7 Fun Workouts (No Gym Required!)
Here are 7 great exercise ideas that take the "work" out of workouts! 1. Run with your pet – or borrow somebody else’s! Running and walking with man’s best friend usually incorporated sprints, balancing, and lots of squats! (For pets, eye contact,
5 Ways to Lasso Motivation During a Plateau
Plateaus happen to the best of us sometimes. However, knowing that they are completely natural does little to make them any less frustrating. During a plateau, motivation to continue trying can be scarce to come by. Don’t let a momentary stumbling
5 Ways to Stop Overeating
This past weekend I decided to stay in and have a movie night with a few friends. Everyone brought some food along and we set everything out in front of us to enjoy. Then, before I knew it, all of the treats
Just Do It: Finding Your Motivation
Do you ever have one of those days? You know, when the alarm is an unwelcomed friend and the rest of the day just never quite settles into place? On days like these exercise is often one of the first things that
5 Weight Loss Tips to Start Today
Sometimes I like to make plans. I decide that I am going to make a change, and then lay out a step-by-step guide of the best way to do it. Sometimes I even make lists or charts of all of the
Benefits of Oolong Tea Polyphenols
Polyphenols. It’s a strange word that we throw around a lot around here, but do you know what it means? What exactly are these polyphenols, and even more importantly, why should they matter to you? Let’s take a closer look… Anatomy of a Polyphenol: Simply
Eat Less Crap, Eat More Food
There is a whole lot of weight loss advice out there in the world. Honestly, it’s everywhere you look – from the news, to social media, to your coworkers chatting in the break room. Now, I love reading all the latest health
The Real Rules of Fitness
The world of fitness - just like the world of weight loss - is complicated. There's lots of advice everywhere you look, and pretty much everyone is a fanatic about the one thing that they will swear by as the very
The Truth About Gluten-Free Food
Suddenly they're everywhere…gluten-free foods. These products are all the rage and have begun flying off supermarket shelves. The problem? Well, this new “health” trend isn’t really about health at all. So, what’s the truth behind the gluten-free craze? Let’s get straight into the facts… The Goods
10 Healthy Food Swaps
Are you looking for a little extra help to eat better? Here is a terrific visual list from www.picklee.com of 10 healthy food swaps
6 Surprising Foods That May Cause Weight Gain
“I’ve been on a diet for two weeks, and all I’ve lost is two weeks.” ~Totie Fields Sound familiar? This tongue-in-cheek quote is a funny way of saying something that most us have probably felt at one time or another. If you feel like
Is Summer the Best Time for Weight Loss?
For most of us, it’s finally here…well, almost. Summertime. The season of warm days and nights, picnics, barbecues, and outdoor adventures. It’s the perfect time to shed a layer or two, and I don’t just mean clothes. Now, you may have been struggling all
How to Fight Food Cravings
It’s 3:00 in the afternoon and things are going along as usual, when suddenly it hits you…YOU MUST HAVE CHIPS NOW! You are under attack from the dreaded food craving. Whether it lurks under you desk at work or behind the couch
8 Unusual Weight Loss Tricks…
All right, so by now you know all that you really need to know about how to lose weight. I will attempt to sound more like a scratched record than a broken one…but it ultimately comes down to calories in vs.
What's Wrong with Your Diet?
I don’t know about you, but here’s what happens when I go on a diet
Weight Loss Day Planner
Some people need the cold, hard facts. Like, if I had a checklist of what I needed to do to be a happy, healthy me, I’d have a much better chance of achieving that goal than if I had to figure
Fitness Tips for Reluctant Exercisers
It’s true; I used to be a reluctant exerciser. I thought it was too expensive, too boring, too intimidating, and too hard to make time for. But the thing is, I knew that it was good for me, and I also knew
3 Ways Technology Can Improve Your Health
It’s 2013. And the truth is that we are living in the future. Even if we still have rolling cars rather than the flying ones I wished for when I was a kid (thanks to the Jetsons). Technology is everywhere, and ideas
5 Diet Mistakes You May Be Making
In the world of weight loss there is as much conflicting information as there are shows about Real Housewives. Well, almost. And then there are the tidbits of advice or old wives tales that you get from your friends, coworkers, or your
Tea Burns Fat
Pretty straight forward: Tea Burns Fat Can it get much easier? If you start looking into how tea burns fat you will see that it is not only one of the simplest weight loss methods available, it is also one of the