There are No Free Rides to Fitness
Nothing happens without putting in some effort. Sorry, no free rides to fitness. The choice is ours to make and we must accept the conseque...
For Things to Change it Requires a Change
We can all get stuck in a rut, feel funky, or backslide on our health and fitness programs . Burnout and frustration are top reasons for gi...
Cars as a metaphor for understanding obesity
If we want to understand the accumulation of excess body fat, it's tempting to focus our attention on the location that defines the cond...
The Best Motivation for a Successful Fitness Program
I was reading an article in More Magazine and came across a small piece on what motivates us to exercise. The reason I bring up the article...
Unity Farm Journal - First Week of October
The drought has taken its toll on the Fall color, with leaves going from green to brown then dropping off the trees. The mornings are cris...
Social Media Guidelines for our Clinicians
We recently published this guideline at BIDMC based on the input from a multi-disciplinary working group. I thought it might be useful to ...
It's About Time We Fix Our Fitness
Let's face it, we don't need anyone to tell us we're overweight or unhealthy . We are adults and know when we need to fix our fi...
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Story
For some reason hiding behind our secrets seems to be the easy and almost normal thing to do in life. I'm not immune and in fact guilty ...
Wish, Want or Be a Doer to Achieve Fitness Success
All of us wish and want for a fit and healthy body . Sadly, not all of us follow through with the doing to make it happen. All too often som...
I Don't Use Supplements or Believe in Fitness Gimmicks
What I mean by supplements are those products promising a fit and healthy body simply by using whatever is in the bottle. I surely don't...
Unity Farm Journal - Fourth Week of September 2016
It’s the first week of Fall and leaves are beginning to drop. The drought of Summer has stressed all the trees and they are going dormant ...
Reducing my Digital Burden
Last weekend, I started a process that some may consider regressive. I began deleting my social media accounts to improve the signal to no...
Do Blood Glucose Levels Affect Hunger and Satiety?
You've heard the story before: when you eat carbohydrate-rich foods that digest quickly, it sends your blood sugar and insulin levels so...
Fitness is Not About Having All the Answers
Fitness is a process and an ongoing journey of learning. What works best for each of us is discovered through trial and error. There will f...
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of September 2016
The nights are beginning to cool down to the 40’s and we’ve doubled up on the straw in the pig barn in addition to tucking them in each nigh...
Clarifying Certification Requirements for Hospitals
With all the changes happening to Meaningful Use, Quality Measurement, and MACRA in 2016, I’ve been asked many questions by many organizatio...
Make Fitness a Lifestyle not a Temporary Resolution
We don't need a January or upcoming event to get fit . Life is the event and we're failing to make health and fitness a priority. Wh...
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