Someone might ask, “So, Jim, I read how you changed your lifestyle in mid-life, without paying a Health and Wellness Coach, so why do I need one?” Well first of all, I was under-employed and dead broke. I couldn’t pay for one if I wanted. But since I was under-employed, I had lots of time […]
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although these drugs may give you a leg-up on resistant weight loss, unless you change your lifestyle, you will gain it all back. It’s the same with extreme dieting, and with bariatric surgery. Your body is a perfect reflection of what you do with it: your movement patterns and your eating patterns. Change the patterns, change the body
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If people ask me about work-out supplements, unlike people trying to sell you something, I’ll tell you that caffeine and creatine are the only substances scientifically shown to improve athletic performance. In moderation. Don’t blow-out your adrenals on energy drinks. So, I’m very happy to find that someone is researching this. It turns out, it
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When you know for certain that you want to improve something, you find someone who knows a lot more than you do and submit to what they prescribe in order for you to get better. It’’s the same whether it’s fitness, career, finance, or even spiritual gains. There are plenty of folks telling you what is wrong with you and what your need to do to get better, and they will offer you their knowledge, experience and authority, often at a price, to help you get from where you are to where you what to be. There is a place for that.
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Why Do We Eat? Sounds silly, I know. Unsurprisingly, because we’re hungry. Is that really true? It’s important to know, because, it has a lot to do with our energy balance, and therefore our body composition, and therefore our health. For us, the second question is the most profound. Why Do We Eat, For Real?
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As I’ve said before, I’ve never personally struggled with serious weight loss — just minor skirmishes. I’ve got this middle-aged marsupial pouch on my belly that is nearly impossible to shake. It’s not a big problem. At the time of this writing I’m taking a nutrition class towards my Health and Wellness Coaching certificate. The
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This just goes to show you that at least 2 of the spokes, in this case, Emotional Health and Physical Health, go hand-in-hand.
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How to Slay Death Or at least keep it at bay. Today is not a good day to die. This is my most serious post, and has no less than 3 science fiction movie references! From the moment we’re born, the race begins. Somewhere out on that track, there is a banana peel we inevitably
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