Weight Loss

Let me tell you, the human brain makes up some amazing stories.  And ever since the internet we’ve all become doctors and specialists.  I thought I had diabetes.  My feet were burning and tingling, I was tired, my eyes hurt.  My dad had it, stands to reason I’d get that too, right? Wrong. The good…

It’s time to let go. Things have got to go.  There’s no reason to hold on to clothes that no longer fit.  I’ve been reading the book “the life changing magic of tidying up” by Marie Kondo about the KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing and storing.  She says if the item doesn’t fit and even…

No, really.  I was in Cosmos.  Cosmos, MN. Just got back from vacation and headed to Aberdeen, SD to speak at a conference this week and on the way ran into Cosmos, MN.  Where they are holding the Space Festival.  You can’t make this stuff up!  The third weekend of July every year is the Space…

Vacation, we all need to vacate. I’m in North Carolina with my 11 year old great nephew and yesterday we were en-route.  On the way, at midnight at the Budget rent-a-car we had to make a very tough decision.  Should we keep the Mazda, or spend an extra $100 dollars and take the Mustang? It’s…

It’s good to switch things up.  Is your workout the same thing, time after time?  This week I flipped a 75 pound tractor tire in my workout.  That was fun. We also slammed 40 pound ropes and did a little boxing.  Talk about working up a sweat! I also walked all over the high school…

Sunday would have been a great day to sleep late, go to out to breakfast, read a book and have a lazy day. I had two boys at my house – my great nephews.  You can bet only one of those things happened.  We went out to breakfast.  Steven and Hunter are always a joy…

I’ve been working out with my trainer twice a week.  Leah Feltz of Leah Feltz Fitness works around my schedule, which is a challenge.  She also works around my physical abilities.  We are not working on weight loss, or on any specific body part.  It doesn’t work that way, a good trainer knows you can’t concentrate…

You gotta look out for the sneaky exercise opportunities.  This weekend the bugger jumped out in front of me and handed me a pitchfork! No kidding, a pitchfork. Then I proceeded on Friday to spread mulch over the grounds of Wilson Brewer Park for six hours, with a pitchfork. On Saturday morning, we did it…

To often we belittle ourselves.  We say things to ourselves we’d never say to our children.  We don’t accept compliments well.  We continue to talk to ourselves in negative language.  We don’t put ourselves first in the list of priorities.  We manage to make everything more important. I’m changing that this year.  At least for…