Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

Do You Feel Lucky, Man? Well… Do Ya?

It’s a great to have luck on your side. But you can’t count on it. That’s why you don’t leave your finances, home, education or your family’s future to “luck.” Yet, many wise men leave their health, energy and vitality entirely to luck. They wake up each day and blindly roll the dice. (read: How to Get Lucky in Energy & LIFE…)

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Dissecting the Consumer Reports “Health Alert on Proteins” [Part 1]

n the event you’ve been in a media black out and missed it, there’s buzz about the article “Health Alert: Protein Drinks” featured in the July 2010, issue of Consumer Reports Magazine. The article (links at bottom of post) presents the results of tests done for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury on 15 different “protein powders.”

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How Al Lost 136 and Found Strength

Al’s always been a big man. Tipping the scales at 340 lbs, Al made a promise to his dying father that he’d make a change which led him to go under the knife for gastric bypass surgery. Last week Al’s journey was chronicled; a lifelong struggle with weight, multiple failed attempts at dieting, his gastric bypass surgery (which he subsequently almost “ate through”) and how he’s found his place and space in this world as a smaller man… Here’s the 8 Pillars of Weight Loss that Al shares in his story…

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