The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is encouraging everyone to “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle” with informed food choices throughout the year. The academy encourages you to adopt a healthy lifestyle that is focused on eating fewer calories, making informed food choices and getting daily exercise in order to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.… Read More »
Archive for February, 2017
Screen Early!
Healthy Lives member Stachia Marioneaux is on the path to better health. She completed her first wellness screening last month and learned that she was just eight pounds shy of a healthy BMI. “I’ve always been physically active but life gets busy. The wellness screening results help me to refocus on my health.” Stachia is… Read More »
Monthly Workout: Plank Variations
The Plank is one of the best exercises you can do for your core. It builds isometric strength to help sculpt your waistline and improve your posture. And depending on the type of Plank you try, you can also engage your back, arms, shoulders, buttocks, and hamstrings. Hold Times Exercise Beginner Intermediate Advanced Forearm Plank… Read More »
Kick Your Chair Habit!
Research shows that sitting for long periods of time increases your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. According to Dr. James Levine, author of “Get Up!: Why Your Chair is Killing You and What You Can Do About It,” sitting has become like eating. It is bad for your health… Read More »
Improve Your Health IQ – Questions to Ask Your PCP
After your Healthy Lives screening, you should have received a detailed health assessment that went over all the results from your screening. This is the perfect opportunity to take your information to your primary care provider to discuss the findings and establish a regular relationship. Here are some key things to discuss: Is my BMI,… Read More »
Staying Motivated When Getting Off Course
When you are successful it is easier to stay motivated, but how do you keep your momentum going when you stop feeling motivated? The primary difference between a successful person and a person who lives with chronic failure is the ability to confront and determine how to accomplish low-calorie behaviors in the face of challenges. … Read More »