I want to introduce y'all to dear friends of mine and fabulous couple that worked together for weight loss success. Brad and his lovely wife, Sheree, started coming to OHW to slim down, learn how to eat healthier for two (they are new empty nesters) and work out with...
Weight Loss and Maintenance
3 Simple Clean Eating Tips
Use these 3 simple clean eating tips as a guide to choosing foods for clean living. These clean eating tips can make healthier eating simple, affordable and very doable. http://youtu.be/5Rvr7e6UF3c
14 Ways to Stay Motivated This Year
Here are 14 ways to stay motivated to live a healthy and happy lifestyle in 2014: 1. Make sure to set goals that are realistic. This goes back to the SMART model that was discussed two weeks ago. 2. You should always keep track of where you started, where you are now,...
Health Motivation: 3 Terrible Excuses to Not Get Healthy
It's time people! It's time to make a resolution that you actually keep for 12 months, 52 weeks, all the way through. It's time that you make a decision about what parts of your life, your body, your mind and your soul need a tune up. It's time you run that 5K instead...
Not Your Typical New Year’s Bunk
I have to admit that a couple times this past year I've been overwhelmed by choosing newsletter and blog topics to write about-especially as the OHW community and newsletter readership have ballooned. I've sent out S.O.S. emails to the OHW Team for ideas and wracked...
2013’s Most Common Reasons to Lose Weight
Odom Health & Wellness is going to be very busy during the start of 2014. It happens every year. We see an influx of business during January and February, and then the dedicated and serious clients stay with us , while New Year's revelers drop out and discontinue...
Get Your Holiday Health On!
December. A time for giving, receiving and stress. Your schedule and finances are stressed. Your ability to take time for yourself is stressed. What happened to the happiness surrounding the holidays? What happened to staying fit and healthy? Well, don't fret....
The Specificity and Variability Paradox for Sustainable and Effective Workouts
This is an adapted article on the specificity and variability paradox of training from Charles Staley, an innovator in the field of human performance. For those of y'all that have no interest in powerlifting, keep reading. Staley uses powerlifting examples but the...
How to Get Flat Abs
The Secret To Enviable Flat Abs So you want the secret to enviable abs? Well, get in line. So does everyone else. It's puzzling that something so desirable is completely elusive for most people. Especially when it IS fully possible for you to dramatically shape up...