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10 Things to STOP If You're Trying to Live a Healthy Lifestyle

2/1/2017

"The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others."
—Sonya Friedman

Many of the things outlined below related directly to Principle #1 of our Warrior of Wellness Program—Put yourself first.

We can be our worse critic. Often times, we are more judgmental of ourselves that we would ever even think of being of others. We treat ourselves unfairly. If you don't love and take care of yourself first, how can you expect others to? If you truly want to live a healthy lifestyle, you must put yourself first. You must love yourself. (This includes talking to yourself in a positive manner.) You must take care of yourself. (This means exercising, eating nutritious foods and reducing stress.)

Here are 10 things to stop doing if you're trying to live a healthy lifestyle.

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Traveling and Eating in Europe

12/12/2016

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Written by Dan Ekblad

I recently had an amazing opportunity to join my daughter, Annika on a great adventure traveling Paris, Rome and Naples. We planned it quickly. We decided that we would fly by the seat of our pants and plan as we go along—so that's what we did! We had such a wonderful time. For six days, we toured so much that it would make most people's head spin. I know that this would have never been possible a few years ago when I was so overweight and unhealthy.

While traveling in these two countries, there is one thing in particular that I noticed about the people. I noticed just how few people were overweight or obese. If we did see a person who was more than 20-30 pounds overweight, almost always they were American. I would say that from my observation, less than 5% of women under the age of 40 were at the most 20-30 pounds overweight. The same could be said for the men, but I would say the number was closer to 10% carrying an extra 30 pounds.

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Stop Hating Your Body

11/15/2015

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I always feel FAT!

Why is it that I always feel like the fat kid, even though I have lost weight and I am in great physical shape?

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't feel like I'm overweight. When I look in the mirror, I don’t see the guy who has lost over a hundred pounds. I see a person who could lose another 30, 40, maybe 50 pounds. Once you've been in competition shape—having your body fat around 3%—and put yourself on stage, you will always want to be that person, especially if you have had body image issues in the past. Unfortunately, maintaining those goals is incredibly difficult. A very small percentage of people look like that year round.

We tend to associate the body image issue with young woman who develop eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia. Overeating is also an eating disorder.

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Are you a weekend warrior?

11/1/2013

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Are you a weekend warrior who works out and eats healthy even throughout the weekend? Or are you that person who works out and eats healthy all week long, falls off the wagon over the weekend and goes back to the gym on Monday feeling like crap.

Here are some suggestions that have worked for us here at "I AM AN OVER EATER!!"

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10 Things to STOP If You're Trying to Live a Healthy Lifestyle

Traveling and Eating in Europe

Stop Hating Your Body

Are you a weekend warrior?

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Are you a weekend warrior?

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