Understanding and Tackling Obesity
We know that obesity is an epidemic. More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. The statistics are even higher in northeast Michigan. As a community, we need to acknowledge this growing risk, stop ignoring [...]
Use Fitness to Get Through Changes in Life
Changes in life can derail your health or changes in life can be used as fuel to improve your health. You decide. One local woman did it both ways. Her story is inspiring. Life changed [...]
Cut the Excuses: Health Just Feels Better
There are many reasons not to exercise and eat healthy. It can be inconvenient to cook, it is hard to make time for fitness and it is just easier to sit on the couch. But [...]
Good Health is the Best Medical Care of All
Just as the seasons change quickly in the Spring, from snow to sunshine to rain, our health can turn without notice. My 75-year-old father fell recently. He tripped in the dark, hitting the tile floor [...]
How Much Have You Gained?
How much have you gained? What if we all agree to flip the question? Instead of asking our friends how much weight they have lost on their diet or exercise program, let’s ask each other [...]
Transformation: From Sick Boy to Superman
If you knew that starting a fitness routine, and sticking with it, could change your entire life and radically improve your future, would you be inspired lace up your shoes and make a plan? I [...]