by Dan | Dec 31, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Goals, Holidays, Motivation, Wellness/Health
The holidays are always a good time to sit back and reflect upon this past year. What went right? What went wrong? What do we need to change? What do we need to do to improve? This is particularly true when it comes to ourselves, our health, and trying to do better with doing more exercise, and watching our diets/food intake. Setting new goals, or adjusting old goals can be good, but instead of making ourselves commit to another goal, often times unrealistic, how about if we work on trying to improve upon what we have already done well. This is also a time to take advantage to learn from what we have not done well.
This was my daughter, Molly, and her response to what she thought of her christmas presents this year. This should actually be our response to what we have accomplished this year, and realize that we are not going to do everything right. What is more important out of all of this is to realize what we have done right and appreciate it, and to keep moving forward and learn from what we did wrong. We can all do a better job when it comes to our own health. We can all do better with exercise and diet. It is a continuous committment we must make, and we can do it, but it does take effort. Anything worth having in life does not come easy. So remember as we get ready to go forward to 2012–Stay active, spend time with family and friends, and continue to take care of ourselves. There are a lot of people out there that would miss you if you were gone. Have a happy upcoming New Year!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1556
by kelsey | Dec 28, 2011 | Etc.
We have been busy getting geared up for our winter STRIVE 2 Survive program that starts next Tuesday, January 3rd. I have gotten many calls and emails with interest, so I thought I’d list the dates on our main page for further reference.
Our program is a 12 week program, in which we meet 6 out of the 12 times. The weeks we do not meet, a take home lesson will be mailed or emailed to you. The days we will be meeting are:
January 3rd: “Exercise for the Health of It” –Dr. Dan Reiffenberger
January 17th: “Healthy Eating Made Easy” –Kelsey Raml, MS, RD, LN
January 31: “Your Equation to Success” –Dr. Jon McAreavey
February 14th: “A Walk thru the Wellness Wheel” –Dr. Clark Likness
Februray 28th: “Medications…to do or not to do” –Deidra VanGilder, PharmD
March 13th: “Making Health a Way of Life” –STRIVE Team
If you are interested in learning more about the program and/or are would like to get enrolled, please contact us today! There’s still room!
-Kelsey
by kelsey | Dec 27, 2011 | Etc.
We hope you all had a very nice Christmas! I enjoyed my week off by spending it with family, relaxing, and doing some cooking and baking. Holidays are always such a fun time of the year! I included a picture of one of my favorite goodies I made: peanut butter kiss cookies. I unfortunately got the flu earlier in the week along with half of my family, which made it easier for us to not over-indulge with all these goodies.
As we look to the New Year this weekend, we are reminded of resolutions. Some people set resolutions to get back on track with life or their goals, but often times they are short lived. One of our main goals with STRIVE2Survive is to encourage LIFELONG wellness, not just a quick fix! Our winter STRIVE2Survive session will be starting next Tuesday, January 3rd. We meet 6 out of the 12 weeks (see calendar under the info tab for dates) and the other 6 weeks you get a take home lesson that can be mailed or emailed to you, thus each week out of the 12 weeks you will get a lesson on exercise and nutrition. Our program is really focused on achieving a healthy weight while preventing disease, thus we also incorporate body composition testing and lab work at the beginning and end of the program. If you are looking to improve your health and wellness in 2012, contact us today for more details!
You can email us at strive2survive@brownclinic.org, email us through the contact link on our blog, or call us at 884-4226.
-Kelsey
by Dan | Dec 26, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Holidays, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
Hopefully you all had a great Christmas! The weater was great, and we got to spend some of the time outside enjoying the weather. We spent part of it in Huron seeing Grandma and Grandpa Folk. Then after we got done eating, it was so nice out we all went out for about a 2 mile walk. I don’t remember the last Christmas we went out as a family for a walk!
Here we are getting ready to go. Just waiting for Nick and Grandpa, who were out riding a 4 wheeler. Some kids never grow up! Hope everybody’s holidays were fun, and that you all got to spend time with your family. Enjoy! Stay active!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1551
by Dan | Dec 23, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Holidays, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Went out with Buddy this AM for a walk. We got some snow last night, but with the upcoming temps, I don’t think it will last long. Buddy was in the holiday spirit, and was fired up to go walking.
From Buddy and I, we say to you all: Hope your holidays are filled with good times, family time, and just time to do things for yourselves. Stay healthy. Stay active. Have fun. Whatever your faith, or your beliefs this time of year, it is a time for family. Spend it well with them, and do it however you chose to do. Happy Winter Solstice! Merry Christmas! Take care for now!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1548
