How you treat your body NOW will affect it LATER on. What in the world does that mean? Well let’s put it this way… if you don’t take care of your body by making healthy choices in what you eat, how you manage your stress, how many hours you sleep, and how much exercise you get…. It will eventually catch up to you. How do I know? I ignored all of those factors!! I was fortunate enough to get an early warning sign…. I got sick! My body said “I’ve had enough”.... “I can’t take

I’ve been picking at the “diet and changing your lifestyle” theme over the past few blogs. DIET is a BIG word in our culture. My guess is that everyone has done it at least once in their lifetime. Studies show that over 45 million people diet each year spending over 33 Billion dollars on trying to get slim and trim!!! That’s an incredible. What’s also incredible is that within 3 years, most people have gained the weight they lost back. Changing your lifestyle, in my book, bas

Studies show that people regain weight within in 1 to 5 years of a diet. WOW! Then why bother? You’re just going to gain it all back. How about this thought.... Why not change your lifestyle and then you won’t need a diet? Lifestyle is how a person lives. It's how we think and what our attitude is towards ourselves and the world. How we live affects our health which not only includes the body but the mind and spirit as well. A diet that "didn't work" might have had allot

Say what?! Yes! Ok, I will admit I’ve never really been a follower, so it’s in my “jeans” to go left when the crowd goes right. So when everyone is on a diet, I'm looking at how to change my lifestyle. Here is my thought: At the beginning of the year, people start off with their “Diet Resolution”. In my experience, by this time (mid/late January) a whole bunch of people have jumped off the boat!! WHY? Some reasons could be...Not convenient…Weird food..Too expensive… Why resol

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I am in the final day of my “Mini Juice Fasting Adventure” and I can say that I’m looking forward to getting back to eating. I’ve done many juice fasts over the past 5 years and each fast has had a different set of detoxing symptoms. This one was no different! My first day I had a headache and today, day #3, I’ve started out with being hungry ! Or maybe I should say “Hangry”??? LOL What happens during a juice fast? When you start on a juice fast, the body shuts down digestion