Reading Time: 6 minutesHaving goals is of utmost importance in fitness. It’s hard work to maintain a good fitness level, and even harder to improve once you’ve lost it. Having a clear finish line can help to keep things in perspective when the going gets tough. Additionally, intention naturally precedes behavior, meaning that before we can hope to…
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Chess, Not Checkers: Long-Term Thinkers Make Healthier Choices
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’re faced with a tough choice: To eat the cookie or not to eat the cookie. Part of us is aware that we shouldn’t because it is not conducive to our fitness goals, but another part just wants to taste the deliciousness and experience the enjoyment it brings us in the moment. Alas, you give…
Read More6 Tips For Surviving The Holiday Party Season
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s that time of year when everyone begins to gather to celebrate the holiday season. This means a lot of fun and laughs with friends and coworkers, but also parties and potlucks full of unhealthy junk foods. Follow these six tips to help you enjoy your holiday parties, without overindulging. Eat beforehand. Eat a good meal…
Read More“I Think I Can, I Think I Can”: The Ongoing Conversation In Your Head
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe all participate in an ongoing conversation in our heads. The content of this “self-talk” can make a difference in the behavior and effort level we put forward. Anytime you’ve talked yourself out of, or justified your decision to indulge in, eating a tempting food that went against your fitness goals, you were participating in…
Read MoreBrain Gains: The Effects of Exercise on Brain Health
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe often think about the benefits of exercise as it relates to our heart, lungs, muscles and bones, and our weight management, but less often do we address how exercise can benefit our brain. Exercise has been shown to benefit our overall cognitive function, particularly as we age.1 In what ways can exercise improve our…
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How NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” Got It Wrong: Why Successful Weight Loss Is Within Your Control
Reading Time: 9 minutesOne study suggests that long-term weight loss might not be possible. But, are they sharing the whole story?
Read More2 Tricks to Immediately & Mindlessly Reduce Calorie Consumption
Reading Time: 2 minutesYour kitchen is a powerful place. It houses all of the food that you will eat, or that may tempt you. In your kitchen you will develop good eating habits conducive to good health, or just the opposite (like mindlessly eating handfuls of cereal out of the box in front of the cupboard). A new…
Read MoreAre Your Friends Making You Fat?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is an often unrecognized force that has a profound effect on your fitness and health progress: your social network. Studies have shown that our social network consisting of friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and family members influence the adoption of certain health behaviors, or lack thereof, by affecting what behaviors we view as normal.1,2 This is…
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5 Steps to Successful Weight Loss
Reading Time: 9 minutesTired of spinning your wheels when it comes to weight loss? Follow these 5 steps to see permanent success.
Read MoreKickin’ It Old School: What I Learned From Walking For 10 Days
Reading Time: 6 minutesI recently had to take my car in for an extensive list of repairs, which left me carless for a week and a half. This left me with very few options for transportation to get anywhere, the easiest one being my own two feet. After 10 days walking everywhere, I have made some surprising observations.…
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The Truth About Fad Diets
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy are fad diets so pervasive and appealing? How you can identify when you’re being sold on false promise? This article highlights the commonalities of many fad diets, and how to steer clear.
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10 Winter Running Tips
Reading Time: 6 minutesFollow this running advice to stay comfortable and safe in the winter months.
Read More6 Tips For Better Sleep
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe live in a fast-paced world. This generally means from time-to-time we will be forced to cut our sleep by various amounts of time. In other words, some days we just won’t get enough sleep. Sleep is vital for our bodies to charge during the night so that we can be ready to take on…
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New Year’s Resolutions
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s the New Year, you’ve resolved to make improvements in your life. You want to lose weight by exercising more or eating healthier foods. If this is you, you’re in good company. Weight loss remains in the top five most popular New Year’s resolutions and often tops the list. However, only 8% of people who…
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