9 Ways To Feed Your Soul By Simply Walking

We live in a culture that honors Type A, driven behaviors. That includes exercise and for many people, it’s taken away the joy out of simply walking. Instead of seeing walking as something you must do to get in shape, see it as a gift of being alive and let yourself fully enjoy the experience. Read more

Are You A Computer Potato?

Working at the computer for hours a day leads to just as big a rear-end spread as sitting on the couch all day watching television. But you’ve got work to do! How can you avoid the poor fitness that comes with a sit down job? Read more

Move Past Those Exercise Blahs with these Motivational Moves

Sometimes, sticking to the same exercise program day in and day out can cause weight loss boredom. The worst case scenario is a full and total weight loss exercise program burnout. You have to constantly think of ways to keep your motivation to exercise up; otherwise, you will start to resent being in the gym or making time to exercise. Read more

The Step Diet Book: Count Steps, Not Calories, To Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever

The Step Diet is not as much a diet, as it is a way to lose weight. Sound contradictory? The Step Diet encourages you to walk away your excess weight, without counting calories, carbs, or fat. The plan includes tips to reduce your food intake, but does not limit your choices of food. The Step Diet is a six stage program that takes you from assessing your current status, to maintaining your weight loss. The book includes a variety of charts, and also functions as a workbook to track your progress. The general idea of the program is to eat less and move more, which is a lesson many people have a hard time learning. We look for fad diets, gimmicks, and special tricks which are complicated and often hard to stick to. The Step Diet makes it simple. Your goal is to walk 10,000 steps per day, and eat 75% of what you used to eat. The book comes with a pedometer, so tracking your progress will be easy. Read more

Stubborn Fat: Does it affect you? Part One

Everyone walking on the face of this earth has an abundance of fat cells throughout their bodies.

In fact, if you’re a healthy adult with normal body composition, you have approximately 30 billion fat cells. This is an astronomical number when you think about it. Did you ever wonder why you have so many? Have you ever wondered what those fat cells are for? Read more

How To Lose Weight With Walking

Three universal goals nearly all of us share are: (1) to live longer, (2) to live free of illness and (3) to control our weight. Amazingly, walking lets us achieve all three. In fact, walking may be your best medicine for slowing the aging process, reducing your chances of illness and slashing your body fat. For anyone out of shape or not athletically-inclined, walking is the no-stress, no-sweat answer to lifelong conditioning. All you need is a good pair of shoes, a little time, some common sense, a few guidelines from a fitness professional and you’re ready to go. Read more