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BE THANKFUL By Author Unknown Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don't know something, for it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you opportunities for improvement. Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character. Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons. Be thankful when you're tired and weary, because it means you've made a difference. It's easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks. Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.

Words...Marketing...Standards...Facts & Truth. Performance Centers & their Slogans, Brands & Following Pictured is Sean Welch of Ramsey who started at defensive back as a true freshman for Bowdoin College despite being labeled in high school as too undersized to play in college. Behind Sean is Dan Gallagher, an average baseball player for Bergen Catholic who graduated from Fairfield University as the RECORD HOLDER for Most Pitching Appearances in a Career for the Stags. During this Prowler Workout both guys were exhausted, but we did not capture them SCREAMING during a sled dragging picture so Our Training would be deemed Serious. However, these guys "SERIOUSLY" trained hard on this hot Summer day, gave their ALL and KNOW that there Hard Work made them better from this "MAN MAKER" workout - both for their Sport & Creating a Work Ethic IN Life. This picture does NOT look tough or imposing to attract NEW clients or student-athlete's wanting to get to the Next Level. But THIS IS Good Energy. If you are ON our TEAM, you know how we train, what our program is all about & why you continue to come back year after year. For many years Good Energy Inc. promoted itself "making exercise fun for any person with a fitness goal." In fact, we didn't think it was necessary to Add words like "Serious, Focused, and Elite" because we always have demanded a High Intensity Level in each workout and Preached "Hard Work-Pays Off!" Now 8+ years in - we are NOW, Good Energy Training - a reputable, and established Strength & Conditioning Center since 2003. We will continue to take our Brand & Product to the Next Level. We will remain resilient to maintain our Professionalism but command the Intensity & Extreme Dedication that it will take for Athlete's to succeed at the Next Level and for our Client's to Live a Healthy Lifestyle despite the distractors who do not admit to the same ideology that "Being FIT" is a priority. We will Walk the Walk & get our Client's to the Next Level in the Game of Life without pictures of Barb wire, Chains, Bricks, Skulls, Whips or Blood. If you are a Warrior, have Barbaric traits or are NEW to this Idea of Working Hard, but are Willing - YOU Will be provided with an Appropriate GE Program to get YOU to Your Next Level. After all, "It's Personal!" We are excited that our Product continues to get Better year after year, and our Athlete's & Client's Achieve Success not only on the playing field, but IN LIFE. Good Energy Clients - WINNERS in Life. That's SERIOUS!

Spring Recruiting for Juniors College Coaches STOP at Good Energy Training You hear ALL the time that it is "not what you know it's who you know." At Good Energy Training we like to say, "It's not who you know, but who knows you and respects you." For the past 8 years our Shop has had lots of visits from College coaches that have all gone under the radar. After all, Good Energy is a "Personal" training center and the relationships we have with College coaches are personal as they stop by during their trip to find the next prospect for their school. Last Thursday Bob Heffner (Northwestern University) stopped by after he visited Don Bosco Prep and before he headed down to Bergen Catholic. "Coach Heff" coached GE Owner Pete Ohnegian in college and got him his shot at the next level with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. It is an added dimension at our Performance Center that we have the network of friends and colleagues that coach at the Next Level and frequent our Shop when they make the rounds during their Recruiting duties in the northeast. Good Energy Training is not just a place to workout but a facility that develops Student-Athletes to aspire to get to the top and Be the Best they can be. Division 1, 2 or III. Thank you to Coach Heff and the coaches at the Next Level who BELIEVE IN Good Energy Training & make our Facility more than a gym but a Stop along their Recruiting visits to find talent & catch up on Life.

