Do Something Fun...

     This is my granddaughter, Jules, bowling at her Birthday party.  All of the kids and adults are having a good time, laughing and getting exercise.   Bowling is great exercise.  It is great fun for young or old alike, as it doesn't require a certain "body type" or too much flexibility to get that ball down the alley.
      Of course, then we all had cake.  It is a must at a party to celebrate.  The fact that you are exercising though, makes the calories and carbohydrates in the cake not so bad.  It's really all a trade-off.  You need to burn more calories than you take in to lose weight, it's as simple as that.  You don't need the advanced liquid diets or the vegetarian diets or the diet where you can't eat anything at all that you like.  You need to balance your life with exercise and eating to where you at least burn the calories you take in to maintain your weight, or burn more calories than you take in to lose some weight.
      It was a beautiful fall day today.  My wife, her sister and her niece and friend went out to the pumpkin patch and cider mill.  They walked through the corn maze.  The flung apples with a slingshot at targets in a field.  They felt that exercise entitled them to an apple cider doughnut.  They are right.  Enjoying life while keeping moving is how you survive.
      It will be getting colder soon.  Don't fret.  Bowling, roller skating, walking on the treadmill, snowball fights are all great activities.  You don't have to shut down when the weather changes, you have to change with it.

Bowling and cake are awesome...

What Are You Eating?

   

     Most nations, including Australia, Japan and all of the countries in the European Union, do not consider GMOs, Genetically Modified Organisms, to be safe.   Genetically modified food, also known as genetically engineered food, are the crop plants that have been modified in the lab  to enhance desired traits, such as resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content.  

     Currently commercialized GM crops in the U.S. include soy (94%), cotton (90%), canola (90%), sugar beets (95%), corn (88%), Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%), zucchini and yellow squash (over 24,000 acres).  In the U.S., the government has approved GMOs based on studies conducted by the same corporations that created them and profit from their sale. There is a growing body of evidence that is now connecting GMOs with health problems, environmental damage and the violation of consumer rights.  The creation of GMOs is also leading to the development of stronger, more dangerous pesticides.  

     You should be aware of what you are eating and what you can do about it.  If what you are eating is dangerous, you need to know that.  You also need to contact your representatives and tell them that the new DOW pesticides should not be allowed.   My wife and I signed several petitions on Dr. Oz, calling for the labeling of GM foods and the ban of these super pesticides. 

     

     

You are what you eat...