Hello friends. Happy New Year! Since it’s the first day of 2013 (well at least for my part of the world), I wanted to recap some of the highlights from the year. Hopefully, they will motivate you to keep up the good work throughout the year. Nutrition Tips: Diet is crucial. Garbage in=garbage out. If…
Author: Erin Lamb
Engineer and Author. I enjoy writing poetry, inspirational devotions, and bible studies. One main life message, God is love (God=Love). I also have a fond love for acoustic guitar, singing, song writing, and painting.
Working Out Indoors (Review of DVDs)
Hello fellow fitness friends. It’s snowy here. I am not motivated to go to any gym. I stated this before that I am not a huge fan of the gym anyway. I had a personal trainer in the past, and I have better results working out at home than at the gym. For those who…
Staying Motivated
One of the most difficult parts of wellness is motivation. It is challenging to stay motivated especially if you are not trying to meet a particular goal. How do we stay motivated when we don’t have weight to lose or we aren’t training for a marathon or event? Glad you asked. 1. Think of wellness…
Read the Label
Hello friends. I hope you are doing well and continuing on your journey to wellness. Today I wanted to talk to you about something that gets us in trouble, food labels. No one wants to count calories every day. However, it is wise to take a peak at what we are eating. Many of us…
Are You Gluten for Punishment?
You’ve probably noticed ads everywhere claiming a product is gluten-free. Unless you have an allergy you may not know what gluten is or how it affects the body. Gluten is a protein. It is normally found in breads, flours, cereals, beer, and soy sauce. Here’s another definition from Wikipedia. Gluten (from Latin gluten, “glue”) is…
Cardio Only vs. Resistance Training
Cardiovascular exercise, also called cardio or aerobic exercise, is physical activity which raises the heart rate to around 60 to 85 percent of the heart’s maximum heart rate for an extended period of time, usually twenty minutes or longer, Gregory Hamel. Resistance training has two different meanings. A broader meaning that refers to any training…
If You’re Going to Have Dessert (Tips for the Holidays)
Someone left a pecan pie on the break room table at work this week. I am not tempted by this type of pie, yet the Holidays present us with one big temptation, sweets! Think back to the post I wrote on the sugar detox. Stable blood sugar is crucial to keeping your body in fat…
Staying Healthy During the Holidays
It’s that time of the year again. Holiday season. Even the candles they have for the holidays smell like food. I have one burning right now called sugar cookie. What are we to do this time of year? Holiday parties, family dinners, dinners with friends, and in the office people bring in treats. Oh, my!…
Living Healthy with a Busy Life
Hey my friends. I thought I would write something that I can relate to, busyness. Most people have schedules that are jam-packed. We spend hours doing, more so than being. I heard someone say that we are human beings, not human doings. Being healthy is a lifetime commitment and something we have to make…
Mistakes Dieters Make
Hey friends! I hope your week is starting off well. I was excited this week to put on a garment that was tight since purchase and now it’s baggy. Yeah for progress. I wanted to list of some mistakes dieters make and include some I have made in the past. I hope they help you…
The Road to Wellness 