My first experience with exercising, other than gym class (which I HATED), was somewhere around age 13 or 14. It was the early 80s. At that time of my life, my main focus with that was losing weight and really not that much about getting fit. And it was very much off-and-on. But still, at least I was getting some exercise during those times, because otherwise I wasn't all that active. Here are Continue Reading
What if you don’t feel like working out?
Some days you just don't feel like working out. Even though it's been several years since my healthy lifestyle change, even after all the success, even though I'm a fitness professional now -- I still sometimes have days like that. Days when you just want to stay in bed, or just don't have your usual energy. We all do. So what do you do when that happens, but you don't want to get off track? Continue Reading
What does this orchid have to do with losing weight and getting in shape?
I have two lovely orchids that are blooming now, but a few months ago, they looked more like sticks and I wasn’t even sure they were alive. I've never had much of a green thumb. But hoping it wasn’t too late, I repotted them into larger containers, with better soil to nourish them, and moved them outside to the deck. Before long, they both started growing dramatically -- one of them about 2 Continue Reading
Warby Parker makes buying prescription glasses easy and SO affordable!
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VIDEO: 5 exercises to relieve neck pain from looking down at your phone
Looking down at your phone can be a pain in the neck -- literally! They call this discomfort tech neck, text neck or phone neck. And if it hasn’t happened to you yet, chances are at some point it will if you’re a phone user. Why is this? Well, your head weighs about 10-12 pounds when your spine is in a neutral position. But when you bend your head forward, the stress this places on the neck Continue Reading
Awesome walking and running accessories to get you up and moving!
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