Planning Your Lunch With Minimal Effort

So, what’s for lunch? Who knows, right? Most of us just kind of “wing it.” I mean, it’s only lunch. The purpose of lunch is to get you from breakfast (if you ate it) to dinner without interrupting your busy day of checking things off your very important to-do list. You think, “Oh, I’ll just [...]

Breaking Up With the Couch Playlist

Breaking Up With the Couch Playlist

Look, this has been going on for long enough, and it’s time for us to part. I’ll admit that you caught my eye the first time we met, and you really swept me off my feet. You were super supportive, and you made me feel so comfortable in your embrace. But after a while, I [...]

Are You an Early Bird or a Night Owl?

Are You an Early Bird or a Night Owl?

When I was in college, I’d regularly complain about 8:00 am classes. “It’s so early!” I’d whine while trudging through the snow across the quad. Thank goodness for cinnamon hot chocolate to get my butt out of bed or else I’m sure I would have failed all my classes…or at least the ones during the [...]

You’re Getting Warmer: Are Your Choices Bringing You Closer to Your Goals?

You're Getting Warmer

Everyone knows that you can’t reach your goals overnight. Unless you win the lottery, in which case—cool! Send me a postcard from your private island paradise. We make billions of choices in our lives, and it’s these choices (sometimes seemingly insignificant choices) that determine when, how, and if ever we achieve our goals. Here’s an [...]

No Pain, No Gain: Why Being Uncomfortable is a Good Thing

No Pain No Gain

You might imagine some burly Hans and Franz type bodybuilder to subscribe to the motto “no pain, no gain.” Did I just date myself with that SNL reference? But “no pain, no gain” isn’t some mindless fitness jargon. It’s a fundamental principle of the total body health equation. If you want the gain, you gotta [...]