What is your ideal bodyweight?
Here’s a good one for you. This morning as I was preparing to write today’s blog, I went online to a site that claims to calculate your ideal bodyweight. I put in my parameters—frame size, height, weight and gender—and guess what. It came back and said I was one pound OVERWEIGHT. Me—the person that consistently eats a healthy diet, works out vigorously six days a week, and at age 57 still wears a size...
How to prevent (or stop) quarantine weight gain
Depending on where you live, I hope and pray whatever lockdown applies to you will be coming to an end soon. But if these last six weeks have taught us anything, it’s that being quarantined and weight gain go hand in hand! If I’m singing your song, then listen up—because there are ways that you can stop the quarantine weight gain cycle and get back on track toward a healthier bodyweight! Here’s how: [[big4]]Know...
Your better health is just 3 steps away!
August is National Wellness Month. Our local baseball team was in the spirit, and invited me to exhibit at their “Health and Wellness Day” event yesterday. But based upon what I observed, it looked like lots of people didn’t get the memo. Now, don’t get me wrong—I’m not a party pooper. When you’re at an event like that, it’s fun to indulge in a hot dog, popcorn, pizza or whatever your favorite stadium food...
What’s causing your BO and how to curb the stink
Our fears of spiders, snakes and public speaking don’t even come close to our fear of smelling bad. Just look at the L-O-N-G aisles in the stores devoted to soaps, body washes, shampoos, lotions and deodorants. In 2018 people in the US spent nearly $90 billion on personal and beauty care products! While those products may temporarily help cover up body odor, alas, unless you address the underlying causes of your stink, it will return....
- Tags: Active Living, Bacteria, Exercise, Hair and Skin, Healthy Eating
Could this be the fountain of youth?
It’s been said that there are two certainties in life—death and taxes. I’ll add another one onto that. AGING! Time marches on for all of us, and eventually our bodies show the effects of getting older. But the good news is you can help S L O W down the aging process and encourage better physical health as well as a more youthful appearance! Let’s take a look at what aging really is, and...
- Tags: Active Living, Aging, Anti-aging, Exercise, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living