Time to Turn in the Sport Coat for Spring Training Delbarton Head Hockey & Baseball Coach - Bruce Shatel Sunday - March 13, 2011 Peter McMullen scored off assists from John Bianco and Drew Melanson with 4:41 left in overtime as Delbarton, No. 1 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, recorded a 3-2 victory over No. 2 St. Augustine Prep in the final of the NJSIAA/Devils Non-Public tournament on Sunday at the Prudential Center in Newark. Most hockey coaches would be lighting up the cigar and calling the videographer to finalize a highlight tape for the post-season dinner. Not Bruce Shatel! GE's Roommate at Deerfield Academy will be shaking hands and ackowledging another near flawless year with a humble demeanor & etiquette. He will be cool, calm and collected as he accepts another #1 Ranking in the State of New Jersey and a probable Top 10 finish for the Green Wave in the final 2010-11 National Rankings as well. What makes Coach Shatel so unique is that he will head to Florida shortly after the State Championship party - to commence a new baseball season with the Green Wave in Boca Raton. Of course his schedule is excessively overloaded with his obligations to cover missed math lessons and dean of conduct duties, but his unmatched ability to LEAD student-athlete's to Championships & help them reach the pinnacle of their abilities IS what Coach Shatel is ALL about. Shatel was a two sport standout when I met him 20 years ago in Massachusetts, although we are home grown New Jersey boys. He excelled as the Captain of Deerfield's hockey team at defense, but with the uncanny ability to create havoc in the opponents end both assisting on and scoring goals. Bruce was also a prolific third baseman for the Big Green with a solid bat that brought him to the University of Deleware where he excelled for the Blue Hens. Get it? Bruce Shatel has always been at the top of his sport in both hockey and baseball. His success as the general for the Green Wave on the ice and the diamond is NO Surprise at GE, but it is worth mentioning! After all, we do live in a Sports Crazy state and he coaches two of the BEST teams in the Garden State, year after year. Congratulations, Coach Shatel or as I call him, "Hero!" Good Energy Training It's Personal!

Going the EXTRA Yard to Be the BEST! Spring 2011 Just got off the phone with a Division 1 College Soccer Coach. Following the review of the College's Excel Workout program forwarded to our incoming freshman student-athlete, we contacted the coach to compare the GE Program with the expectations & testing program implemented by the school. The Good Energy Training Staff likes to be on the same page with not only the Athlete at our facility but the coaching staff, parents and strength coach. By touching base with the coaches, we can develop a thorough training program to MAXIMIZE on our Personal Training & create the Positive RESULTS to prepare our Athlete's. In addition, we will incorporate the methodology used in the training program at the school to facilitate a smooth transition to their program for our Athlete. This communication between our Staff & our Athlete's coaches gives our client the advantage over his fellow teammate who will be new to the program and a step behind the GE Athlete!

What is out there? So many gyms, performance centers, speed schools - TRAINERS! The GE REVOLUTION 2010 is over... And thank God - because it was a SPRINT. For 12 months our Staff worked our tail off training our Client's with maticulous detail & technique. That was NOT an easy job because we had an influx of NEW personal training clients and our Speed Training gained alot of popularity. Throughout 2010 we learned from other Pro's and talked the talk of Good Energy Training when we were in Public or social settings. We called on College & Pro Strength Coaches to find out what our Athlete's needed to do at their program and added some new variables to Good Energy Training. As we now near the end of the first month in 2011, we realize that we are still SPRINTING. It's okay because we are energized, after all WE ARE GOOD ENERGY! I wanted to share with our website viewers why we can still SPRINT and what separates us, Good Energy Training from all the other gyms, fitness centers, health clubs, speed schools...etc. We are Knowledgeable Pros, We Care & Have PRIDE. Good Energy Training - It's Personal! That is our motto/slogan/Mantra for this year. Being PERSONAL has completely separated us from EVERYONE the last 8 years. Not only are we former Athlete's, some of us Professional but others serious athletes at one point in our life, we are ALL knowledgeable trainers that care about our Client's, take Pride in each session and do the EXTRA to make IT - Good Energy! You can train at countless other facilities and have a great workout. But at GE, we make sure that EVERY Workout, every HOUR is great. It's what we do. Because of this ideology and our genuine concern for our clients (not just Athletes) we have developed a TEAM. Good Energy Fitness Shop has a Coaching Staff: Kate,Michael, Michele, Andy, Pat, Pete & soon Andrea In addition, we have a TEAM of clients! Our TEAM plays at GE because of the workout, but also the environment we have made over the years to make GOOD ENERGY TRAINING different. The picture says it ALL. GE SPEED this winter consisted of 10 year old boys, as well as middle school & high school boys and girls and young men & women in College. We did have a sprinkling of adults that we invited to join our Program because we shared our Speed Program with our WHOLE TEAM. The cooldown stretch on a Thursday fills the field at the Waldwick SuperDome and everyone asks who are WE! There is A LOT of gyms & training facilities out there - but people are finding out that there is ONE training place that does IT differently. It's in Allendale, NJ GOOD ENERGY TRAINING It's Personal!

