Myth #1 - To lose belly fat you must exercise the abdominal muscles. Patients still proudly tell me they do crunches to lose belly fat. Exercising the abdominal muscles with crunches, sit ups, and oblique twists does not target belly fat. Myth #2 - Only obese people have belly fat. Everybody...
People make dieting too complicated! Everybody thinks that the key to weight loss is removing “bad foods” from your diet. Nobody seems to agree which foods are bad, however. The secret is not to ostracize foods but diversify. [featured-image single_newwindow="false"] Here is a sample of our modern...
As we steel hours from our sleep to do "more productive tasks," we assume that those lost hours of sleep will have no detrimental effect. Truth - Sleep deprivation has numerous repercussions. [featured-image single_newwindow=“false"] I learned 3 lessons about sleep deprivation my Freshman year in college with...
The unintended consequences of a modern life are diseases caused by modern conveniences. People outwardly acknowledge medical treatment alone will not cure these lifestyle diseases. Their actions tell a different story. We have assumed that medical science would always provide quick and easy solutions. The results are...
Anger is the most destructive of all emotions. It possesses with an overpowering sense of control. Otherwise rational people do and say things they would never otherwise say. In an instant stinging words fly over the tongue like darts from a gun. Often our loved...
Conflict is not the problem. The problem is how we fight. Even healthy marriages will have conflict, even heated conflict. Back in the 1980's Kenny Rogers had a popular hit, Coward of the County. If you are too young to remember it, look it up on iTunes. It...
Some people love conflict. Not me, I hate it! If I can, I will avoid it. Why pick a fight with a large man covered in tattoos and probably caring a gun. (I apologize to all you large tattooed men for the stereotype.) Sometimes living to...
Yesterday can not be relived. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Don't wast your opportunities today, because when you pass them by, you lose them forever. One today is worth 1,000 tomorrows that may never come....
At 48 years old I am beginning to ponder what the second half of my life will look like. Have I lived up to my potential in the first half? Have I used my God given gifts to their fullest? I wonder if I stay on my...
I was reading out of "Grace For the Moment" by Max Lucado this morning. The thought for the day was based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, "Love ...