Live Fit and Sore

Category: Parenting/Family

  • Schools implement fitness boot camp for kids

    Schools implement fitness boot camp for kids. Canadians are on the right track here! Fitness should be fun for kids and a lifelong endeavor! Many students in Edmonton are now taking part in a new fitness boot camp program designed specifically for kids.It’s called No More Excuses Boot Camp for Kids and it’s a circuit-training…

  • A Weather Induced Mini Workout for You!

    Scotty and I went out on a dinner date last nite — and did some errands while we were out. One of the things we started doing after he got sick was to ensure we spent some ‘alone’ time together. So we would go out once a week on a ‘date’. Nothing fancy — usually…

  • Happy Birthday Dad.

    Today is my Dad’s Birthday. I don’t see him very often but he has been doing the Skype thing with us so the kids get to know their grampa. It’s so amazing how different our kids are growing up with technology in their lives than I did. Back when I was Hannah’s age, making a…

  • A Gold’s Gym WOD

    We were invited over to a new couple’s home that moved into the neighborhood last night. What a fun night we had — lots of laughing, sharing stories, opinions — getting to know new people.  I love the meeting new people and getting to know them phase — it opens your mind up to new…

  • Restaurant trends for 2011

    Eating out in 2011 will be about health! Although skeptical, this is great to read because it shows that it’s on the minds of those in the food business.  Of course the fact that they are mentioning improving kids’ nutrition makes me even happier! Let’s keep our eye on this one — Happy eating in…

  • Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

    Women face harder choices —

  • Parenting Taboos – Great TED talk!

    Babble.com publishers Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, in a lively tag-team, expose 4 facts that parents never, ever admit — and why they should. Funny and honest, for parents and nonparents alike.

  • CSPI helps mom sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys

    Here’s the article to go with my post from yesterday: Parents and Mcdonalds The Checkup – CSPI helps mom sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys. The D.C.-based nutrition watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest has helped a California mother file a class-action suit against McDonald’s, demanding that the burger chain stop marketing…

  • Gear: No-sweat holiday gifts for serious athletes

    via Gear: No-sweat holiday gifts for serious athletes Need ideas for the athlete in your life? Take a look at some of these suggestions — The serious athlete is a picky fellow or gal, normally quite unwilling to delegate the critical task of shopping for high-tech training gadgets to mere holiday well-wishers. But the stuff…

  • Parents and Mcdonalds

    I just saw a story on GMA about a Mom suing McDonald’s because her daughter is obsessed with Happy Meals and the toys that come with it. She says its their fault with their marketing targeted towards kids and she can tell her daughter ‘No’ but she sees the commercials on TV and it’s a…