Bruce Harper #42 - New York Jets Brings Happy to the New Year - 2011 Bruce Harper IS Good Energy! 30 years ago, Bruce Harper was a standout All-Purpose Running Back at Kutztown University for legendary Bergen County Football Coach, George Baldwin. Coach Baldwin knew that the only way this undersized running back (5'8") had a chance at the NFL was with the help of a "lawyer" not a super-agent like today's game. Coach Baldwin called former player Dwight Morrow's Don Ohnegian (Good Energy's Dad) to walk fellow Maroon Raider-Bruce Harper into the offices of the New York Giants & Jets. The Giants said, "No thanks" and the Jets said, "We'll give him a shot!" That shot lasted 8 successful years as an All Purpose Running Back & Punt/Kick Returner. Today the Lead Jets fan still wears Harper's #42 Jersey to every game and starts that famous "J-E-T-S...JETS, JETS JETS" Cheer. On a pinch we called Bruce Harper to come by a New Year's Day Holiday "get together" to bring well wishes and autographs to the 30+ Jet fans in GE's old neighborhood. Harper didn't hesitate to do it, despite his previous engagement in NYC with his wife. "Once a Maroon Raider - Always a Maroon Raider" That was Coach Baldwin's quote to Don Ohnegian when he asked him to help Bruce that day in the late 1970's. Bruce never hesitated when asked last minute on New Year's Day if he could come sign some autographs for some Proud Jets Fans. As he left on New Year's Day he told everyone (who could fit in the Living Room) - the story of how he became a Jet and that he was forever grateful for Don Ohnegian's willingness to help him reach his Dream without asking for anything in return. That's Good Energy! Our thanks to Bruce Harper & GE's Dad. Good Energy Training It's Personal!

"What H.S. Kid's get up Saturday am @ 7am... ...in the Summer for Speed Training?" We will never forget at our Shop the father of a sophomore in high school who signed his son up for a package of 12 sessions at our shop. He asked what we did for Speed Training because our Shop only had what looked like 15 yds to really run around. We explained to this Dad, who is also an executive for a national health club chain, that we do have Speed Training that we administer at local fields and indoor facilities. In fact, our Summer Training program is early on Wednesday & Saturday mornings at Ramsey H.S. He responded: "What H.S. Kid's get up on a Saturday morning in the Summer to do Speed Training>?" I then shared with him that we limit our GE TEAM Speed Training to 12 and that our sessions were usually full. We limited the number of GE Client's so we can "personally" Coach each Athlete's movement to ensure improvement in our Speed Training. Who comes to Saturday morning Speed Training? Pictured is Cory Connell, Ramsey H.S. Senior Captain - then in 8th Grade - 2006. He is now 6'3 240lbs and is heading to the University of Albany on a Football Scholarship! That's who comes to Saturday morning Good Energy Speed! Good Energy Training It's Personal!

