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Turning Your Family Room into a Home Gym
The Andie Day team was recently discussing the pros and cons of working out at the gym. The general consensus was how difficult it can be to get there with our attention being pulled in what seems like a million different directions. While this is probably typical for most of us, we are all about solutions--we decided turning a family room or great room in our home into a gym would be a great motivator to keep our fitness goals in check...what do you think? When we...
Goal Setting: Inspiration and Visualization
Andie Day and Deb Grillo Burke If you are working hard to stay on an exercise regimen to realize your goal of weight loss and a healthy body, it helps to set yourself small attainable goals along the way. For example, say you have been working out diligently but find yourself plateauing along the way. This is your body telling you that you need to change things up and increase your level of exercise and healthy eating. While your ultimate goal might be losing 50 pounds, setting...
Which Life Are You Designing?
From the Shake Shack Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. We came across this image in a little shop in Newburyport, called the Shake Shack. In essence, it reminds us that the life we're all designing right now could and most likely will affect us as we move through each of life's phases. It's easy to get so caught up in the everyday details of life that we forget to take care of ourselves today so that we can continue to enjoy all our tomorrows. Though life...
Guided Imagery
By Melissa Cummings, RN Our lives have become unmanageably stressful over the past fifty years. With the addition of computers, cell phones and television it can take less than a minute after waking up to find something to get the adrenaline pumping through your body. Then, down a cup of coffee, jump in a hot shower, and off to work, where you must handle whatever life has to throw at you. After work, responsibilities are endless, until finally you can get into bed, and hopefully,...
Metamorphosis Workout by Tracy Anderson
If you're self motivated and can stick to a workout routine at home, then Tracy Anderson's Metamorphosis might be the program for you. Tracy is already working with many Hollywood stars including Gwyneth Paltrow. Tracy Anderson Metamorphosis On the Tracy Anderson Method website, the program is described this way, "In the newly released Metamorphosis by Tracy, you will transform your body, defy your genetics, and create the body that you never thought possible. Prepare...
Fitness: Let’s Move! Initiative with Michelle Obama
"In the end, as First Lady, this isn't just a policy issue for me. This is a passion. This is my mission. I am determined to work with folks across this country to change the way a generation of kids thinks about food and nutrition," said First Lady Michelle Obama Michelle Obama, like many First Ladies before her, has found a way to bring to the forefront issues that are important to her. Hillary Clinton promoted the concept that "it takes a village" to raise a child. When she...