Hot chocolate is usually a high-sugar beverage–not something we want to be putting in our bodies regularly. I learned to make a healthy hot chocolate that I absolutely love. It satisfies my sweet tooth-induced chocolate craving, but I know I’m giving my body some good food! Here’s how I do it: Healthy Hot Chocolate 1/2 […]
Author: Your Body Best
Why We Need to Stop Multitasking at the Gym
It used to be just the magazines. People would grab one, prop it on the treadmill, and get to “work”. Now it’s worse: magazines, television, and (my biggest pet peeve) your phone. (I don’t think my phone has ever been to the gym.) You’ve read all the articles about how multitasking is bad for your […]
What I’ve Learned About Chiropractic and How It’s Changed My Body
My boyfriend is a chiropractor, and I’ve been under his care for four years. Before I met him, I really didn’t know much about chiropractic. I’d heard people say some nasty and ignorant things. I’d heard other people rave about it. I figured it wasn’t for me because hey, I’m already pretty fit and healthy […]
The Trouble with Getting a Bikini Body
It’s that time of year again: things start warming up, and everyone starts talking about getting to the gym and sculpting a bikini body. Why do we do this to ourselves every year? Yes, it’s natural when it gets cold to maybe put on a little weight. It’s easy to snuggle and sleep and make […]
How to Think Fit All Day Long
A healthy lifestyle is just that: a lifestyle. It’s not a crazy exercise routine. It’s not a quick-fix diet. It requires you to develop a healthy mindset. You have to think fit. When fitness and healthy choices become your lifestyle, it really does become easier to make such choices. But where to start? Here: Let […]
No One is Watching You Do Yoga (Except the Teacher)
Even as we get older and (supposedly) more mature, many of us still harbor some big insecurities when it comes to starting something new. That fear of looking silly has kept a lot of potential first-timers out of the yoga studio and, I’m sure, out of many, many other things. I’ve been in a lot […]
My Marathon Training Plan
Oddly enough, I’ve decided to run a marathon. This comes after years of saying I had no interest in it, which, until recently, I haven’t. I like to run. Maybe I even love it. But I am by no stretch a born distance runner. I’ve been running for as long as I can remember, and […]
Turn Excuses into Motivation
Everywhere you turn, someone’s got a really great excuse for why they’re not exercising. People get extremely protective of these excuses, lest the excuse be taken away and the person has no choice but to go to the gym. I’m here to do that. Turn your best excuses into the motivation you need to go […]
Inexpensive Workout Equipment for Your Home Gym
Buying workout equipment doesn’t have to be expensive. (Unless you want a treadmill or something.) I’m a huge believer in bodyweight exercises, but gadgets are fun and effective, too, if you’d like to have a few. Here are some that don’t take up a lot of space and don’t cost too much, but give you a […]
Why I Decided to Run a Marathon
After years of saying “heck NO” to the idea of marathon running, I’ve come around. It wasn’t a quick change-of-mind; in fact, I’ve been mulling it over for quite a while. Too long, for someone who believes that successful people make decisions quickly and decisively. What set me over the edge was something my boyfriend […]