Health

The state of flourishing through fitness, food and body image. Our thoughts, examples and advice for creating a healthier body and lifestyle.

Making yourself a priority for exercise

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Making yourself a priority, making time to exercise, is so much easier said than done! I think we all know that we SHOULD make ourselves a priority, but we first have to find that deeper motivation to follow through in times where it seems a million other things need to be done and we are [...]

Business Like An Ironwoman: One foot in front of the other

My friend who completed an Ironman is now thinking of training for some other extreme race.  This got me thinking about the lessons learned from watching her swim, bike, and run the Ironman last fall.  There were hundreds of people of all shapes and sizes who completed this race, and I decided there were two [...]

Feeling Beautiful: The Choice Is Yours

It may be just me, but do you automatically look for flaws when seeing your reflection?  I’m not sure why we develop that habit, but I think it’s an excellent example of one worth changing.  And now that we are coming into spring when clothes are going to be more revealing, we get even more [...]

Holding On As Tight As I Can

Where did the statement, “Youth is wasted on the young,” come from? Where it came from and whomever it came from was wrong…dead wrong. And my shoulder can attest. You see, I recently had a crazy moment, when I agreed to play softball,… on a team, after 30 years of not swinging a bat.  Yeah, [...]

Toothaches Tutorial

A toothache is a pain in or around a tooth that may be caused by: Tooth decay Abscessed tooth Tooth fracture A damaged filling Repetitive motions, such as chewing gum or grinding teeth Infected gums Symptoms may include: Tooth pain that may be sharp, throbbing, or constant. In some people, pain results only when pressure [...]