Motivation Monday: How to get your diet back on track After an Indulgent Weekend

This WILL be happening today. I hope you had a great July 4th weekend. I was supposed to be on a Mediterranean cruise right now but had to postpone it to a later date. Instead I spent a relaxing weekend at a friend's lake house. It was a weekend of indulgence for which I am trying to balance out today with diet and exercise. I had a green smoothie for breakfast the last two days made of simply...

Monday Motivation: When In Doubt Work Out

TRUTH! I hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to enjoying a long holiday weekend. I found this "When In Doubt Work Out" pillow and couldn't help but smile. It's pretty solid advice.  Think of exercise as a reward, not punishment. That approach will change your life.  Here's some healthy living news to help you win your week: Looking for a quickie? Workout that...

15 Weird Diet Tricks That Work

Earlier this year, we shared the 25 best diet tips of all time.  I stumbled across an article recently detailing weird weight loss tricks that work from Allure. I found  this t-shirt online and couldn't help but smile. There are some of the usual suspects like eat off small plates (a proven weight loss winner) and give up the guilt. The latter is a diet gamechanger....

The Monday Morning Detox Edition of Motivation Monday

I hope you had an amazing weekend.  Mine was educational, fun and enlightening, courtesy of Reward Style's 2014 Conference.  What a great time mingling with a slew of smart girls (and a handful of brilliant guys) who are revolutionizing the way we consume and monetize new media. I met women and men from around the world and learned about some fabulous new lines like UK-based River...

Are Some of Us Born to Loathe Exercise?

Forget love.  Do you have a hate relationship with exercise?  It might not be your fault. Running the Jerusalem Half-Marathon in 2009 Apparently some of us are simply hardwired to loathe exercise.   Researchers at the University of Missouri bred pairs of rats that voluntarily spent a lot of time running on wheels in their cages and compared their baby rats with the offspring of...

Monday Motivation: Ditch the Junk Food & Adopt the Paris Diet

I hope you had a great weekend.  I hope you have an even greater week. If you haven't heard, I'm trying to stick to an editorial calendar.  By going public with it, I'm hoping it has that "hold me accountable" effect. From junk food truly jacking with your system to Parisian diet recipes (yes, please), here are some things I hope will help get you through the week: Exercise Helps You...