Did you Know?
As many as 90% of persons in the U.S make diet resolutions, but for many, they don’t last longer than 1 week.

Steps to Take:
Instead of making a diet resolution, think of healthy eating as a diet “evolution.” Start with one positive step, such as eating breakfast.

The best way to keep soups and stews hot when you’re on the run is to fill a thermos, preferably an aluminum one, with boiling water. Let it stand for two minutes and then replace the water with the boiling food. It will stay hot for 2-3 hours.

Secrets of the mental game

I’m at an interesting crossroad as to where “change” is different from “modify.”
My purpose for using the term “modify” in a recent post was to elicit action from the readers and to get them moving in a new month, new year and new decade. The confluence of the three BEGS for change. Yet, my use of the word, itself, was met with some resistance from a few people.

Why? Is it because:

Read the full post on YOU need to CHANGE! Or … should you MODIFY yourself?.
1. Change is used all too often – it’s lost its potency?
2. Change can be viewed as an arduous and overwhelming task?

If you become bored when exercising on a stationary bike, treadmill, or stair climber, try doing it in front of a television set. You may become so involved with a movie or show that the time will just fly by.

Celebrate love and give your sweetheart a heart-felt valentine. Let them know you care this February and call attention to prevention of the No. 1 killer Heart Disease. The most common cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, and heart failure are our nation’s No. 1 killer.

Here are some heart healthy tips for you and your loved one……

Read the full post on February is the Month Dedicated to the Heart!.
• Don’t fill your heart with chemicals. Smoking ingests 4,800 different chemicals, which damage your heart and blood vessels. Stay away from smoke or use of tobacco products.

I often write about how important it is to your health to not only get sleep, but the right type of sleep. It is imperative that your body enter the REM stage of sleep to boost your immune system, repair your nervous system and release hormones. Your body will only reach REM sleep after it has sequentially gone through the four non-REM stages of sleep that precede it. If you find yourself waking up tired every morning, it could be because you are never reaching the REM stage of sleep and getting deep, relaxing restoration. The following are the generally accepted stages of sleep:

Read the full post on The Stages of Sleep.

Ever notice how easy it is to blame other people and situations when your life isn’t going the way you want? Psychologists call this having an “external locus of control” which means you don’t believe you’re in charge of your own life or destiny and that other factors “control” you instead.

As a child, watching the 1950’s show, “The Little Rascals”, there was an episode where Spanky and Alfalfa joined together after being rejected by Darla (whom I had a TV crush on). They formed an alliance where little boys hated little girls and would not allow them into the club. They would also constantly complain about how they were wronged and were delighted that there were others who felt their pain. In the end, though, they would always realize they loved the little girls and would eventually dissolve the group.

Read the full post on Win? Lose? Learn from 2009! – ONE way to make 2010 a HUGE year!.

A vigorous 30 minute run along a road with heavy traffic can increase the amount of carbon monoxide in the blood up to 10 times. That’s the same amount of carbon monoxide that you get from smoking a half a pack of cigarettes.

One of the keys to acquiring a healthy night’s sleep is making sure you have a proper pillow.

Research tells us that your pillow should help maintain proper cervical spine alignment as you sleep. Side sleepers need the thickest pillows, followed by a medium-thick pillow for back sleepers and a thin pillow for stomach sleepers. But what if you switch positions as you sleep? The best solution is to stack two pillows if you sleep on your side, and then slide one of the pillows out from under your head if you decide to sleep on your back.

Read the full post on How to Pick a Pillow.