by Annette | All, Simple Daily Steps
Are you familiar with the term “Nutrient dense”? It means that a food packs more nutrients by weight than other foods. So if you’re comparing a few apple slices and a twinkie, that weigh the same, the apple slices would be more nutrient dense. Make sense? One of the...
by Annette | All, Simple Daily Steps
Getting Strong! This week, we’re going to start looking at strength training. Strength training provides a number of significant benefits including weight loss and reducing your risk of bone loss and osteoporosis. And when you work to build strength, you provide...
by Annette | All, Simple Daily Steps
No Sweetened Beverages Okay, I’ll admit that this may be one of the more difficult steps for people to take. From ice tea and coffee to alcoholic beverages, sugar is added to most things that we drink. There are going to be several paths to take depending on your...
by Annette | All, General Health
Do you have a New Year’s ritual? We have several in our home, mostly they involve food. However, each year instead of setting a resolution, which never really inspires me, I choose a word for the year. The purpose of this word is to set intentions for the year and to...
by Annette | All, Simple Daily Steps
One of the simplest things that you can do to improve your health is to make sure you’re properly hydrated. When you’re hydrated, you have more energy (your cells need water to create energy) When you’re hydrated, you’re not as hungry (one of...
by Annette | All, General Health, Simple Daily Steps
Checking in With Yourself! As you move through the Simple Daily Steps, I have found that it is important to occasionally take a week off from adding a new step and to instead, spend some time assessing the steps you’ve already implemented into your life. When I...
