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7 Good Reasons to Get a Coach Right Now!
New Year, new you! I bet you are thinking this is the year, I finally lose that 15lbs that has been stubbornly hanging on. Or I am going...

Michelle Martin
Jan 3, 20213 min read


Simple as 1,2,3
Today I donated blood for the first time in my life. Please don’t judge me. In high school, I was underweight and couldn’t give it. Then...

Michelle Martin
Dec 27, 20203 min read


The Age of Aquarius
Tomorrow is the winter solstice. It is also known as the hibernal solstice, or the shortest day of the year. The day when the earth is...

Michelle Martin
Dec 20, 20202 min read


Twelve ways to defy aging
Another year is coming to a close (in 19 days, actually) and it is making me think about living. Not just existing but living long and...

Michelle Martin
Dec 13, 20202 min read


Conquer COVID Blemishes
My husband asked me to talk about skincare since he has been breaking out regularly because he wears a mask all day at work. How about...

Michelle Martin
Dec 6, 20203 min read


Embrace Change
Thanksgiving is over...however we celebrated it this year. We did things differently, choosing to remain in our separate households and...

Michelle Martin
Nov 29, 20203 min read


#gratitude
Only 39 more days and we can kiss this year goodbye…yay! It has been challenging, overwrought and filled with calamity. I just hope we...

Michelle Martin
Nov 22, 20203 min read


Blood sugar balance
Oh, the words "blood sugar." Does it conjure up visions of restrictive eating, diabetes medications, or insulin injections? Blood sugar...

Michelle Martin
Nov 15, 20203 min read


3 Stretches for Desk Jockeys
Working from home or already back in the office? Either way, you are probably tethered to your desk, waiting for your next online meeting.

Michelle Martin
Nov 8, 20203 min read


"Men" opause
That’s right, it’s not just for the ladies. Men suffer from changes which occur in midlife too. So I thought it time to share what we...

Michelle Martin
Nov 1, 20203 min read


D3 & K2 - Perfect together
At first glance you might think this is about two mountains in the Himalayas. No, much bigger than that. Recent studies have found a...

Michelle Martin
Oct 25, 20203 min read


Waiting to Exhale
I walk outdoors almost every day. And now I have begun to run, for the first time in my life, and I am wondering what that is all about....

Michelle Martin
Oct 18, 20203 min read


Breakfast of Champions?
Every day my husband comes home, and he is ravenous. I ask him what he ate earlier, and he proceeds to tell me the leftovers from the...

Michelle Martin
Oct 11, 20203 min read


Get the Skinny on Fat
Fat is an essential macronutrient and should be treated with respect. Beginning in the 1970’s we got the message that fat was bad and...

Michelle Martin
Oct 4, 20202 min read


Protein Packs a Punch
Protein is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of macronutrients – it builds muscle. Protein is made up of amino acids and are the building blocks...

Michelle Martin
Sep 27, 20203 min read


Confused about carbs?
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about food journaling. How I, as a health coach, start my clients off right away tracking...

Michelle Martin
Sep 20, 20204 min read


A Weighty Matter
In a recent blog I joked about the COVID-15. You know the extra pounds some of us have packed on since being sequestered at home amid...

Michelle Martin
Sep 13, 20203 min read


Over the hill? or King of the Hill!
Part of getting older is not having the same level of energy and fitness we used to have. And of course, this is due to some metabolic...

Michelle Martin
Sep 6, 20203 min read


What can I eat?
Thanks, Coach Michelle, for last week’s post on the different types of Intermittent Fasting plans that I can follow to lose weight, sleep...

Michelle Martin
Aug 30, 20203 min read


To Nosh or No?
Another area in which people are curious is the notion of intermittent fasting. So here goes, what I know about taking a break from eating w

Michelle Martin
Aug 23, 20203 min read


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