For My Healthy Family

The Elf on the Shelf is something that I have never heard of. It was referred to a good friend of mine and she decided it would be something fun for our family and our son so she requested that Santa send a little elf our way.

So the elf arrived at our house and the tradition has begun. You are responsible for giving the little fellow a name so he quickly becomes a part of your family. My son has renamed ours a couple of times … Continue Reading

One thing that I love about following recipes is that it makes creating a healthy meal so much easier. Everything you need is mapped out for you. And if you are cooking an easy to follow recipe then there are usually fewer ingredients so they can be prepared in a shorter amount of time as well.

As I’ve said before I really enjoy cooking but I am really not that creative in the kitchen. Let’s face it there are only so many ways you can prepare different meals before they become boring. You … Continue Reading

You want to start eating healthier foods but where should you begin? For me it starts with the way I shop for foods. I don’t think it really matters where you do your shopping but ultimately what you end up buying can make the difference on whether or not you are eating healthier foods.

I’m not really sure where I adopted the habit that I’ll be sharing but I know that many people probably have the same thoughts on how they make healthier food choices. It makes perfect sense to … Continue Reading

I follow Suzanne Somers’ diet plan because I feel it is a healthy weight loss program. I agree that there are many bad food choices available and people choose them because A) they don’t know how certain foods affect their bodies or B) they just plain forget what eating healthy really means.

Suzanne Somers’ diet plan is a healthy weight loss program because it is completly balanced. Although you do cut certain foods out of your diet you are still eating from all the food groups. You learn when to eat from these food groups so your … Continue Reading

When I realized I needed to lose a few pounds I wanted to follow a healthy weight loss program. Someone suggested that I read about Suzanne Somers’ diet plan and I did. What I learned from her research opened my eyes to a whole new way of looking at food.

This was several years ago and Suzanne Somers’ diet plan has been mapped out in several books that she has published over the years. I still follow the basic principles that she shares because they … Continue Reading

You can get your family in the habit of eating healthy meals. What I have found that works for us is keeping the meals simple. I’m going to use the example of how we prepare our breakfast every morning.

My husband and I are a bacon and eggs kind of couple. We do choose to use a couple alternatives to this meal though. First we choose to eat turkey bacon instead of the full flavor, fat and calories of your traditional bacon. Oscar Myer is our brand of choice because it is very … Continue Reading

Once you get started with a fitness routine sometimes it becomes hard to keep yourself motivated during your fitness workout. So what can you do to get through it?

I’ve been on a kick where I am pretty regular with walking on my treadmill and yes there are days that I don’t always feel like doing it. But I do push through and I am always proud of the accomplishment after I am done.

There are some things that have become a regular part of my walks on the treadmill that help keep me going. I’m pretty sure everyone by … Continue Reading

In my last post I related my experience of getting back on the treadmill after it had been some time. I have given my self the challenge of getting regular again with my cardiovascular fitness routine. Well since then I have been able to get on the treadmill three other times and took a two mile hike.

I must say that your body does bounce back if you have been consistent with your workouts in the past.I don’t have the feeling that it’s a struggle to complete my workout. I continue to walk on an incline and even have to increase it … Continue Reading

Very recently I have felt the effects of not being regular with a cardiovascular fitness routine. Now I have not completely quit a fitness program all together. I have continued to do my twenty minute strength training with Jillian Michaels but although I feel these are good workouts it hasn’t been enough.

It has been a while since I have done a treadmill workout and I finally got back on it for a thirty minute walk. My body was craving the challenge and honestly although I have been doing other forms of exercise I was still feeling out of … Continue Reading

If a home fitness workout is something you are going to take the time to do you want to find effective total body home fitness workouts. I think one of the things that makes a workout effective  is what makes us choose them.For instance if you just go out and purchase the latest dance workout routine and you have never danced before than you probably won’t enjoy the workout which means you won’t do the workout. Then it is not effective for you because it’s sitting on the shelf.

When I purchased my very first home workout … Continue Reading