by Jonathan Tait | Oct 30, 2018 | Medical Fitness
Most of us know about severe food allergies. You might even know someone who suffers from a severe trigger-food allergy. The most common example is peanuts–we’ve heard the horror stories of someone eating a cookie and going into severe anaphylaxis. Their...
by Jonathan Tait | Oct 18, 2017 | Medical Fitness
Losing weight. Starting an exercise program. Giving up caffeine. You’ve probably heard lots of tips for sticking to healthy goals, but how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? What works? What sticks? If you’ve never heard of SMART goals, now is your chance....
by Jonathan Tait | Sep 19, 2017 | Medical Fitness
It’s funny how we think of success. We typically consider success to be one huge event, like becoming a multimillionaire, or getting a big promotion, or winning the lottery. But success is very rarely a sudden, unexpected event. Instead, success comes with slow,...
by Jonathan Tait | Feb 2, 2015 | Diet, Exercise, Home Page, Medical Fitness, Mindset
Most gyms have built a successful model around you not showing up. In fact, if you did show up they would not have enough space, equipment, or classes for you. I read an article reporting about one rapidly growing popular big-box gym. I won’t name names but their...
by Jonathan Tait | Jan 27, 2015 | Home Page, Medical Fitness, Mindset, Nutrition, Psychology, Uncategorized
On the weekends for years I’ve stuck to a pretty consistent plan to prepare for a successful week: Define a purpose and set a plan for the week – what do I want to accomplish? Don’t just think about it. Write it out in detail (you’re more likely to accomplish your...
by Jonathan Tait | Jan 20, 2015 | Home Page, Medical Fitness, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Confession. Just 8 years ago I was obese. Or at least I was according to my BMI, or Body Mass Index. BMI is a commonly used measure to determine whether or not someone is “normal weight”, overweight, or obese. (FYI: You can calculate your BMI by dividing your weight...
