The beginning of the spring season just passed us on the 20th of March. Can you feel the “fever” in the air? Are you excited and anxious about the weather warming up and being able to spend some time outside? Are you looking forward to all the wonderful fresh vegetables that are awaiting us? How [...]
In my book Dr. A.’s Habits of Health I discuss how we live in an obesigenic world. We are surrounded by seductively tasty, cheap, convenient, but oh-so-unhealthy food. In a recent New York Times article titled The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food, writer Michael Moss covered the science behind the addictive attributes of junk [...]
Overstressed? No Need to Overeat! From the moment the buzzing alarm clock jolts us out of a sound sleep, most of us whiz through the day under stressful conditions. Finally, after everyone else has gone to bed, curling up on the couch with a pint of ice cream seems to be the best way to [...]
Journal entry # 1 Greetings from the Habits of Health! As you know, for the last 4 years, the sailing vessel, Habits of Health has embarked from the port of Hampton, VA for the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. We are part of the annual Caribbean 1500 sailboat race. Each year [...]
The short answer is yes! Take peanut butter, for example. Natural peanut butter consists of peanuts and sometimes a bit of salt. That’s it! Processed peanut butters, including most of the familiar national brands, contain peanuts and salt as well as sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, along with other ingredients that are completely unnecessary and [...]
Autumn is a wonderful time of year! The crisp air, the changing leaves and warm apple cider. It’s also a great time to encourage your kids to appreciate Fall with some fun outdoor actives. Here are a few ideas: 1.) Play in the leaves! Raking leaves as a family is great exercise and a lot [...]
It can certainly be very difficult to make changes in our eating habits when we have long work hours, financial strains, and other distressing things going on in our lives that conflict with our ability to care for ourselves… I mean who has time for self-care?! Food can certainly fill that role. When we experience [...]
Alas, October is here. Can you believe the fall season is in full swing? Have you been enjoying some amazing weekend activities? As Lori has shared before, sometimes “the weekends are not “planned” as well as the weekdays are.” Now with the beginning of fall, this can be more true than usual. This time of [...]
Now that summer is over and the fall is upon us, many people that I am speaking with have had enough of the over indulgence of summer and ready to get their health back. If you are one of those TSFL clients who took a break for a vacation, birthday which stretched out over weeks, [...]
Experiencing change, even positive change, can bring up fear. Changes in lifestyle ripple through our lives affecting our relationships with others and engaging issues not previously thought about or thought to be long forgotten. When we are knee-deep in the change process, we sometimes exhibit self-defeating behaviors (aka self-sabotage) based on self-limiting beliefs we have [...]
