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20 Health Benefits of Fasting

author Dan Riefstahl date 04/18/2018

Fasting has been recognized for its many health benefits dating back to Hippocrates. These benefits extend to everything from better weight management, improved cardiovascular health, healthier blood composition, and better cell recycling, among many others.

Although there is not an abundance of research on fasting in humans, a growing number of health experts believe that the results of fasting from animal studies hold great promise for human health and future research efforts.

There are many different types of fasts you can choose from, and they differ in their results and difficulty. Much of the research included here comes from studies on caloric restriction and intermittent fasting. One conclusion is steadfast, fasting remains one of the most effective means of detoxifying your body and resetting your system for better overall health.

20 Health Benefits of Fasting

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The path to emotional wellness

author Dan Riefstahl date 04/07/2017

Being emotionally well is more than just handling stress. It also involves being attentive to your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, whether positive or negative.  Emotional Wellness implies the ability to be aware of and accept our feelings, rather than deny them, have an optimistic approach to life, and enjoy life despite its occasional disappointments and frustrations.

If you are a person engaged in the process of emotional wellness, you are willing and able to:

  • Arrive at personal choices and decisions based upon the synthesis of feelings, thoughts, philosophies, and behavior.
  • Live and work independently while realizing the importance of seeking and appreciating the support and assistance of others.
  • Form interdependent relationships with others based upon a foundation of mutual commitment, trust and respect.
  • Take on challenges, take risks, and recognize conflict as being potentially healthy.
  • Manage your life in personally rewarding ways, and taking responsibility for your actions.
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15 fitness tips

author Dan Riefstahl date 03/31/2016
  1. Small steps
  2. Find short-term rewards
  3. Track your progress
  4. Enjoy yourself
  5. Never ever give up
  6. Get a workout partner
  7. Vary your workouts
  8. Focus
  9. Rest is important
  10. Focus on long term
  11. Focus on your diet first
  12. Find the exercise that works for you
  13. Learn to be present
  14. Don’t let your body adapt too much
  15. Get inspired

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April 03, 2016

Saturday blues

Saturday blues

Today's been a pretty low day. I laid around all day and ate way too much food. Missing Jonathan a lot today. I thought about him several times. Little things just reminded me of him. I saw Point Blank in my movie queue. He didn't get to watch it. :-(

Not to mention it's snowing. I know we had a great winter. I'm very thankful for that. Between buying a new house and having a mild winter, I barely noticed this year. I do suffer from Winter Blues and this year I skipped it. :-) but it's April 2nd and I needed some sun for motivation today. Didn't get it.

I was also reading about my plan. 20 pounds in 31 days sounds good to me. But not good to anybody else. I guess I might need to adjust my plan. I want to share an article from Livestrong today and it talks about this exact issue. Basically it says losing 20 pounds in 1 month is not healthy. And that can cause gallstones. Yeah I know about those. And I'm not looking to get another. So I guess I might need to readjust my thinking. Maybe 15 pounds will have to be enough. But since I started researching and thinking about this 31 day reboot, I realize that I already started one. And I think I need to restart them over and over throughout my life. I think that we all know that change is inevitable. Sometimes you have to go with it. As I move through my life I'm going to always want to adapt and grow. And right now, I want to get fit.

Thinking about the other Dimensions of Wellness also made me realize that putting positive energy into the world will come back to me.  I am going to keep putting it out there. I'm going to do it. I'm going to get fit again.  I have to start one day at a time. The tip for the day, for me, from me is that we need to make small steps. Every small choice makes a difference because the small choices all add up.  And taking little steps makes it easier. I'm going to forgive myself for pigging out today. Tomorrow's a new day. 

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