How to Overcome Your Workout Excuses

By Don Otis –

I frantically dug through my workout bag in the locker room. Where was my workout shirt? (Have you ever kept looking for something in the same place even after you knew it wasn’t there?) Now, I had a decision to make that took some internal debate. Should I risk the humiliation of wearing a button-down shirt in the gym or use my shirt as an excuse to give up on my workout?

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Stress-Eating Is Stressful

By Julie Morris –

Do you take out your frustration on the refrigerator when things aren’t going your way? Do you arm yourself with a candy bar as you face an overwhelming task? Do your resolves to lose weight dissolve when you’ve had a bad day?

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Setting Goals

By Cami Checketts –

Is anyone else fed up with their New Year’s Resolutions? January 2nd I’m on fire about my lengthy list of goals and then a couple of weeks into the year I realize something–my list is too long and I’m miserable. It doesn’t work for me to make too many goals at once. I get overwhelmed and frustrated. I now make goals that will be with me for a lifetime, not just a quick fix to get me through the first weeks of January.
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An Ex-Worrywart Helps You to Quit Worrying

By Julie Morris –

These are scary times we are living in! There are so many things to worry about. If you’re anything like I was, worries swirl around in your head taking turns tormenting you. Struggling against them is exhausting. They drag your focus away from the things you want to think about and keep you from doing many of the things you want to do.

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Failure is Inevitable in the Quest for Fitness

By Don Otis –

How are you doing with your New Year goals? By February of each year, the average American (fifty percent of us) has already fallen off the wagon. By April, even more have given up on their goals.

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