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 Editor's Note: There will not be a post on Monday, May 25th. We hope you have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day Weekend!
As you might suspect, I get a lot of offers and invitations to check out new products in the health and wellness category. Some are fitness products like JumpSnap while others are nutrition programs and many variations of supplements. Recently, I was introduced to a relatively new company called enlyten that makes supplements on a strip. Now I must confess that I'm not much of a supplements guy and am usually pretty skeptical of the many claims they make. What intrigued me about the four initial products that enlyten is offering is that they all make sense. Their original product is electrolytes plus which is essentially Gatorade on a strip without the sugar, calories, carbs or all the extra liquid swashing around in your stomach. In fact, this company was originally on the scene in 2007 making big strides with virtually all the NFL teams before Gatorade came in and almost put them out of business by using their market leverage. Think they were feeling threatened? More on that in a minute... The other three products are Melatonin Strips (think Tylenol PM with no morning groggy-ness), Energy Strips (think Red Bull on a strip without the sugar and calories) and Antioxidant Strips which support good health. They also just launched two more strips for appetite suppressant and calorie burning but if you've ever read me before, you know I can't support those despite the fact that they'll likely become the fastest selling products given our infatuation with magic pills. |
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 For those of you who have read my book, The Ah Ha's of Weight Loss, you know I'm a little fanatical about sounding the alarm dispelling the myth of the magic weight loss pill. In fact, it's why I specifically address it in chapter one because I thought it was the only way to allow my readers to truly understand how to achieve real weight loss. They just don't exist.
But, 9 million of you didn't listen last year and purchased the ever enticing, hot model touting Hydroxycut. You know the one with flabby bikini girl who gets ripped abs and frolicks on the beach. It was bad enough that you wasted your money and didn't see results but you might have also damaged your liver. There was a recall initiated by the FDA this week recalling all 14 Hydroxycut products because 23 people reported liver damage and one 19-year old boy died. These cases are submitted purely voluntarily so there may be many more for those of you playing the percentages. Oh, and if you're a statistics person saying that's only some miniscule percentage, please note that 95% of all diets, which include ingestibles like Hydroxcut, fail. That should help your analysis. |
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 My wife and I were fortunate enough to sneak away for a long weekend without the girls last week to visit the Wilmington, NC area. We've been two times in the past, but this visit was just us so we had plenty of time to explore and get to know the area. It's a desirable location on the coast of North Carolina that offers all the benefits of a beach town combined with the charm of a small city along the Cape Fear River. The best part is everything is just about 15 minutes away in any direction.
On Saturday, we had a plan to check out some neighborhoods and the surrounding area while leaving plenty of time in the afternoon to hit the beach. The specific area we like is called Wrightsville Beach and it's a relatively small spot just beyond the Intracoastal Waterway. Leading up to the draw bridge is a large community park with fields and walking trails. It must be a popular spot because over the course of the weekend, it was filled with strollers, bikes and joggers enjoying the perfect weather we had that weekend. |
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 It's been on the calendar for weeks. My wife has reminded me a half dozen times. We've talked about it. We've speculated what might happen during the day...and today we found out. It was Dad's Day at Weems Creek Preschool for my oldest daughter Cate who is 3 1/2. The only instructions were to dress comfortably - good advice.
Fortunately for all of us, it was a beautiful day with sunny skies and temperatures in the 60's. That meant we took full advantage of the rock star playground complete with swings, climbing apparatus, tricycles, slides, and enough room to run around. The day was filled with activities from building a house out of styrofoam and golf tees to drawing a portrait of each other in crayon. I'm clearly not an engineer or an artist, and the great thing about a 3-year-old is they just don't care. We did silly dances and sang songs. It was the perfect day. Cate grabbed my hand from activity to activity as if we were the only two people in the room, and I loved every second of it. |
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 First of all, thank you to all my friends, family and readers who reached out to me last week checking in after last week’s post. Yes, I really am fine and I’m not just being a pigheaded male and saying that – my body is telling me I’m okay. Anyway, the post really seemed to strike a cord with all the feedback I got. Here I thought I was touching on something personal because I thought it was slightly amusing yet many of you shared your similar stories of stress and anxiety. Thanks for sharing and making me feel part of the club (initiation kinda sucks!).
Today’s post isn’t about me but rather referencing a good article I read on the plane today in United’s Hemispheres Magazine. I think it accurately articulates how some degree of stress is good. It gives good examples of how to harness stress to make you perform better. At the end of the day, this analysis of stress applies to fitness, nutrition and just about everything else in life – balance is best.
Off to catch my flight and give my little girls a big Easter hug.
Healthy Jumping…
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