When choosing your trainer...

make sure you choose a, "Nationally Certified" trainer. Ask your trainer questions and make sure they are the right fit for you.

If you don't make time to be healthy, you better make time to be sick. Or something to that effect...

I read that quote, worded probably a little more gracefully, while paging through a magazine at the doctor's office. I would love to give credit to the author, but I don't know who wrote it! ~~Anyway~~ So often, I don't think healthy people realize the gift they are given. Health. Hang on to it, respect it, and keep it for as long as you can.

Food~Glorious Food~~

In America we are bombarded by unhealthy food choices on a daily basis. Why do so many people succumb to these saboteurs of health? Is it the advertisements? Do we want to "have it our way" so badly that we are willing to ingest twice our caloric intake for the day? Is it the obscene amount of salt and flavor enhancers that fool people into believing that low quality garbage food is actually tasty? What is it?

Food is Fuel! Eat well. Respect yourself. Just because something is easy and convenient, does not make it right.

Take your workout to the pool!

Aqua Classes have a reputation for attracting older folks, pregnant women, the novice exerciser, and people with injuries. While Aqua Classes provide a safe and beneficial atmosphere for the aforementioned populations, Aqua Classes also provide benefits for the highly experienced/very athletic population. Look at just a snapshot of the benefits YOU can receive by adding Aqua Fitness to your routine:

• Toned muscles
• Reduction of stress and impact on joints
• Improved balance and posture
• Increased flexibility

These are just a few of the benefits that YOU can have by adding an Aqua class to your routine! Try it, see what happens!

Early risin'

So, all of my life I have been a late sleeper. A night owl, and a late sleeper. It must run in my family because my Mom likes to sleep in, and even my soon to be 6 year old and my 9 year old could saw logs until 9 or 10AM. HOWEVER, I am now training to run a Marathon (my first one!) and I was trying to figure out how I would fit my running workouts into my schedule. I decided it is high time I start getting my rear in gear first thing in the morning. Afterall, I decided to take on this challenge, and I better find time in the day to execute my plan successfully. I am so happy to report that I LOVE getting up early, and I LOVE getting my workout over and done with! It is a great feeling of achievement. I ride the wave of energy produced by my run all day, and I am really happy to report that I am toast by 1030PM as I set my alarm and lay out my running clothes & shoes for the next beautiful morning.

Post-babe tummy camo!

After I had my boys and gained 40lbs with the 1st, and 50lbs with the 2nd, I was devastated by my buldgy tummy. Diet and exerciese were on the forefront for me, but in the meantime I wanted to get back into some of my clothes but they just didn't look or fit right! To help smooth things out , I went out and bought Spanx. Spanx are a compression undergarment that fit like a tall pair of biker shorts. The top of it sits just underneath the breasts. The Spanx worked really well for pulling everything in, and I felt better in my dresses, but couldn't wear them with jeans. Now today, I just saw an ad for something called the "Mother Tucker!" It is a tank top compression garment that I would have loved! It really helps smooth out those not so flattering lumps and bumps we have after having babes. I have no personal experience with the "Mother Tucker" but it really looked useful and comfortable!

Diet Tips!

Do you LOVE sour cream? Do you DISLIKE what it does to your waistline? Try subsitituting Plain Greek Yogurt for sour cream to save calories, and to up your protein! Try it! Just make sure you get the "Plain!" Nobody likes vanilla deluxe nachos!