Day: April 5, 2010

  • Ten Things You Didn’t Know Are In the Health Care Bill

    I’m sure it’s not so simple, so please read with your own comfort level of skepticism… Menu labeling. Restaurants with over 20 employees must include calorie counts and other nutrition information on the menu. SWAG reporting. Doctors must report valuable goodies they receive from health vendors. Right to Pump. New moms must be given space…

  • Visiting a National Park

    So why don’t we eliminate the junk food machines from schools and add in a simple 30-minute break for fitness during the school day. Even if it meant extending the school day for 30-minutes, most evidence has shown that allowing kids a break during the school day to burn off stress and energy would result…

  • Flexible Spending Accounts Getting Slightly Less Flexible

    Something we should all be aware of… lawmakers have changed the way flexible spending accounts are treated in order — they say — to discourage wasteful health care spending at the end of the year. The government will now cap annual contributions to FSAs at $2,500 and consumers will no longer be able to use…

  • No excuse really…

    I have begun on occasion to do some grocery shopping at Walmart. I hate to even admit it but it is cheaper and they do have some organic selection of produce so when I have time, I go there. The lines are too long and there is no one to help you if you have…

  • Monday, Monday

    Here’s a pic of me after my work out this AM and the April documentation. It was a tough one and the change in season seems to do a wonder on my asthma. I had a lot of issues breathing today but got through it. Weigh in day and I apparently lost 3lbs but I…