Healthy tip: salad dressing

Ask for your salad dressing on the side and pour a little at a time. 

Project: Reward Marbles

I think we can all agree that health does not depend solely on the number on the scale.  If you choose to create health in your life, you should focus on creating your healthy body, mind, emotions, spirit and finances.  All of those things are interdependent.  When we focus on only reaching our healthy weight, without regard to the reasons we got into the position we're in, we cannot truly be healthy.

One of my clients is on her journey to health and needed a good visual of all the things she was accomplishing to give her a little boost in her journey.  Most of us have seen the "Pounds Lost/ Pounds to Lose" jars.  For every pound you lose, you move a marble from the "Pounds to Lose" jar into the "Pounds Lost" jar.  They look like this:

Those jars are a good idea, but I have a hard time accepting that our only goal is to lose pounds.  Instead, shouldn't we focus on all of our healthy accomplishments?

One of my clients was struggling with focusing only on the scale and not on all the other healthful things she was doing.  I gave her an assignment and here is what my client created:

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Announcing July's Health Challenge Winner: Angie B.

 July's Health Challenge Winner is Angie B.! 

July's Health Challenge was to dream for at least 10 minutes every day.  (Click here to read the full post.)

Angie and I have been best friends for 17 years. She has been there for me during all my various attempts to find a healthier me, and has joined me in some of them.  A few months ago, I told her about my health program and she honored me by allowing me to be her health coach.  Since then, she lost 30 pounds and reached her healthy BMI!

Monthly Health Challenge for August 2012!

WHAT ARE MONTHLY HEALTH CHALLENGES? These health challenges are designed to empower you to create health in your life. Anyone is welcome to join at any time, and the challenges are absolutely free! What do you have to lose? The winner of the challenge will reign on the Health Royalty page of this blog as the king or queen for the following month until the next challenge winner is chosen. Email me at HealthyandFitLife@gmail.com or leave a comment below to let me know you've joined!

August's health challenge was inspired by this quote:

"Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."

~Albert Szent-Gyorgi (Hungarian Biochemist who won a Nobel Peace Prize in medicine in 1937)~

Here is August's health challenge:

Mirror Lake, Oregon before & after picture

Here's the story behind this picture:

Announcing June's Health Challenge Winner: Lisa M.!

Lisa M. is the Health Challenge Winner for June's Health Challenge!

Lisa is working so hard to get healthy because her health began failing her three years ago and she had arthritis and depression. Her picture of health includes having energy, thriving without arthritis, running her first marathon, and having low blood pressure, low cholesterol, and low c-reactive protein. Her biggest influence has been her health coach, who inspires her to keep growing and maintaining!

New feature on my blog!

I've added a tab to the top of my blog called "Links and Resources."  (Click here)  I added all my blog recipes, the Restaurant Guide and some other helpful links like a BMI calculator.  

I am constantly adding restaurants to the Restaurant Guide, so check back often.  If you have a favorite restaurant you would like to have added to the Restaurant Guide, email me and I will review the menu and add it to the Guide. (I just added Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and Sayler's).

Email me with any questions at HealthyandFitLife@gmail.com.

Healthy Tips for Social Events

When you choose to create health, you don't choose to give up your social life -- and you shouldn't!  With so many summer parties, BBQs, get-togethers and potlucks, healthy choices are not always easily available without some prior planning.  Planning ahead can put you ahead of the game and leave you feeling satisfied. 

Here are five fantastic tips to survive your social soirees:

Monthly Health Challenge for July 2012!

WHAT ARE MONTHLY HEALTH CHALLENGES?
These health challenges are designed to empower you to create health in your life. Anyone is welcome to join at any time, and the challenges are absolutely free! What do you have to lose? The winner of the challenge will reign on the Health Royalty page of this blog as the king or queen for the following month until the next challenge winner is chosen. Email me at HealthyandFitLife@gmail.com or leave a comment below to let me know you've joined!

July's monthly health challenge was inspired by this quote:

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

~Gail Devers~

Here is July's monthly health challenge: