Category Archives: exercise

My Journey to Health – Other Thoughts and Advice

Exercise, nutrition, the power of habit, setting goals and understanding your motivations are all important in reaching your goals related to health. In addition to those topics, I will use this post to share other thoughts and advice that may be helpful and resonate with your experience. Start Small and be Patient I encourage youContinue reading “My Journey to Health – Other Thoughts and Advice”

My Journey to Health – The Role of Motivation (Your Why?)

You can have very specific goals, you can have a great exercise and nutrition plan and even start developing habits, but without motivation (your why?), it may become difficult to sustain your efforts. Answering the question about why you want to be healthy may be the key to your success. For me it is manyContinue reading “My Journey to Health – The Role of Motivation (Your Why?)”

My Journey to Health – The Power of Habit

When analyzing my “journey to health,” I began to realize that there was much more to it than nutrition and exercise. Nutrition and exercise are critical and essential to achieving optimal health, but there is a huge psychological component. The power of habit, goal setting and motivation (the why?) are all central to successfully designingContinue reading “My Journey to Health – The Power of Habit”

My Journey to Health Part II – Researching How to Lower LDL Cholesterol

Upon learning my cholesterol was mildly elevated, I started looking online for strategies to lower LDL. What I found: Medications are another route to lowering cholesterol, but it is not addressing the source of the problem, only the symptoms. That strategy will eventually stop being effective and can have undesirable side effects. I spent daysContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part II – Researching How to Lower LDL Cholesterol”

My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine

Later, I will write about habits and routines and what a powerful role they play in making progress in anything in life, but this entry will be focused specifically on the daily exercise routine I have in place. If I were to describe what the aims are of the workout it would be a combinationContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part IV – My Exercise Routine”