February is underway… For those of you finding that a new week, a new month, a new year and this time even a new decade, enables a process of NEW ME. Not necessarily resolutions, but new goals — How are you doing on those? Tips for keeping that NEW fire alight and alive: MAKE YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE: If you ever want to accomplish a goal… tell someone. If no one ever knew about your commitments, it may be all too easy to forget they ever existed and slip back into old […]
FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER 2023
February is often associated with Valentines; in February I usually focus on “heart health” for my newsletter theme. Whoever coined the phrase “You are what you eat” was rather insightful, because much of what you eat can be a life or death matter. I cannot stress enough that proper nutrition should be the highest priority to help reduce the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of both men and women in the United States. Taking a look at the food you eat is like taking an inside look […]
JANUARY NEWSLETTER 2023
Happy New Year! Nothing much changes from year to year, when it comes to making resolutions. Each year the following resolutions are most popular: drink less alcohol get a better education or job eat healthy food / get fit / lose weight manage debt /stress quit smoking go green save money volunteer to help others In a study published in the American Journal of Health, researchers at the University of Missouri found that, after looking at over 99,000 participants, any method that utilizes recording and tracking activity and results significantly […]
How to Form Lifestyle Habits
Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD Challenges are embraced, and once decided upon require the extra effort to ensure getting to the finish line. Does your resolve weaken before success? Do you risk stalling? Do you focus on outcome instead of process? Do you consider yourself an “all-or-nothing” individual? If you answer “yes” to either of these two questions, you may need to make more of your efforts habit-forming rather than forced. Athletes who are consistent with good habits are the most successful. Athletes, or anyone for that matter, sustain momentum […]
