Go, Troopers, go!

Great Boot Camp session last night!

Gretchen pushed the envelope on the top performer list with a 2min/15secs hover. Sister Kathleen was not far behind holding it for 2min/10secs. Awesome! Next week we move up to our 2 mile run/walk and conquering the hill.

For an interesting twist, we've using the Army Physical Fitness Guide to compare our performance to what it takes to become a military recruit.

How do you compare?
Find out here. . .

Get ready to enlist for spring training.
Check out the upcoming schedule.

Bacon Doughnut Web Rant

Deep down we have to know.

I believe it in my soul.

We HAVE to know that we should not be eating candied bacon ice cream. Bacon chocolate chip cookies. A bacon shell taco. Or, my personal jaw dropping favorite, the bacon doughnut shown here. No nutrition degree is necessary. We know it won't lead to good health or weightloss success.

Take a look at this website: Thisiswhyyourfat.com

What did you think when you saw those foods?
And, no, "yum" is not the correct answer! Four laps, then drop and give me twenty just for thinking it cuz you'll need at least that to burn off the calories...

All I can say is HOW COME?? When pondering what to put on the menu who thought "hey, I know, I'll deep fry a Mars bar and a Twinkie"? Now, of course, these things wouldn't be out there if there was no one to BUY them...

Our government spends, and has spent, millions in hard cash and manhours educating the public on what we should be eating (in case the advice of doctors, nutritionists, and fitness professionals wasn't quite enough, of course). The new USDA Food Pyramid alone took four years and cost $2.4 million to complete. All in the name of helping us eat better, live better, and FEEL better because there can be no doubt that you will experience at least a few ill sensations after wolfing down something called "the garbage plate" (check out that website again, it was there I swear).

Now it's not to say that you can't visit a restaurant and have a treat now and then, but most of the 27 percent of adults and 12.5 percent of children who are obese didn't become that way due to an occasional treat. Moderation. That's the key. Or, at least one of the most important of them. Exercise in moderation. Eat in moderation. Enjoy a moderate treat, in moderation. The magazine Men's Health does great "Eat this, not that" sections that offer helpful options for getting that junk food fix without sacrificing your health. When in doubt though, walk away!

Take care of your body!
You only get one and you have to live in it for the rest of your life!

Ok. . .
I'm finished now.
;)