WELLNESS

You’ve been working your butt off – but your butt’s still there! Does it seem like nothing is working in your weight loss quest? You’re sweating it out in the gym, cutting back on the calories, and even reducing your alcohol intake, with little or nothing to show for it. Well, you’re not alone. Millions of people are in the same, sad boat. The ironic thing is that you are very close to nailing this fat loss thing. All you need are a few tweaks to what you’re doing and you will finally break through. Well, lucky for you, you’re...

When we think of the holiday season, our mind automatically drifts to good food, good wine and good company – not to mention good fun! We have plans to make sure we still fit into that little black dress for the work Christmas party, despite all the eating and drinking, keeping an ever-watchful eye on our physical health. We have even stocked up on that Apple Cider Vinegar to make sure no unwanted bloating comes our way. But what about our mental health? What are we doing to ensure our mind keeps it together and flourish in the midst of...

Getting into the exercise habit doesn’t have to mean joining a join or buying fitness gear. Here’s a super effective home workout for fat loss that requires nothing but your body and gravity! This circuit is to be done with no rest between exercises. Perform 25 repetitions on each exercise. Then rest for exactly 2 minutes and repeat the circuit. In Week One, do 2 total circuits, increasing to 3 circuits in Week Two. Begin your workout with a warm up that involves dynamic stretching and a cardiovascular warmup. Dynamic stretching involves doing full range of motion movements such as...

Getting old can be daunting. It seems to happen in the blink of an eye. One day we are out at the beach, soaking up the rays and working on our tan, and the next we are worried about those extra lines and wrinkles that are popping up uninvited. In an ideal world, we could hit the pause button at 30 and continue getting wiser without the ‘older’ part mixed in. But, let’s face it, getting old isn’t all that bad. There are plenty of things to look forward to that come with age. We should be embracing it, rather...