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Exercise: Do you know how many steps you walk in a day?

I believe one of the simplest and most compelling actions we can take to improve our health is to invest in a pedometer, commit to wear it everyday and monitor our steps. Pedometers are inexpensive (you can buy them as cheaply as $5 and on up), easy to use and a great way to get read more

Filed under: Cardio, Optimal Health, Pedometers, Walking, Energy, Weight Management, Exercise | No Comments

Live Healthy: Take my survey and share your health goals and challenges

One thing I know for sure is that creating a healthy lifestyle can be fun, energizing and inspiring and doesn’t have to be drudgery!  It’s really about creating, simple, repeatable systems to support healthier eating, weight loss, more exercise, less stress and the many other factors that contribute to looking and feeling your best. So it’s read more

Filed under: Weight loss, Survey, Healthy lifestyle, Optimal Health, Weight Management, Meal Planning, Exercise | No Comments

Check Out This Harvard Website - Full of Healthy Information!

I recently stumbled across a website that I want to share with you that has a host of information about health and debunks lots of myths. It’s simply amazing how much conflicting information you can find about nutrition. Are dairy products good for us or not? Should be really be eating carbs? How much water read more

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Healthy Body, Health Issues, High Quality Food, Public Health, Optimal Health, Worry, Eating, Nutrition, Whole Food Nutrition, Food, Prevention, Health - General, Vitamins and Minerals, Weight Management, General | No Comments

Avoid the Thanksgiving Blues

I remember last year’s Thanksgiving dinner like it was yesterday.  It was a cool and dreary day outside, yet so cozy inside. It was a celebration with family and friends. We cooked all day and the aromas wafting through the house were simply tantalizing. And the food…delicious. So I ate and ate and ate…to the point read more

Filed under: Meal Planning, Overindulging, Eating, Weight Management, Mindful Eating, Digestion, Food | 1 Comment

Walking is Good Medicine

I’m not an outdoorsy, let’s-go-hiking-for-the-weekend kind of woman but I do love a good walk. I’m an urban walker. I live in New Haven, in a great neighborhood chock full of walkers - people walking solo, with a friend or spouse or with their dog - and interesting architecture. It’s hard to go out early read more

Filed under: Walking, Heart Health, Stroke, Weight Management, Outdoor Activities, Prevention, Exercise | No Comments