Day: June 17, 2011

  • Education Matters in Cancer Outcome

    When it Comes to Dying of Cancer, Education Matters The American Cancer Society is out with its annual stats on how many people get and die from the disease in the U.S. Incidence and death rates are on the decline, though this year, the report estimates, there will still be almost 1,597,000 new cases of…

  • High School Students need to MOVE!

    CDC: High school students don’t exercise enough High school students aren’t doing much running – and when they do run, there’s a good chance it’s to a vending machine. Roughly one-third of high school students in the U.S. drink two or more sodas, sports drinks, or other sugary beverages per day, but only 15% get…

  • Things you need to hear

    One of my friends, Tina K. posted this on facebook today. Today, let’s not worry about the opinion of others. Let’s not abandon ourselves to please other people. Let’s not give our power away because we feel we need the approval of other people. Let’s celebrate filling ourselves so that we may be of even…

  • A challenging workout of Jerks

    Holy cow am I sore. I know I said I love being fit and SORE but this may be a bit over the top.  Note to self – doing 50m lunges for 3 rounds and then doing 200 squats over 2 days is just not the smartest approach to fitness for me. Most people skip…