Who doesn’t love Mexican food? It’s such a staple in many people’s diets. It tastes great and is usually fairly fast. The one big problem with this type of food is that it isn’t always so nice on the waistline. Calorie packed burritos and enchiladas won’t help in the weight loss department unless you’re super [...]
Archive for the ‘Health and Wellness’ Category
In today’s busy world, it is becoming harder and harder to adhere to a healthy lifestyle the majority of the time. Social gatherings, cravings and lack of time can lead to eating less than healthy foods and drinking alcohol, an overabundance of coffee drinks and sugar laden sodas, juices and more. Once slip leads to [...]
I am so sick of the word, skinny! As a society, we are focused, if not obsessed with skinny. The word, skinny, by definition means: lacking of flesh, thin, according to The Free Dictionary. For some reason, we associate this word with healthy, beautiful and fit. No where in this meaning is anything mentioned about [...]
Push Ups at Vita Vie Retreat Get out there and move your body! We are meant to move and we are meant to move daily. Unless you are training for a bodybuilding show or figure competition, you don’t need to adhere to the “recovery day” day off from working out. I know that disappoints some [...]
Everyone needs a break! It’s important to take time out for you and focus on a little rejuvenation and relaxation. You may not always be able to get to the spa or a fitness retreat so I’ve created eight great steps to creating your own at home wellness day. Taking care of your body and [...]
Eating healthy sometimes seems boring! As a culture, we’ve become inclined to associate good food with foods and dishes that are not always the best choices. Meals that contain oils, cheese, refined sugars and even trans fats have seeped into our daily diets. These high caloric and high sugar foods have us coming back for [...]
Did you know that over 40 million individuals worldwide are obese, meaning one is 20 percent over his/her ideal body weight? A huge factor in this equation is the lack of knowledge about weight loss, and what is effective for a safe weight loss to occur. Unfortunately, there is also a wealth of information and [...]
You’re sitting at your desk all day and the late afternoon energy dip has you yawning and ready to take a nap. Normally, we resort to a trip to the local coffee shop or the vending machine. Try an alternative way to finding energy. It’s time to wake up your work day with a few [...]
Here is the skinny on Marathon Running and what you can do do actually condition your heart. Article by Dr. Mercola of Mercola.com Long-distance runners can, in fact simply drop dead — usually in the middle of a run, from fatal heart attacks. In 2010, three runners died at the 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon. [...]
When you’re trying to buy healthy foods, terms like “low calorie”, “low fat” and “high fiber” can look like something that would be good for you. What do these terms really mean? No Added Sugar — No sugars were added during processing (does NOT mean sugar-free). Fat Free — No more than 0.5 grams of fat per [...]
