Lead a Fit and Healthy Life
Giving Back
Chronic Wellness – Laurie E.
01 year ago
I read this today from my friend Laurie E. from Chronic Wellness. Laurie is one of the inspiring woman I have met in my road to wellness who has changed her own life completely and now wants to help others. If you are looking for a great coach who will provide you with wellness coaching so you can learn to make wellness a habit, not just a passing hobby.
Sometimes simply wanting to is just not enough and you need some support and guidance on how to start….
Any drama around you almost certainly matches a drama within you -self-hatred, worry, repression. Fix it within, and it’ll dissolve everywhere.—Martha Beck
Scope It Out 5K – Race for Colon Cancer Awareness
01 year ago
I’m going to take this opportunity to run my first 5k of the season in honor of my husband -Scott who is a colon cancer survivor. I’m looking to get a team of at least 5 together to run the Scope it Out 5K! Time is running out to register – Race is next weekend — on March 20th! www.scopeitout5k.com.
If you want to join me – go ahead and register and we are team Ashburn CrossFit Impavidus.
Tomorrow is Dress in Blue Day for Colon Cancer Awareness
01 year ago
When is Dress in Blue Day?
It is celebrated on the first Friday of March. In 2011, Dress in Blue Day is Friday, March 4th.
What is Dress in Blue Day?
The purpose of Dress in Blue Day is to promote awareness about colon cancer and encourage people to get their colon checked.
Why do we need to raise awareness of colon cancer?
Because:
- * Colon cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.
- * Approximately 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer each year.
- * Colon cancer often has no symptoms at all until it’s at an advanced stage.
- * Colon cancer is 80% preventable when detected early.
- * You can reduce your risk through regular screenings.
- * Beginning at age 50 (or earlier if you have a family history), everyone should get their colon checked.
Cancer Support Blogs
01 year ago
I was recently contacted by Roxanne McAnn at Nursingschools.net about a recent article on their own blog about bloggers who have opened their lives and experiences to help others going thru the same. They have included my blog! I am so honored and this is truly what it’s all about for me — giving back and helping others that have experienced a life changing event that forced them to re-look at their lives and start making better choices for themselves and their families. If I can do that for others — then I have done my job.
50 Terrific Blogs for Cancer Support
Cancer is a despicable, overwhelming disease that’s still frustrating doctors and nurses, as well as their patients. But through all the tests, hospital stays, surgeries, chemotherapy and side effects of cancer, a powerful and uplifting network of bloggers has also flourished. These bloggers have opened up to their families and the public to share their fear and shock during diagnosis, physical burdens during treatment, and struggles to get back to a more normal life once they’ve kicked cancer out, hopefully for good.
Eight Leadership Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.
01 year ago
Eight Leadership Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today is Martin Luther King Day in the United States. On this day we celebrate the life and work of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. I want to take a few minutes and reflect on what is commonly referred to as his “I Have a Dream” speech.
It helped give me some inspiration to write my K12, Inc Blog post:
Teaching Kids About Great Leadership to honor MLKDay http://bit.ly/hcfM8a
January 17, 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday and many states are encouraging Americans to use this holiday as a way to give back. Make sure you and your family visit the MLK Day of Service website to find get information about this effort and find projects that “strengthen communities, empower individuals, bridge barriers, and create solutions” – all actions that can help make our world a better place to live.
Here’s to helping create the next generation of Great leaders!
Take some time to share some of the great leaders in your life and how they continue to inspire you by leaving a comment below.
Susan G. Komen Foundation Elbows Out Charities Over Use Of The Word ‘Cure’
81 year ago
I am hoping this is a case of misreporting — I often tell people to make sure they know where their donation money is going. Every non-profit is required to publicly account for their money. We owe it to the cause and ourselves to ensure that our money is indeed going for its intended purpose —
In addition to raising millions of dollars a year for breast cancer research, fundraising giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure has a lesser-known mission that eats up donor funds: patrolling the waters for other charities and events around the country that use any variation of “for the cure” in their names.
So far, Komen has identified and filed legal trademark oppositions against more than a hundred of these Mom and Pop charities, including Kites for a Cure, Par for The Cure, Surfing for a Cure and Cupcakes for a Cure–and many of the organizations are too small and underfunded to hold their ground.
via Susan G. Komen Foundation Elbows Out Charities Over Use Of The Word ‘Cure’.
One Year of Live Fit and Sore!
01 year ago
I forgot to mark a momentous occasion that passed recently — one year of Live Fit and Sore!