"DON'T HATE - CONGRATULATE!" The BERGEN RECORD readers For the past week there has been Larger Articles "Previewing" the showdown between the Don Bosco and Bergen Catholic football game then the Giants, Jets, Yankees, Mets and the Ryder Cup. Bergen Record readers have grown accustomed to the fanfare that goes along with some of our local high schools receiving National attention. At GE we laughed when we saw a Bosco Football picture on page 3 of the Opinion page-Sunday 10.03.10. Apparently readers are upset by Coach Toal's quotes in a previous article declaring he doesn't want his team to be just the "king of the pygmies?" Coach Toal doesn't need Good Energy to defend him, but he was not purposely putting down the Ironmen opponents in NJ. He was reiterating that he has higher goals for his team. Unfortunately, the way it was written - it offended some readers. The Bergen Record, however, respectfully shared their views in today's Opinion section. THE BIG PICTURE: If every town had competent coaches that knew how to teach a sport and then motivate young people to perform at their best - then everyone would have a venue to cheer down the street for their neighbors. But that is not the case. In today's era of "budget cutting" and "tenured teachers," parents and their student-athlete children are now stuck with "whomever is next in line for the job." So, "Mr. Smith" who played high school sports and says he was a back-up at a local community college, now gets to teach & guide your son/daughter on the playing field the next four years. His job is to watch your son/daughter for several hours after school every day and then go on the bus with the team to the game. The public school coach IS NOT paid to help your student-athlete get into college, make him/her a better person, or motivate your son or daughter to compete and Be the Best he/she can be on a daily basis - both IN the Classroom and on the playing field. COACH TOAL is running the Don Bosco Program that way. In fact, he run his program that way for many years and in different towns. Good Energy was fortunate to be at the COACH TOAL ROAST last Spring thanks to Bill Kittredge, father of Mike & James - longtime GE CLIENTS. That night was PROOF of the impact that Coach Toal has had on hundreds of young men over his coaching tenure in Northern NJ including stops at River Dell H.S., Hackensack H.S., Ramapo H.S. and now Don Bosco Prep. The former players who poked fun at Coach Toal that night, are ALL Successful People in LIFE. These men matriculated from Coach Toal's program and played at Division 1, II and III colleges. Many of the athelete's at Coach Toal's Roast received honors for their athletic prowess at higher levels but that is only a part of the story. What was most impressive from Coach Toal's night, was how successful the men are TODAY and how Coach Toal molded them to BE BETTER PEOPLE by how he runs his football program! It's easy to PUT DOWN the Parochial schools for recruiting and question how they raise the money to perform at such a high level and travel to high schools all over the country. It's also not so difficult to pick apart some of Coach Toal's interviews and some of the things he says to motivate his teams... ...but Let's look at the BIG PICTURE! Coach Toal, Coach Karcich (St. Joe's) and NOW - COACH Nunzio Camoanile are NOT just fielding good teams for their private schools - they ARE MAKING BETTER PEOPLE for our Society today. Through the game called football, they are all instilling confidence and SETTING HIGH GOALS and standards so that their Athlete's DREAM BIG and many of their aspirations, goals and dreams do COME TRUE. GOOD ENERGY gives CHEERS to these three "old school" coaches who TEACH the game, GET THE MOST out of their student-athletes, and ultimately make their TEAMS become Successful Individuals IN LIFE! "DON'T HATE-CONGRATULATE!" oh yeah....Bosco beat Bergen 38-18 yesterday.

What is GE-Good Energy Training-Athlete's Fitness Shop? TEAM - PROGRAM - PROFESSIONAL TRAINING We get asked ALL thet time if we "are like this facility or that gym"... ...It is really a simple answer. "No." Good Energy Training is not just a gym. We are a TEAM. When a "prospect" comes to train at our Facility, we take their "Introduction" or "Evaluation" very serious. Are they or can they be "GE?" It costs $90. for the initial Assessment Workout - IT IS NOT A FREE TRIAL! -What type of person are they? -Will they work hard at our Shop? -Are they committed to our Training? -Do they have intensity or toughness? -Are they mature enough to perform GE Training? We don't want clients who want to wear our t-shirt, but rather TEAMMATES who will make our Program better. We are a Strength & Conditioning Center. We provide goal-oriented Fitness Training and specialize in Sport's Performance Training. Our Facility is Private and our Sessions are INDIVIDUALLY based not group training. We can and will train teams but prefer to get the most out of every client - 1 hour at a time. Our Athlete's PERFORM AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL because our training is programmed for their Success. Our Staff is Professional and have enjoyed decorated Athletic Careers ourselves. We have walked the WALK and now TALK the talk. We share our Experiences and Knowledge with our clientele to improve their Sport IQ as well as provide them with a better Mental Approach to their Sport or Lifestyle. Do YOU Get the IDEA? There is NO Competition. If you are willing to PAY the price to GET BETTER in Life or YOUR SPORT - Our Staff WILL DO everything in our Power to provide you with the TOOLS TO SUCCEED - THAT IS OUR JOB! GE REVOLUTION 2010 Continuing to Educate others - WHAT GE IS ALL ABOUT.

