Tips for Meeting Attendees Mute your microphone when you are not speaking Limit background noise when your microphone is not…
Learning theories are an organized set of principles explaining how individuals acquire, retain, and recall knowledge. By understanding these different…
Your state of readiness is how ready you are to implement change in your life. This can be change in…
A calorie is described as a unit of energy which our body needs to function. However, too many calories can…
Body fat percentage is the percentage of fat your body contains, limited amounts of fat are essential to bodily functions…
A stroke is a sudden interruption in blood supply to the brain. Most strokes are caused by a blockage in…
Emotional eating is trying to use food to make yourself feel better. It gets to the point where you are…
Osteoporosis means porous bones and it is a disease where the density and quality of your bones decreases over time….
Knowing your heart rate is very important because it allows you to monitor your fitness levels. But first you need…
Most people do not have a sleep schedule, they go to sleep at different times each night and don’t get…
Many people develop eating habits weather its packing the same thing in your lunch everyday or eating a midnight snack…
Protein is one of your body’s essential nutrients, you get your protein from eating specific foods. Some foods contain more…
About 50% of American adults are trying to either lose or maintain their weight. An estimated 108 million Americans where…
Obesity is a condition where a person has excess body fat. Being overweight and being obese are different, being overweight…
Many people are stressed weather it be due to work, home life, or financial problems. While a lot of people…
Glucose is a simple sugar and one of the bodies core sources of energy. When glucose levels in the bloodstream aren’t regulated you can develop serious conditions, such as diabetes.
Many things can affect your sleep including technology and even food. What we eat, how much we eat, and what time we eat are all things that can have an affect on your sleep.
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder where your breathing is briefly interrupted while you are asleep. While it is common it can be very serious, and many people are not even aware that they have it.
Most people do not realize the many benefits of cooking at home. When you cook at home you can control what is going into your body and save money while doing it.
Fad diets began in the 1930s with the liquid diet and the grapefruit diet. A fad diet consists of a diet that eliminates one or more food groups.
Accountability is “an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions.” I’m sure many of you have heard the term accountability, especially in a professional setting.
Self-efficacy is your belief in your own abilities to deal with a situation or complete a task. Also looked at as your belief in your own ability to succeed.
As your heart beats it pumps blood around your body to provide energy and oxygen. As your blood moves it pushes against the walls of your blood vessels. The strength of this pushing is your blood pressure.
Your waist circumference is the measurement around your waist. It is important to understand your waist circumference because it can be used to indicate if you are at risk of things like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease.
Depression is a common but serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, think, and act. It has been shown that depression affects about 17.3 million American adults 18 and older.
Knowing the difference between good stress and bad stress is extremely important. If you allow yourself to experience to much bad stress it can cause a lot of harm to your body.
Meditation is a simple way to reduce your daily stress, it can help you to restore your calm and inner peace. In meditation you focus your attention and get rid of any thoughts that are crowding your mind and causing you stress.
Walking each day can have many benefits to your health including weight loss, improvement in your mood, more energy, and it can even help with your digestion.
When we’re at home it can often be easy to fall into sitting on the couch and watching TV everyday when you get home from work. After a long and stressful workday, the last thing you want to do is exercise.
Around 90% of people use technology in the hours before they go to sleep. For most of us this is a natural thing, as we are constantly surrounded by technology.
68% of people say they have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep at least once a week. But no one wants to take those dreaded sleeping pills that leave you feeling groggy and drowsy in the morning.
The human body is made up of about 60% water. Therefore, hydration is a key part to living a healthier lifestyle and has so many health benefits that most people are not even aware of.
Food journaling is a weight loss tool that involves writing down everything you eat or drink right after you consume it.
Having a lack of motivation is a huge problem for many people today, it can stop you from ever achieving your goals and dreams.
We all know what goals are and I am sure most of us have several goals that we want to achieve set in place. But many of us have no idea how to properly set these goals, how important goals are, or how to achieve these goals.
Your Body Mass Index or BMI is a measure of body fat based on your height and weight. It can indicate weather a person is underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese. Weighing to little or to much can cause several different health problems.
Tobacco is a dried leaf found in cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and chewing tobacco. Tobacco contains nicotine which is a highly addictive substance and is one of the reasons it makes stopping tobacco use so difficult for people.
Arthritis is a very common disease that causes inflammation in your joints and leads to joint pain, stiffness, swelling, redness, and decreased range of motion. Arthritis is more common in woman and generally gets worse with age.
Deep breathing maximizes your oxygen intake which aids relaxation and can be a great technique for reducing stress. Deep breathing on a regular basis can lead to many benefits for your body.
Guided imagery is a technique used to help relieve stress and aid in relaxation. This technique involves imagining pictures, sounds, smells, and other sensations associated with reaching a goal or just simply relaxing the individual.