Judi's Health

One Tip to Change Your Health Forever If you’re like most of us, you want to feel healthier, to live longer, to look fantastic, and to do it all without being stressed about health all the time. Well, you can.   No, really, you can. And there’s one secret I’m going to share with you that will make this possible.   Ready for it? Stop doing things you don’t like. ·       Doing things you don’t like is not fun, and things that aren’t fun are less likely to become habits for life. ·       Everything you dislike doing that you’re doing in the name of health, associates negativity with health in your mind, so even the thought of health becomes a negatively charged emotional experience. ·       Whatever the things are that you’re doing that you don’t like – there is an alternative, that you WILL like, that will get you results.   You just have to get creative and figure it out. ·       Each person is unique – what works for Sally might feel awful to you, and that

3 Reasons Why Fast Weight Loss Never Works We see it over and over again – people want to lose weight.   They don’t feel great about how they look and so they go to a program that promises fast and easy results.   Sometimes, those programs even deliver – in the short term. The problem with fast weight loss (and the reason it never works in the long run) is that your body isn’t designed to lose weight fast.   As soon as you try to do it, some significant changes happen in your body. 1.   Your Hormones are signaled by your fat ·       Not all body fat is bad for you, and ALL of it has a purpose. ·       Stored body fat is in direct proportion to a hormone called leptin.   This hormone controls appetite, modulates metabolism and promotes fat burning. ·       When fat levels drop quickly, leptin levels drop quickly as well, and your body is triggered to believe you are starving.   That shuts down systems and makes your body do everything it can to cons

4 Ways to Create Habits that Last Start Early in the Day Your willpower tends to be highest at the beginning of the day, so harness that energy and use it to your advantage.    A great example is crockpot cooking: your desire to be healthy can motivate you to toss ingredients into a crockpot in the morning, so you’re not dealing with cooking when you’re tired after a long day at work. Crockpot Beef & Brocolli     Make Habits Convenient If something is difficult or complicated to do, it’s even less enjoyable when you’re doing it over and over.   Make sure that whatever habits you’re trying to establish are: ·       simple ·       relatively easy and, if there’s any complexity (like needing a packed gym bag) ·       scheduled into your routine so it’s easy to get it done. Have Fun! If you’re doing something you hate, you’re not going to magically fall in love with it by doing it over and over.   Some people say you should “change what you think is