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I was 25% up the side of a beginner’s rock climbing hill in 1981 and could not pull myself an inch higher. Defeated, blocked – STYMIED by not enough strength – I scrambled to the side path and walked, dejected, up the easy grade to the top. Consoling me afterward the climbing guide said…”You need […]

When it comes to annual lab results, we’re assailed with numbers: HDL, LDL, Serum Glucose, Triglycerides and TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) to name a few. Is there any ONE no-lab-work-needed number that can give us a clue if we are preventing Metabolic Syndrome* and making deposits into our health bank? Yes. We can calculate the ONE

You’ve heard the children’s ditty… I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream!What do we do this Labor Day to share in the frozen, favorite end-of-Summer treat and still protect our waist line? How about beginning with negotiation: Walk the frozen dessert aisles looking for lower calorie, low sugar options. Maybe non-fat frozen

During a golf fitness webinar I attended last Thursday, a one sentence reference to Dr. Andy Galpin, (click on name) kinesiology professor at Cal State Fullerton, sent me scrolling through his website and other deep dive fitness sites until eureka* – the picture for today’s post appeared. Dazzling my eyes were eye candy health benefits

It’s August – heat and humidity hang heavy. How can a psychedelic winding road inspire us to keep going when only at-home air conditioning knows our name? Weather notwithstanding, with every step, imaginary or real, we’re going somewhere. We’re creating the color of our life. Will it be a Masterpiece? The long road says yes.

My mind groused and niggled about things that didn’t feel quite right one bright morning last week. I stepped onto the patio and out of nowhere Fresh Air inserted itself into me as three cheers for gratitude. Discontent fled. With one breath the switch had flipped and smiling at the world became okay. I can’t

Lazy Southern California August days lead to flip flop thong sandals showing up on people’s feet nearly everywhere we look. The message is clear – flip flop wearers either are heading to the beach or prioritizing casual, comfortable, laid back living. “You don’t own flip flops anymore.” A stark, cold thought accused me.My denial flashed

One thing about enforced learning is how good it is for cognitive development. Since focus of these blog posts is fitness and wellbeing, discussing our mental state when new learning presents itself may be worth some attention. If you’ll click here or on the links at top and bottom of this post, you’ll notice my

I eliminated the offender. It was my 10-year-old scale. Ever since the mid-March shutdown, numbers have trended upward. Here an ounce, there an ounce, everywhere an ounce-ounce. Then the pound differentials started showing up. “This thing has gotten old and does not want to tell me the truth,” I muttered when stepping on it every morning.

“Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack. I don’t care if I never get back.”  This week we celebrate two pay attention events: National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday and Major League Baseball’s Thursday, the 23rd, end to three-and-a-half months delay of Opening Day. You wonder…”How come a nod to hot dogs?” Last year at this time I