April is here, which means we are going to be kicking off our annual Step Challenge in Hopelively! You don’t have to be a member of Hopelively to enter the Step Challenge – you can enter by commenting at the bottom of this post one of the following each day that you participate: How, when, …
Benefits of Taekwondo extend beyond the mat into every aspect of life
The health benefits of Taekwondo extend beyond the physical. No one will deny that martial arts are a great form of exercise in that the practice improves flexibility, stamina, and balance. However, Taekwondo has advantages to our mental health as well. Many children who have difficulty sitting still or focusing in a classroom setting benefit …
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5 Great Fitness Tips For Every Woman Over 50
Women tend to joke on the subject of aging and what actually constitutes old age. While it’s completely fine to poke at the subject of getting older, you should never actually start believing that being 30, 40, or 50 years of age means you’re old. Quite the contrary, you’re stronger than ever before and now …
A Family That Gets Fit Together, Stays Together
This is a guest post about a subject near to my heart. Family fitness! From the time my children were little we have enjoyed exercising together. Many days were spent at the local Y trying to see who could hold their breath the longest underwater. We’ve shared the paths of many greenways during our time …
Reasons to lose weight that have nothing to do with how we look
Summer is right around the corner and that means baring more skin. Whether we are brave enough to wear a bikini or we are just wearing shorts instead of jeans. Most of us want to lose a couple or more pounds before the season arrives. Although, today I am not going to focus on having …
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“Move Your Body” is the Challenge for April!
This month we will focus on one of the key healthy lifestyle habits: Exercise. Don’t put exercise off another day! Exercise is incredibly important, so we need to stop procrastinating and get moving. In fact, when combined with good sleep hygiene, proper nutrition, stress reduction, and eliminating toxins you’ll be on your way to the …
My love / hate relationship with exercise
I have a love – hate relationship with exercise. I mean, I love the idea of exercise. I love the feeling I get when I DO exercise. I love that exercise can transform a body, can make us healthier, can help us lose weight. As much as I love those things, I hate that it …
Week 2 Break Sugar Addiction Menu Plan
Breaking the Sugar Addiction is easier when you fuel your body with lots of healthy fats and plenty of fiber-rich vegetables. Week two should be easier than the first week. sugar is the most dangerous drug of this time, and it’s easy to obtain Click To Tweet Welcome to our second week of kicking that nasty …
Break the Sugar Addiction Menu Plan
Week One Menu Plan of Breaking the Sugar Addiction At the request of my nineteen-year-old daughter, I have devised a plan to break the sugar addiction she was battling on a daily basis. The struggle is real! The Pinterest Board for the recipes can be found on my corresponding Pinterest Board below, as well as by clicking on …
Runner’s Smoothie
You can buy collagen protein powder from my Amazon Store. Also, the “doonk” I refer to in this recipe is a 1 created by authors of 1/32 teaspoon, the word was made up by the authors of the Trim Healthy Mama Plan. PrintRunner’s SmoothiePrep 5 minsTotal 5 minsAuthor ThatOrganicMomYield 1 serving Eat Clean at Breakfast to …
Foxy Water
I created this particular recipe for my Aussie friend Ali Fox of Ali Fox Transformations … she’s a real Fox! PrintFoxy Water Ingredients1/2 gallon filtered water1 tsp freshly grated ginger1 medium cucumber, sliced1 medium lemon, thinly sliced (can also use lime in place of lemon if desired)handful of spearmint (or other fresh mint) leaves, I really …
What’s On My Phone?
Top 5 Most Used Apps in order (I use these apps every day, more than once per day) Cozi YNAB, this is a budgeting software, and the software MUST be on your computer before you can use it on your phone. See my review HERE MyFitnessPal Audible, audible.com is basically an audio book membership. The …