There IS a Right & Wrong way... ...Do it the Right Way. We are IN the era of neighborhood Bootcamps & Video training... ...part of the GE REVOLUTION `10 is spreading the idea of fitness for life & living a healthier lifestyle. The GE STAFF does not knock people who don't want to pay for personal training or who perform workouts with their friends and an "in-shape" person from their town for 15$. What WE DO however, is Fight the Fight to TEACH proper techniques when it comes to Fitness, Training, Exercise, Working out...whatever you call what you do to elevate your heart rate and get stronger. The GE Philosophy and what our training is predicated on - IS TECHNIQUE and TRAINING PROPERLY. It was FUN on Saturday - "Teaching" the 7th & 8th Grade Football Players HOW TO do the Agility Ladder properly. Maybe the Day of the SPEED SCHOOL is gone because only 2 of the 29 Athlete's had been to a Speed School. Look out. The GE REVOLUTION 2010 is in the process of creating a NEW GE in 2011...we might have to Start TEACHING young Athlete's HOW TO move better - personally, privately - the GE WAY...

GOOD ENERGY STRENGTH & CONDITIONING - Summer 2010 "ONE OF A KIND - ANYWHERE!" We are halfway through our Summer Strength & Conditioning - and Our Athlete's are HALF FULL with GE before they head back to the playing field for Pre-Season. This past week we started our 2nd Phase in our Summer Program. Many people are participating in Fitness Programs this Summer. A neighbor is doing the "local Bootcamp" at the high school and it's a great workout. A relative is doing a bootcamp at a local field with a few friends to stay in shape over the Summer & they are getting alot out of it. Lots of high schools have started their Captain's practices, 7 vs. 7 tournaments & weight room sessions. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE TRAINING PROGRAM AT GOOD ENERGY! Good Energy has put together not only a SYSTEM that works - we have dozens of believers that are training IN our program as Proof. Our Speed Sessions as seen in this picture, are competitions! Each SPRINT, EACH Cone Drill our Athlete's are trying to PERFORM AT THEIR BEST and their technique is being closely monitored by our Staff. Our STRENGTH Program is designed so our Athlete's will be rested to RUN, yet pushed to make STRENGTH gains safely & become more Flexible at the same time. The GOOD ENERGY STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRAM is a one of a kind program. It's a Division 1-A or Professional Sports Team's Program directed for the adolescent, college or Pro Athlete that wants to work HARD in OUR Environment in the Off-Season before their PRE-SEASON. OUR ATHLETE'S TRAIN & PLAY "INJURY FREE!" We get bumps, bruises and hurt - because we play HARD - but our System allows the GE ATHLETE'S to play AT THEIR BEST! We look forward to the remaining 5 weeks of the "SUMMER PROGRAM" and anticipate a strong TEAM of Winter Athlete's who will get Just As Much out of our FALL PROGRAM following Labor Day. CALL GOOD ENERGY if you WANT TO PLAY BETTER! 201-760-9900

"Build GREATNESS" GE REVOLUTION 2010 For over 5 months now we have been preaching in public, on the streets, in our neighborhoods, on this site and in the Shop what Good Energy is ALL about. It's about Believing in yourself, being confident in your ability to be successful and GOING FOR IT! Pictured is Greg Stripe, All-Everything for Mahwah H.S. and now a starting Junior wide receiver at Lafayette College. Greg's Dad asked me to "Build GREATNESS" for Greg this Summer in a letter prior to Greg's Summer Training. That's what Good Energy is ALL about. We are a Strength & Conditioning Center for people in ALL walks of Life, but specifically for those people who WANT the most out of Life and are willing to be pushed with some intensity in our facility to work hard and physically and mentally get More out of Life. Thanks, Mr. Stripe - for BELIEVING IN GOOD ENERGY! It's not for everyone, because we were not ALL created the same and some humans don't expect the most out of themselves or desire to BE THE BEST!

