Tag Archives: weight loss behavior

Weight loss surgery offers a powerful opportunity to jumpstart your health journey, but long-term success requires dedication and motivation. Once the initial excitement fades and daily life resumes, it’s crucial to maintain a positive mindset and stay committed to your goals. These strategies can help you stay on track and keep moving forward, even when […]

Trigger foods are those that you find hard to stop eating once you start. These foods often lead to loss of control and overeating. For many, trigger foods include sweets, salty snacks, breads, and cheese, but they can vary greatly from person to person. [Read more]

March is National Nutrition Month, an opportunity to reflect on how you nourish your body and mind. This year’s theme, “Savor the Flavor of Eating Right,” emphasizes not just what you eat, but how you eat. Food provides essential fuel to keep your body functioning at its best, but eating is also about pleasure, culture, […]

One of the biggest obstacles to exercise is a lack of time! The American College of Sports Medicine recommends 150-300 minutes of cardiovascular exercise per week for weight management, which seems daunting, right? Just one more thing we have to fit in to our crazy schedule. But I have good news! There are 1,440 minutes […]

Do you often worry or feel paralyzed by indecision? Life is full of challenges and setbacks. Everyone faces difficulties in life, and the question isn’t whether you will face setbacks, but how well you cope with them. Even if challenges feel overwhelming, you can become more resilient and capable of handling tough situations. [Read more]

Winter is usually a time of coughs, colds, and flu. Staying as fit as possible is vital, particularly for those with pre-existing conditions. Here’s how you can stay as healthy as possible this winter and avoid running into trouble. [Read more]

After sticking with a fitness plan, you may begin to wonder if it is the right plan for you. Not all exercise routines work for everyone. However, if you notice any of the following five signs, you know you are on the right track: [Read more]

There’s supposedly a silver lining to every cloud, but silver linings are sometimes hard to see while you’re in the middle of a crisis. When schools are closed and you’re out of work or forced to work from home, it can feel as though your world’s been turned upside down.
There are challenges when the children are around while you’re trying to get work done, when your favorite stores are closed, and you can’t get a haircut. The silver lining is that when a crisis presses the pause button on your life, you can try to use that pause productively. Here are five positive habits you might develop during a health crisis. [Read more]

Have you ever noticed your mind shows you potential but unlikely pitfalls regularly? Despite the meagerness of their prospect of blossoming, endless streams of would-be difficulties flow. Here’s how to use them for self-improvement rather than become anxious about them. First, though, it helps to know why you are presented with them. [Read more]

Most of want to get regular exercise — or at least we think we do. But when the moment comes to actually commence a workout, inertia and lack of motivation often win out. The solution may lie within you already. Leveraging your own mind against the problem is a good idea. Here are five practical, psychological tricks to employ to get you to exercise more. [Read more]