Category Archives: Wellness

Nutri-Know: Grain & Kale for Healthy Meal that Satisfies!

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Nutri-Know: Grain & Kale for Healthy Meal that Satisfies!

Nutritional Knowledge You Can Use

Working as an exercise coach involves long hours.  My day starts when the alarm goes off at 4 am and I’m often not home til about 8 or 8:30 pm.  Don’t get me wrong, my day can have some breaks between classes, appointments, squeezing in a workout or run, and administrative work.  My office is 15 miles from home so running home is not an efficient use of time to get lunch or dinner.   So I like to put something together that is healthy and easy to bring with me for meals.

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Fitness Fun & Facts: Aging “Great”-fully

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Fitness Fun & Facts: Aging “Great”-fully

“Aging” can be a touchy subject around people in my age bracket.   The fitter people tend to feel good, motivated, positive, less sensitive to age.  Those of us in the 40 – 50+  age range that have not maintained a high level of fitness may look back and think “I wish I stayed fit!”.   We often feel it’s too late to become fitter and healthier and think that we are too old to make lifestyle changes or to be more physically active.  We shudder at the thought of each birthday because we are “getting older”.

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Motivational Moment: Foundations for a Healthy Lifestyle

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Motivational Moment: Foundations for a Healthy Lifestyle

It is easy to be sedentary in today’s world.  There is a machine or service to do things physically and mentally for us and this is causing a large percentage of the population to skip healthy nutrition and to be inactive.  What’s worse is the population that thinks they are active and healthy but are not. 

There is hope however in that many people are discovering a need to change their lifestyle to improve their health and fitness. 

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