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Make Your Walk Even Healthier!

There’s no doubt about it — walking is good for you. Want to make it even better? Try these tips. Make sure your walking music is safe. Keep the volume at a reasonable level. Make sure you can still hear traffic if you’re walking outside. Look for a headphone that sits in front of the ear, rather than inside it to protect your hearing. Count your steps. Pedometers are pretty reasonable in the price department these days. Try to take one thousand steps in ten minutes of walking. Too much counting? Try to take one hundred steps in a minute. … Continue reading →

Making Decisions with God’s Guidance

How do you decide what you should do with your time, or what tasks you should take on in your church? Since we’ve been in our new house on the South Coast and even for a time before we moved, my husband and I have been praying that God will clearly show us what He would have us do in our new church and in this community and show us those activities he would have us be part of. Hospitality was one area we identified as one God asking us to work on. That we make our home available for … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review for July 23 – July 27

This has been a crazy week here and I’ll be filling in some details in later blogs, but let’s take a quick look at our week in review for the fitness blog as we close in on the end of July. Monday, July 23 Q is for Questions and we all have fitness questions. The best resources for getting your questions answered include your personal trainer, your physician and other fitness resources including Dear Heather. Tuesday, July 24 Fitness Journal – Stressing Your Pedometer is a great way to get an accurate read on how many steps you take in … Continue reading →

Taking your Headaches to the Doctor

Most of us have occasional headaches; we have learned to expect them as a normal course of life. It has become such a typical complaint that most of us will hesitate even mentioning that we have a headache. Unless it’s bad- really, really bad. Then the old saying “misery loves company” kicks in and we want everyone to know so they’ll leave us alone, baby us, bring us a cup of coffee, whatever we think will help. Not all headaches are created equal some are very mild and others are, well, more memorable. When are these headaches serious enough to … Continue reading →

What would make a child depressed?

Children can suffer from depression just as adults can. But while mental health groups around the country struggle to increase awareness of the widespread nature of depression in adults, the equivalent illness in children is often very much swept under the carpet. One of the reasons why this occurs is that adults have an entrenched perception that children are very resilient. While this is generally true, and children do seem to bounce back after a distressing episode much more quickly than the majority of adults do, there is a limit to a child’s personal coping skills. Adults also seem to … Continue reading →

Job Burnout can Kill Your Health

It’s no secret that stress and burnout don’t exactly make you feel your best. Being tired and resenting your work place can make you truly miserable, and also make you sick. Stress has been linked to various diseases, from cancer to stroke and now also to type II diabetes. A new study published in Psychosomatic Medicine studied the effects of burnout and the risk of developing type II diabetes in almost seven hundred people in the work force. The subjects studied appeared healthy and were employed in senior and middle management, self employed, professionals and nonprofessionals. Each worker was evaluated … Continue reading →

De-Stressing Your Life

Single parents have so many responsibilities, it is easy to become overburdened and overly stressed. Some definitions of stress indicate that not all stress is a bad thing. Positive stress can help people increase creativity and productivity. I do not like stress in any form and do not function at my optimal levels when feeling a lot of stress. Here are some suggested tips for managing stress: Get enough sleep-For adults eight hours of rest a night is the recommended amount. Try going to bed and waking at the same time each day in order to let your body become … Continue reading →

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Origins

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In its most extreme form, it is not uncommon for a person with OCD to also experience generalized anxiety disorder, recurrent panic attacks, debilitating avoidance of places and situations, as well as major depression. These are additional to the time-consuming and often distressing rituals which form the basic of this disorder. People with OCD fight a battle against themselves every day. Intrusive thoughts about impending disasters alternate with meaningless and repeated behaviors aimed at reducing the anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts of doom. Sufferers of OCD are simply not able to stop either the recurrent thoughts or the associated compulsive … Continue reading →

Fat Vs Weight – The Fitness Debate

In a previous blog I was talking about the fact that one size of fitness does not fit all. There’s a lot of reasons why size matters in fitness and why one size cannot possibly fit all of us. That reason is the great fitness debate or for those of you just joining us: The Fat versus The Weight This debate rages on and affects every single person who studies fitness and looks into a fit and healthy lifestyle. Why? Because scales suck. That’s the base answer, but truthfully the scale is an incredibly bad tool to measure personal fitness. … Continue reading →

Do It Yourself Month!

February is going to be do it yourself month here at the Families.com fitness blog. My goal is to help you help yourself. The focus of the overall month will be on developing the skills and information to become your own personal trainer. Whether it’s a helpful book, DVD or computer program, I’ll be bringing it to your attention under reviews. Discovering a fit and well lifestyle involves more than just working out. It’s about positive self-talk, motivation, achievement and knowledge. My goal is to bring you as much knowledge as I can so you can achieve positive self-talk, action … Continue reading →