Not feeling the love?

Do you know your waist circumference? Regardless of your weight, your waist circumference could be sending you secret messages and they aren’t love notes. Love handles aren’t giving us any love. FYI, a man should have a waist circumference of 102 cm  (40 inches) or less and a woman should be 88 cm  (35 inches) or less. Surprisingly, it is …

Move for your brain and body

When I talked about fasting benefits I mentioned how eating too much effects your brain. Your brain is not separate from your body. What you eat, how you feel, how you exercise will have an effect on your brain and a 20 year study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease reinforces this connection. The research found that insulin resistance …

Fasting Benefits

Before my attempt at fasting, I would have said, “Why bother?” Eat well and stop looking for a miracle cure. Now, maybe not. I will explain my new found reason for not completely dismissing fasting, but first a little about last week. If you follow Evolution Coaching on Facebook you would have seen my videos and daily diet posts, and …

Age well

There is no reason to not be active. I don’t even mean don’t be sedentary. Please don’t be sedentary. I mean exercise. Yes, be active and keep moving. We are meant to move. Especially if you are interested in aging well. I bet you are because who wants to age badly? Do you want to improve your health span? The …

Day one

Day one was fine. It was the day after daylight savings time change so I slept in, had coffee and went skiing then took my dog for a jog. That made for a pleasant start to the week. I had a substantial dinner the night before to prepare for exercising first thing in the morning. The ski was good, my dog …

Fasting. Just another quick fix?

I have been thinking about this topic for weeks, I have read the positive and the negative scientific reviews (which correspond to my own view) but in the interest of a one woman science experiment. I am going to try it. Only because I said at the beginning of the year that my New Year’s resolution was to follow my …

Carbs boost your immune system

You may have heard the advice about exercising when you are sick?  If your symptoms are from the ears down, don’t exercise. Symptoms from the ears up, you are probably okay to do an easy workout. If you have a fever don’t exercise at all. If you are feeling a little under the weather it may be a good day …

Early Bird or Night Owl?

I always had a feeling that people who go to bed earlier and get up early were healthier. Okay. Okay. I know I go to bed before all the kids in my complex. I have a particular distaste for “spring ahead” because who cares that the sun is now up when I am heading to bed and it is once …

Weight loss, wearable tech and your ideas

Thanks for all your great responses about why wearable tech doesn’t equal weight loss. Part 1 is the original post and your answers are included in Part 2. Part 1 You have heard it before, exercise does not equal weight loss, but there is a new finding in exercise and weight loss. A two-year study, of almost 500 adults, between the …

It’s complicated

Being healthy and fit shouldn’t be so complicated. However, there are a few misconceptions about health and fitness that won’t seem to go away. A common misconception is the that being thin equals being healthy. Another, that if you are fit, you are healthy, and you can eat whatever you like.  These are fallacies. Being thin and exercising doesn’t mean …