My wife and I are considering selling our house and moving.  We believe the time is right, and our family would, in all likelihood, improve our quality of life by getting us closer to amenities and reducing commute times, which would give us more time together as a family.  To make this work though, we [...] Read the full article

This is a post from my lovely wife, as she lives through her summer vacation with our boys. Want to have fun, get your summer workout with the kids, and spend some quality time together too?  Take the little devils to the local water park and do everything they do.  See how my day ended [...] Read the full article

It’s no secret that dining out isn’t usually as healthy as eating at home, and trying to find healthy fast food choices may sound like a bit of an oxymoron.  But as much as we may want to avoid it, the reality is that we’re are going to eat out.  All of us have hectic [...] Read the full article

BIO: This is a guest post by Rafi Bar-Lev, who blogs about fitness tips over at Passionate Fitness. He recently wrote a post on how to gain weight fast. Check it out! Summer approaching is a mixed bag with some people. On one hand, everyone is looking forward to the weather and the beaches and the fun. [...] Read the full article

A report published in 1991 by the CDC concluded that the United States was “predominantly a sedentary society.”  There’s little evidence to suggest that has changed over the last 20-years.  Intuitively, we know this isn’t healthy, but its worth taking the time to seriously examine what the research shows about the health effects of a [...] Read the full article

One of the funniest lines about holiday stress comes straight from Chevy Chase’s classic movie, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.  At the end of the movie, with the relatives crowded in too-tight quarters, and just a little too much family togetherness, Clark, beaten down in his efforts at coping with holiday stress, bursts out with… …how [...] Read the full article

Many of us, and particularly those in the developed world, consider drinking tap water to be a right.  After all, water is both ubiquitous, and yet absent from our lives.  We expect it to be at hand, yet an estimated 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.  Not only is it necessary for health, but from [...] Read the full article

Has anyone else ever watched someone blatantly steal a handicap parking space?  I’m talking about the person who displays a handicap placard, yet hops out of a vehicle and jogs into the store.  I watched a guy do this a few days ago, and it came right on the heels of a NPR story about [...] Read the full article