The Best Foods to Meal Prep for Weight Loss
Strategic meal prepping is crucial for weight loss, allowing control over ingredients and portions while reducing the need for snacks. Meal prepping reduces fast and processed food consumption, provides nutrient-rich control, facilitates portion management, minimizes snacks.
Healthy Habits to Change Your Life: How I Lost 100 lbs. & Repaired My Relationships
‘Healthy Habits’… we heard those words ad nauseum growing up, yet it took me close to 45 years to figure out what these two words actually meant. 2 years ago I decided to change my life. I decided to implement some of those ‘healthy habits’ that my peers have been so fond of. And it turns out, I lost 100 lbs. & Repaired My Relationships
6 Ways To Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Another year, another calorie-filled holiday season, and another shot at slaying those New Year’s Resolutions! I just figured the generations before us created New Year’s Resolutions as a result of feeling guilty after an over-indulgent holiday. In reality, the origins of New Year’s Resolutions are rooted 4,000 years ago in Babylon. The ancient Babylonians pledged their allegiance to their gods in an 11-day festival celebrating the Nile flooding and crops renewing. They believed pledging their allegiance and repaying their debts would bring them good luck in the following year.
Julius Caesar is responsible for first changing the calendar year to begin January 1st, with widespread adoption later from Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 with the Gregorian calendar. The Romans named January after Janus, the two-faced god who symbolized looking back on the past and forward into the future.
That’s deep, and that’s how we essentially arrived at today’s resolutions: we look physically and retrospectively into the mirror asking ourselves what we did and more importantly what we could have done better. I think we can all agree the paradigm shift from pledging to do better for others to pledging to do better for ourselves is a positive one. Change starts and ends with you.
Julius Caesar is responsible for first changing the calendar year to begin January 1st, with widespread adoption later from Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 with the Gregorian calendar. The Romans named January after Janus, the two-faced god who symbolized looking back on the past and forward into the future.
That’s deep, and that’s how we essentially arrived at today’s resolutions: we look physically and retrospectively into the mirror asking ourselves what we did and more importantly what we could have done better. I think we can all agree the paradigm shift from pledging to do better for others to pledging to do better for ourselves is a positive one. Change starts and ends with you.
How to Lower Cortisol for Better Aging
Can we reverse the damage chronic stress has caused and bring the body back to homeostasis to feel and look younger? Yes! We can improve our physiology and get the body and mind functioning more efficiently with healthy cortisol levels. Sleep and cortisol are intertwined. Cortisol levels should be at their highest in
3 Bodyweight Exercise Routines and 1 Dumbbell Routine To Do At Home
Switching up your workout routine is a good way to get yourself out of the winter blues. Especially when it gets too cold outside, these four at-home workouts will prove a welcome break from any outdoor activity.
Quick, easy & filling chia seed pudding
This super brain-and-body-fueling breakfast (or anytime snack) couldn’t be easier, more fun, or more deliciously satisfying knowing you whipped it up in about a minute.
Even better, you can make a bunch of individual servings for the whole work week. Boom! Look at you go with your extra morning time.
What is High Cortisol and How Do You Fix It?
Elevated cortisol levels can contribute to poor health conditions, increase risk for illness, decrease testosterone levels and cause some increase in body fat. There’s an easy morning ritual can result in a significant improvement in cortisol levels and overall health.
Breaking Down Movember: Men's Health Awareness Month
Movember: Men's Health Awareness Month. What is Movember? More than a facial-hair experiment, Movember is a movement that addresses critical men's health issues: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health. In each case, early detection and prevention are key. So what are the signs and symptoms? Read more.
How To Increase Testosterone Naturally
Testosterone! We have all heard of this hormone and the huge impact it has on our bodies. It’s directly correlated to confidence, aggression, risk-taking, energy, mood, sleep, muscle mass, strength and body fat. Research has even shown that men with higher testosterone levels are more likely to attract and “win the girl,” than men with lower testosterone levels. Basically, if you want to look, feel and perform your best, you need to optimize and boost your testosterone function. It is our master hormone.
Best Motivational Books and Audiobooks
Reading plays a crucial role in boosting our drive, mindset, and imagination. Some of the most ultra-successful people point to reading as one of the keys to their success. Here are 14 of the best motivational books and audiobooks to read, from career and business motivation to health and fitness and personal growth.
What Are Adaptogens & How Do They Work?
Adaptogens—suddenly, they’re in everything from your superfood smoothie to your plant-based protein bar to your Chilean dark chocolate. Known to be great natural herbs for anxiety, they must be good for you. But what the heck are they?
How To Use A Speed Square
You likely have a speed square hanging neatly on your pegboard above your tool bench, but do you know all the uncommon yet game-changing ways to use it? This guide will equip you with 7 helpful ways to use your speed square, from drawing a perfect circle, tracing a rip cut, or measuring and scribing an angled cut.
