CAUTION: Fitness Can Be Misleading
Fitness is a lot of things to a lot of people. However, people can be so focused on the small stuff, they lose focus of all the right stuff. Some people get led astray by specific aspects of fitness...
View ArticleBMI: The Unreliable Formula that Costs You Money
Many health professionals rely on unreliable methods to measure your health and determine insurance premiums. Insurance companies are getting smarter and smarter by the minute. They now realize...
View ArticleAre You Drinking 10 Teaspoons of Sugar
Most of us would not sit down and eat 10 teaspoons of sugar in one sitting, yet millions of people are doing just that – they just don’t know it. The average soda has 10 whopping teaspoons of sugar in...
View ArticleLunch Room Lessons: 6 Tips for Helping Your Child Eat Healthy at School
In my last blog, I talk about the evolution of dining – from eating with the family at the dinner table in the 50′s to eating in the backseat of your mom’s car after going through the drive through...
View Article5 New Healthy Eating Habits for Weight Loss
Are You Eating Backwards? People who struggle with their weight often find their evening meal to be the most challenging. When it comes to dieting, most people don’t have much of a problem watching...
View ArticleThe Cure-All for Breaking Unhealthy Habits
Taking a toy away from a baby is sure to produce tears, but give a baby another exciting toy and, before you know it, the first toy is forgotten. We are nothing more than big babies – and we do NOT...
View ArticleTuff Talk: Less Excuses, More Execution
Yesterday, I posted this statement on facebook and twitter. It got such a good response, I decided to make it one of my mantra pics – and then I got to thinking about all the excuses we make. We come...
View ArticleHandicapped by Fat: Laziness Kills
Yesterday I was driving across the parking lot at our gym and I had to slam on the breaks to avoid an overweight man on a mobility scooter zipping across the parking lot. This was in an area that...
View Article30 Days of Motivation: 10 Ways to Easily Boost Your Fitness
One of the most popular excuses people come up with on why they don’t exercise is because they don’t have time, but what if I told you you could exercise during normal daily activities? Well, you can!...
View ArticleObesity Exposed: What If Your Body Could Talk?
Every where we go we are inundated with weight loss commercials, diets, exercise gimmicks, workout fads and commercials for healthy food. Just by all the commercials alone, it is clear everyone knows...
View ArticleDon’t Worry, Be Healthy: Why Worrying is Bad For Your Health
If you are a worry wart, you may be doing more damage than you think. Worrying not only puts a damper on your day, it is down right bad for you. Here are 17 reasons why you shouldn’t worry. Worrying...
View ArticleSmall Deeds Trumps Great Plans
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” Peter Drucker “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” John Lennon “If you want to make God...
View Article15 Ways Fido Keeps You Fit
Some of you may have noticed I have a new addition to the family. (I almost feel sorry for my Facebook and Instagram friends who have to endure the million pics I’ve been posting! Sorry guys!) However,...
View ArticleVitamins & Supplements: Are You Forgetting Something?
I recently started giving my dog my GNC fish oil to improve his coat and skin. Then I realized something. Ok, I realized a couple of things. #1: I thought it was silly that I don’t take fish oil, but...
View ArticleStrong Muscles, Weak Faith
The only way to get our muscles to grow is to USE them. It requires effort. If we want to gain muscle mass it requires us lifting HEAVIER things, working HARDER than we currently are. Over time, the...
View Article20 Tips to Prevent College Weight Gain
It’s not uncommon for kids to go off to college and gain weight. Parents aren’t there to buy healthy food, fast food becomes an easy quick fix for hunger, and new freedoms with less accountability...
View ArticleEating Healthy Isn’t Enough
If I had a nickel for everyone struggling with their weight who responds with “I eat really healthy” when I ask them how many calories they eat. What that means is – they have no clue how many calories...
View ArticleIf Your Body Was a House Plant, Would you DIE or THRIVE?
We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat” but do you really believe it? I suppose we just don’t make the connection as clearly as we do other things in life. If you look at plant life, there...
View ArticleLife’s Too Short to Not Live Healthy
I’m back from my uncle’s funeral in Virginia. I’ve been mostly silent this past week while away with family. Life is too short!! Sadly, we often put work, life, social obligations, community and just...
View ArticleFood & Body: God’s Warning
Transformation Requires Surrender People love to learn what they can do to improve their life. They hunger for tips that are easy to apply, like read this devotional, attend this service, do this...
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