All You Can Eat Pancakes at IHOP

All you can eat? Obviously the corporate marketing executive who came up with this one doesn’t have teenaged boys. Mine are eating us out of house and home. David (14) says, “What’s for second breakfast?” I thought he was kidding. Turns out it’s a real meal, eaten around 10:30 in the morning. Apparently, it’s the norm in many parts of Germany. He heard about it from Lord of the Rings. I wish he was kidding. He’s not. He’s just now hitting that growth spurt, the big one where the voice changes and they grow an inch a month so that … Continue reading

The Fitness Blog Week in Review for December 23-29

It’s the last week of December and the last full week of 2006. We did our best to cover a multitude of subjects throughout 2006 and as we head into our second year, we are well aware of the fact that January is a key month for many people getting started on their fitness programs and diving wholeheartedly into their New Year’s Resolutions. We’ll do our best to be there for you and to answer all the questions that we can. So what did we talk about this week? Saturday, December 23 The Top Ten Best Fitness Gifts You Can … Continue reading

Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda – Resolutions & Change

It’s time for making new resolutions and changes. It’s a time for planning ahead to the New Year. It’s a time to think about the things you want to do and the changes you want to make in your life and for your life. The two most often made resolutions and most often broken are to eat less and exercise more. I’m sure if we made a plan to eat more and exercise less, we’d do just fine, but the truth is – we need to stop saying I should do this or I could do this or I would … Continue reading