by Forest Townsley | Apr 3, 2018 | Creating Change, Weight Loss
The opening sentence in my journal this morning: “OK Lord, let’s engage in life today! Not with apathy, grief, and regret, but with joy, peace and bliss.” How many times do you wake up feeling one way and really wanting it to be another? What are the triggers that...
by Cheryl Townsley | Jan 11, 2013 | Creating Change, Movement, Weight Loss
Well, it’s on…my 4th Body by Vi 90-Day Challenge! In 2011 I accepted my first 90-Day challenge. Although I was 58, I finally found the desire to do something for me. My 1st challenge was to deal with the body fat and weight. I have dropped 4 jean sizes...
by Cheryl Townsley | Jun 1, 2012 | Weight Loss
(“Looking slim is one thing, being healthy is quite another!”) What is visceral fat? Visceral fat is different from other body fat. Visceral fat, also called intra-abdominal fat, refers to the fat that surrounds the internal organs and is the reason so many...
by Cheryl Townsley | Jun 1, 2012 | Weight Loss
Many health challenges today are due to obesity – high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, etc. So often the recommendation is a low-calorie, low-fat diet or even medications. The ‘patient’ goes home to apply the recommendations....
by Cheryl Townsley | Jun 21, 2012 | Movement, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Ten years ago we got a Christmas card letter and photo page. One of the pictures totally caught my eye. Here was our friend Beve Jo Gamble at 58 with major muscles! Her daughter, Missy, had become her trainer just one year earlier and she looked amazing! I remember...
by Cheryl Townsley | Jun 16, 2012 | Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Loss
As I was doing research today for a colleague, I was reminded of how much the American diet is based on ‘paste!’ Some of you are too young to remember making paste with flour and water, but it can be done! Much of the American diet (i.e., pasta, bread, bagels,...