PRESIDENT OBAMA + HEALTHCARE...

"WE KEEP ON WAITING... WAITING FOR THE WORLD TO CHANGE..."

WELL, IT LOOKS AS IF THAT WAIT IS TURNING TO ACTION

BARACK OBAMA is president elect, so it's time to review the impact he will have within the Fitness and Health Community. If you haven't had a chance to HEAR or READ about his HEALTHCARE PLAN, now is the time!

Points of Interest:
1) Make Health Insurance Work for People and Businesses - Not Just Insurance and Drug Companies...
2) Reduce Costs and Save a Typical American Family up to $2,500...
3) The Obama-Biden plan will promote public health...
4) A Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility...

I, for one, am very supportive of this plan and will be one of the first people signing up so I can get my discounts!

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT ELECT
BARACK OBAMA!

Soak it all away...

BY: MADAM DLBG

CALGON...TAKE ME AWAY...AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I believe baths are an essential component to health. I don't know of any fitness or health professional that has acknowledge this, but I know many people that would disregard my previous statement. Before you dismiss my claim, please allow me to make my case.

Whether you know it or not, your mentality plays a huge role in your fitness and health states. Where your mind is at is as important as how your form is during and exercise or a yearly physical. The saying "mind over matter" is a very true one. The translation of this idiom is that the power of your mind is stronger than the body. That to me says that if you're thinking it and focused on it, it can be.

With the right ingredients, a bath can not only help your to body to relax, but it can also allow you to open your mind and think or not think about things that are happening around you. Speaking for myself, most of my Einstein moments were while bubbles were wrapped around my body. But hey, you don't have to take my word for it. All I ask is that you try.

You see, even Rev. Run of "Run DMC"and "Run's House" fame receives his wonderful thoughts of the day during bath time.

Try some of these additions to help make bath time your zen time:

1) Scented Bubble Bath... Preferably an aroma therapy type
2) Candles... Once again, aroma therapy smells help
3) Your favorite relaxation drink
4) Something to do... Read your favorite book, write in a journal, have a specific thought you want to mull over or even decide to let your thoughts run wild
5) Try not to rush through it
6) Epsom salt... For those that has tightness in muscles and joints or just had a workout
7) Breathing and/or thought exercises
8) Low lights... This is where the candles can come in
9) No interruptions... Tell the boo, spouse, and/or kids to leave you be!

Seasonal Resolutions

BY: MADAM DLBG


IT'S MARATHON SEASON!

It's September, and for me that often means a time for change. While the official start date of Fall/Autumn is the 22nd, the month of September denotes a new season. Why not make some resolutions? You do it for the New Year, and whether you realize or not, you do it for the Spring/Summer also [does this sound familiar; "I'm gonna start exercising/join a gym/hire a trainer so I can... a) fit into my new bikini b) have the ladies trip off my 6-8 pack c) not have cellulite].

Notice that when one make resolutions for an entire year at the beginning of the year, it is extremely hard to stick to or even get through all of those *promises* that you make to yourself. So here is my dare to you...and myself. Why not skim through those New Year Resolutions and select the ones that you have yet to accomplish? Next, choose the few that you know you can realistically complete or begin within the next 3 months and hop to them. This helps to ease the stress and demand of that long list you started in January.

Another options, for those who have either completed those New Year Resolutions or tossed them out completely, is to set new, smaller goals. Keep in mind that the things you choose must be complete or begun no later than December 1st.

Seasonal Resolutions can be an exceptional way to approach your life and goals in general. With shorter time periods, you feel the urgency of needing to complete the tasks., which spurs you to the finish line There's no stress of beginning yearly resolutions until November. You can accomplish larger goals in steps so that you don't feel overwhelmed with the end result you are seeking. Reassessments can be made so that you may see your tasks in a more realistic way after you have tried one way during the previous season.

You see, the benefits of Seasonal Resolutions far outweigh those promises you make to yourself just because a new year has begun or you feel you should look a certain way at a certain point in time. You're demanded to be consist in your life and lifestyle, and who couldn't use a little fitness consistency?

**Challenge: Take some time and put together your fitness and health Seasonal Resolutions and then come back and share them =)!**