We’ve all started an exercise program, gotten all excited about it, but then gave up on it a week or two later.  While we start out super motivated, that excitement fades quickly.  They key to sticking to an exercise program is finding a way to keep that original motivation.  Here […]

The worst thing that you can do is lie to yourself. Retailers would like to help us remain in a state of denial about our ever-expanding waistlines. What? I went to buy a new pair of Levis. Yep, I still wear 501 button fly jeans. I will always be a

You reap what you sow…plain and simple.   I read an article by Mike Boyle, “Training is like Farming” a few years ago and I wanted to share it with you: “I think I remember Stephen Covey in his book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People making reference to what I

My thought for the day is an article by Michael Boyle.  magine you are sixteen years old and your parents give you your first car. They also give you simple instructions. There is one small hitch, you only get one car, and you can never get another. Never. No trade-ins,

We all want our children to be safe and healthy, even when we can’t watch them 24/7.  One way to keep them healthy is to make sure they eat right, but if we don’t prepare all their meals ourselves, that’s hard to do.  Schools are taking steps towards making school

Perhaps the greatest conflict of interest in most people’s lives… lies in the gap between good intentions and results. Good intentions like getting in shape are simply meaningless without action. I can state the following with the certainty of night following day… If good intentions were of any value…other than

Our Summer youth program started this morning.  It was great watching the kids play.  Then it hit me…they are playing.  It made me think about when I was a kid.   Whatever happened to kids just playing?  Is it really a thing of the past?   Watching children run, play, swing, and

Carbohydrates are sugars that break down inside the body to create glucose. Glucose is moved around the body in the blood and is the primary source of energy for the brain, muscles, and other essential cells. The healthy body attempts to regulate glucose levels by using a series of hormones