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It’s proven that tracking goals is the best way to achieve them. If better nutrition is one of your goals, there are tons of on-line resources to help you out. I recently came across FitDay.com. It has tons of information to help you track nutrition, exercise, and other health goals.

I came across a great article on About.com about how to minimize stress during pregnancy. The article was written by Henry Lerner, M.D., OB/GYN, for About.com. The article is 12 Tips for Coping With Stress During Pregnancy: How to Gain Control of Your Life. Tip #11 follows.

11. Test the origins of your emotions for validity. This process is called “cognitive restructuring”. All of us get feedback and messages from those with whom we deal in the world. Often we make negative assumptions about ourselves based on this feedback and thus feel badly about interactions we have had and about ourselves. This process of negative thinking occurs spontaneously and can often be overwhelming. But if you can begin to identify these repetitive negative thoughts and write them down to make sure you have a clear understanding of them, you can then begin the process of seeing what triggers them and determine whether your thought or the emotion it evokes is reasonable. Whenever you get one of these thoughts look to see what caused it. Ask yourself if what happened-a comment, a cool look, etc– deserves the negative response you have given it. By so doing you can start to break the cycle of automatic negative feelings sparked by common events in your life.

Do you ever wonder what’s in the food you eat? I know I do. And the government wants to tell you. Visit the Nutrition.gov web site to find out what’s really in your food.

We strive to help women feel good during pregnancy. While we can certainly aid some of the discomfort during pregnancy, there is a lot you can do on your own. Fit Pregnancy is a great resource for helping you stay happy and healthy during your pregnancy. The magazine comes in both on-line and print editions. We recommend it!

The internet is so great. One of the things that makes it great is the access it provides to classes, tools…whatever you need!

I know a lot of people that want to take yoga, but they don’t have the time or money to go to a studio and take classes and they think they’ll get bored with DVDs. Well, I discoverd a compromise solution: yoga online.

I found MyYogaOnline.com, which is a membership site that offers tons of yoga classes for $9.95/month. It’s great. So get moving!

I came across a great article on About.com about how to minimize stress during pregnancy. The article was written by Henry Lerner, M.D., OB/GYN, for About.com. The article is 12 Tips for Coping With Stress During Pregnancy: How to Gain Control of Your Life. Tip #10 follows.

10. Talk to yourself—and write it down. The process of specifically identifying thoughts and feelings and putting them into written form is an excellent way both to come to grips with what you are experiencing and to help resolve any of these feelings that are troublesome. Doing so will give you better insight into yourself and will often relieve the pain of previously disturbing thoughts or feelings.

April 15 isn’t just tax day, it’s also officially one of the most stressful days of the year. Hmmm, I wonder if there is a connection.

I came across a great article with tips on relaxation practices to reduce stress at Helpguide.org. Try these things at home…they’ll help!

If you live Northern Virginia and want a great place for yoga, we recommend Beloved Yoga in Reston. Beloved Yoga is most well-known for their pregnancy yoga classes, but all of their classes get rave reviews. And the owners are wonderful! Click here to learn more.

I came across a great article on About.com about how to minimize stress during pregnancy. The article was written by Henry Lerner, M.D., OB/GYN, for About.com. The article is 12 Tips for Coping With Stress During Pregnancy: How to Gain Control of Your Life. Tip #9 follows.

9. Teach yourself—or get taught—relaxation techniques. It has been shown by many researchers, notably Herbert Benson, M.D. and Alice Domar, PhD., that by learning to elicit a state of deep physical rest on command, both your body and your mind return to a calm, relaxed state. Heart rate, blood pressure, stress hormone levels, and muscle tension will drop. The mind experiences a marked diminution in tension and the perception of stress. This is called the Relaxation Response. Techniques for eliciting the response can be learned from health care providers or by reading the excellent description of it in Dr. Alice Domar, Self Nurture.

The auto and banking industries aren’t the only ones the government is helping this month.

April is Physical Wellness Month, and the U.S. Government is promoting the health-related books published through the Government Printing Office. There are some pretty interesting titles to choose from. We think it’s cool that the government is producing these kinds of resources. Click here to go to the GPO web site.