Add Strength Training to Your Workout to Boost Metabolism
Did you know that a pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories per day at rest? Strength training will help you add muscle and easily maintain a lower body weight. For discussion’s sake, say you gained five lbs of muscle tissue. That equates to having burned 250 (50 calories X [...]
The Holidays are over, the kids are back in school and we are starting to think about the year ahead and keeping our resolutions to be fit and healthy. Did you over-indulge during the lazy days or ate your way through the Holiday? Are you finding it hard to stick [...]
Resisting Change Prolongs Successfully Meeting Health Goals
Wellness Wednesday with Life and Weight-loss Coach Flossie Alexander of You Can NOW! Coaching
There’s a saying that states: “What you resist will persist.” This saying is especially true when we are attempting to create new habits and behaviors in our lives.
As we focus on creating healthy change our attention and [...]
From Resolutions to Meaningful Promises for Health and Wellness
Wellness Wednesday with Life and Weight-loss Coach Flossie Alexander of You Can NOW! Coaching.
Three years ago I decided to KICK the New Year’s “Resolution” concept to the curb! ! What does that mean anyway?! It has developed a bad rep over the years! Why? Because nobody really keeps them!! I [...]
A Clever Way to Increase Water Consumption!
Wellness Wednesday with Life and Weight-loss Coach Flossie Alexander of You Can NOW! Coaching
We all know it’s important to drink enough water. Staying hydrated can make us feel more energetic; gives us glowing skin and will help our bodies metabolize fat. Developing a consistent water habit is a form [...]
Life's Lessons as Powerful Fuel for Weight-loss Goals
Wellness Wednesday with Life and Weight-loss Coach
Flossie Alexander of You Can NOW! Coaching
This is so simple that you’re likely to dismiss it as obvious. I agree that it sounds like common sense, but it’s not commonly applied. When you really put this idea into action, [...]
Maximize Weight Loss Goals with Exercise
In a recent study of 52 obese men with an average body mass index (BMI) of 31, Canadian researchers demonstrated the power of exercise as a weight loss tool.
One group of men dieted, consuming 700 calories per day less than they needed to maintain their weight. Another group walked or [...]
Surviving Bad Holiday Eating Habits
Grandma’s apple pie with an aroma you can’t resist. Mounds of mashed potatoes calling your name. Pork & Beans with the prized fat swimming in the middle. Mom’s potato salad slathered in mayonnaise. Pudding with the fixings and delicious. Candy galore. How do you survive the calorie-latent holidays without gaining [...]
When we find ourselves going through a difficult time, we tend to put our health on hold; health as in fitness and eating the things we know we should be. Taking care of ourselves is put on the back burner because it just doesn’t seem as important as the next [...]
Every Experience Is A Success
The old saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is so true. It doesn’t mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means recognize your error and try another way – until you learn to do it correctly. Changing eating and lifestyle [...]
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