Exercise
Does Alcohol Mess With Our Sleep?
Booze can knock you out, but it can distort the quality of your sleep. Why is this? First, let’s quickly review your sleep cycle, in order: Awake Time-Time in bed before and after falling asleep-Includes brief awakenings during sleep. Light Sleep-responsible for...
2023 Food Logging Challenge
In January, as a group, we are tracking what we eat. Food tracking begins Monday, January 2nd and will continue through Sunday, February 26th. This is an 8 week Challenge. What do you need to know about the challenge? Goals Accountability We will hold each other...
Five Baby Steps of Weight Loss
by Christian Bossert Perspective is everything. When you break apart something, or look at it from a new angle, it loses power over you. Let's use weight loss as an example. What comes to mind when you think about weight loss? Think about it. What thoughts cross your...
Three Non-Cheesy Ways To Be Thankful on Thanksgiving
Here are 3 exercises that will light-up your Thanksgiving. Yes, exercises of gratitude. They are not easy to do and will require effort. Here you go: 3 Non-Cheesy Ways to be Thankful Call Someone specifically, call someone you've gone months or even years without...
5 Plant Based Foods for Muscle Growth
These plants have the bang for the buck when it comes to getting stronger. 1. Quinoa Cooks in 10 minutes.Just add olive oil, spinach, chopped tomatoes, salt, and pepper 2. Chia Seeds great to toss into any smoothie, oatmeal, soup, or salad 3. Lentils Cooks in 30...
Restaurant recommendation: Bangkok Station
Hidden off Pharr Road you’ll discover the best Thai patio dining experience in Atlanta. You'll notice a lively yet elegant living room. The interior is lined with an assortment of artifacts, light fixtures, art work, and furniture that exemplify it's Thai roots....
Foods that Fight Inflammation
From Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School
Restaurant recommendation: Upbeet
Here's a tip for a healthy hip place to eat out. In West Midtown, Atlanta you'll find Upbeet. They have applied the efficiency of Chipotle with a clean spacious dining amplify their super-healthy ingredients. Their approach is simple: non-gmo organic veggies, grass...
Figure Out If You Are Getting Enough Sleep
Begin by asking yourself two simple questions. This is recommended by the famed sleep doctor Matthew Walker, PhD, in his book Why We Sleep. Do I feel sleepy several hours after waking up in the morning? *If the answer is “yes,” you are likely not getting sufficient...
“When did we start weighing ourselves?”
Ah, the good ole scale. Trusty fella who reminds us, on any given day, if we are a success or a failure. I've often wondered, "When did we start weighing ourselves?" The Beginning The origin of people weighing themselves traces back to the 1500s. It begins...