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“Someday is not a day of the week.” ~Unknown
We all say, “Someday.”
Someday we will lose weight. Someday we will take control of our lives. Someday we will get healthier, stop smoking, exercise, eat more veggies, play with our kids, go to the beach, ride our bikes.
“Someday” will never come unless you make it.
Will you make today your “someday?” Or will you wait?
~Onward
“You’ve got to say, ‘I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.’ It’s called perseverance.” ~Lee Iacocca
The secret to weight loss is summed up by this one quote above: You’ve got to want it badly enough. Period.
This Holiday season is the perfect time to see how badly you really want it. Instead of eating with abandoned at every Holiday function, ask yourself one simple little question before you reach for that extra serving: “How badly do I want it?” If you take more cookies than you should, then you’ve learned a valuable truth: You don’t want it badly enough. And there’s nothing wrong with that. When you are ready, when you really want it more than anything else, you will succeed. That’s what happened to me – and how I lost 80 pounds. I wanted to be healthy and fit…more than anything else.
Do you?
Onward.
~Helen
{This post was written my fitness column on LA’s the Place – “The Fit Life.” It gives you some quick and easy real life tips on getting in shape for the summer. . ~Helen}
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You’re standing in the fitting room filled with dread. The harsh overhead lights don’t do anything to ease your fear of the garment clutched in your hand. You slowly strip down, peel on the suit. And scream. Yup, it’s bathing suit season once more.
It may seem a daunting task to fit into that suit (or swim shorts), especially if you have more than a few pounds to lose. There is no quick hacks to safely losing weight, however, but there are some simple steps you can take to get you there faster.
Continue reading ‘5 Easy Quick Steps to Your Best Summer Body’
Yup, that’s right. The Holidays are approaching and with the joy also comes the despair: How to keep from waking up on January 1 feeling like a heffer.
I’ve rounded up last year’s articles from both of my blogs on keeping holiday weight gain at bay. With tips on how to eat better, how to trick yourself into eating less, and how to fit in some exercise, this year you might just be able to button your pants come January.
If you have any tips you would like to share on how you avoid Holiday weight gain, we would love it. Knowledge is power.
- Eat With Control This Holiday Season
- Keep Yourself from Bingeing This Holiday
- Simple Tricks to Keep Your Eating in Check Over the Holidays
- 5 Easy Ways to Keep the Holiday Pounds Off (It’s Easier Than You Think!)
Prepare now and have an enjoyable Holiday season.
You wake up feeling sick: Head hurting, stomach squirrely, very tired, and thirsty. You know you shouldn’t have done it but you did anyway. You pop some pain killers, drink a gallon of water, eat some carrots and swear you won’t ever do it again. But you will – in less than a month. And once more you will feel awful. What did you do? Overindulge with food – and suffering the proverbial “binge hangover.”
Continue reading ‘Eat with Control This Holiday Season’
The amount of exercise you need a day is a difficult question to answer.
Celebrities often claim to exercise two hours a day. On TV, weight loss shows feature people exercising more than four hours each day. Health advocates say 30 minutes of daily activity is enough to keep you healthy.
So…how much exercise do you really need?
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, it’s more than previously thought.
Continue reading ‘How Much Exercise Is Enough to Lose Weight?’
(written for LAs the Place.com)
Now that temperatures are soaring, exercise may be the last thing on your mind. That hot, sticky feeling is often a great workout de-motivator.
However, we have an opportunity to turn this de-motivator into a motivator: exercising in the pool. Using water as a way to get in shape is both effective and fun. No longer associated only with seniors, aquatic fitness allows us work our bodies hard, yet stay cool and comfortable.
Athletes, housewives, rehabilitation patients and even children are catching this next wave in fitness, and a wide variety of workout options are now available.
(continue reading at LAs the Place)
(written for Suite101.com)
Weight loss is a challenge. But here are a few simple tricks that will help you on your road to weight loss success. They are simple, free and most of all – painless.
(continue reading at Suite101.com)
(written for lastheplace.com)
If sweating and grunting in a room full of strangers is not for you, do not fret. An effective workout can be had inexpensively in the privacy of your own home or office. All you need are a few basics and some creativity.
Continue reading at www.lastheplace.com
(Written for CitiHealth Publications)
Every January begins the same: You vow to eat better, exercise and become healthier and fitter. A few months later you read an article on “bikini bodies by June” and wonder, “What happened to those vows?”
You are not alone. 60 percent of people drop their fitness resolutions within six months of making them. This year, be one of the 40 percent who succeeds. With these 11 steps, it’s easier than you imagine.
Continue reading ‘11 Ways to Fit Exercise into Your Life’
