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Fitness Journal – Lifestyle Behaviors – Part 6

We are in the final blog for my series on creating a fitness journal. If you include every component—exercises, what you eat, the amount of sleep you get and your mood—you will learn more about yourself. But to top it off, we are going to look at how lifestyle behaviors play a role. Lifestyle behaviors are something I read and write about frequently. In my other work as a web content writer, I write health blogs for a Social Security disability law firm. So I have quite a bit of experience in the way health is impacted by this. We … Continue reading →

Be Kind to Your Kidneys and Liver

The human body is pretty amazing. Despite all the wear and tear the body gets on a daily basis — inside AND out — it still keeps going. Your liver and kidneys play a huge role in keeping the body clean on the inside. The liver has hundreds of functions, but one big one is filtering bad stuff (like bacteria) out of the blood. It’s also essential for digestion — the liver produces bile, which breaks down fat so the body can digest it. It’s a multitasking marvel! Your kidneys are waste and water processors. On a daily basis, they … Continue reading →

Staying Ahead of Your New Year’s Fitness Resolutions

If you are firmly resolving to get in shape in 2009, then why not get a head start on your promise by burning fat over the holidays? It’s not as difficult as it might sound. By following the tips below you can get fit (and be two steps ahead of your New Year’s resolution) and still party like its 1999: Create a Home Gym. It doesn’t have to be expensive or elaborate; rather get creative with what you have. For example, crunches, push-ups, jumping jacks and many other exercises can be done without any gym equipment. Use this “home gym” … Continue reading →

Top Ten Best Fitness Goals You Can Set for Yourself

In an earlier article, we talked about the Top Ten Best Fitness Gifts You Can Give Yourself, let’s talk about the best fitness goals you can set for yourself as we approach the new year and a time for new year’s resolutions – this might help you clarify the resolutions you want to set for yourself and build your resolution plan. Don’t worry if you’re not sure what a resolution plan is, we’re going to talk more about that here over the next week as January 1st approaches. In the meanwhile, here are the top ten best fitness goals you … Continue reading →

Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking in May

Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Awareness of Medical Orphans Month Better Hearing and Speech Month Clean Air Month Creative Beginnings Month Family Wellness Month Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month Freedom Shrine Month Get Caught Reading Month Haitian Heritage Month Heal the … Continue reading →

Fitness Funnies: Cardio Fun

Cardiovascular exercise is a great way to give you a healthy heart, but it’s about more than just your heart – it involves your entire vascular system and your lungs. It’s also good for your overall endurance and helps you walk up a flight of stairs without panting and lug the midget all over the mall, the store or the theme park – wherever you happen to be. But cardio is funny, in its own way. Because if it doesn’t get your heart pounding , it doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to. So here are some fun things to … Continue reading →

Hot Summer Friday Fitness Funnies

Man is it hot in August! People say that every year and for some reason, when August rolls back around – we’re amazed by how hot it once again is. Keeping in mind how hot it is in August – here are some quotes, jokes and funnies to keep yourself cool with on this hot day! Friday Funny Quotes for Fitness The English have three vegetables and two of them are cabbage. — Walter Page Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. — Mark Twain Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you … Continue reading →

Fitness: Stop Smoking

More people smoke than might be imagined despite the numbers that are stopping due to cost, convenience and health. Still, I know a number of smokers, though they are ostracized in public – they still smoke in the privacy of their own home. Stopping smoking is far more difficult than most non-smokers acknowledge or can understand. Stopping smoking is different for everyone. I’ve known some who could stop with a patch, a pill or just weaning him or her down until they quit cold turkey. Be Supportive, Not Condemning If you smoke or know someone who smokes, a smoker should … Continue reading →

10 Things You Need to Know about Nutrition & Fitness

The following 10 things are what you need to know about nutrition and fitness. It’s not just that you are what you eat, but you are when you eat and how you eat. The following list comes from Pamela Smith’s Eat Well, Live Well. A nutritionist, Pamela Smith teaches that people become fitter by eating healthier. Never Skip Breakfast – Breakfast has the reputation as the most important meal of the day for a reason. It provides you with a boost for your energy levels and metabolism from the beginning of the day rather than letting your metabolism slow down … Continue reading →

Reducing Holiday Stress

A fit lifestyle encompasses more than just eating right and exercise.  It includes getting enough sleep, cutting out bad habits such as smoking and other areas that affect your overall health. In fact, stress can wreak havoc on your body and may even contribute to weight gain.  With the holidays in full swing, its time to think about the impact that stress can have on your body. Medical experts say that this is the time of year in which people are prone to heart problems, such as heart attacks.  Stress can be physical, emotional, financial or a combination. Learning how … Continue reading →