Archives for the 'Health and Fitness' Category
Setting SMART Fitness Goals [Productivity @ Home]
Today’s guest post is by Lynn Bode. Every other Friday, Productivity @ Home looks at the topic of Health and Fitness.
One of the simplest steps you can take when you embark on improving your health and wellness is setting your goals. Right? Actually, creating goals should not be taken lightly. To improve your success rate [...]
Holiday Fitness Gift Ideas - Give the Gift of Fitness [Productivity @ Home]
Today’s Guest Post is by Lynn Bode.
The holiday shopping days are quickly disappearing. Still struggling to find gifts for those people on your "hard to shop for" list? Instead of another
tie for your dad or music CD for your sister, why don’t give them a truly unique and invaluable gift? Give them the [...]
Mo, mo, mo… How do like it? [Ian's Messy Desk]
Here’s is week three’s effort. This has been the itchy week. It took some effort to keep from shaving it off. One week to go. Read the details here.
Original post here: Ian McKenzie
Physical Activity at Work [Ian's Messy Desk]
The Alberta Centre for Active Living have posted a series of on-line video clips, taken from two exercise videos, on stretching at your desk. The two videos are divided into five clips and are available in MOV and WMV format.
The exercises are progressive, so they recommend starting with Stage 1 and then moving to Stage 2.
People [...]
My New Personal Trainer is a Two Year Old [Productivity @ Home]
Every Saturday, I share my thoughts on Health and Fitness.
Forget hiring one of those beefy personal trainers at the gym. My new fitness guru is my two year old nephew Patrick. "Little P" came to Fresno this week while his parents are traveling. Since his arrival, I have yet to make it to the [...]
4 Healthy Eating Tips to Bust Stress [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in The Simple Life
In this part of the world, the days are getting shorter. Kids went back to school this week. The vacation mentality has been put away for another year and regular activity and work shifts back into top gear.
All this can lead to increased stress levels. Don’t compound the problem by adding [...]
Feel Good Food [Productivity @ Home]
Every Saturday, I share my thoughts on Health and Fitness.
As much as I hate grocery shopping, I love frequenting our many local Farmers’ Markets. I’m fortunate that in my hometown of Fresno, I can find an open air market and purchase directly from growers almost any day of the week. The markets don’t just carry [...]
Healthy Choices for School Lunches [Productivity @ Home]
Every Saturday, I share my thoughts on Health and Fitness.
For some reason, in my house, 7th grade is the year when lunch boxes become uncool and the simple brown bag is all the rage. When Eric eschewed his rugged insulated lunch box three years ago, I thought it was a product of his minimalist nature. [...]
Rethinking Workout Times [Productivity @ Home]
Every Saturday, I share my thoughts on Health and Fitness.
I am typically a morning workout person. During the school year, my routine is to wake early, before my sons and husband. I pray, work, and drink lots of decaf prior to waking up the rest of the house. After driving the kids to school, [...]
Procrastination: Ten Things To Know [Ian's Messy Desk]
There a good article on procrastination at the Psychology Today website. The author spoke with two experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timorthy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
As one of the “20 percent” that would qualify as [...]