The Weight Conundrum
If you’re anything like me, your experience with the medical world goes as follows:
3 Fake Cure All’s You Should Be Aware Of
As science and modern medicine continues to develop, some people create their own ideas on how it works. Social media gives everyone a platform, and some use it to prey on the sick and desperate. Thes...
Product Review: Smok Novo
The Smok Novo is a great device for those new to vaping, or as a back up vape for a seasoned pro. I picked up my Novo about 2 weeks ago and have been using it non-stop. I purchased the device to help ...
Unique Ways to Improve Your Well-Being
Whether you're feeling run down physically, emotionally, or mentally, it can be difficult at times to get yourself back to feeling well again. Thankfully, there are many tried and tested methods that ...
Top Reasons Swimming Is the Best Exercise for Anyone
Most people love taking a dip in a cool, refreshing pool. Hanging out around a pool can be a great place to make memories with friends and family. However, most people fail to realize that a pool can ...
How I Started Running (And Didn't Stop)
Y'all get ready, because this is a long one. Hopefully, I made it entertaining to read with my sad life.
Picture this, alright? I'm eighteen years old. I started college. I went to the gym for the fir...
No Meat May
Hey everyone! Thanks for following me on this journey. My hope for this blog is to share and educate not only myself, but others. I enjoy meat, but I also know a lot of it is not good for me. I try to...
TerraGold Plus Helped My Chronic Back Pain. Here's How.
For the entirety of my adult life, I have suffered from chronic pain in my back and neck. The first time I felt the pain was late in my high school career—junior year, I believe. It arrived one day, a...
3 Small Things that Make a Big Difference
If someone asked me my beauty secrets, which is something people often want to know–I honestly wouldn’t know what to say. Not because I am not looking after my physical body, but because beauty to me ...
Fitness in a YouTube World
If you type the word "fitness" into the Google search engine, you get—in less than a second—over three and a half billion search results. Fitness, on the internet, is big, big business.
With the world...
I Took a Nap Everyday for a Week, and Honey, I'm Never Going Back!
As a self-proclaimed addict of self-improvement, I am always on the lookout for new studies, methods, or tools to help me reach my fullest potential (or at least just not feel like an unproductive zom...
Say No to Sugar Posers, Eat Real Fruit
Who wakes up refreshed and sails through a balanced day? No mood swings, no racing thoughts, no biting anxieties—only crystal clarity. Some of us are lucky enough to experience sporadic stretches of w...
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Unique Ways to Improve Your Well-Being
Whether you're feeling run down physically, emotionally, or mentally, it can be difficult at times to get yourself back to feeling well again. Thankfully, there are many tried and tested methods that ...
Secrets to Better Yourself
There are several ways that you can improve yourself to have a mind or body that functions better. Here are some secret tips for having a body and mind that are healthier.
Top Supplements You Should Be Taking on a Daily Basis
While it may not be the most exciting topic to talk about, supplements are an obsession for many people around the world, especially those who like to take care of themselves and their health. A lot o...
How to Treat Your Back Pain
While it’s still more likely that the elderly will experience lower back pain, not only will younger people experience it as well, but the pain can also ‘hit’ a person’s middle and upper back. Your ba...
Quick Posture Guide to Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
Firstly, let’s start with the basics. Our bodies are designed to move. If you aren’t moving, then it is not going to perform as it should. When we sit for long periods of time, or stand still for too ...
After Bariatric Surgery
I had bariatric surgery in November of 2017. On that day I weighed in at 387 pounds. My highest weight was well over 400 pounds and I stand five feet 11 inches tall. I didn't have any major medical is...
The Weight Conundrum
If you’re anything like me, your experience with the medical world goes as follows:
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5 Hobbies that Can Help Relieve Stress
Putting together a well rounded, enjoyable, and healthy life these days can be harder than it sounds. Eight full hours of sleep each night, three nutritious meals per day, a career, a social life, eve...
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How to Take Care of Your Legs and Feet
Your legs and feet have a big job to do. From the time your parents first cried with joy over your first step to the last step you ever take, your legs and feet will take you on a journey equivalent t...
Calming the Crazy
Pause... for just a few minutes. Take a deep breath and let the breath come into your body, hold it for four seconds and then release. Try to do this one more time preferably sitting down. I love this...
Use These Tips to Develop the Mind
The human brain has neuroplasticity or plasticity, which refers to the ability of their brain to change—either for worse or better at any age. One thing that contributes to the decline or development ...
6 Ways That Crosswords Help Build Strategic Thinking
Solving crossword puzzles is a great way to stimulate the mind and invoke countless benefits for the brain and body. Working out crossword puzzles regularly helps build strategic thinking due to many ...
Diagnosed
Did you know that each snowflake has a unique design and pattern? No two snowflakes are the same, and the same goes for people's stories. No two people share the same experience. This is my story with...
Hearing Loss
I live my life suspended between two worlds, not quite fitting into either. There is the hearing world: a world of noise, of happy conversations and quiet whispers, of blaring horns and twittering bir...
Random Act of Kindness
Random Act of Kindness
My glucometer broke. It broke the Thursday before my birthday. I knew it wasn’t the battery. I knew I had to replace the whole thing. As soon as I put the test strip in and saw ...
The 10 Best Subscription Boxes for Fitness Lovers
We all know that keeping fit is good for us, but sometimes it’s hard to keep the motivation up, even if we love to exercise. Fortunately for you though, there’s a range of exciting subscription boxes ...
