What’s In Your Mouth? So often we mindlessly eat for every reason in the world except hunger and health. Mindless eating often acts as a tranquilizer, an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety drug. Sometimes it’s simply an act of boredom and other times it’s just pure entertainment because it’s natural to like to eat. When we eat…
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Diet and Fitness Mistakes I Have Made
Making a list of diet and fitness mistakes I have made over the years might get kind of lengthy as I have made more than a few. Something I learned long ago is smart people learn from the mistakes of others, it might be said I am a slow learner. I hope you can learn…
Stress and The Carb Addict
It should be common knowledge and come as no surprise that stress causes significant damage to our health and wellbeing. No matter how much we might try to avoid stress in our lives, it can weasel it’s way back in like a camel getting his nose under the side of a tent. This small, seemingly…
Best Exercises for Six Pack Abs!
Summer time beach weather is coming soon, and with it, many will be wanting to look their best in swimwear. While a lot of people desire well defined abdominal muscles, the “Six Pack”, most appear to be sporting a keg under their shirts instead. I frequently get asked what are the best exercises for developing…
Hormones and Nutrition
Our Bodies Social Media Our endocrine system is an amazing messenger that keeps everything up and running with chemical fuels that are more powerful than we can imagine. They regulate our metabolism, energy levels, growth rates, reproductive health and our responses to everything around us. Nutrition plays a role in regulating our hormones, so for…
Eating Out Successfully
The Best Intentions How many times have you started out for the evening with the intention of staying on your program only to succumb to the party atmosphere in the restaurant and order too much food? Almost everyone has dealt with this. It’s not just you. Why do we allow other people to make or…
Loaded Gun, Ready Triggers
Even if you do not believe in God, you can still enrich your life through the principles of the Serenity prayer. Sadly, a lot people only think of the Serenity Prayer as something said by recovering alcoholics and junkies in their recovery meetings, or when trying to remain clean and sober. I personally try to…
Hungry All the Time?
Stealthy Invader The first day that I began eating David’s Way, I quit being hungry all the time. Although I wasn’t eating large amounts of sugar , I had not totally removed it from my diet. As soon as I began David’s Way I examined everything that I ate for hidden sugar. Sometimes the sources…
Beginning Diet and Fitness
I’m never sure we can ever address the beginning pitfalls of diet and exercise for beginners enough. Afterall, statisitcs show that 90% of people who begin diet and exercise regimens fail them. They might lose a good amount of weight only to regain those pounds and then some once they quit their diets and exercise….
Keto, Proceed With Caution
Last summer, a family member inquired about my thoughts of Keto. My response was that while I believe it to be a very effective method of losing weight quickly, through research, I felt it was not a method of weight loss and management for the purpose of longevity. While I have no misgivings about one…