Practicing better nutrition habits is one of the areas where we tend to let challenges turn into excuses. “I don’t have the willpower. I don’t have the time. I’m too busy. I don’t have the patience. I like to enjoy my food. I don’t have the money. It’s too hard to eat better. I don’t …
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Measure What You Do, Not the Result
So what should we measure? When it comes to healthier living, I’m always a proponent of measuring actions, not outcomes. The keyword in improving your health is to be healthIER. That means improving what you do, the things you can control…not what happens because of what you do. This is particularly applicable in nutrition because …
Is This Preventing You From Eating Healthier?
I like sweets. And vegetables aren’t necessarily my favorite type of food. So here’s a question I have asked myself as I looked to live healthier, “what makes you think you can do this?” And I could have stopped there. I could have let that overriding belief about what I couldn’t do determine my way …
Episode 026: Overcoming the Health and Fitness Fears You Never Knew You Had
The topic of fear is important because it rears its ugly head so often, and we don’t even realize it. If you’ve ever made an excuse–especially one related to healthy living–then I’ve got news for you: there was probably fear at the root of that excuse. If that is the case, then this episode is …
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Episode 025: Live Better, Not Perfect
What exactly do I mean by live better and not perfect? Isn’t the goal to be perfect? It’s so easy to get caught up in all of the information, advice, and images of picturesque models and bodybuilders that pepper the marketing materials that we’re inundated with every day. It makes it so easy to lose …