studies suggest tight hamstrings contribute to 80 percent of all low back pain.
Read MoreLife is not a series of either-or-choices and you always have an option, if you are willing to see it. When you are able to step into the moment and improvise, you allow yourself to enjoy the opportunities, which arise everyday. You can’t change the nature of life, but you can be flexible in your approach.
Read MoreIt’s simple, people who make the goal to exercise twice a week are much more likely to achieve their goal than those who seek the “perfect” record of working out every day. This is not to suggest you can’t exercise every day, but if you haven’t seen the inside of a gym for a while, maybe you should be honest with yourself.
Read MoreResearch confirms our brains can only handle one task at a time. This is especially true if you are exerting “willpower” toward a new endeavor or one in which you’ve failed in the past. The key to successful change is giving yourself permission to master one change at a time, even if it takes weeks, months or a lifetime.
Read MoreHave you tried beginning from where you wish to be, rather than from where you are? How about focusing on your destination rather than from the place you judge yourself to be. Can you really envision the person you will become?
Read MoreThe truth is, you know what to do. You don’t need another diet or a celebrity endorsed cleanse or a trainer to be an accountability partner. You know you should eat better, exercise more consistently, go to sleep earlier and reduce the stress in your life. So, what’s holding you back?
Read MoreLiving in a state of chronic stress or fear takes a toll on your emotional and physical health. Vast amounts of scientific literature details how negative emotions harm the body and can be tied to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. Life is not easy, and we are making it even harder by focusing on the negative.
Read MoreA changed world has not shut down who you really are. The goals and nagging ideas you had before this began persist. What is your big idea? A business? Lose 10 pounds? Volunteer to deliver meals? Clean the garage? Regardless of the apparent conditions in the world, some things don’t change. It’s up to you.
Read MoreI know you know this, but let me say, your body is amazing. It is a dynamic mechanism in which nothing happens in isolation. That said, dysfunctional movement patterns in one area, if left uncorrected, will negatively affect neighboring areas. This can begin a chain reaction, which may trigger pain in parts of the body you had no idea were connected.
Read MoreIt is inevitable. Your magic number might be 15 or 20 or 37. Others reach 42 or even 55 before it happens. Then, despite the fact you can rattle off eight different ways to cook chicken breasts and you feel naked without your heart rate monitor, you can’t lose another pound. Desperate to carve off the next 10 pounds, you eat less or you throw your hands up and eat more while cursing your mom’s genetics and your thighs. What can you do to break on through your weight loss wall?
Read MoreSometimes one simple change in your diet can be the difference between reaching your goals for a healthy life and frustration. No matter how hard you work out, if you eat and drink sugar-laden and high-fat foods, you will be fatter than you want to be. Using a simple, calories in versus calories out equation, you must burn more calories than you ingest in order to lose weight. However, while eating healthier food is probably high on your priority list, what about what you drink? In particular, are you aware of the effect of soda on your health?
Read MoreWhen the going gets tough…you know the rest…the tough get going. The thought is that harder work or some new approach is the solution to any challenge. Yet, what if the so-called problem is simply an opportunity to look at your life in a different way? What if doing less (or nothing at all) is the answer? Could an apparent roadblock be a welcome detour to an unexpected future?
Read MoreYou’ve worked out hard this week. Two boot camps - including one in which you think you saw God - and three cardio sessions on your own have left you feeling proud of yourself. When Saturday comes you decide to celebrate because you deserve it after working out so hard all week…by Monday morning, your face is puffy and you are dreading your workout because, be honest, you ate too much.
Read MoreIt is easy to get in a rut. You find a recipe or two you like and, before long, you’re having it 4 nights a week for a month. Then it doesn’t taste as good anymore and it’s time to move on to another recipe from my cookbook, Clean and Simple.
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