The Journey for Life & Health Coaches Mary and Dennis Duke bring you personal experiences and articles on changing your fitness, lifestyle and attitude with instruction and products. This Life, Health and Fitness website is for all ages and for those who want to change their lives, maintain their health and become physically fit.
Reduce Portions You don't have to cut out foods that you like. You just need to cut down on all foods you eat except fruits and vegetables. For example, eat one cookie instead of three, or one slice of bread instead of two. Use a smaller plate or don't feel as though you need to fill your place. Tell yourself that it is okay to leave food on your plate at the end of the meal. Eat Slowly Put down your fork during your meal while you chew. … [Read more...]
Junk food is very tasty and no one goes by not noticing it and wanting to bite into it. Resisting junk food is difficult, but with age, taking in junk food is something to be desisted as they do not have a healthy effect on the body. How harmful can junk food be exactly on your body? … Here’s a look on why you need to cut down on junk food eating: Junk food is made using a lot of saturated fats. Such fats are unhealthy and on digestion … [Read more...]
An alarming number of children suffer obesity and if ignored, more than 80 percent of them will remain overweight as adults. This will surely put them in great risk for so many medical problems. High blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, and high cholesterol are just to name a few. Obesity also affects their relationship with others and self-esteem. If no move is taken, this may lead to additional serious consequences like depression and … [Read more...]
The teen growth spurt is one of the most dramatic, rapid changes that the human body experiences; it's second only to the amazing growth that takes place during the first year of life. To support this major transition, the body requires increased calories and nutrients. During the year of the greatest growth in height (about age 12 in most girls and age 14 in most boys) the average female requires 2,400 calories per day and the average male needs … [Read more...]
Are you pleased with your progress toward healthful nutrition and fitness habits but frustrated with your children’s? Do you suspect that the lunches you send to school are traded or thrown away? Do you shudder at the sight of your pantry shelves displaying high-fat snacks and sugary cereals that you vowed you would never buy? Can you really win the battle against advertising, peer pressure and kids’ love affairs with sugar and fat? THE … [Read more...]
Give your kids something to jump about! It's Tony & the Kids!, the fun and stimulating exercise program created just for kids (young and old!) by Tony Horton with Judi Williams. There's never been a better way to get your kids excited about exercise and give them a fun way to burn off that excess energy! Tony makes fitness fun If you've seen Tony Horton in Power 90® or Power Half Hour®, you know just how entertaining and wacky he can … [Read more...]
