Category Archives: health

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 Effectiveness of Goal Setting

In addition to the power of habit, the value and effectiveness of goal setting can greatly increase the odds of you achieving your optimal health. ‘A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.’ Harvey Mackay When I was 19 studying in Mexico, I wrote a fewContinue reading “My Journey to Health – The Effectiveness of Goal Setting”

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 – The Data

All of my talk about changing my body and making great claims about my health would be meaningless without the data to support what I have stated. Below I will share the data related to my cholesterol and triglyceride levels, my blood pressure and weight loss trend. Component Measured January 17. 2025 April 21, 2025Continue reading “My Journey to Health – The Data”

My Journey to Health Part III – Nutritional Regimen

I took all that I learned about lowering LDL cholesterol and developed a plan. I had studied all the nuts, fruits, vegetables, fish and so on. Things to eat more of and things to avoid. I analyzed what I was doing at the time and realized there were many things I could change immediately. IContinue reading “My Journey to Health Part III – Nutritional Regimen”

My Journey to Health

Quick links to related posts: Nutrition Exercise The Power of Habit Goal Setting Motivation Other thoughts and advice Data I had thought of many other titles for this series of entries. How to lower your cholesterol in 100 days. How to lose weight while eating more. There were many other ways to title this. AtContinue reading “My Journey to Health”

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”