I’m thrilled to be back at the compter writing to you! It’s been a hectic last few weeks, so I’m thrilled to be sitting down to chat with you & catch you up on some motivation, inspiration & workout ‘get-off-your-butt-and-do-it’ thoughts! I’ve got a challenge for you today. Monday starts February, the shortest month of the year.… [Read more…]
January 27, 2010
Many of you really want to eat well. Many of you also want to do your small part to leave this Earth nice when you leave it to your grandkids. Many of you also believe in not letting corporate conglomerates rule this world either. The good news is that if you believe in any of… [Read more…]
January 26, 2010
The world of food science seems to get thicker and thicker with information – and it’s often hard to sort out what’s real & what’s not. Some things should be fairly obvious. High Fructose Corn Syrup – not good. Organic – good! But the water gets thick when you start taking a look at all… [Read more…]
January 23, 2010
Oh the humanity. In the last 24 hours, it has become completely clear to me why we, as a people, are sicker, fatter, and less happy than ever before. It’s not that I didn’t know it or see it before….that’s why I started this blog, why I work with personal training clients & why I now… [Read more…]
January 20, 2010
Remember that ad jingle, “I feel like chicken tonight…chicken tonight!” I can say that most nights of the week, I do not agree. I rarely feel like chicken tonight & I’d imagine if you’ve been doing the “healthy kick” since Jan 1, you’ve been doing a lot of baked chicken for its’ healthy-ness & may… [Read more…]
January 19, 2010
Thank you Nike for always having something motivational to say on the front of a t-shirt. I’d like to know who the person(s) are who find & come up with all these slogans. I’d be so disappointed if it was a bunch of fat guys who weren’t exercising & living this totally optimal life. I mean,… [Read more…]
January 17, 2010
Remember LO-VING PB & J as a kid? Or were you one of those kids who didn’t like sticky, sweet, gooey PB & J for breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Well as weird as you must be, you can join the “cool kids” as an adult with this healthy but ridiculously good Larabar. I don’t know about… [Read more…]
January 15, 2010
You probably saw the most recent study to be released about TV watching & increased risk for death. If not, read this to get up-to-date. The study outlines how watching television for an extended period of time per day correlated to an increased risk of early death. This held true even in people who exercised for 30-45mins per day. The study… [Read more…]
January 13, 2010
We make time for that which we value. And we overcome hurdles to ensure we have time for those things that valuable to us. We re-arrange things to get to spend more time with longtime friends in town for just the weekend…we scramble to finish work projects to make it to our kids’ band concert (no… [Read more…]
January 12, 2010
From a recent blog by Larry D. Woodard, ad agency exec, on this diet & why we have a weight crisis in this country, “Researchers at Johns Hopkins University predict that 75 percent of Americans will be overweight by 2015 and 41 percent will be obese. They blame, in part, misleading spins in food advertising.” We’ve got… [Read more…]
January 30, 2010
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