Maximize Your Minutes
Myths
Many of you may have seen an article about fitness trainer/blogger Sophie Kay and her three minute before and after fitness photos. As Ms. Kay says in her blog, ‘don’t trust what you see’! The actual blog post that contained these shocking photos had several other...
Not Perfect
Last week Coach Wright and I took our little family on a road trip, mostly to tour a couple of schools that our oldest is interested in (gasp - I can’t believe he’ll be off to college next fall). Despite being on a fabulous fitness and nutrition streak prior to our...
BMI
I may have said before that I'm not a fan of BMI. This opinion was solidified a few years ago when one of my kids was in 3rd grade. Some wonderful organization comes to our elementary school to check students for various health points and then sends a little update...
Be Aware
June is national Migraine & Headache Awareness Month (which I just realized late yesterday). Since I am one of the 37 million Americans (including children and teenagers) affected by this, sometimes debilitating, condition I thought it only appropriate that I...
Shop the Farmer’s Market!
A great place to find organic - and AWESOME - produce is your local farmer’s market. Besides the fantastic and seasonal food; farmers markets are a great place to meet local farmers, experience live entertainment, and people watch (if you’re into that kind of thing)....
Wash Your Vegetables!
I have a friend who said she stopped gardening when she found a big bug hiding in some lettuce she’d grown. I thought it was funny since fruits and vegetables are good for you and since they grow outside it makes sense that there would be bugs, bacteria, parasites, or...