Yesterday I introduced you to 93 year old Charlotte, and talked about exercise for the over 65 crowd. But we all (should) know that exercise knows no age barriers, in terms of the benefits it provides. Earlier this month, I read an article about a study being done in "my town" at the charter middle school. It involves actually teaching math lessons while the kids … [Read more...] about The Magic of Movement
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The GBOMBS Revisited
Ha! Looking back at yesterday's posting, only some of it made it to the page, but I think you all got the important point, which was KNOW YOUR CALORIES. And no matter how much the science changes day to day and month to month, I am still a big advocate of calorie counting. One thing I have really come to feel in my own body over the past couple of months is how much food I … [Read more...] about The GBOMBS Revisited
News From the Garden…
Based on our "adopted" son Pete's most simplistic gardening theory (basically plant the seed of anything, or anything with a seed...also anything that starts to grow a root, like an old potato) which has been working beautifully for him, I went super cheap and super simple in starting this year's garden. Between the new version of the white fly, which is wreaking havoc on our … [Read more...] about News From the Garden…
Good Morning America
"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America - there is the United States of America." --President Barack Obama What a great job Americans did making their vote count, in record turnout...except, of course, in Florida where they … [Read more...] about Good Morning America
Every Picture Tells a Story….
Just a little more proof that children definitely learn what they see, not what they are told.... Jane and her son, Nate (5) doing plank with a twist (perfectly). When I go to Jane's house to train, her kids often enjoy coming in to do a workout, too. While Nate's older brother, Sam, was busy doing exercises with elastic tubing, Nate was working with mom doing sets of these, … [Read more...] about Every Picture Tells a Story….