Healthy Lifestyle

This Valentine’s Day ~ Love and Protect Your Health

Remember the movie Wall-E?  Not only is it an uber cute love story between two robots, but it also shows us the unpleasant outcome of not protecting our health and loving our bodies.   The humans in the movie float around all day in mobile chairs, drink all of their calories, don’t work out, and are attached […]

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New Year’s Resolution: The President’s Challenge

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Do you remember taking the The President’s Challenge in school growing up?  This physical fitness test was developed in the 1960s to assess the fitness of the American youth.   I could do the flexed-arm hang like it was my job, but could never do a pull-up (at least I don’t remember doing one).  I don’t believe in New […]

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Are you an athlete?

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There are so many different definitions for the word athlete. A person who participates in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or intramural athletic activity being conducted by an educational institution, or a professional athletic activity. A person who is involved in athletics (sport), which involves track and field events, long distance, cross-country and road running, and racewalking. A […]

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Prepare to take flight with Weight Loss!

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Trying to lose weight is a lot like taking a flight. Just follow the rules and regulations and you will get to your destination! When packing for a trip, you have to make sure that your clothes, toiletries, etc. fit into luggage that does not exceed the weight limit so you don’t get charged extra […]

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PIMP Your WATER!

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I hear it all the time, “Brooke I am not a fan of drinking water.”    I agree!  I don’t always have a taste for water and it might not be my first choice with dinner.  However, it is important to keep in mind that water makes up 55%-78% of your total body weight depending on your overall […]

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Vegetarian Smart

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I have been getting a lot of requests lately to write about how to eat healthy as a vegetarian.  The American Dietetic Association states that, “appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.” Vegetarian diets may […]

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