Category: Exercise

Get Fit with Less Risk: 6 Reasons Low-Intensity Exercise Benefit Your Mind and Body

Do you want to get fit without feeling exhausted and avoid potential injury? Who doesn’t? What if we told you that you don’t have to push yourself to the limit to get fit and healthy? If you think that low-intensity exercise is boring and ineffective, think again. In this blog, we’ll show you how low-intensity...

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The Transformative Power of Gratitude: How Appreciation Can Change Your Life

Being thankful is more than having good manners; it can be a game-changer for your entire mindset. By consciously appreciating what you have, you can shift your focus to the positive aspects of your life and find joy in the present moment.  Benefits of Finding Gratitude Every Day Reduces Stress When you focus on what...

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Getting the Scale to Move in the Right Direction

Weight loss can be challenging and frustrating, and despite your best efforts, you may find that you initially gain weight instead of losing it. Gaining weight when all you want to do is drop some LBs can be discouraging and demotivating; it can even lead to giving up on your weight loss journey altogether. For...

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The Ultimate Comfort Food: Healthy Mac & Cheese Recipes

Mac & Cheese is a beloved comfort food typically associated with indulgence and high-calorie content. However, creating a delicious and healthy version of this classic dish is possible.  Making healthy versions is all about making slight changes to the traditional recipe. Choose veggie-based or whole-wheat noodles. Adding vegetables such as broccoli or cauliflower to the...

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6 Tips To Staying On Your Feet And Avoid A Fall

What’s the one thing that can ruin the best-laid vacation plans – besides rain? From personal experience, I’ll tell you… Someone in your group takes a fall. For almost 35 years, my college pals and I have been taking an annual weekend getaway to a sunny destination. This year, we chose Florida, with its warm...

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Easy Chair Exercises To Keep You Active, Safe, and Fit

Exercise can be scary if you’ve ever had an injury, have pain when you walk, or aren’t feeling stable on your feet. After a nasty fall in her kitchen a few years ago, my mom had a fractured hip. She wasn’t sure she’d ever see the inside of a gym again. But then we discovered...

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How to Instantly Become Smarter and More Alert

Can everyday activities like sprinting up the stairs or taking out the trash make you smarter? It all clicked for me at a seminar I attended last week. After sitting for hours listening to boring statistics, my mind wandered. No matter how hard I tried, I could not focus on what the speaker was saying....

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Wellness Trends for 2023: Must Does or Not So Much

It’s 2023, and the wellness landscape is changing quicker than ever. As a result of scientific breakthroughs and society’s rapidly changing focus on health and wellbeing, various emerging trends are reshaping our approach to staying healthy in the modern world. From advances in technology to emotional care, people from all backgrounds are beginning to explore...

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Celebrating International Mind-Body Wellness Day

It’s time to elevate your mind and body for International Mind-Body Wellness Day! Mind-body wellness is a holistic approach to health that recognizes the connections between your mind and body and the impact your thoughts and emotions have on your physical health. It is a way of acknowledging that your mind and body are not...

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7 Fun & Healthy Ways to Keep Active in Colder Weather

Winter is coming. As the fall weather turns colder, it becomes more of a challenge to spend time outdoors. Bundling up and the risk of slipping are two things that dampen the desire, throwing a wrench into staying fit during the months ahead.  However, staying active is all the more critical because doing so can...

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4 Tips to Turn Your Walk Into a Fat-Burning & Body Trimming Workout

My nightly walk was a lifesaver throughout the last few (pandemic) years. I became very familiar with the well-trodden paths near my home, and I’d switch between neighborhood routes and park trails to bring variety into my life. Even as things have returned to normal, my nightly walk gives me peace of mind and has...

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America’s New Favorite Past Time – Pickleball, Of Course

Celebrities are raving about it; parks and recs are scrambling to build new courts, and updated lines have been drawn on tennis and basketball courts everywhere. It’s making headlines and amassing millions of new players every year. This isn’t an ordinary sport; it’s a movement. So, what is this game with the funny name, and...

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