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How to Create a Workout Routine

How to Create a Workout Routine

So, you say you want to become a healthier person? Well, there are two main factors that go into creating a healthier you, diet and exercise. Diet and various types of exercises you can perform or participate in I have addressed in numerous previous posts. 

How Meal Planning Can Save You Money

How Meal Planning Can Save You Money

The number one rule when it comes to meal planning and saving money is: stick to the plan! If you spend 30 minutes or so each week planning out your meals and then cave when you pass your first Chipotle or Panera Bread, that’s known 

How to Make Time for Workouts When You Have no Time

How to Make Time for Workouts When You Have no Time

Let’s face it, you’re not the only person who’s super-busy out there. We all have hectic schedules, yet somehow, many of us (or them) manage to fit multiple workouts into our weekly routine. How do they do that? How do they workout out four or 

African Contributions to Cuisine in America

African Contributions to Cuisine in America

From the time the first enslaved Africans arrived in America in 1619 (Jamestown) until present day, Africa has contributed greatly to cuisine in America. Many enslaved Africans brought the knowledge of their previous life with them, to include food recipes and, in some instances, the 

St. Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

St. Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Full disclosure, I am not a fan of Valentine’s Day for several reasons and yes, my wife shares my viewpoint. We both decided long ago, sometime around 1988, (we’ve been married for 33 years) that we would not allow someone else, namely, corporate executives, to 

Best Mental Exercises for Your Brain

Best Mental Exercises for Your Brain

Yeah, I know your brain is not a muscle. However, your brain responds to exercise (of the mental variety) just like a muscle responds to physical exercise. When we exercise a specific muscle, say your bicep, it responds by growing larger, stronger and becomes more 

Is Quinoa a Seed or a Grain?

Is Quinoa a Seed or a Grain?

This is a question along the same lines of is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Technically speaking, a tomato is a fruit that many refer to as a vegetable. However, answering whether quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is a seed or a grain isn’t so 

Healthy Dessert Recipes

Healthy Dessert Recipes

Yes, Virginia, there are healthy dessert recipes. They do exist and they can be just as delicious as non-healthy desserts. The key to enjoying healthy desserts is in finding a recipe that looks enticing and then making it yourself…a bit labor intensive, I know, but 

Indoor Workout Routines for the Winter

Indoor Workout Routines for the Winter

Most people who exercise do so either before or after their workday, which means either early in the morning or in the evening. However, during the winter months this usually precludes us from exercising outside due to darkness and/or cold temperatures. As a result, we 

How to Beat the Winter Doldrums

How to Beat the Winter Doldrums

The term “doldrums” is actually a nautical one. It refers to an area around the equator that was notoriously devoid of wind during certain times of the year and back when ships were exclusively wind powered, this could cause problems. As a result, many a