Health And Wellness Blog

Chia seeds A trendy addition to the food market this past year, chia seeds truly live up to their health hype. Chia seeds are a good source of soluble fibre. Soluble fibre is known to absorb water, which promotes fullness and satiety as it expands in the stomach after it has been eaten and moves into the stomach and intestine.

Monitoring your heart rate during exercise is a great option to help determine how hard you are working. You can do it manually or by using a wearable device. Target heart rate is the minimum number of beats per minute needed to reach a given level of physical effort, for the purpose of improving cardiovascular fitness.

There is a lot of workout equipment out there, but here are 5 items that will kickstart your home workout routine. These items have many uses, don't take up very much space, and are relatively inexpensive.   1.

Gratitude is the quality of being appreciative and thankful for what we have in our lives. It’s more than saying thank you. It’s an emotionally tied, and sometimes deep-rooted appreciation for something or someone.

I am fascinated by exceptional athletes: how they stay motivated, what makes them tick and particularly how they represent “discipline” and “routine”. Most of them site good habits, and this is a great place to start in furthering your goals. I want to share a list of the top 5 books that have made an impact upon my discipline and routine.

It's three o-clock and you're fading fast, but you still have another couple hours at work. As Dietitians we find that this is the time of day at work that most of our clients struggle with. Those who are trying to lose weight often feel this is their down fall time, and for those who are trying to maintain good energy this is the hardest time.

Think of something that you're proud of, and then ask yourself if it was easy to achieve that very thing.  More than likely, what you are most proud of took a lot of hard work, and maybe even some struggle or pain. But in the end, it paid off and maybe even led to more possibilities and happiness in your life.

As humans, we tend to be creatures of habit, which makes change difficult in every aspect of our lives. Every day we make choices, and these choices relate to our ability to make changes- especially related to our nutrition and health. The choices that we make can add to our health, or they can take away from it.

As you delve into your My Viva Plan workouts you will begin to encounter a variety of exercise equipment. Dumbbells, kettlebells, and medicine balls all fall into the ‘free weight’ category because they are all weights that are not attached to some other piece of equipment. These types of free weight exercises will stress the body differently than exercises that use machines since they require engagement from multiple muscle groups.

Setting goals, and reflecting on them daily, is one of the best ways to stay accountable and keep you on track. We recommend your goals to be small and achievable (ie. realistic in your life right now) and not focus on larger outcomes.