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Exercise

Is an Exercise Prescription What the Doctor Ordered?

What if your doctor gave you an exercise prescription? We are all eager to find a quick fix to any problem we have, the quicker

Coffee cup on table with note pad stating, "It's OK to have a bad day".

Miscellaneous

It’s Ok to Have Bad Days

You are allowed to have a bad day, but… I know I’m not alone when I say that sometimes I just don’t feel at my

Green street signs that say "Quit Complaining".

Health

Is Complaining Bad for Health?

Complaining can be bad for your health How many times per day do you think you complain? I bet it’s more often than you realize.

Before and after pictures of Coach Mel after counting calories and macros for 3 weeks.

Nutrition

Do I Really Need to Count Calories and Macros?

Mindful eating Tips wrap-up For the past three weeks I’ve been bringing you mindful eating tips, 9 in total. I hope you have put some

Table with plates of food for part 3 of Mindful Eating Tips post

Nutrition

Mindful Eating Tips Part 3

Mindful Eating – Part 3 This week wraps up my three-part series on Mindful Eating. Here are three more tips to think about when you

Table with plates of food for mindful eating

Nutrition

Mindful Eating Tips Part 2

Mindful Eating Tips Continuing with our series on mindful eating, this is part two of a three-part series. If you missed part one you can

Nutrition

Mindful Eating Tips

Mindful Eating – Part 1 Did you know March is National Nutrition Month? In recognition of this month’s theme I’m making nutrition the focus of

Gold ribbons celebrating non-scale victories.

Exercise

What is a Non-Scale Victory?

Celebrate victories without a Bathroom scale What is a Non-Scale victory? (NSV) What is it you ask? I asked myself that same question when I

Olympic flag being held against a blue sky

Exercise

Be an Olympic Athlete When it Comes to Your Health!

Train like an Olympic athlete As I watched the 2022 Winter Olympic games over the past two weeks I kept thinking about how these athletes

Miscellaneous

Use Your Good China Every Day

I’m going to start by saying that I’m a bit scattered in my thoughts this week. 2022 has had an emotional start for many close

Woman sitting with feet on desk and paper airplane in hand procrastinating.

Health

Procrastination Can Impact Your Health

Why do we procrastinate? Let’s start with a simple definition of procrastination. Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something. We tend to procrastinate

Woman looking puzzled trying to select the proper weights for workout

Exercise

How to Select the Proper Weights for Workout

What size weights should you use? The answer to that question is not a simple one because it greatly depends on two things; the goals

Woman looking at herself in hand mirror.

Health

How Do You Measure Your Success?

DO NOT compare yourself to others We sabotage ourselves all of the time, in fitness, in business, in our day-to-day lives because we compare ourselves

Exercise

3 Tips to Power Up Walking for Exercise

Walking for Exercise Walking is something that is taken for granted by most until you can’t do it, so if you can, let’s make it

Exercise

Before Buying Exercise Equipment

Do you own an overpriced clothing rack? Okay, let’s start today with a show of hands, who here has an overpriced clothing rack? You know

Meal size matters with plates of spaghetti in large and small portions.

Nutrition

Size Matters When It Comes To Food Portions

Don’t sabotage your healthy eating You’ve made an important decision to eat healthier and make better choices when it comes to the foods you eat.

Exercise

Who’s Racing to 100 with Me?

Set this “Race to 100” Goal for 2022 Last week’s newsletter was all about setting goals for 2022. Some of you may have done it

Multi-colored sticky notes to set goal, make plan, get to work, stick to it, and reach goal.

Health

DO NOT set a New Year’s Resolution!

New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Last You know it’s true, we resolve to do XYZ and it lasts, MAYBE, until the end of January but then

Is it really the most wonderful time of year? Woman wearing Santa hat looking stressed.

Health

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

Holiday Stress is Here The song says “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”, but is it really? We are stressed to the max

Health

Is Your Water Bottle Making You Sick?

Clean your reusable bottle…daily! Did you know your reusable water bottle, no matter what it is made of, needs to be washed every day? Failure to wash