Your Environment Matters

Who Surrounds You? There is a familiar quotation from the legendary author and speaker Jim Rohn, had a famous saying: You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Think about it.  Who do you spend most of your time with – day in and day out?  Are those people…

5 Reasons To Love The Fitbit

What is so great about the Fitbit? Eliz expresses her deep, abiding, geeky love for the fitness tool, Fitbit. Five Reasons To Love the Fitbit: It’s easy to use and durable It tracks so much more than steps including sleep, amount of water you drink, and calories eaten. Tons of geeky data!! The silent alarm…

Exercise for the Non-Exerciser

Are you a Non-exerciser, like me? Recently, a quiz from Everyday Health on Exercise Personalities pegged me as a “Non-Exerciser”. What!? At first horrified, I quickly came to realize it makes sense.  I don’t really like exercising and do it because it is important to my health. Most of my fitness advice centers fitting more…

Use Your Head (and your heart) Shoveling Snow!

As the first real snow of the season comes our way, we wanted to take the chance to remind you to Use Your Head (and protect your heart) when Shoveling Snow! Good news: Those flakes falling from the sky provide an excellent opportunity for cardiovascular exercise!  Yes, shoveling – or walking behind a snow blower…

Juggling Lessons at South Carolina Farm Bureau Women’s Conference

Farm women from across South Carolina learned about stress management in Eliz’s program Juggling Lessons for Life at the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’ s Leadership Conference held at Clemson University. The conference was themed around apples – check out this article about apples reducing your risk of stroke! After lunch, some of the…

Pay Your Body Back™ with an Active Lifestyle

Make sure you Pay Your Body Back™ with enough activity every day to keep it working properly. Getting enough activity can be difficult when you spend your day at a desk or behind the wheel. The good news is a small amount of activity can make a difference in your health. A study at Duke…

Too Busy To Work Out? Use Chunks: Active At Work

So what if you can’t make it to the gym! Find it hard to fit a 30 minute workout into your busy day? Don’t worry, short periods of activity can be just as beneficial. Don’t deprive your body of the activity it needs – get it in small chunks of time. Research conducted by the…

Busy Woman’s Guide Review of Mari Winsor Slimming Pilates

Product Description: Mari Winsor Slimming Pilates features three DVDs and an innovative exercise tool called The Accelerator, A weight loss plan, eating on the go booklet and offer to join Mari’s web group are also included. Price: $59.95 Rating System is on the scale of 1 to 5 hearts. One heart is a poor rating,…

How To Pay Your Body Back™ With an Active Lifestyle

Your body was built to move, not sit. Make sure you Pay Your Body Back™ with enough activity every day to keep it working properly. Getting enough activity can be difficult when you spend your day at a desk or behind the wheel. The good news is a small amount of activity can make a…