Make health behaviors easier by keeping them in-the-moment and front-of-mind. How to use cognitive reframing to either enjoy a few drinks when you want to and say “no” to a ‘glass of diabetes’ when you don’t want to.
Is Everything Snake Oil?
The OG snake oil was…snake oil. Now it’s available just about everywhere and comes in endless forms. It seems like everything is snake oil. But the fundamentals of a healthy and happy life haven’t changed.
Am I Fitter Than This 5th Grader?
Reflections on repeating the Presidential Physical Fitness Test of my youth in my 50’s and what this means for fun fitness.
Here Wegovy Again…
Obesity – because we know how genes work – cannot be genetic. Wegovy and Ozempic treatments without healthy behavior change will be a disaster. Nature will push back harder than we can push it if we fail to use the new drugs as a catalyst for lifestyle change.
Belief Creates Opportunity… Not Reality
Belief creates the opportunity – not reality. You can’t manifest things by thinking them, you still have to put in the work. The trick is to make the work feel less like “work.”
Slacktivity Trackers
Trackers don’t stop slackers. If they create a sense of discovery that enhances the experience of being you, wonderful. If they reinforce the notion that you’re never doing “enough” then they suck. It all depends on you.
Wear Something Out
Get out there and just wear something out this year! Hiking boots, ice skates, bike tires, walking shoes…pick something in your life that needs to get worn out and get moving.
If Every Little Bit Helps
A few short bouts of vigorous activity can lower all-cause mortality. However, whenever, how long you get active needs to be celebrated, regardless of duration.
There’s Only One Way to Health
We can’t buy our way to health. There’s only one way to get there. Trackers do not change behavior, they record it. Take action first, then track later.
Cognitive Kindness (or Cruelty)
Cognitive Kindness is what we need, but Cognitive Cruelty is what we most often choose (especially in fitness) and have forced upon us by outside systems. It’s time to choose differently.