by Jim Chaput | Apr 16, 2019 | Jim's Blog
There is no diet that is great for everyone. What and how you eat depends on what is most important to you and how your body reacts to different foods. To help you figure out what works best for you, keep in mind some principles: Processed food is not as good as whole...
by Jim Chaput | Apr 15, 2019 | Jim's Blog
When you receive critical feedback, it is easy to become defensive. Are you defending what you did because you think the result is as good as it could be…or do you feel the need to explain why you did the wrong thing, even though you agree the outcome could be better?...
by Jim Chaput | Apr 14, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Back in the 90s, I played volleyball religiously. During the summer, we went to the beach almost every Saturday and Sunday, played all day, then went and played indoors on Sunday night. We also played indoors 1 or 2 nights during the week year-round. Towards the end...
by Jim Chaput | Apr 13, 2019 | Jim's Blog
The more I think about it, the more “cheating on your diet” is a strange idea. Are you in a monogamous relationship with your diet? Will your salad forgive you if you decide to have a sandwich? Perhaps we need to rethink this idea. The food you eat sends signals to...
by Jim Chaput | Apr 12, 2019 | Jim's Blog
I had a funny thought. It was 37 degrees today. No, it was 3 degrees. Actually, both are true, just two different ways of saying the same thing (Fahrenheit vs. Celsius). Sometimes two things that sound totally different are both accurate. For those of us who grew up...
by Jim Chaput | Apr 11, 2019 | Jim's Blog
When I was a kid, I did a lot of dumb things going along with friends or imitating someone I admired. If I had stopped to really think about it, I probably could have made a better decision…but I just went along with whoever was the influence of the moment....
