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Workout Partners: Make Your Routine Stick

ByDr. Susan Masterson July 23, 2019October 21, 2024

We all need a bit of support (or a lot) now and then. Many people know from experience, but research also shows that having a workout partner helps you maintain exercise and reach your goals. Find the Right Workout Partner Choose your workout partner wisely.  Find someone who shares your goal to be active, first…

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Group Fitness: Make Your Routine Stick

ByDr. Susan Masterson July 22, 2019November 28, 2020

Group fitness classes are a great way to establish an exercise routine that’s fun.  It can also improve your fitness with regular attendance.  Here are some more benefits: It’s Scheduled Many of us have the best of intentions, but when it comes down to it, if we have to initiate exercise, we’ll say “later”.  The…

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Building Exercise Momentum

ByDr. Susan Masterson July 19, 2019August 27, 2020

Disclaimer: I wrote this piece before I was diagnosed with Sjogren’s. I was always looking for ways to exercise more, and it helped me lose weight and was great for my mood. I overdid it, though. If you have a chronic illness, follow these suggestions as tolerated but don’t overtax yourself. Nothing to Something It’s…

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Workout Reminders to Get You Moving

ByDr. Susan Masterson July 18, 2019September 30, 2021

Examples of exercise reminders.

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Steps per Hour: Getting Started

ByDr. Susan Masterson July 18, 2019September 30, 2021

Getting more steps per hour is a good way to be more active. Don’s worry about hitting 10,000 steps per day at first.

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Exercise: How to Start and Stick With It

ByDr. Susan Masterson July 17, 2019September 30, 2021

How many times have you resolved to exercise right at New Year’s Day?  If you’re like many of us, you lost count.  What about all the springtime promises to yourself that you would be swimsuit ready by summer?  That’s not how to start an exercise program if you’re serious. Even so, we keep trying over…

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Work Burnout Diagnosis: It’s Officially a Thing

ByDr. Susan Masterson June 10, 2019October 25, 2023

The World Health Organization has officially recognized work burnout as a legitimate condition that influences health. Learn what this means and what you can do.

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Reduce Inflammation Quickly by Making this One Small Change

ByDr. Susan Masterson May 23, 2019August 11, 2020

Reducing diabetes risk doesn’t have to be a drastic change. Here’s one simple lifestyle change you can make.

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New to Exercise: How to get past the INTIMIDATION

ByDr. Susan Masterson May 22, 2019August 11, 2020

Exercise doesn’t have to be intimidating.

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She’s Not a Princess, She Has Sjogren’s

ByDr. Susan Masterson April 25, 2019June 24, 2024

Living with Sjogren’s Syndrome Symptoms. The high-maintenance life you live when you have Sjogren’s Syndrome fatigue.

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  • Home
  • About
  • My Products and Services
    • Books
    • Downloads
  • Living With Chronic Illness
    • What is Sjogren’s Disease?
    • What’s the Difference Between Sjogren’s Syndrome and Sjogren’s Disease?
    • She’s Not a Princess, She Has Sjogren’s
    • Sjogren’s Treatment Clinical Trials
    • Living with a “Mystery Illness”
  • Stress, Diet, and Physical Activity
    • Self-Care Workshop for Autoimmune Patients
    • How to Improve Anxiety Naturally
    • Stress and Autoimmune Disease
    • AIP vs. Anti-Inflammatory Diet: The Surprisingly Simple Difference
    • My Sjogren’s Syndrome Diet List
    • Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for Dinner (and more)
  • The Latest