The Top Six Oral Steroids to Supercharge Your Muscular Growth
Recent high-profile drug cheating scandals uncovered during some popular sporting competitions have brought the use or misuse of steroids in sports to the forefront. But the fact remains, that as long...
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5 Ways Coffee Intensifies Your Workouts
Coffee is a very popular drink worldwide. Part of the reason is caffeine, the psychoactive substance that amps up our mornings and keeps us alert throughout the day.
However, your dedicated cup of joe...
How to Sleep Better
Chances are you know someone, or are someone yourself, who suffers from insomnia. Prevalence rates vary among research studies, but up to 50 percent of people may have problems with sleep. That can en...
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Does Disability Cover the Costs for Assisted Living?
According to the US Census Bureau, approximately 56.7 million people are living with a disability in our country alone. And many of these people live in assisted living facilities. This type of housin...
How to Choose the Right Pillow for Sleep
Headaches, back pain, fatigue, and even early wrinkles are very often induced by the poor choice of your bedding. It’s not only a matter of the mattress you sleep on. The right pillow is also importan...
Unlock the Secret to Excellent Digestive Health with These Unusual Herbs
Digestive problems are a hassle to deal with, and if you suffer from one of them, you know what we are talking about. If you are facing these kinds of problems, then your daily routine may be hectic. ...
Carb Nite Solution Experience
If you are into sports and sport diets, you have most probably heard of Carb Nite diet system—a plan where you stick to eating meals high on protein and only eating carbs with veggie dishes, such as t...
Food that Can Cause Acne: Anti-Acne Diet
Food That Can Cause Acne: Anti-Acne Diet
Acne, or Acne vulgaris to use its proper name, is by far the most common skin disease in the western world. It can affect as many as 85 percent of the populati...
What to Prepare for as a Couple in Your Later Years
As a newly married couple, you have a lot of financial planning to do: buying your first house, starting a vacation fund, putting money aside if you plan on having children and of course, saving for a...
Becoming Protected
Long term care insurance isn't a fun one to talk about. Honestly it's kind of frightening to think about needing assistance as you age. I wanted to help clear up some of the many things to consider wh...
Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults
Maintaining the best possible quality of health starts to become a priority that is harder to ignore as one ages. One of the greater obstacles that comes with age is the lack of mobility, along with a...
How to Maximize Your Workouts
If you are already committed to spending time exercising on a regular basis, why not make the most of that time? Although some exercises require your undivided attention, there are a lot of things you...
Fitness Without a Fat Wallet
Picture this. You want to get fit, but you can’t afford the gym fees. You want to look stylish, but all the brands are expensive. You want to eat better, but you don’t have all the fancy kitchen equip...
How to Take up Running
I recently got into running because I wanted to lose weight, and began hitting the treadmill, religiously. I stayed consistent for about a year and a half, until a car accident made things more diffic...
Reason First: Dr. Sebi's Blind Alley
Medical professionals considered Dr. Sebi a phony and a fake. He allegedly told people that AIDS did not arise from HIV. Allegedly, he cured forms of cancer and became a healer to those yearning to be...
Dissecting the Antivaxxer
I was almost one of them. I was young and impressionable, in the age of instant information. As a young American with no family, I was poor and desperate, bitter about the health industry, and too poo...
Nutrition Myths Debunked
Everywhere you look, it seems like there's a new story about how this food is good for you, this food is bad for you, you need to follow this diet, or you shouldn't eat that. But underlying all the fa...
Top Reasons Swimming Is the Best Exercise for Anyone
Most people love taking a dip in a cool, refreshing pool. Hanging out around a pool can be a great place to make memories with friends and family. However, most people fail to realize that a pool can ...
How I Started Running (And Didn't Stop)
Y'all get ready, because this is a long one. Hopefully, I made it entertaining to read with my sad life.
Picture this, alright? I'm eighteen years old. I started college. I went to the gym for the fir...
3 Amazing Products for Serious Athletes
When it comes to athletics, everyone is searching for a leg up. From shakes to supplements to energy drinks and medications, athletes can pump their bodies full of a variety of products in the quest t...
How to Meditate
If you weren’t born into it, welcome. It is never too late to put yourself into a safe place. When starting meditation, it is important to be completely sober. No candles, but you can use any incense ...
3 Minute Meditations
Meditation is something that, to really feel the full benefit of, you need to practice on a routine basis. One of the most important things to understand when you first start meditating, is the idea t...
The 10 Best Meditation Subscription Boxes
More people than ever before are learning to meditate as a way to relieve stress, gain focus, and keep themselves centered. It's a practice that has been scientifically proven to decrease stress and p...
In Concrete Terms, What Does It Mean to Do Yoga?
"Let us bow before the noblest sages, Patanjali, who presented yoga for the serenity of the mind, grammar for clarity of words and medicine for keeping the body clean"
B.K.S Iyengar
The word "yoga" co...
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Yoga–Beginning, Middle, No End
There are so many reasons why people start doing yoga, whether it’s to get sweaty, try out something new, get social, improve flexibility, or learn how to be more ‘yogic’ off the mat. Whatever your st...
Choosing the Best Time of Day to Do Yoga
The first image that comes to the mind when one thinks of yoga is or quiet mornings, with the serenity so profound and the sun warming up to a bright day. The image itself is filled with positivity th...