In today’s blog, we will explore four major hormones that affect our metabolism and seven lifestyle choices that can impact those hormones to work for or against us. If you want to increase your metabolism, healing these four hormones is key. You can help restore your hormones by making effective lifestyle changes. FOUR MAJOR HORMONES THAT AFFECT YOUR METABOLISM: INSULIN – “The sugar (and fat) regulator.” Insulin is produced by the pancreas, and determines whether we are st

Have you ever felt that you lost something that you once had due to the aging process? What is the one thing you would like to get back if you could? I find a lot of my clients would like their metabolism back, please! Our metabolism is our “metabolic rate” or the rate at which your body burns calories and converts what you eat and drink into energy. The good news is that there are other factors that control your metabolism rather than just aging and “good” or “bad” geneti

I once heard Brian Tracy say that all of our long term unhappiness and regrets live on “Someday Island”. On Someday Island are all the things we truly want to do, and all ways of becoming the person genuinely we want to be. We just never get there. We haven’t planned the trip. Perhaps unconsciously we think that many things in life will just magically happen … some day. We put off things that are very important to us, the things that we want. We’ve all done it, we all

When it comes to an vital part of life, food, are you interested in getting more bang for your calorie buck? Do you know that our very food choices can make you either: think better, or cause you to live in brain fog; feel happier and more peaceful, or angry and depressed; and feel better physically, or suffer? In his book, “The Fast Food Genocide,” M.D. Joel Fuhrman, discusses how focusing on eating micronutrients, phytochemicals, and nutrient dense foods (such as G-BOMBS)

Motivation is literally our desire to do something. When we are motivated, we feel inspired to do what may be uncomfortable or something that we would prefer not to do. Usually the thing we don’t particularly want to do, is something we know is good for us and involves a goal we want to accomplish or a lifestyle that we want to have. Staying motivated is vital to getting what we really want in life and motivation helps us to get out of a rut or over the hump. Regarding exe

YOUR THOUGHTS CHANGE YOUR DESTINY Watch your thoughts for they become your words. Watch your words for they become your actions. Watch your actions, for they become your habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. Just how powerful are your thoughts? Well according to this quote, your thoughts are the instigator of what becomes your destiny. And THAT makes your thoughts extremely powerful. I love this quote

Just how much does our sitting affect our health? I’m sure you’ve heard by now that sedentary is the “new smoking”. Ultimately, being sedentary (sitting all the time whether at work, at the computer, or on the couch), has drastic effects on your health. Compare these 10 risks of being sedentary with 10 benefits of being active: Highest risk for heart attacks. vs. Being physically active for 3+ hours / week can cut your risk of heart attack in half. Increased risk for cancer

There are no short-cuts when it comes to weight loss. Not in the long run. If you really want to lose the weight for good, the road is longer and slower than advertised on TV or the internet. The reality is, losing weight and reaching your goals will likely be much harder than you think, and it will probably take longer than you envision, (unless you start doing ultra-race sports, have some cataclysmic health issues, or you are a growing teenage boy). The good news, is if y

GET YOUR SUMMER GREENS ON! Summer is here! Now is the time to load up on the greens, fresh fruits and veggies! A few fast facts for healthy salads: Greens, Fruits and Veggies – have powerful anticancer effects, extends your life-span, makes your brain function better, repairs your DNA, increases your health, and they are high in nutrients and low in calories. Lean Protein - builds and maintains lean muscle mass, strengthens your immune system, repairs damaged cells and tissu

LET YOUR OUTLOOK SERVE YOU What is your present? Your present is the reality of everything in your life today, right now. It is not your wishes, what could be, what should or shouldn’t be, but what actually IS. It is taking an honest look at your life and how things really are, in regards to your relationships, career, finances, lifestyle, and any circumstance you are in. What would your life be like if you were to ACCEPT the current timing, situation, problem, or challeng