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Fitness Week in Review for September 21-28, 2008

Did you gain the “Freshman Fifteen” during your first year at college? Was it easier shedding the pounds then than it is now? This week a famous pro basketball player revealed that he has never struggled more to lose weight than right now… and he’s playing in the big leagues. His fitness story was just one of the many topics that were covered in this week’s blog. If you missed any of them this is your chance to get caught up. September 22nd—–Avoiding Classic College Weight Gain. A well-known West Coast university is pulling out all the stops to help … Continue reading →

Piecing Together Your Parenting Style from Various Influences

There is a great deal of talk about parenting styles—parents are expected to figure out whether they are an authoritative or permissive parent and to fit themselves into a definition or box that defines the way they interact with their children. For many of us, however, we are a little of this and a little of that. As complex human beings who have evolving values and ideas about things—we may change and morph and our parenting style may actually be an eclectic collection from all sorts of different influences. It may seem sort of radical—but our parenting style CAN and … Continue reading →

Tuesday Tips: Making Fitness Easier

Getting in shape and living a fit lifestyle means incorporating exercise into your daily routine. The simple fact is, our modern conveniences have made exercising something we need to increase because we don’t get enough of it naturally. While everyone prefers something different, our modern conveniences have given us additional options on how we can meet our fitness and exercise needs. Here are a few tips for today, especially for those of you who are interested in Internet download fitness options, but you want to check them out before investing your dollars and good sense. Some free fitness download sites … Continue reading →

Fitness Goals – The Long & The Short of It

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We talked about stimulating your routines yesterday so we can get out of the mid-summer fitness slump. Today, we’re going to discuss our fitness goals. We do monthly check ups here and we’ve even set up a month long exercise regimen with our Spring Forward to Action Challenge. In August, I’d like to host a back to school challenge and invite readers to post their goals, stories and successes – but let’s do this one-month at a time. Take some time today to evaluate your personal fitness goals. We begin by throwing out the expectations of others. If you’ve been … Continue reading →

How To Get Information About Medicare

The chances are that everyone will encounter a situation where they must deal with Medicare issues. It may be because we have an aging parent, or it could be because of a disability with ourselves or someone we care about. The fact is that there is a great chance all of us will have to deal with the government funded Medicare program in one way or another during our lives. All of the retired people in my family have been confused and found it difficult to understand the process, deadlines and limits of their Medicare benefits. Lately the big confusion … Continue reading →

Get Fusion Fit

One of my favorite things is to get email from friends and readers telling me about something new or cool in the fitness world. So yesterday, I got an email about a site with a note that suggested it would make a great subject for a blog. What was this nugget that I was sent? It’s a fun little place called Get Fusion Fit. So what is this place? I logged in to check it out and here’s what I found. It’s a free fitness coach. That’s right. A free fitness coach that provides you with workouts, diets and motivation. … Continue reading →

ACOG Released a New Opinion on Delayed Cord Clamping

For decades, the prevailing viewpoint among healthcare practitioners was that it was best to cut the umbilical cord within 15 to 20 seconds after a baby was born. A new opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists changes their previous recommendations regarding delayed umbilical cord clamping after birth. The umbilical cord functions as a lifeline between mother and baby. The baby receives oxygen rich blood from his or her mother through the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord is also the baby’s way of removing carbon dioxide and waste products. For decades, health practitioners would clamp the umbilical cord, … Continue reading →

Where to Find a Support Group in New Jersey

Everyone could use a little extra help sometimes. Parents of kids who have special needs can benefit from attending a support group. Finding help can be difficult. Here is a list of support groups that are located in New Jersey. Wayne Special Parents Association is located in Wayne, New Jersey. It is for parents of children who have special educational needs. Their website has information about upcoming events. Mom2Mom has a list of when, and where, support groups will take place. Most are in Newark, New Jersey. Their website says “You’re caring for your special needs child…Who is caring for … Continue reading →

Building a Marriage on Dependency and Independence

I was recently reading an article that stated the key to a happy marriage was living separate lives.  That this is how you feel validated as an individual. What’s interesting about this is that in order to feel validated, you need to feel important and acknowledged.  That generally doesn’t come from within.  Sure, it should be a part of feeling validated as a person.  But since we are humans, we crave receiving this from others. Isn’t that where a spouse comes in? Don’t get me wrong.  I am not saying that you need to be so dependent on your mate … Continue reading →

Can You Do the Canning? Finding Old Jars

There’s a lot of can canning going on in my kitchen these days. This damp, sticky dance involves a lot of careful footwork and arm-lifting and a little bit of yelling upon occasion, as boiling hot water runs onto a part of me that doesn’t want to be exposed to boiling water. Yes, it’s canning time. This year I’ve done a whole lot of freezing. However, given that my freezers are mostly full now, I’m turning the focus to canning now. What I’ve discovered is that given my propensity to freeze jams and sauces in canning jars, I have very … Continue reading →