This morning I have a challenge to my nutrition, and I know that it’s coming. I’m going to go workout with a bunch of friends that I haven’t seen in a while, and afterwards we are going to catch up over coffee. Harmless enough! The challenge is that we are going to one of two…

Every year as the new year rolls around people resolve to do things different, do things better. The gyms fill with the well intentioned who are just sure that this is the year that they are going to get in shape. You’ll also run into the nay-sayers with comments like, “you have to do it…

I often have conversations about accountability or with people needing to be held accountable. It seems like one of those things that we all understand, but when you try to easily define it, the words seem to somehow miss. Here’s a couple of definitions that I found: accountable …subject to the obligation to report, explain,…

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!”…

“I want this. I want it now, and you can’t stop me!” “I want a cookie!” At least that’s how it starts. There are times, more than I care to admit, that I find myself having an argument in my head. It’s as if there are two distinct voices. One voice is that of a…