Here is the link to the post I created Nov 18th about why I started this blog: http://livestrongandsore.com/2009/11/18/hello-world/
Nov 2009
And today, here are my thoughts – I started this particular blog Nov 18 2009 with the intent of inspiring others to make a change in their lives. People everywhere come up with excuses as to why they can’t get started on living fit and healthy. Just this past Friday, I saw some people I don’t see very often and the topic of my healthy life came up. This old friend of mine said that she had no time to do it because she has teenagers and is always busy getting them from here to there or helping them out. I call B.S. on that — as you know if you read this blog — there are women at the boot camp that are Moms of teens and they make a choice to get up early and fit in exercise because it’s important to them. As I have quoted before – -when you are ready to make a change, you will. And if 80% of losing weight is diet alone — that has NOTHING to do with time. That has to do with making the right choices. You can always order a salad at a restaurant, some grilled chix etc. But, enough lecturing —
My goal is to set an example to my kids and the people in my life that you can do it. Despite life’s adversities – it’s important to carve out time to exercise for health and stress relief. You can do it. I can do it. And as you can see — it’s totally worth it.
Dec 2010
So with that being said – I hope you find inspiration and support here — I feel great and am so inspired that I want to help others feel that way too.
NFL star Michael Vick urges kindness to animals in visit to New Haven school – King Of Prussia Courier
11 year ago
NFL star Michael Vick urges kindness to animals in visit to New Haven school
Now I have mixed feelings about this. I do believe people can change and perhaps Vick has changed but he treated those dogs so badly, that how do you forgive that? Those dogs didn’t want that and didn’t deserve it and the thought of it, just breaks my heart. Here’s this guy who is still able to play football, earn big bucks after what he did. Sure he goes around to schools talking about it to help make amends, but has he really paid a real tangible price for what he did? I’m not so sure…
NEW HAVEN — Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback Michael Vick told Hillhouse High School students on Tuesday morning that he would hold them accountable to be kind to animals and to attain their goals.
Vick, who was imprisoned for 18 months for running a dogfighting ring in Georgia, has been traveling with Wayne Pacelle, a New Haven native and president of the Humane Society of the United States, to talk about his experiences and urge students not to get involved in animal cruelty.
“I didn’t really care what people felt about animals,” Vick told an audience full of students excited to see the star. “I didn’t care about the welfare of animals.”
Vick, whose Eagles beat the New York Giants in Philadelphia on Sunday, pointed out that animals have no choice when they’re put in the ring. If you could ask a dog if it wants to fight, “Do you think he’ll say yeah?” Vick asked.
Vick said he saw good coming out of his negative experience. “I think I’m being used by God, because all the laws have changed since my incident,” he said.
But while he has served his legal obligation and is working “to turn it into something positive,” as Pacelle said, he is still paying a price.
“Nowadays, every day my daughters ask me if we can get a dog. … I can’t get a dog for my kids,” said Vick, who is barred from owning animals.
Gratitude: The Wonder Drug
01 year ago
Thanksgiving, as its name attests, is a time for us to be grateful for the things we have—whether it’s a loving family and friends, health, material wealth, a decent job or good child care to make our juggles go more smoothly.But giving thanks isn’t just a custom that we should do once a year as our families gather around a turkey. In today’s Health Journal column, Melinda Beck explains how giving thanks actually improves our mental and physical health—and that of our kids—and should be incorporated regularly into our lives.Recent studies have shown that adults who often feel grateful are more energetic, optimistic, happier and have more social connections than those who do not. What’s more, grateful people earn more money, sleep more soundly, exercise more regularly and have greater resistance to viral infections, Beck writes. Meanwhile, kids who regularly give thanks tend to be less materialistic, get better grades, set higher goals, complain of fewer headaches and stomach aches and feel more satisfied with their friends, families and schools than those who don’t, Beck adds.
River Creek 5K Fun Run
01 year ago
This morning I got up — enjoying that extra hour of sleep — and headed out for a small fun run 5K race in the River Creek Community to benefit Capital Hospice. It was in the 30s and the race course was hilly. My lungs killed and I found myself stopping quite a few times to recover. Cold air and asthma do not go together when you haven’t been running in the cold for a while. It turned out the race was actually 3.8mi –and as I approached the last part of the course, a big hill that seemed to go on forever greeted me. Who would put a BIG HILL on the course after the ton of hills we just endured and make it right before the finish line — that is just mean! The pic above was taken during our lovely brunch hosted by Kimmy. She won a medal for first in her age group!
I don’t have the official race results yet but I “think” i finished in about 33 minutes –
(33 minutes) / (3.8 miles) = 8.68421053 minutes per mile
