Weekly Wellness Tips 10.4

Author: Marc, February 8th, 2010

Marc Mason Wellness – Weekly Wellness Tips (10.4)
 
 

Eating, exercising and evaluating are the three major components of your wellness plan.  This week we talk about the five things you can do to eat your healthiest, the rewards of regular exercise and ask you to do some evaluating and share your responses.  Read on and enjoy!

Eating:
5 Rules [...]

Weekly Wellness Tips 10.03

Author: Marc, February 3rd, 2010

This week we talk about exercise (how hard should you train your abs?), eating (I’ve reprinted a recent article from ACE regarding dietary fiber), and evaluating (A short comment on how to give yourself a break for being human).  Read on and enjoy!
Q. Alright I’ve heard many things about this topic. I have a friend [...]

Body Fat and Weight – There is a Big Difference!

Author: Marc, January 28th, 2010

How many times do I have to tell you that your scale is a dirty rotten liar??!!
Get off the scale and stop managing your fitness health success by your body weight. Most people measure their success or failure based on gained or lost weight. This is by far the worst way to measure your fitness [...]

Weekly Wellness Tips 10.02

Author: Marc, January 25th, 2010

Physically inactive people have just as much free time as exercisers, so you can chuck this excuse.

Weekly Wellness Tips 10.01

Author: Marc, January 17th, 2010

Muscles-in-Motion Boot Camp classes start this week. Be there and get boot camp fit!

Envision Yourself

Author: Marc, January 10th, 2010

Take a picture of yourself – and have it “morphed” at a photo shop. Wanna see how you look 10, 20, 30 pounds lighter? Have the picture people edit the picture in the image you like, then take home copies of it and hang them everywhere you can see it. Harness the power of visualization.
Don’t [...]

Are You Getting Enough?

Author: Marc, January 7th, 2010

Sleep.
It’s one of the most important ingredients in your wellness montage.  We all know about eating right and exercising but what about this very important and often overlooked component?  People who don’t get enough sleep tend to become overweight.
A couple of reasons have been uncovered.  Researchers have found that sleep deprivation creates hormonal imbalances that [...]

Are you a procrastinator?

Author: Marc, January 5th, 2010

Procrastination is another word for avoidance. There is something you know you should be doing yet your emotions, your thoughts and perhaps old habits allow you to slide right past the action you are avoiding. It’s an automatic response to avoid pain or discomfort, and we get better at as we get older.

Keeping Track

Author: Marc, December 31st, 2009

When trying to get back to your old shape, it seems like you are working hard and getting nowhere. Things are really happening, but sometimes they are so subtle in the beginning, they may not be that visual. The first thing you should do is to keep track of your body measurements.  You need to [...]

Be Real About Your Success!

Author: Marc, December 27th, 2009

It would be great if you could train for a week and see magical results, but that’s not how Getting in Shape and improving your health works. Just like Getting out of shape does not happen in one day, you will not see results immediately when you start any type of fitness training program. Be [...]