Why Having Willpower With Food Is NOT The Solution
Picture this…you’ve told yourself that you were going to start eating healthier, but within a week you are back to eating the chips and ice cream you swore you’d shun forever. You then end up chastising yourself and becoming frustrated that you don’t have the willpower to keep up with your new healthy eating habits. Sound familiar? The good news is that you are not alone with this situation.
How To Build A Fitness Habit
How many times have you told yourself that you were going to start a fitness habit, but never fully followed through? The reality is relying on willpower and discipline for most of us is not going to solely get us there. Check out these simple tips to help you start building your own fitness habit today.
“Straighten Up”: Effective Gym and Home Tips to Correct Rounded Shoulders
Do you want to correct your rounded shoulders? At its basic level, rounded shoulders are caused by certain muscles in your body being overactive (causing them to become too tight) and certain muscles being underactive (or too relaxed). By stretching and loosening the tight muscles and strengthening the underactive muscles, you can start to improve your posture and ultimately fix your rounded shoulders. Here are some tips for both in the gym, and at home, that you can use.
Intermittent Fasting For Weight Loss
Have you thought about using intermittent fasting to improve your weight loss? Intermittent fasting involves alternating between periods of severe and intentional energy restriction and periods of regular eating. It has been assumed that intermittent fasting can be an effective way to reduce body weight and improve body composition due to extending the period an individual’s body has to burn fat as opposed to calories that have just been eaten. Before adding this way of eating to your lifestyle, it’s important to know…
Fight Cardiovascular Disease with Fresh Fruit and Vegetables!
With February being American Heart Month I thought it would be perfect to discuss cardiovascular disease prevention through eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Cardiovascular disease is a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels and is the number one killer in the United States. Your chances of having cardiovascular disease increase if you have any of the following:
Aspects To Consider When Moving Towards A Plant-Based Diet
With Netflix’s trending new documentary You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment you may have started taking more of an interest towards vegetarian and vegan diets (these diets are also known as plant-based). I am all for you trying a plant-based diet if it works in your lifestyle, however it’s important to understand these nutrition aspects of a plant-based diet before starting.
Why Your New Year’s Resolution Isn’t Working
On average, only 9% of Americans succeed in keeping their New Year’s Resolution. With staggering statistics like these, how can you set yourself up for success in order to achieve your fitness, nutrition and health goals?
How to eat more vegetables
If you are trying to lose weight, you need to incorporate as many vegetables as possible into your daily eating. Not only do vegetables provide various vitamins and minerals for your body, they also provide a low calorie way to activate the stretch receptors in your stomach, signaling to the brain that you are full. But let’s be honest, at the beginning, vegetables can seem pretty bland and may even be the least favorite part of your meal.
Is fruit good for you?
Since we were kids, we have been told to limit our sugar intake in order to avoid eating calories that do not provide a lot of nutrients for our bodies. Since fruit is high in sugar, does that mean that fruit is bad for us?
Four Tips To Build Habits
It’s the beginning of 2022 which means new habits to form and resolutions to achieve! Here are some habit formation tips that you can use to help you on your weight loss journey (or any New Year’s Resolution).
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