LDL, HDL and the Curse of being a Guy August 26, 2009

Crap, my lifestyle was catching up to me.  Well there you have it.  Like many of you my cholesterol was hovering close to the 200 mark.  So there I was, facing a change in my diet.  Yep, a few too many cheeseburgers and fries and I wasn’t about to go cold turkey.  In fact, I [...]

Sweating is good for you!!! August 25, 2009

Yes, sweat is yucky.  It smells.  It gets on your clothes.  And it is usually not attractive or fun to touch when it is on someone else.  But, with these negatives, it is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your skin.  30% of your body’s waste is carried away by [...]

Strength training and its affects on aging August 24, 2009

Part of looking younger is feeling younger and being able to carry yourself like you did earlier in life.  This is one of the areas where weight training helps holding on your age.  Weight training may pull in images in your mind of incredibly muscular people lifting cars and houses to keep their knuckles from [...]

Holistic Approach to a Healthly Lifestyle August 20, 2009

As I sit back and formulate my life plan in what I am calling TheChiLife I am looking at taking a holistic approach.  This is pretty evident in my previous ramblings.  I wondered in what may have appeared to be an aimless direction in a discussion on balance.  I waxed philosophic in an attempt to [...]

Why TheChiLife? August 3, 2009

Chi or Qi is the Taoist word for the energy or life force with any living thing.  This is the the energy that flows through the living.  Western religions may relate this to include ones soul.  With this said, TheChiLife is a term that I coined to reference the basis to support one’s energy, vitality [...]

Toes in the sand… July 28, 2009

Wow!  Beautiful day at the beach!  I am spending the week with my family and friends in the Florida Panhandle with the sugar white sands between my toes and views of some of the most beautiful emerald green water in the world.  The weather is great…maybe a little cool, but very comfortable on the beach. [...]

So far so good… July 17, 2009

It really has been a short time and I am please to find that I have already started seeing results in my life.  That is what it is all about, seeing results and making changes to assure that these results are positive an fit with the plan.  In the short time that I have started [...]

Adding Balance July 16, 2009

In my last blog I mentioned that I needed more balance in my life.  I have started planning my life by day, week, month, and foreseeable and distant future.  To add the balance that I need I am considering several categories that best fit my life.  If you choose to take similar steps, you may [...]

The Beginning July 1, 2009

Life is chaotic.  There, I stated the obvious.  When I stepped back and looked at the chaos in my life, I was overwhelmed.  How did it get this way?  What can I do to escape some of the chaos?  There was so much, every time I took action to provide relief in one area, the [...]