The information in is this article is from my own experience eating whole foods and living a healthy lifestyle and a survey with slim & vibrant people.
Thin people eat foods with high water content to include fruits, vegetables, water based soups and stews and cooked whole grains. This includes lots of salads and with creative healthy dressings.
Thin people cook their own food and fill their plate mostly with veggies and salads and a small amount of proteins and starches. (more…)
One of the most overlooked factors in self improvement and personal development is the idea that we should do our best to give value back to others in our life, our community, and our world as a whole. TED is an organization focused on delivering value to others in a big way. Wikipedia does a good job of describing the organization.
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an academic organization owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation. TED is well-known for its annual, invitation-only conference devoted to “ideas worth spreading”. TED is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in scope to a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, global issues, technology and development. Speakers have included such people as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Nobel laureates James D. Watson, Jane Goodall, and Al Gore, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and Billy Graham.
Recently while reading a previous blog spotlighted on “Read This Feed” (The Positivity Blog) I found this video of Anthony Robbins discussing the 6 motivating factors that are inherent for all human beings.
Watching this video, and being inspired by it was the motivation to write this post, and is hopefully your motivation to continue reading.
It is the nature of the mind to make things much more complicated than they actually are. Since we believe things are complicated we look for complications. In finding complications it confirms that things are complicated creating a cycle of thinking too much. This cycle of thinking to much causes a ceaseless and constant chatter within our awareness, in a sense rooting our awareness within our minds as it is demanding our attention. (more…)
Recently the Men’s health blog offered up some suggestions on how to take the classic American Hamburger and make it a “good-for-you food” The Mag’s online presence gave us this advice. (more…)
Basically what it all boils down to is an easier life is a happier life…and a happier life is a healthier life. And let’s be honest here, who isn’t willing to subscribe to that train of thought? Having come to this epiphany of epic proportions the only malady left to plague our now enlightened minds is finding out how to lead an easier, more productive life while still stimulating our brains, thus keeping our m inds acute and our bodies healthy. Well, to aid all those haplessly meandering down the path to a more productive life, but without a clear vision of what that entails, the good people at LearnThis.ca are here to help. (more…)
What is fitness really? Fitness is basically the state in which a body operates to its optimum potential. Therefore, the best way to achieve this state is to exercise. And the most important muscle a person could ever exercise is? You guessed it…YOUR MIND! (more…)
When you have clarity of the mind great things are possible. We hear about vibrational energies, past life regression, being in tune with the deceased and more. This is all possible when you mind gets clear. In order to do that I say you must give up your stimulants and processed foods. (more…)
It’s not uncommon to become aggravated or on edge when you start a new diet or workout regiment. Think about it, If you’re a stress eater like I am (er, was) you’re losing that security blanket that comforted you when things got tough. (more…)