Fitness and Family Life – Health over Obesity

<h1>Fitness and Family Life – Health over Obesity</h1>Author: <a title="Rick Dorey" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/rick-dorey/146998.htm">Rick Dorey</a> Today is an example of how life changes when you make a move to improve your health and reach for optimal health. I started out the day with a full hour at the gym. A year ago, that waking thought would have been a bad dream on a Saturday morning and a reason to go back to sleep. It gets better though. We had a great time at the gym. Solid weight workout and some hot tub and steam room time. Sometimes it boggles my mind that I keep getting stronger after spending so many years feeling closer to the end of life. Adding reps and weight, tracking progress, watching the body fat percentage continue to drop while the muscle percent goes up. It feels great. Then I came home and ate one of my small meals and went out to the back yard to begin prepping for the garden we are putting in. Now here is where it gets amazing to me. Mowed, racked, and cleaned it all up and still felt good. This remember, was after a strong workout at the gym this morning. No bragging just amazement. Tomorrow will be a rototiller session to prep the ground and get it all broken up. This is something that I have been unwilling to take on for years. Too much work I would always say. No time, too tired would also come up to convince my earth loving wife that we could not do it yet another year. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Colorful_Photo_of_Vegetables.png"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Colorful_Photo_of_Vegetables.png/200px-Colorful_Photo_of_Vegetables.png" alt="Fresh vegetables are common in a healthy diet." title="Fresh vegetables are common in a healthy diet." /></a> Image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Colorful_Photo_of_Vegetables.png">Wikipedia</a> Rewards: Good hard work with the family, garden fresh vegetables through the summer, and healthy eating of food grown by our own hands. Pair that up with food to share for those we know who are struggling and a boost to our budget with the savings. It is going to be a good summer. What did you do this weekend to get ready for summer? Share it with us.About the Author: Rick Dorey is a certified health coach that writes about how optimal health effects daily living.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/fathering-articles/fitness-and-family-life-health-over-obesity-886455.html" title="Fitness and Family Life – Health over Obesity">Fitness and Family Life – Health over Obesity</a>

Today is an example of how life changes when you make a move to improve your health and reach for optimal health. I started out the day with a full hour at the gym. A year ago, that waking thought would have been a bad dream on a Saturday morning and a reason to go back to sleep.

It gets better though. We had a great time at the gym. Solid weight workout and some hot tub and steam room time. Sometimes it boggles my mind that I keep getting stronger after spending so many years feeling closer to the end of life. Adding reps and weight, tracking progress, watching the body fat percentage continue to drop while the muscle percent goes up. It feels great.

Then I came home and ate one of my small meals and went out to the back yard to begin prepping for the garden we are putting in. Now here is where it gets amazing to me. Mowed, racked, and cleaned it all up and still felt good. This remember, was after a strong workout at the gym this morning. No bragging just amazement.

Tomorrow will be a rototiller session to prep the ground and get it all broken up. This is something that I have been unwilling to take on for years. Too much work I would always say. No time, too tired would also come up to convince my earth loving wife that we could not do it yet another year.

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Rewards: Good hard work with the family, garden fresh vegetables through the summer, and healthy eating of food grown by our own hands. Pair that up with food to share for those we know who are struggling and a boost to our budget with the savings. It is going to be a good summer.

What did you do this weekend to get ready for summer? Share it with us.

Rick Dorey is a certified health coach that writes about how optimal health effects daily living.

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