We are just over a week into New Years resolutions, hopefully yours is going strong – if you made one. One of mine has been to actively learn more. Through books and podcasts, I am trying to vary my learning between exercise, nutrition, and mental health/motivation education. This week I started reading Tom Venuto’s “BurnContinue reading “Change Your Mindset; Never Fail Again”
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So Your Doctor Told You…You Have Pre-Diabetes
Welcome to the second installment of “So Your Doctor Told You”. Today I’m going to discuss pre-diabetes, and how exercise and nutrition can help prevent it, or even get you or someone you know backed away from it. What is pre-diabetes? Also known as impaired glucose intolerance, it is where your blood sugar levels areContinue reading “So Your Doctor Told You…You Have Pre-Diabetes”
New TV Show: “My Diet is Better Than Yours”…Sigh…
So, I just saw a commercial for “My Diet is Better Than Yours”,Instantly, I had a bad feeling about this. I went to the website, and my fears were confirmed. Without giving the “diet experts” any more publicity, let’s look at their credentials, and “diet” plan principles: Dude #1 – Cred: Psych Major/Lost a bunchContinue reading “New TV Show: “My Diet is Better Than Yours”…Sigh…”
So Your Doctor Told You…You Need to Lose 10 Pounds
HAPPY NEW YEAR, and welcome, or welcome back! It has truly been too long since I blogged, but I am back with some big ideas and am looking forward to getting back to doing what I love. Through out this coming year, I will be tackling some of the most common “medical diagnosis’” that weContinue reading “So Your Doctor Told You…You Need to Lose 10 Pounds”
Your REACTION to Stress is Keeping You Fat
“Stress causes higher cortisol, and cortisol is a fat storing hormone, and if you have too much, it’s hard to lose weight”…or something. While this somewhat true, it is not the real reason as to why you are struggling to lose weight. Stress DOES cause you to have a slight increase in cortisol. Cortisol alone DOESContinue reading “Your REACTION to Stress is Keeping You Fat”
[NEW] Maybe Our “Red Meat” IS Causing Cancer? – via Dr. John Rusin.com
Hey all, I had the pleasure and honor of getting to write a much longer and more in depth breakdown of the latest red meat scare study for my friend Dr. John Rusin’s website. Check it out via the link below! http://drjohnrusin.com/maybe-our-red-meat-is-causing-cancer/ Stay healthy my friends,
Processed, Red Meat…CANCER!
I am a little late getting to this one, but I figured my new wife wouldn’t have been too happy with me writing a blog post while sitting at the head table of our wonderful wedding. It truly was a perfect day and night, and I couldn’t be happier! Thinking back about it, I ateContinue reading “Processed, Red Meat…CANCER!”
How to Salvage Even the Worst of Diet Days
Starting off, I know this post might ruffle some feathers because I still will be talking about eating processed and fast food. By no way do I think any of these foods are the best choice to be eating; however, we have ALL had that day where all our plans go to $#!t and weContinue reading “How to Salvage Even the Worst of Diet Days”
Why Willpower is Garbage, and What You Really Need to Do
“I was doing great for a few days, then I just ran out of willpower and went on a donut binge” I’ve never heard this exact quote before, but I’ve heard plenty like it – arguing that lack of willpower was someone’s downfall to meeting their goals. Willpower only has a finite amount of timeContinue reading “Why Willpower is Garbage, and What You Really Need to Do”
5 Foods to ALWAYS Have In Your Home
It’s 7pm. You just finished dinner an hour ago, and you are still hungry! Are you? Maybe you are stressed, pissed off, bored, or just tired? Or maybe you had a skimpy breakfast, missed lunch, and had a light dinner on the go. Maybe you are hungry. If you reflect on you day, and comeContinue reading “5 Foods to ALWAYS Have In Your Home”