This series, we are examining chronic illness. Chronic illness affects so many of our family members and friends, but there is a way to help them or you. There is a way to reverse the course of many of our most troubling chronic diseases! Today, we are talking about polycystic ovary syndrome. Now this is a chronic illness that affects women only, but don't stop reading if you are a guy...it affects you too! You will soon find out why. PCOS has symptoms that include Irregular

Chronic illnesses are conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. As a society, our chronic illness is a problem that needs to be addressed. There are many types of chronic illnesses. Some you cannot help getting, they have a large genetic component to them; examples are like certain types of cancer. However, there are many diseases, even some cancers, that you can drastically alter the likelihood that

In this series, we have been talking about how you can help yourself to "create more time". You see, I often hear about the lack of time that so many have in their life and how they cannot dedicate any of that time to their fitness or health goals. In this series, we have talked about making a plan, eliminating distractions, saying no to functions that don't allow us to pursue our goals and utilizing parts of the day that no one else does. Today, we are talking about discipli

This series, we are talking about how you can make more time for yourself so that you can get to the gym to accomplish the goals you have for yourself. Many times, our days are full and we feel that we have no time to do anything else. Generally, this is not the case...our days are usually full of some things that are less than urgent and we feel that we cannot turn them down. In fact, if most of us had a camera on us during the day, we would be a little shocked at all of the

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the excuses that people have for not chasing their fitness and wellness goals. One of the excuses that I hear frequently is that people feel that they do not have time. I often hear, "I'm so busy", "I don't have time", "I can't make it because...". However, this week, we are talking about the things that you can do to "make time" for your fitness and wellness goals! The first suggestion was to create a schedule for yourself. Last post, w

A couple of weeks ago, we started a series that talked about the excuses that we make for ourselves to avoid starting a workout routine. These excuses keep you from living your best life and hold you back from where you want to be most! So this series, we are talking about one of those excuses...the excuse that you don't have time...and how we can change some things up so that you are essentially "making" time for your goals! Today we are talking about your focus on your curr

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the excuses that people have and why they suck! Read more about that series here! In this series, we are talking about one of those excuses...the lack of time that we perceive that we have. Our goal in this series is to give you the tools that you can "make" more time for yourself to pursue the goals that you have in your fitness journey! Today, we are talking about having a plan for your life, your day and the hour that you are in! You