Accept
Your Wonderful Self
Challenge unrealistic messages and disparaging attitudes,
and start practicing some self-love. The irony is that healthy
self and size acceptance is key to achieving your natural,
healthy weight, too.
Before
& After: A New Look at New Year's Resolutions
For many of us, the holidays are a time of abundant food,
which leaves us resolving to clean up our act in the New
Year. Consider a different way to approach your new year.
Beyond
the Scale
Did you weigh yourself today? Were you happy with
the number? Uh...did we hear a resounding 'no?' Here's an
idea: Get rid of the scale. Read our FitBriefing
for better ideas on how to keep yourself going with your
healthy lifestyle.
Change The Way You Think for Weight Loss Success
“No matter what I’ve tried, nothing changes.”
“I have been on a diet most of my life and I am at my heaviest weight.”
Have you ever said something like this to yourself? If so, you can probably relate to the feeling of being stuck. Stuckness often pervades our feelings about our eating patterns, how much we weigh, how we feel about ourselves, and leads to a hopelessness we can’t seem to shake.
Creating
Successful Lifestyle Change – Are You Ready for
Change?
Are you ready for change? If you are, the key question is
where to begin? You can only begin where you are. Read this
FitBriefing to learn about the different stages of change,
to help make any effort to change successful.
Feeding
Our Daughters Well
What did you learn about healthy eating from your
mom? Is it something you want to pass on to your daughter
(or son)? Read more to find out how we can help make sure
our children don't struggle with weight as adults.
It's a worthwhile read for any woman who wants to
help the young children in her life.
Healthy
Eating for Healthy Weight Loss:
It May Look Like a Diet but It's How You Think About It
Adding structure to our eating may seem like a diet at first,
but it's all in how you think about it. Read this FitBriefing
for tips on adding structure while keeping things flexible.
Healthy
Living: Taking It Outside!
As summer
continues its march towards cooler weather, it’s a
perfect time to revisit the joys of being outdoors…even
in winter. Our fitness expert LynnAnn Covell shares her
thoughts to help increase the pleasure you find in working
out, and thereby how often you do it!
How
Negative Body Image Affects Your Weight…and Life
Could a negative body image be one of the main
reasons you keep struggling with your weight? The surprising
answer is yes.
Read this FitBriefing for more insight into this
all-too-common problem.
Improving
Body Image for Healthy Weight Loss Success: Loving
Our Bodies
You stand before a mirror, with or without clothing. Where
do your thoughts go? Chances are, not to a good place. Yet
those very thoughts can have a have a major impact on how
successful you are at reaching your health goals. Read more
to learn more about changing negative thoughts into supportive
ones.
Intrinsic
Exercise: Learning to Love Physical Activity
When was the last time you donned your sneakers,
strapped on your tune player and pranced out the front
door, eager
to get moving? If it's been a while, you might
find this FitBriefing just the ticket to becoming physically
active for life.
Jump
Start Your Weight Loss Program: Stop Dieting & Get
Fit!
If you're thinking about starting yet another effort to
trim down, think twice about how you do it. Read this FitBriefing about how to do if differently for real success in reaching
your healthy weight and fitness goals.
Laughter
is the Best Medicine
It just feels good to laugh, and lo and behold, laughing
is good for us! Read more about how a good belly laugh not
only warms the soul but also strengthens the body
Lose
the Dead Weight
Get rid of the dead weight you might be
carrying around (it's not what you might think)....
Making
Healthy Lifestyle Changes that Last
No doubt you’ve seen headlines that claim people lose
weight faster on one type of diet than on another. What
you may not have seen is that people regain weight after
either diet. What obviously doesn’t make the news
is that healthy lifestyles, not dieting, is the path towards
permanent healthy weight loss.
Mindfulness
Through Meditation: Practicing Balance & Peace
Learn how to make mindfulness a habit and enjoy the peace
and balance it brings to your life.
Overcoming
Exercise Fears: Yes, You Can!
What's that you say? The last thing you want to do is go outside where folks
will laugh at you, or you won't be able to keep up with your friends, or you'll
even get hurt? Read this FitBriefing for help with conquering your exercise
fears. Then get out there and enjoy.
Our
New Year's Resolution for Healthy Living and Healthy Weight
Loss: Make it a 'Best' New Year!
We go beyond ‘happy' when we think of the New
Year. We wish you the ‘best!'
Polycystic
Ovarian Syndrome (PCO or PCOS):
Definition, Diagnosis & Management
Do you
have irregular menstrual periods, sometimes missing cycles
and/or experiencing excessive bleeding, while also struggling
with excess abdominal fat? If so, you might be one of the
estimated 70% of women with irregular menstrual cycles who
have polycystic ovarian syndrome. Learn healthy lifestyle
tips on managing this problem.
Putting
the Pizzazz Back into Your Exercise Routine
It happens to the best of us. One day, we're
lovin' our physical activity routine; the next, frankly,
we're bored, bored, bored. If we have to do that
again (whatever that is), we'd rather not do anything at
all. What's a fool for fitness to do? Read this FitBriefing
to find out.
Run,
Run, Rudolph!
Is staying fit at the top of your 'to do' list
this season? This month’s FitBriefing gives
some realistic tips for staying fit and making this holiday
time healthy and happy for all.
Staying
Fit While Having Fun This Summer
As we take off for a bit of summer fun, can we leave our
exercise routines at home? As this month’s FitBriefing explains, doing so might mean a whole lot more fun!
Staying
Mindful During the Holidays
Calm eating and weight worries and enjoy the holidays!
10
Tips to Guarantee Holiday Weight Gain
The annual holiday food fight is about to begin, where conflicted
women face down rich-food eating traditions. Enjoy our twist
on the subject -- "10 Tips to Make Sure You Gain Weight
during the Holidays." We hope this tongue-in-cheek
advice emphasizes exactly what not to do to enjoy healthy,
happy holidays.
Weight
Loss Information: Coping with People at Home
Make sure your gatherings stay fun by educating those around
you how to support you in your health and healthy weight
efforts. And educate yourself in how to deal with those
who just can't understand what real support is.
