How was summer? Did you enjoy a vacation or two? How about those picnics and barbeques? They were fun right? So have you slipped out of your shorts and tried to get into a pair of jeans and they’re a wee bit tighter than the last time you wore them? Don’t worry! It happens to… Read More How To Get Back On Track.
When it comes to excuses for why we don’t exercise, the list is endless. The average American logs roughly 5,000 to 7,000 steps per day. However to benefit our health, we should strive for at least 10,000 steps per day. Why is 10,000 steps such a magic number? This number was actually created by a… Read More I’m too tired to exercise.
Writing this week’s article early Sunday afternoon while waiting for my daughter to arrive. Yesterday, my husband and I attended a beautiful wedding and had a blast with important friends in our lives. Today will be spent with my daughter and her boyfriend. They will be here for the evening and head back to Tallahassee… Read More Why we need fitness friends.
Wow! Can you believe it’s almost the end of another year? I know I’ve said it before but I’m going to write it again – where did the year go? You know the holidays are not far behind. At this time of year, kids are back in school and it seems like the everyone comes… Read More Healthy Living Fall Weight Loss Tips
For the most part, I enjoy exercise; have always been active so most days it’s not hard to get my workout done. BUT the truth is that there are days every so often that if I was not a fitness instructor with morning classes to teach, it would be easy to say not today. You… Read More What’s the best exercise for you?
Eating healthy? Check! Exercise? Check! So why aren’t we sleeping well? Did you know that stress is the leading cause of six illnesses including heart disease and also affects how we sleep? Since diet and exercise alone is not enough to combat the stress that we deal with on a daily basis, what else is… Read More Laughter is the best medicine.
So many times when talking to young kids and teens, there is a word that always seems to come up. Can’t. What do you want to be when you grow up. Response? I want to be xxx but I CAN’T because. Do you want to go to college? I want to but I CAN’T because. … Read More Don’t say that ugly “C” word.
Want to live to be 100? Don’t fall. We’ve been getting quite a bit of rain here in North Central Florida. The summertime rain pattern is dropping some serious rain just about every afternoon – at least over in my side of the county. In between raindrops or storms – I run back and forth… Read More Want to live to be 100? Don’t Fall.