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There is no one exercise that is best for everyone. What is an enjoyable exercise to one person may turn out to be a suffer-fest to another! You may hate running and I might find hours of yard work (yes, that does count as exercise) mind-numbing, but that is okay! Last week, we talked about how exercise must involve work in order to effect a change in our bodies, but doesn't necessarily have to involve struggle. We also saw that, if you find something you enjoy doing, even the "work" portion of exercise can be enjoyable!

We are getting close to wrapping up the series we started at the first of the year on practical ways to get and stay healthy. You will recall that Minimum Effective Dose, or M.E.D., is the least amount of something needed to affect a change. That doesn't mean that you never "amp it up," but, often times, when we try to do too much too soon, we either get hurt or discouraged because the outcome is not meeting our expectations! If you want to really affect a permanent change, your best bet is to start with small steps and gradually increase!

I have faced my fair share of diet challenges in life like most of you. One of them is the picture above: Dr. Sue is an amazing cake maker and she also makes some pretty amazing chocolate-coated strawberries! This week, we are talking about how to apply the Minimum Effective Dose (M.E.D.) to our diets. M.E.D. is the concept of applying just enough of something to effect a positive change. M.E.D. is really a way to get right to making changes in our lives without overthinking or planning things. Think of it as looking for the biggest bang for your buck.

If you are just joining us, we are working our way through a New Years series on a practical approach to improving the following four health parameters: Rest, Exercise, Diet, & a Sound Nervous System. We set the stage for the series by exploring Rest through the concept of Margin. Margin really gives us permission to create a space in our lives for the things that matter by starting to let go of all of the things that don't.

Last week, we looked at the concept of Margin as it relates to health. Richard Swenson, M.D. defines margin as: “Margin is the space between our load and our limits and is related to our reserves and resilience. It is a buffer, a leeway, a gap; the place we go to heal, to relate, to reflect, to recharge our batteries, to focus on the things that matter most." We are exploring margin under the Rest portion of our winter blog series on recovering and retaining health.

We have started off this new year with a series we are calling: "Secrets From The Vault". In it, we are looking at recovering and retaining health through four topics: Rest, Exercise, Diet/Nutrition, & Sound Nervous System.

Let's Take it Down a Notch... We are starting out this year with a short series on practical ways to get and stay healthy, specifically looking through the following four topics: Diet/Nutrition, Rest, Exercise, & Sound Nervous System. Last week, we looked at how stress can impact your nervous system and overall health by exploring the research of Hans Selye MD, specifically the General Adaptive Syndrome (G.A.S.). This week, we are going to look at some specific ways to de-stress,

I hope your January is going OK so far. As I write this week's blog post, I am in Denver visiting my dad. Dr. Sue is back in Indiana and I am really hoping she will have the driveway cleared before I get back tomorrow (Sunday)! We are starting out this year with a short series on realistic ways to get and stay healthy, as opposed to all the quick fixes and miracle results promised around this time of year.

Yeah... Not really. Welcome to 2019, everyone! I have been racking my brain all week on what I was going to cover in this week's blog. Last year, we covered the Paleo Approach to health. You can find that and a host of other useful information (if I do say so myself) on our blog.

HAPPY NEW YEAR... LET'S GET MOVING! What is more natural than wanting to get out and get moving after the holidays? It is the new American tradition: overindulge over Christmas and New Years, then resolve to get in shape, starting in January! We have all been there... and a lot of us find ourselves there right now!