This morning, I have a challenge to my nutrition—and I know it’s coming. I’m meeting up with friends for a workout, and afterward, we’re catching up over coffee. Seems harmless enough! The challenge? We’re going to one of two places where I’ve craved the food—high fat, high carb, and little nutritional value. But here’s why…

Every year, as the New Year rolls around, people resolve to do things differently—to do things better. The gyms fill with the well-intentioned, convinced that this is the year they’re going to get in shape. And, of course, you’ll run into the nay-sayers with comments like, “You have to do it all year, and these…

I often have conversations about accountability or with people who need to be held accountable. It seems like one of those concepts we all understand, yet when we try to define it clearly, the words never seem to fully capture it. Here are a couple of definitions I found: Accountable Subject to the obligation to…

Sherry and I are in the middle of a big change. (See Leap Of Faith) Last week we successfully moved the majority of our belongings in our travel trailer from southwest Missouri to central Arizona. That was the first and biggest step. This week was step two. Last Monday, we flew back to Missouri to load…

One of the most important things that I did to help me lose weight and keep it off is to develop structures in my life that supported me staying on track. By structure, I mean any regularly occurring action or way of organizing your life that supports your wanted outcomes. So for example, one of…

As many of you know by now, Sherry and I are taking a kind of leap of faith. A little less than a year ago we started talking about making a big change. This isn’t new. We’ve always loved to travel and engaged in conversations about what it would be like to move to a…

What is POUND®? What interested you in the workout? How is it different than other exercise programs? Why would I want to try it?  These are just a few of the questions you might have when one of you friends energetically says to you, “You have got to come to my pound class next time!”…