As you get older, you have more aches and pains and are more easily hurt from being active. I know this first hand from getting hurt exercising a number of years ago. So to prevent injury and be in better physical shape, I encouraged the ...
It's that glorious time of year here in the North East when gardens are full of luscious tomatoes. It took me years to explain to my kids that the ones that come from gardens are not even remotely the same fruit as the orangey-pink globes ...
You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Get a Great Body How many times have you given up on your diet or fitness routine because you weren’t good enough, didn’t do it all right or couldn’t exactly follow or complete what you had to do? My ...
It can be so easy to get into a routine where you start to eat a bit better and get in some aerobic activity, but that is as far as it goes. You are doing enough to get a bit healthier, but not enough to really change your body or your att ...
As Sharon, one of the contestants, said so perfectly, “Small successful changes lead to lasting big results”. And this is just what the members of the groups are finding out. They started off the contest making very small changes wit ...
We live in a city and surrounding community that makes it easier to have a healthy lifestyle than in other parts of the country. We have lots of places and options to be active, from walking the new rail trails or trekking through Maudsley, ...
This week I wanted to show the people in the New You healthy lifestyle groups how they could make healthy meals really quickly, even on a busy night, and love the results.
This was one of those weeks were the Newburyport Farmer's Market delivered big. It was a misty Sunday and the kids and I headed out to shop. After we lugged way too many bags home (I really only went to get one or two things) we then spen ...
Healthy Lifestyle Changes Aren’t Easy It is easier to make a change than it is to maintain it. That’s why so many people can do a diet or a fitness ...
There are many different ways to keep yourself motivated to make healthier choices and stick with exercise intentions. To find out what is working for those in the New You Groups, I asked them to share what was keeping them motivated each ...
