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Never Give Up!

There are quite a few very special people in my life who are currently suffering with some pretty tough emotional, financial, physical and/or health situations and w...

EVERYONE Has 30 Seconds

There is no doubt we live in a world that is spinning too quickly and sometimes, we too, spin too quickly in an effort to attempt to keep up!  That leaves many of us...

Thank You, Father.

"He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?" -Hippocrates, the father of medicine (460-357 B.C) Amazing to me that Hippocrates had the ans...

A Love Affair

For those of you who claim to NOT like vegetables, I feel compelled to say that chances are you haven't given them a chance.  I was, for many years, a vegetarian who...

Bottoms Up

With all the stories I read about athletes (and non-athletes as well) collapsing because of heat exhaustion, a little bit more about hydration, in the midst of one v...

Body and Mind

This morning I was trying my best to put a picture of my friend and gardening mentor's weekend harvest.  Carrots, squash, assorted potatoes and so much more filled h...

We ALL Loved Lucy

"It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy." --Lucille Ball  And no, Lucy, drinking vitameatavegamin would NOT have made me happy, either!!!...

Which Weight Weighs In?

One of the questions I have often been asked in my 30 years in the fitness business is this:  Which is better...free weights or machines?  While my general answer is...

And the Readers Say:

All worth repeating, I am posting some of the reader tips I received in comment and email, regarding yesterday's post. Rita says:  Whenever I eat out, I visually div...

No Need to Reinvent...

You just can't reinvent the wheel.  Want to lose weight?  Try these simple, old as dirt, tips.  Use a smaller plate.  Eat more slowly, chew your food A LOT of times....

Eat This, Not That

Looking for an easy, yet still homemade, very, very simple sauce for your whole grain pasta?  I made this over the weekend and it was quick, easy, healthy, inexpensi...

Gabby, Jason and YOU

People reaching agreements... Gabby Giffords returning to the Senate for her first vote, (remembering names and faces)...Woman getting the health care they deserve,...