Saying you're too overweight to exercise is like saying you're too skinny to eat.

    Your body needs exercise just the way your body needs food. No matter how overweight you are, you can do something to start the process of losing fat, strengthening your bones, and relieving your joints of the load that they're carrying.
    Start small: Walk 5 minutes day, and increase by 1 or 2 minutes every few days. Soon, you'll be fit enough to walk an hour a day. You can even start small with resistance training. Doing simple exercises with soup cans or books will stimulate your muscles in new ways-and begin the process of kick-starting your metabolism so your body can burn fat.

If you want to live longer, start today. Your family-and your younger body-will thank you.

It's too expensive to eat healthy EXCUSE.

According to the grocery breakdown data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, here’s where our grocery dollars are going per person:

Processed Foods & Sweets – $66.87
Meats – $62.78
Fruits and Vegetables – $42.63
Grains & Baked Goods – $42.05
Beverages – $32.41
Dairy Products – $30.95
Other Foods – $14.31

In doing some basic addition that comes to $155.64 for junk and $136.36 for meats, fruits, vegetables, and dairy.
It seems to me, if you slashed your spending on junk and instead put all of that money towards good, nutritious foods, the “good stuff” wouldn't seem so expensive.  In fact, if the average two-person family just doubled their meat, vegetable, fruit, and dairy and cut out all junk, they’d actually save $40 per month.  This is a simple argument, but the point is valid: if you cut out the crap, the good stuff really shouldn't have much of an effect on your budget.
I think the root of the problem is, in an attempt to eat better, people spend more on good stuff without cutting out the junk, thus the appearance that healthy food causes them to blow through their budget.

Who doesn't love pumpkin in the fall!

Did you know that pumpkin is an extremely good source of vitamins A and C, essential for maintaining good eyesight and a healthy immune system, high in potassium, manganese, copper and one of the B vitamins, riboflavin, considerable amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, iron, folate, vitamins E and B6, niacin, thiamin and pantothenic acid — and is low in salt, cholesterol and saturated fat.

http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-pumpkin-quesadilla/

Morning, Noon, or Night?

In my perfect world I would wake up at 5:00 am and eat a small breakfast...clean the house for 30 minutes and then do my workout! I would shower and be ready to start my day! (daydream)
Oh sorry back to reality! I have two kids, one is a baby and one is in First Grade and I homeschool her....so my world is NOT even close to perfect...But I do schedule my workouts!
I workout around noon time! When my son is sleeping! It makes my day start very late but I ALWAYS schedule my workout time in! Just like I would an appointment! If someone asks hey can you call around noon...nope, sorry I have myself scheduled for that time to be doing something else!
You are more likely to do your workout if it's on your calendar then leaving it to chance! So I ask...do you workout morning, noon, or night? Are you scheduling it?
Happy Workouts!

Need a Healthy Clean snack for the Football Game?? Have no fear!

http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2011/01/20/super-bowl-snacks-a-cleaning-eating-bbq-chicken-pizza-roll-the-men-will-love/

If you SERIOUSLY can't get off the Couch!

Why use Coconut oil??