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In Part 1, I discussed 7 warning signs that healthy habits are going overboard. The first step in moving towards a healthy mindset filled with self-love instead of body bashing is to recognize there is a problem. The next step is to adopt one or all of the following practices to change the focus from negative, discontentment, and unhappiness to a positive healthy self-image.
With the rise of social media and the internet, combined with increasingly extreme diets and fitness regimens, the line between commitment to health and obsession is being crossed more frequently. Although “orthorexia” is the technical medical term for being fixated on healthy eating to the point of damaging one’s overall well-being, this condition is not yet recognized as a clinical diagnosis (https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/by-eating-disorder/other/orthorexia). People with orthorexia, or in my hypothesized “gray-area” between healthy and obsessed, are often within a healthy weight range and “look” healthy but are hurting on the inside.
I get asked every day by men and women of all ages, what ab exercises are best to get a flat stomach? My answer is always the same - none of them. Yes, I'm aware that is not the answer anyone wants to hear, but it's an unfortunate truth.
So, if ab exercises aren't the answer to a flatter stomach, then what is?
While full-body detoxes have been around for centuries, there has been a recent movement around digital detoxes. The average person spends over four hours a day on their devices. With this in mind, people are taking actionable steps to break their addiction to their devices by powering down their smartphones and intentionally spending time away from staring at screens.
If you’re reading popular headlines, or even listening to your doctor’s advice, we should all be cutting back on carbs, especially anything colored white, including white rice, white potatoes, and bananas. Cauliflower seems to be the only safe white food we can eat these days.
I was preparing to run my first 5k. Being a competitive person I wouldn't be happy with just finishing the run. I had to do my best. I knew I wasn't going to win, as the winners of these local races had sub 5 minute miles and the most I ever ran was 2 miles at a time of about 16-17 minutes. Even though I was athletic and played lots of sports growing up, I was not in “running shape”. I lifted weights three days per week and did minimal cardio. Did I ease into running? Nope. That would have been the smart way to go about it but hey, I was in my early 20's I felt invincible.
