The best way to eat better

I rarely eat out. When we do go out for dinner it’s a treat. I like cooking and I like eating good, healthy food which means that eating out is a special occasion, not an everyday occurrence. Now I have another reason to eat at home. Adults that cook at home spend less money on food and eat a healthier …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Alternative Facts

  Alternative Facts. You might have heard this recently. I am not going to get into that infamous quote, but welcome to my world everyday. I am going to try to keep calm, but this may be more of a rant and less of a fact. Currently I am counting to 10, breathing deeply, you know, trying to be rational. …