Tag: health
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Changing Behaviour is Hard, But Not Impossible (Part 2)
It’s one thing to make a change in your life, it’s quite another to keep it going. We spend so much time talking about changing old and initiating new behaviours that we miss discussing the real challenge. For most of us, starting something new isn’t all that hard, just look at all the new faces…
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Changing Behaviour is Hard, But Not Impossible (Part 1)
Over the last year I’ve written articles focused on the benefits of physical activity and healthy nutrition. But in my attempts to encourage people to be active and eat healthy, I may not have done justice on how difficult change is. The other morning I was getting my breakfast, pouring out my cereal when I…
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Just Because Someone is Thin, Doesn’t Mean They’re Healthy
We all know that one person; you know, the one who can eat all they want and stay lean, thin, skinny or whatever you want to call it, all without exercising. Who knows, maybe that is you. We look at them with envy and maybe even with daggers in our eyes. They’re admired in social…
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People’s Perceptions of What Exercise is May be the Biggest Barrier to Being Active
What image comes to your mind when you hear the word exercise? Is it someone putting on running shoes and going for a run? Is it a person sweating it up in a gym on a treadmill or lifting weights? If so, you’re not alone. Most people have these or similar images of what exercise…