Wellness & Behaviour
Develop the motivation, willpower and other skills to get healthy and stay healthy!
Motivation and Willpower
Having self-compassion is perhaps the most important factor to being successful sticking to a healthy lifestyle. If you “blame” yourself for your...
Your overall attitude and feelings toward a lifestyle change will have a big impact on your success. If you start the program with a negative attitude...
Enter the HeartStrong.com program with the idea that you are learning a new skill, no different than other skills like learning to play an instrument....
Focusing on things like how you look or waist size may be helpful to get you motivated in the short term, but that rarely lasts. You need to really...
If you do not enjoy what you are doing, the chances of keeping it going lifelong are almost zero. Be sure that the healthy eating plan that you develop...
The HeartStrong.com healthy eating plan will include “rewards meals”, so you don’t have to give up all the foods you love, even if they are not very...
Stress and Heart Health
In this HeartStrong.com video/article, we will discuss how stress effects your health, how to reduce the stress in your life and how to cope with those...
Having high stress levels has a major negative impact on your health. Stress affects sleep and it is well known that good sleep is important for good...
Reducing stress in your life is not very complicated. Here are the steps that it is recommended to take:
Everybody’s life is different and there will be quite different stressors for each person. Sometimes the stressors are obvious such as a new job,...
This is an important step to take. Once you can stop and think about the activities that you have been doing to relieve stress, you can target them as...
You know how important dealing with your stress is for your health and you have identified your personal stressors, now its time to actually do...
Look at that! Staying physically active and eating healthy can reduce your stress! This is well proven. Do not think to yourself that you must reduce...
Everybody is different in regards to their need for time to themselves. Some people need a lot while others need only a little. If you are a person...
Keep a journal and/or daily log to be sure your are thinking about your stress daily. After making your log, watch this video again and try to apply...
No Excuses
In this HeartStrong.com video, we are going to talk about some of the excuses that are common about why someone is not able to lose weight, the facts...
Really? First of all that is quite tough to really cut calories to 1200/day, but some people can actually reduce their calorie intake that low. But...
This is actually not true in a large majority of cases. It is rare for obesity syndromes to be genetic. Even when a whole family is obese, it still...
This is absolutely NOT true at all. Eating healthy is actually cheaper! Think of a person with a 3000-4000 calorie per day diet, then someone on a...
We all love to eat! That is human nature. We just need to be able to control what we eat and not overeat. Remember what we said in the video “How Human...
Ice cream, soda, milk, other sweets, bread, pizza, alcohol…it is quite common for someone to be overweight simply due to ONE of these unhealthy foods...
While its great to be social and attend parties and other social gatherings, this is a problem with health because most of these events involve food...
Well, despite how much you do at home and at work, you are still overweight or obese, otherwise you wouldn’t be watching this video. Don’t think to...
This is a real situation of course, but there is some good news. You don’t need a gym to exercise and get healthy. Just walk outside, use something...
Everyone is on the same schedule, 24 hours in each day. We are all busy. You need to make time to exercise. Instead of saying “I don’t have time to...
Well, that may be true, but you can certainly learn to like exercise, even a nice long walk. All people walk that is what the human body is designed to...
It is hard to lose weight, no question about it. But isn’t it also hard to be overweight or obese? It can really affect you emotionally and physically...
Having the support of friends and family is very important for you to reach any goal. Why would nobody support you? Make it clear to them that this is...
Exercise really shouldn’t hurt. While it is true that when you first start an exercise program and begin using muscles that you haven’t used for many...
Orthopedic problems can significantly limit your ability to exercise and burn off calories, but there are ways around it. Also, orthopedic problems DO...
Sleep and Heart Health
Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is a condition where you stop breathing at night. More common in those who are overweight or obese, the airway can...
Now that we understand how important sleep is for your heart health, lets figure out how to make your sleep better to get you that 7-9 hours of rest...
Getting quality restful sleep will indeed lower your risk of developing heart disease and/or stroke. Be aware of sleep apnea and focus some effort on...