Entries Tagged as 'Health'
Years ago I established the habit of doing a big picture review of major areas of my life. Here’s my Top Ten Actions for the New Year:
Review habits of spending time with God, your spouse, and your children.
Plan to keep your”saw sharpened.” (Stephen Covey made this analogy well known. The idea is to make sure […]
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In my earlier post regarding how I’ve lost 15 pounds so far, I listed my fourth lifestyle change as eating 5-6 smaller meals each day, focusing on foods in the top 2 tiers of Michi’s Ladder.
I was introduced to Michi’s Ladder when I purchased a product from Beachbody.com a few years ago. It is a […]
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While on vacation, I was able to keep up my daily walking and I even got in a couple days of weight training at the resort where we stayed. However, I wasn’t able to completely maintain my exercise schedule as at home and I couldn’t duplicate my routine without my Total Gym - I missed […]
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In my last post, I said I chose the Total Gym when I quit the fitness club to do my strength training at home. I’ve had quite a few questions over the last few months as to how I made my decision.
My final consideration was between the Total Gym and the Bowflex. There’s […]
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Strength training, particularly lifting weights, can be intimidating to some. It sounds like such hard work; aka painful. Perhaps you’ve had an experience where you started lifting weights and over did it - too much weight, too fast - then painfully and embarrassingly hobbled around for several days. For some, it may be overwhelming to […]
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Earlier I wrote about how I’ve lost 15 pounds since the first of the year (now 18 pounds). In addition to increasing my intake of purified water and walking 30 minutes a day/6 days a week, I added strength training to my weekly exercise routine.
I’ve known about the value of strength training and […]
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Tags:circuit training·energy·Exercise·muscle·strength training·walking·water·weight
In my earlier post outlining several changes I made for better health at the beginning of 2008, I listed a daily walk for 30 minutes, at least 6 days a week. It may seem like a small thing but what a difference it makes.
I mainly walked on a treadmill the last few months due to […]
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Tags:Exercise·Health·heart·iPod·prayer·treadmill·walking
Not only do we need a sufficient quantity of water each day, we need quality water. It’s probably no surprise that tap water doesn’t come close to any definition of quality. What may be a surprise, however, is that not all bottled water is quality water.
The problem with bottled water is that it […]
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One of the first improvements to make for better health is to drink plenty of pure water. Even if you know you should drink more water, there’s a good chance you aren’t drinking as much as you think.
The rule of thumb you’ll most likely hear is eight 8-ounce glasses each day. That’s probably better than […]
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In an earlier post, I wrote about how Gov. Mike Huckabee’s book, Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork: A 12-Stop Program To End Bad Habits And Begin A Healthy Lifestyle, helped me make some changes at the first of this year. I’m over 90 days into the new routine and am still […]
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Tags:Gov. Mike Huckabee·Huckabee·Lifestyle·Michi·motivation·strength training·Total Gym·treadmill·walking·water