7 Tips to Manage Your Weight

7 Tips to Manage Your Weight

Disclaimer:  I am not a doctor or nurse.  Please consult with your doctor before making changes to your diet or exercise program.   While focusing solely on your weight is not healthy, it is important to manage your weight properly.  Instead of doing fad diets, it is...
7 Ways to Support Your Immune System This Summer

7 Ways to Support Your Immune System This Summer

Why should I worry about my immune system this summer?  Flu season is not here, and it is 85 degrees outside.  The immune system needs to be taken care of in all seasons.  It is not just something that is important when others around you are becoming ill.  Most people...
How to Exercise When You Are under Quarantine

How to Exercise When You Are under Quarantine

Already people are joking about how much weight they will gain during stay at home orders.  Can I help you?  Gaining weight from inactivity is not a requirement or a default during a lock down or quarantine.  It’s a choice.  First, it’s easier to keep the...
Wednesday Wisdom – Daily Walking

Wednesday Wisdom – Daily Walking

In many places in the USA, gyms are closed.  Although I have never had a gym membership, my favorite exercise is walking.  After reading Thirty Chic Days by Fiona Ferris and The Jane Austen Diet, I have made it a point to walk every day, even if it is only 15-20...
5 Steps to Better Heart Health

5 Steps to Better Heart Health

High blood pressure, cardiac arrest, heart attacks, and by-pass surgeries are all a result of poor heart health. According to the Mayo Clinic, common heart attack signs and symptoms include the following: Pressure, tightness, pain, or a squeezing or aching sensation...
How to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer

How to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  You know at least one lady that has been affected by it.  I know several–too many. While large amounts of money are being raised and spent on curing cancer, why not do all you can to avoid it in the first...