Health+Fitness
New! Find Your Answers in the Library
One of my favorite things to do is to curl up on the couch and bury my head in a good book. I bet you love losing yourself in a fabulous story too. I get most of my reading material from the local library because I can’t say no to free resources. It’s also a…
Read MoreQuestion of the Week: What Health or Fitness Goal Do You Want to Reach Next?
I’m in the middle of Amber Krzys’s Rock Your Body Challenge (love it!), and it’s given me a lot to think about regarding my physical body. I was a very fat kid in elementary school and middle school. I despised gym class, and I especially hated physical fitness testing. My best mile time? Twenty-one minutes.…
Read MoreSAS Launch Week: “I Don’t Have Time to Exercise” and Other Lies
It’s Launch Week on my new site, Sweet and Sage. Today we’re talking about our excuses for not exercising and why you have more time than you think. Click here to read “I Don’t Have Time to Exercise” and Other Lies. Sweet and Sage is an online magazine for women who want to bridge the…
Read MoreMeditation Mountain: A Technique for Beginners
Meditation is one of those things we tell ourselves we should be doing…we just never get around to actually doing it. Kinda like flossing or cleaning out the hall closet. There are plenty of thing that can stress you out during your day: traffic, gossipy coworkers, your misbehaving kids, a messy spouse, etc. Thankfully, meditation…
Read MorePlanning 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…
Read MoreBreaking 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…
Read MoreAre 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…
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