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 discussing all of the excuses that I get to hear so frequently for why you can't start a fitness regimen. Today, we are talking about the classic "I don't have the money" excuse! This one is a tough one, so let's delve in! Money is a resource, with it, we afford things that, ideally, fill our lives. This may be an experience like a trip or and event...it may be physical like a house or a car and it may be something necessary like food and utilitie

Hello again! In this series, we are debunking common excuses that are believed as to why one would avoid starting a new fitness routine! So far, we have debunked the "not fit enough/too out of shape" excuse, as well as the "no time" excuses. Today, we are talking about the idea that "I don't know what to do!" While this is a valid excuse in the 1950s, today, there is not a ton of rationale for this excuse. With the advent of the internet, YouTube, websites and television ever

Hi again! It's me, giving hard lessons and reasons why your excuses not to start a fitness routine suck! Yesterday, we talked about the idea that you need to be fit to start a new exercise regimen. Nothing could be further from the truth! Today, we are talking about the idea that you have "No Time" to exercise... I think The Rock says it best here! This is yet another excuse that I get to hear on a regular basis! Really, a much more truthful answer would be that you choose no

This series, we have been talking about how to make exercise more fun. So often, our life gets monopolized by what we feel we HAVE to do. My goal with this series is to help you to see and make some changes so that exercise is something you GET to do. The last tip for making exercise more fun is similar to a previous tip...Expect more for and from yourself. When you do this, you will be so shocked at what you find you can do! We expect far too little from ourselves in general

There are so many requirements in our world today. We have work, school, relationships, and so many other things that feel like obligations to us. Often, exercise can fall into that type of feeling. If exercise feels like a chore, then it is usually the FIRST one to be omitted when a time crunch comes up. However, when it doesn't feel like an obligation, then you are much more likely to make time for it and complete it for yourself! Research has shown that when you complete r

With so much work to do in this world, many things that should be enjoyable may seem like a chore. Our lives are constantly busy and we are working to "check off" as many boxes as we can during a day. Many times, exercise falls into this category! This series is focused on how you can make exercise more fun and enjoyable for yourself! If it is more enjoyable, you will stick with it better and longer...when you stick with it, you will see the results you are looking for most!

As we talk about how to be successful in nutrition in this series, we are examining all the ways that people fail in their nutrition journey. There are many ways to fail, but today's topic is the way that I frequently find trips people up! Today we are talking about a lack of accountability. You see, accountability is key! Ultimately, it would be wonderful if we could be accountable to our goals and dreams, however, this is not something that we as humans are good at. Instead

This series is all about success, which is interesting because it has "Fails" in the title! However, we are examining why typical diets fail for people, either while they are doing the diet or shortly after when they stop! Today we are talking about the sustainability of the diet that can present a significant road block for success! You see, many diets and plans are simply not sustainable to live on for a prolonged period of time! Diets like Keto, Whole30 and other plans are