Advice & Philosophy

I am a firm believer in the power of self, but also in the benefit of an outsider to watch us, keep us honest, and provide challenge and ultimately to believe in us. You really need someone to do this for you to truly succeed. The thing is, it needn’t …

I have been struggling to come up with a concise and witty tag line or slogan for newbodi.es for some time. I launched newbodi.es with the saying, “helping people change their lives and minds, starting with their bodies.” That’s fine and true, but certainly not witty or clever. A slogan …

Today I got confirmation of something I have been fearing for a few days since the pain began. By “confirmation” I mean “was told it was twice as bad as I feared.”. The news I feared is that I have a hernia. The “twice as bad” part is that I …

I was recently talking to someone who wants to change their body, and actually didn’t need to make too many dietary shifts to get there. Surprisingly, they put up the strongest fight of anyone I’ve spoken to recently. They need to cut their 3 bowls of cereal per week and …

Through my journey, I have made an interesting discovery. It began on my first cheat day. I had worked hard to adopt a new way of eating and was already seeing and feeling results. I really didn’t want to throw that all away with a cheat day. Well, my body …

A coworker who I’ve always admired for her extreme commitment to her wellness and personal enrichment shared a topic that she felt was important to blog about, and I totally agree – the mind/body connection. As I say in our mantra, newbodi.es helps you improve your mind by starting with …

I was talking to someone close to me tonight, and they were both blasé about the race I’m training for, and even questioned why I’m doing it if my last attempt was a failure. That attempt was 22 years ago when I was an extremely overweight kid and today I …

The other night I did 2 things I have never done before. First, I assembled a sauna.  That of course followed something else I didn’t think I’d ever do – buying my own sauna.  The second thing I did for the first time that night was use an infrared sauna. …

As much as having stretch goals is important, you also need to be both realistic and safe.  Just don’t use those things as excuses. Case in point – my goal.  I was gunning for 10% body fat or below after I hit my weight goal of 185 (I’m now between …

Q: I’m so hungry by the time I get home, it’s been really hard to stay on the diet. A: That is simple – you’re not eating enough during your meals.  We are conditioned to believe that eating too much (or enough) is the root of all evil when trying …