So, you think you have your healthful habits in check at home and then the inevitable happens: You have to go to work.

If you’re not fortunate enough to be able to work from home – talk to us if that’s something you’re interested in doing 😉 – the workplace can be a very difficult place to maintain good habits. It seems there always is some kind of celebration going on with tasty yet sugary sweets … a holiday, a birthday, a Friday. Food is one way to bring employees together for social time and camaraderie.

Worksite Wellness Tips

How can you survive these traps and make a difference in worksite wellness? Here are some tips for starting that conversation with your employer.

• WELLNESS COMMITTEE. If you don’t have a wellness committee at your workplace, start one. This committee can be in charge of integrating healthful habits to everyday work life and make suggestions to management for change. Make sure the people on the committee have the employees’ best interest at heart and are willing to put in the time to propose ideas to those in charge. It helps to get your worksite’s human resources manager involved if you want your ideas to eventually develop into policy changes.
• WELLNESS INCENTIVES. Once you have a committee in place, it’s good to develop worksite wellness policies. These could revolve around healthy eating, increasing physical activity or even helping employees kick nasty habits like smoking. Some examples include something as simple as offering fruit-infused water in the breakroom, organizing a walking group during lunch or challenging employees through health tracking apps or FitBits. Once you establish simple incentives, you can move on to more complicated ones like worksite gardens  and insurance discounts or extra vacation or sick time for healthy behaviors.

At eXcel Wellness, we believe in supporting your health in EVERY aspect of your life — including at your worksite. Joining our team opens the doors of opportunity to how you can not only live a healthy lifestyle at home but also when you’re at work.

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!

How many times have you heard people say they’re on a diet? Know anyone who — no matter what time of the year or the occasion — he or she always seems to be dieting? Do you get a little irritated when people ask you how your “diet” is going? Want to scream at the top of your lungs IT’S NOT A DIET?

We hear you. In fact, we’re right there with you. However, you can’t really get mad at people for not understanding something you haven’t fully explained. Are the products, system and support eXcel Wellness offers just another diet? Of course not. Is it a lifestyle change? Yes, and here’s why:

Diet

• Consists of a temporary change for a particular outcome.
• Forces you to give up ALL the foods you love.
• Encourages deprivation.
• Makes you cranky.
• Makes it difficult to cook for your family.
• Only focuses on food intake.
• Can cause your weight to yo-yo.
• Strictly focuses on the number on the scale.
• Makes you feel like a failure if you make poor eating choices.

Lifestyle

• Provides long-term solutions to becoming and remaining healthy.
• Encourages inclusion of new, healthy foods.
• Encourages moderation.
• Gives you energy from nutritious foods.
• Gets your whole family on board with your health goals.
• Examines food, exercise and nutritional supplementation.
• Improves your ability to maintain a healthy weight for your body type.
• Focuses on not only weight loss or maintenance but improved overall health.
• Helps you realize a bad eating meal or day isn’t the end of the world.

At eXcel Wellness, we’re all about providing you with the support you need in order to implement a healthy lifestyle change. We can help guide you through the steps that will lead you to long-term, life-changing health results. After looking at that comparison, which one seems more appealing to you?

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!

When you’re starting something new in an effort to improve your health — whether it’s eating right, a new exercise regime or joining a nutritional supplementation program — it’s easy to get caught up in all of the things you think you have to “give up” rather than GAIN. Your favorite junk food. Eating out constantly. The list goes on and on of the things you think you can’t live without.

At eXcel Wellness, we instead help you focus on all of the things you GAIN by improving your health. And, we remind everyone that becoming healthier isn’t necessarily about giving up all those unhealthy things you love all of the time, as much as it’s about practicing moderation.

What will you gain?

So, what’s in it for you, you ask? What is it that you’ll GAIN from eXcel Wellness?

• RESULTS. We have award-winning products specifically designed to help you lose weight, increase energy and improve your overall health. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, and we’re committed to helping everyone get the RESULTS they want.
• CONFIDENCE. Nothing beats it. One of the best benefits of your success and results is that you will gain confidence. Confidence is one of those feelings that trickles into multiple areas of your life. While weight loss might be your main goal, the confidence you gain from experiencing success will affect your CONFIDENCE at work and home and just everyday life.
• SUPPORT. Our products and program are amazing, but nothing tops our support system. Whether you’re looking for new friends, family or just a group of cheerleaders to help you along the way, you’ll instantly gain the SUPPORT you need.

Those are just the start of a long list of things you’ll GAIN with eXcel Wellness. This list, too, can go on and on. As you can see, these are far more important than anything you think you might be giving up along your journey to improve your health.

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!

People. We’re surrounded by them every day. But, have you ever stopped to wonder if you’re surrounding yourself with the right people?

People are amazing in the fact some can totally drain you, while others can
lift you up and inspire you. It’s often said, “You become like the five people you spend the most time with. Choose carefully.” That’s some great food for thought as you go through the list of names in your head. Surrounding yourself with the right people is even more important if you’re wanting to improve your health. It can be a tough journey, and if you don’t have the right people in your life, you might not reach your goals.

The quality of people you’ll meet with eXcel Wellness is unmatched! We’re ALL ABOUT providing a support system for people to succeed — whether they’re interested in improving their health, their finances or both.

What should you be on the lookout for in people, you ask?

• When you say you want to lose weight or become healthier, they’re the first ones to say, YOU CAN AND WILL DO IT!
• When you’re unhappy with how something in your life is going, they’re the ones who assure you, YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE!
• When a naysayer tells you that you can’t do something, they’re the ones who say, YES, YOU CAN!
• When you’re ready to throw in the towel, they’re the ones who encourage you, TRY AGAIN TOMORROW!

