Entries from December 2007 ↓

Are you stressed out and tired of being unhappy? Perhaps you are not paying enough attention to yourself. While many stress reduction techniques are available, weight training is a powerful stress reduction technique.

The payoff for a regular weight lifting routine is enormous benefits to your body and mind. This includes increased muscle tone and optimal body functioning.

Here are three reasons why lifting weights reduces stress and negative thoughts. Continue reading →

Congratulations! You’ve chosen to embark on a journey towards a healthier lifestyle. After much research, you’ve eliminated processed foods and sugar from your diet, reduced your fat intake, and increased your protein. Each day begins with you dragging yourself out of bed to make sure you get in your new workout regimen, including both cardio and strength training.

Weigh-in day rolls around and you jump on the scale, as nervous and excited as a child on Christmas morning. Excitement quickly turns to disgust as you realize the scale hasn’t even moved … or worse yet, it has actually gone up! Continue reading →

Losing weight requires more than a physical commitment - the mental aspect is also vitally important. When it comes to fitness, the mind truly is a powerful thing.

Have doubts that there is a mind-body connection to wellness? Simply try this easy test: do a workout of your choice (running, walking, lifting weights) with your favorite pump-up music. Then do it a separate time with no music at all. You’ll quickly see how the simplicity of motivating music can help you go farther, faster or simply feel stronger during your routine. That’s the power of your mind! Continue reading →

I’m Talking to You!

I heard you groan when you read the title.  I know what you are thinking: “Not me.  Not ever!  I am too disgusting, too fat, too ugly, too unacceptable, too rejected, too skinny, too pock-marked, too flat-chested . . .”  I have heard it all and said much of it to myself.

Aren’t you tired of wishing you looked different? Aren’t you sick of trying every new diet that steamrolls down the freeway aimed straight at your self-confidence?  Do you think possibly you’ve been duped by a youth-obsessed, anorexia-inducing culture? Isn’t enough finally enough, already? Continue reading →

“Choice begins the moment you disidentify from the mind and its conditioned patterns, the moment you become present.”
- Eckhart Tolle, Author of The Power of Now

We live in a world of limitless change. I still remember when we got our first color TV, how thrilled we were to be watching movies in our own home in living color. I am an amateur photographer who has come happily bounding into the new age of digital photography. Using a film camera is no longer an option for me. I just can’t wait to have film developed to see my creations. Continue reading →