Diet

Five Minute Diet Planner

Posted on June 11, 2006 Written by John Richardson 48 Comments

Have you started a diet or exercise program only to fail after a few days. Your goal was lost among the daily activities of life. Your plans evaporated into that bowl of ice cream or bag of cookies. Your daily ritual took over and that latest diet book was put back on the shelf. Why [...]

Filed Under: Diet, Motivation, Organization

Pass The Test: Zone Naps

Posted on February 28, 2006 Written by John Richardson 3 Comments

As I was doing research the other day on sleeping and the effects of napping, I ran across an interesting post by Brad Issac over at Achieve-IT. The post was labeled “How To Take A Caffeine Nap” and was based on a short article he had found in Field and Stream magazine. I was immediately [...]

Filed Under: 12 Habits, Diet, Success

Core Performance Essentials

Posted on February 21, 2006 Written by John Richardson 4 Comments

As I was looking through the latest exercise and fitness books at my local bookstore, one book stood out. The tag line said “Reshape your body in only 30 minutes a day”. The habit that I’m developing this month is exercise and I’ve set aside 30 minutes per day to get it accomplished. While I’ve [...]

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12 Habits Update: Month Four

Posted on January 16, 2006 Written by John Richardson 3 Comments

To my great surprise my post, “12 Habits in 2006” really took off last week. My one day stats for last Wednesday surpassed my largest monthly totals to date. This was clearly an exciting day and many thanks go out to lifehacker.com and other popular sites for running with the post and trackingback. Since this [...]

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Five Factor Fitness Success

Posted on December 12, 2005 Written by John Richardson 7 Comments

I ran across a book the other day at the bookstore entitled Five Factor Fitness. It is a new take on the Body-for-Life type of fitness program and it may be easier for most people to stick to. The basic premise is you work out 5 days a week for 25 minutes per day. Each [...]

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Building A Better Biscuit

Posted on April 22, 2005 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

Everybody loves to “hate” McDonalds. My post yesterday about my favorite fare at the Golden Arches incited many interesting comments. Some of my co-workers could not believe I would eat there. “How could you?”, was mentioned more than once. Well in the spirit of self improvement, I would like to take on the exercise of [...]

Filed Under: Diet, I-Force, Inspiration, Success