Fail Your Diet

Fail Your Diet in 10 Steps

Are you ready to set yourself up for failure? Here are 10 surefire ways to make sure you blow your diet. Do not have frozen fruit and vegetables on hand. This way when you realize you don’t have a backup plan for your vegetables you can…
USANA Foods

USANA Foods: Tools for a Healthier, Happier Life

A Weight is Lifted Every once in a while you meet someone in life whose story is so inspiring you feel compelled to share it. Kevin Boucher’s story is one of these. Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Toronto to celebrate Canada’s…
fruits and vegetables

Are Fruits and Vegetables the Keys to Living Longer?

Everyone knows that we need to eat our fruits and vegetables. Whether we do it or not is another story, but we all know that we should be eating them. So how do you think you do? The current recommendations are 2-4 servings of fruit per…

Exercise Tips for Avoiding Painful Injuries

Last week I got a text from my younger sister—she fell and broke her arm during her morning run. Ouch. I think we all know someone who’s endured an athletic injury--even during simple exercise. From plantar fasciitis to a torn rotator…
Beginner Running Tips
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Running 101: Tips for the Beginner

Your Training Plan Before we dive into these step-by-step beginner running tips, it should be noted these will work just as well if you're already a moderately-skilled runner. So if you're thinking about running a 10K, a half marathon, or…
Sugar

Pour Some (Facts About) Sugar On Me

Alright, before we get started with all this talk about sugar, let’s remember something super important: Maroon 5 has a song titled Sugar. It’s sort of terrible yet awesome at the same time (and it’s ALWAYS stuck in my head). Whew.…