Times have changed from the days of watching your favorite fitness VHS from the comfort of your home as Jane Fonda or Suzanne Somers coach you through your workout. Besides the upgrade from VHS to DVDs and Netflix, fitness has changed greatly through the years. Now more than ever people are trying to stay active and remain youthful rather than aging in front of the TV with their favorite daytime soap. The generation of baby boomers seem determined to keep doing things that they’ve done when younger or are more...

Looking around seeing teens and young adults alike having to deal with excessively oily skin and outbreaks of acne you may think to yourself just how glad you are that stage is over. Although you are past the point of those practically daily breakouts, you may surprisingly experience one or two occasionally due to hormonal changes. The more you stop and notice you’ll find your skin changing with age, genetics and lifestyle choices and some may even experience disappointment seeing the aging process may have crept up quicker than they’d...

Once the New Year begins we try to start off on the right foot, a blank slate, a new and improved version of ourselves. Whether it’s eating healthier, losing weight or self improvement, 80% of these New Year’s resolutions fail by the end of February (that’s about when I makeup for all the time lost without sweets and gain an additional five pounds!). Creating successful resolutions doesn’t mean you have to go to extraordinary lengths to achieve your goals but rather find goals that are realistically achievable. If I’m making...

It’s that time of year again when families gather together to celebrate what they’re thankful for. It’s not always the most relaxing of holidays as your Uncle Earl continues talking about ‘the good ol’ days’ and your sister Susie giving her many opinions on your lifestyle choices…come on, does it really matter how I make pumpkin pie? However your family celebrates, it’s a time together that should be enjoyable. When it comes to Thanksgiving dinner my family and I always bring a couple of dishes to the table. Although it...