How many times have you gone on a diet? One? Ten? 100? At first, things are great. You’re eating well, paying attention to your consumption, exercising, and watching the pounds come off. You can see the changes in your body. You are feeling happier, healthier, and looking good.

Then, bam! Things change. Maybe you reached a goal and start slacking off. Perhaps you ate one forbidden food at a party, then fell off the wagon. Or perhaps you just got tired of starving yourself and snapped with an omniverous visit to the International House of Pancakes...

As you get older, something strange happens. You begin to realize that gaining weight is easy, and losing it becomes harder. Our bodies change over time, and we just generally get less active as we get older. That’s why it is incredibly important to take as good care of your body as possible, especially if you are starting to get up in the years. 

The good news is, successful health changes are very simple. A healthy diet and daily exercise will lead you to exactly where you want to be. By now, we all know what we should be doing to be in great shape, we just don’t do it...

Not tomorrow. Not yesterday. Happiness is now. In this moment.

Think about your breath. Inhale, exhale. One breath at a time. This is all that really exists. When you slow down, and focus on your breath. You begin to realize this. As you concentrate on your breathing, you are truly living in the moment.

In the present moment, problems are non-existent. Only if you look to the past, think about your mistakes or things people have done wrong to you. Only if you look to the future, and worry about things not going right or worry about meeting deadlines or paying bills. This is the only time and place problems and stress can exist....