The Healthy Lifestyles Living Wellness Blog with Larry Lewis

Is Your Current Lifestyle Making You Ill?

Are your daily lifestyle choices setting you up for illness in later life, or even worse are they impacting your life right now? Take our quiz today and find out! 15 Questions, 70 points, what's your health score?

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Obesity is a modern problem

Obesity is a modern problem

80% of men and nearly 70% of women in the United Kingdom will be overweight or obese by 2020, based on data from the Health Survey for England. The statistics from the National Heart Forum showed that 41% of adult men will be obese while 40% will be overweight by 2020. ...
Winter Tips for driving in Snow

Winter Tips for driving in Snow

Heavy snow this week has wreaked havoc across County Durham causing hazardous driving conditions for motorists. It is the earliest widespread snowfall for 17 years. The whole region has been blanketed with snow with these arctic conditions gripping the region and causing havoc on our roads. In County Durham, overnight snow and ...
Learn to Manage Stress to Create a Fun and Healthy Lifestyle.

Learn to Manage Stress to Create a Fun and Healthy Lifestyle.

During my morning blogging hour (of reading all my email, reading my RSS feeds, and of course blogging and all that involves) I came across Robin J Psychic post Catch me if you can! Robin makes the argument that constant stress is part of our current reality. Eventually it reaches such ...
At 16 the World is your Oyster – Advice to Help you on the Journey

At 16 the World is your Oyster – Advice to Help you on the Journey

I make no apologies to turning my thoughts to Carly, my daughter. On Monday she reaches her 16th year. Turning sixteen is an event long to be remembered. A teenager's 16th birthday is an important event in her young life. It signifies an important step in the transition from adolescence to ...
Get started on a Healthy Lifestyle

Get started on a Healthy Lifestyle

A healthy lifestyle encompasses many things: Eating healthy foods Avoid excessive fats, sugar, and alcohol No nicotine Drink plenty of water Exercise Doesn’t resemble what you’re doing hey! Well the good news is that it's never too late to change your habits, and by implementing a healthy lifestyle now, you'll continue to ...
Porridge your Healthy Start to the Day

Porridge your Healthy Start to the Day

This morning I woke up shivering. My room was freezing. With a rush of excitement, I leaped out of bed, ran to the window and threw open the curtains. Everything was white! A deep blanket of soft, fresh snow covered the whole view in front of me. The trees, the bushes, ...
What to eat before and after exercise

What to eat before and after exercise

Whatever sporting activity you participate in, whether it's playing tennis, rugby, swimming , jogging or weight training, you need to eat as nutritious and as balanced a diet as you can, to fuel your body properly and resourcefully. Good nutrition has some simple basic ground rules, which when you follow them ...
What are you Grateful for in your Life?

What are you Grateful for in your Life?

Today I ponder having an attitude of gratitude. The real inspiration for this comes from an article ‘Grateful for Depresson’ that I recently read on the ‘Hope Despite Depression’ Blog. The author wrote ‘It's in moments like these when I know I'm being tested. It's very easy to stay negative and to ...
The Law of Attraction – I BELIEVE!

The Law of Attraction – I BELIEVE!

I have never felt awkward sharing my beliefs, but I have never wished to force people to believe as I do. It’s a very personal choice that a person makes about what and why they believe in what they do. I am comfortable talking about my beliefs, but I am careful ...
Personal Trainer: The Plank

Personal Trainer: The Plank

Your core is made up of all the muscles that connect the upper and lower body, including those of the stomach, lower back, hips and buttocks. These muscles are essential for supporting the spine, aiding good posture, and almost every movement. By strengthening core muscles you will not only be on a ...