“Fitness is important. A healthy lifestyle is important. An optimistic and unenvious attitude is important. Finally, valuing your relationships and friendships, and remaining connected is important” – Anon. Total Wellness is different from Total Well-Being. Total Well-Being includes subjective valuation of mental perceptions and includes many other factors than just Wellness. While Wellness is mostly […]
“Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time…” – Franklin Pierce Adams “Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health” – James Thomson “Fitness is not about being better than someone else… It’s about being better than you used to be” – Khloe Kardashian. Our body’s […]
As Paul Bloom explains in his book – ‘How Pleasure Works’ – Taste, contrary to what many believe, does not all arise from physiology and evolutionary biology, from the anatomy of senses and what our body most needs, and the environments in which our species has evolved. To some extent, this is right, we do […]
Charles Duhigg writes in his book ‘The Power of Habits’ – habits, as much as memory and reason, are at the root of how we behave. We might not remember the experiences that create our habits, but once they are lodged within our brains they influence how we act – often without our realization. Habits […]
“Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.” – William Shakespeare. “Much of you battle for wellness is won the day you decide to do all that is necessary to be done” – Anon. As Anders Erickson advises in his book – ‘Peak’, that to achieve any goal in life, you need […]
“Even if you are pre-disposed to be overweight it does not mean you are pre-destined to be fat or unhealthy (or unfit)” – Timothy Ferriss. “It’s challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise” – Joely Fisher. Take digital photos of yourself from front, back and side in under wear […]
“What gets measured, gets managed” – Peter Drucker Recording measurements when starting the Programme and regularly as you continue, is necessary for tracking your progress and to maintain motivation. Starting a body re-composition programme without measurements is like going on a trip without a plan, a destination or aim. You will definitely regret it later. […]
“You are what, how, when, and why you eat” Ayurvedic Proverb What and when you eat is what keeps you healthy and also what causes your ill health” – Anon. “Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health… you have to increase the quality of what you eat, […]
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” – Hippocrates. The Low-Carb diet is effective for fat loss, but it still contains a fair amount of Carbs which metabolize into glucose as the energy source. A better option for ‘fat loss’ and many other benefits is to lower the carbs further, add more […]
Why you must – “Eat today to control the hormones that will tell your cells what to eat tomorrow” – Ron Rosedale There are just 5 simple rules to follow for the diet: with an optional 6th rule for fasting and a 7th rule regarding timings. Rule#1: Avoid ‘white’ Carbohydrates: Sugar, Wheat, all […]