Did those qualities remind you of a few people in your life? Good. If not, it’s time to take a look at those around you. Remember, you’re most likely similar to a few of them. Choose carefully.

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!

The dreaded scale. Sure, most people can be a slave to it from time to time. However, TRUE success – the kind of success you want to shout from the rooftop – many times comes in the form of a non-scale victory.

What’s a non-scale victory? It’s one you can’t explain by just saying, “I’ve love XX pounds.” Don’t get us wrong, shedding pounds is a FANTASTIC accomplishment to celebrate! But, a non-scale victory gives you a FEELING beyond just seeing a magical number on the scale.

Here are some examples of a few non-scale victories eXcel Wellness teammates say they have experienced since starting our products and program.

• Riding an airplane comfortably and not feeling like you’re smothering whomever you’re sitting by.
• Seeing great results when having your blood pressure or cholesterol checked.
• Kicking a habit like drinking pop or eating fast food.
• Not needing to take naps because you have all-day energy.
• A good night’s rest without waking up throughout the night.
• Having a stronger immune system, meaning fewer colds and other illnesses.
• Needing to resize rings because your fingers have shrunk.
• Having a bartender question whether your driver’s license is really you because you look so different.
• Relief from aches and pains and fewer headaches.
• Having to go shopping for new clothes because none of yours fit.
• Feeling comfortable in your own skin.
• Not feeling self-conscious about working out or going to a gym.

And, here’s one of the BEST ones: Inspiring others by sharing the story of your health journey. That’s priceless. Do you understand now why non-scale victories are SO important?

Find the non-scale victories in your life, and hold onto them. They’re worth more than any number on a scale.

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!

Excuses … we give them every day and sometimes multiple times a day. From saying “My dog ate my homework” when we were children to “I don’t have time” as an adult, we all have our moments where an excuse is easier to give than the truth.

Popular excuses

When it comes to trying to lose weight or becoming healthier, we’ve all heard (and maybe given) some pretty lame excuses. Excuses like:

• I don’t have time to cook.
• I can’t afford healthy foods.
• I can’t afford nutritional supplements.
• I don’t have time to exercise.
• I’m stressed.
• I’m celebrating (insert anything from a Friday to a birthday).

And, that’s just the tip of the iceberg in terms of excuses. It’s amazing how we can rationalize these excuses in our heads – like they are legit reasons or something.

Willpower

Here’s an excuse we hear often: I don’t have the WILLPOWER. Let’s think about that one for a minute. You don’t have the willpower or is there another reason that is the true excuse? At eXcel Wellness, we believe you can do ANYTHING you set your mind to! If you decide tomorrow you want to completely change careers or move halfway across the world or take control of your health, you CAN do it!

When it comes to willpower and the lifestyle eXcel Wellness can provide, remember this:

• It’s a lot easier than you think. If you have any bit of determination in your body, it’s possible.
• If we can do it, you can, too. Everyone comes to healthy living from different paths. Maybe you’re addicted to sugar and salt. Maybe you live for that 99-cent heart attack from McDonald’s (or wherever). Maybe you can’t imagine your life without (insert really delicious but awful for you food). No matter what your vice is, are you controlling it or is it controlling you?
• It’s not brain surgery. There is a lot of science behind losing weight, getting healthy, etc., but it all makes logical sense. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We have a SYSTEM, PRODUCTS and SUPPORT that WORK!

What’s your excuse?

If you’re saying you don’t have the willpower, maybe it’s time to ask yourself what is really important to you. All of those things that are important to you, they’ll be gone before you know it. Don’t you want to feel like you did EVERYTHING in your power to keep the things you love in your life longer? Don’t you want to feel like you did EVERYTHING in your power to keep yourself in the lives of those you love as long as you could?

At the end of the day, the excuses are irrelevant. All you have to do is find the No. 1 reason why those excuses don’t matter. That reason is you, but no one can convince you of that except you. We’re worth it, and we know you are, too.



Excuses. What’s yours?

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!

Mind over matter. You see news articles from time to time telling how someone lost a significant amount of weight, only to gain it all back and then some over time. It makes you wonder: What could make someone work so hard for something, only to let it slip away? But, when you think about it, people do it every day in all aspects of their lives. What’s the common denominator in all of these cases? The mind. If someone isn’t mentally prepared for something, not much else matters. That definitely seems to be accurate with losing weight. If you don’t really think you can do it or think you don’t deserve it, you might be successful at first, but it likely won’t last. Even if you experience great weight loss results, do you really feel great about yourself? You might feel amazing about your outside, but how do you feel on the inside?

We CARE

The mind is a tricky thing – it can totally tear you down or completely uplift you. But, we like to think everyone has control over it. It’s the way you look at situations, the people you surround yourself with and what you do each day to better yourself that really influences your ability to be successful – whether that be with losing weight or any other goal you’re working toward.

 That’s one of the great things about being part of eXcel Wellness! It’s not just about purchasing products to help you lose weight or gain energy – it’s about becoming part of a family who supports your overall health. We CARE about how you feel about yourself. We CARE about you feeling as good on the inside as you’ll start to look on the outside. We CARE.

Mind Over Matter

When you’re on a journey to better health, there will inevitably be rough days – days in which you just want to throw in the towel. But, thankfully, our support system can help those days be few and far between. Why? Because we can help you become mentally prepared for this journey. After all, we were all there at one point. The sense of control you feel when you reach that mentally prepared state is enough motivation to bring you through all the rough patches. And the amazing days – the days in which you know you’re truly making progress and growing as a person – outnumber the bad days by far.

We think it’s all about perspective. Mind over matter.

The mission of eXcel Wellness is to inspire, motivate and assist others in their quests to lead healthier and financially-free lifestyles. Call (785) 893-1108 or contact us for more information!