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Getting Back on Track

The New Year is here and the celebrations and shine of diving into a brand new year are over and done with. Like any brand new item or toy or year for that matter, the newness is attractive and enough to make you grin and when that newness wears off – it’s time to get back to the habit of the regular routine and that can be a bit of struggle. It’s hard to perk up after the holidays because everything that happens after wards is rather anticlimactic to the weeks of build up. Not to mention, we call the … Continue reading →

Maintaining Fitness in the Holiday Season

The holiday season is fast approaching and this is the hardest part of the year for many people to stick to their exercise routine as family comes to visit, holiday shopping, cold and stormy weather and more can really diffuse how we look at our fitness goals and our fitness workout. Stressful is one of the best ways to describe the holiday season. Stress doesn’t need to be caused by negative events but the anxiety surrounding the holidays, the parties, the commitments and the shopping can be pretty stressful on the body and the mind. It can make it hard … Continue reading →

End of June: Fitness Goal Check Up

It’s the last day of June and it’s time to look back at the month behind us. I think it’s important that we take a day to self-assess where we are and where we’re going. We’ve done this for every month of this year and now we’re leaving behind the sixth month of the year, entering the height of summer, preparing to celebrate the country’s birthday and beginning the trek into the end of the year. Wow! For those of you who’ve been with us or who are just joining us here – woo hoo to you! It’s a privilege … Continue reading →

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

Why is it that whenever we decide to start a new diet or fitness plan we hoard it like a dirty little secret? Are we afraid that if we let the cat out of the bag our friends will comment or tease? Worse, maybe your friends will sabotage you if you seem to change before their eyes and start skipping the weekly pizza binge or the trips to Starbuck’s. So in order to keep your diet plans from being unintentionally sabotaged, it’s important that they understand how important it is to you. You can circumvent potential sabotage because you make … Continue reading →

Wedding Planning

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Several years ago, when my husband and I were engaged, I remember having several conversations that began with me discussing planning my own wedding and getting tripped up on the details. I wanted to plan something small, something intimate and certainly nothing that would resemble public spectacle. Frighteningly enough, there are lists that you need to consider that take two to three pages to cover and I will be listing a lot of those throughout this month in our Going to the Chapel month. In the meanwhile, when it comes to planning a wedding you have a few options: You … Continue reading →