The old advertising jingle asks the question, "What shape is your tummy in?" Ask yourself that same question. Are we talking washboard? Or is your body art "Bridgestone"?

Waist measurement is a key tool in evaluating current health status, as well as your future risk for development of diseases like Type-2 diabetes, stroke, sleep apnea and heart disease. Belly fat is the #1 culprit. Among other things, it changes the way your body processes insulin. ... Read More

The best weapon in the weight loss arsenal is the mirror. You look in the mirror, you see the truth. You can’t keep lying and denying when you see what you look like on top of how you feel.

Getting straight is the key to starting on the right track. And the only way you’ll do that is to tell the truth. Stop saying you don’t have a problem. Forget blaming “the lifestyle” or the restaurants. None of us are “big-boned”. Sure, there may be genetics involved, but nobody made you order that batch of home fries.... Read More

There are always two parties in any controversy. There is little confusion, though, about the fact that 86% of truckers are overweight and 57% of truckers are actually obese. This is not a longtime trend, but rather a recent phenomenon. So who…or what…is the reason?... Read More

For all too many, the bottom line is the only figure that matters. Having talked the OTR overweight epidemic, I have heard it, lived it. You know, the quick response by someone shooting down a wellness program proposal with a Pontius Pilate-like verbal hand washing that goes, "Fat drivers, thin drivers...the load still gets there in the same amount of time." That's true...to a point. But, new research points to a disturbing fact... drivers who eat unhealthy diets...and drivers who are overweight or obese can certainly be in that group...have significantly slower reaction times than drivers who have healthy eating patterns. ... Read More

Drivers get the job done day after day, week after week, delivering the goods that keep the nation moving. But no one seems to notice that month after month, year after year, truckers' health is deteriorating. And, the change is rapid as many drivers report weight gains of 50 - 100 pounds per year. We have blown straight past "problem" and have moved right onto "crisis." If you haven't heard the alarm bells coming from your drivers' ranks, you are missing something that has a critical bearing on your business.... Read More