"NEWSFLASH!" We treat ALL our Client's like First Round Draft Picks! Pictured is Paul Schmitt - an Allendale resident who has been re-sculpting his body during the GE REVOLUTION 2010. Paul has not only lost over 20 pounds and several belt holes, but he has gained 10 yards in his irons on the golf course. (We did try to MAKE HIM TAKE OFF the lehigh shirt and even gave him a NEW GE shirt, but he was too proud of his alma mater.) It was exciting to speak with Ian Rapoport of the Boston Herald on Tuesday, April 27th with regard to New England Patriots 1st Round Pick, Devin McCourty. Devin trained at Good Energy to get stronger for his senior year at St. Joe's in order to get recruited. In fact, we still have the combined Highlight Tape we made for Jason & Devin so we could send it to colleges. However, it dawned on our staff that we treat ALL our client's like they are Draft picks and our goal as a Staff is to produce physically and mentally prepared ELITE Athlete's to play at the highest level. This is what Paul Schmitt had to say about his four months at GE: A commitment to Good Energy will rejuvenate your athletic skills and provide the foundation for a healthy lifestyle. Every workout is maticulously organized, unique and closely monitored to optimize results.

Good To Be - "On the Map" with the Boston Herald Tuesday - April 27, 2010 "Trainer Pete Ohnegian put Devin through his first lift." Tweeted from Ian Rapoport, the New England Patriots Beat Reporter Ian stopped in on his Devin McCourty information Tour preparing for his "in depth" story on the Patriots 2010 First Round Draft pick. Following stops at Rutger's to talk with Coach Schiano, St. Joe's and head football coach Tony Karcich, Ian stopped in the Good Energy Shop to find out what Devin was like when he started training his junior year Spring and Summer. We were excited to have Ian at the Shop and look forward to see how our talk pans out in The Boston Herald on Thursday. GE certainly can NOT take any credit for how amazing Devin has done in college and at the Combine. But we did reiterate how he and his twin brother are amazing people. I summed it up with three words starting with the Letter H: HONEST - HUMBLE & HUNGRY. HUNGRY to be the BEST in Football and in life as people!

Enough is ENOUGH - - - Good Energy started thru HARD WORK! GE REVOLUTION 2010 - The Shop is EVOLVING as You Read This! When the Shop opened in 2003, Pete Ohnegian wanted to get people more fit - all shapes and sizes, men & women, boys and girls - Athlete's and non-athlete's. NOW the Revolution is ON...and the Shop has evolved into one of the Premier Performance Centers in the Northeast and we are working on being heard around the USA - after all, the whole world enjoys our website. But you NEED to know WHY! Because the Professionalism, Philosophy and Mission began years ago in places like the University of Miami locker room, training with other Arena Football League players during our down time from filming Any Given Sunday in 1998. Good Energy is not just for Athlete's. It is ONLY for humans who WANT to get better though-physically & mentally-when you come to our Shop or a GE Training Session, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD!

GE - Helping to be Achieve Success in Life! April 7, 2010 Saw a father of a former client in an office supply store today. The son had left GE to train at another Performance Center but GE knew he had a succesful high school career & earned a scholarship to a Division 1 school to play football. But from what the father told me today, then it all crumbled. "The coach left, things happened and then he went to a smaller division but still in Division 1. That did not work out either because other things happened and his son chose to not play anymore." Conclusion - "Things happen in life." Moral to the story: Good Energy genuinely cares about every Client that walks in our door. Whether you train for stress relief, fitness or to play a Varsity sport - we try to set you up physically and mentally to accomplish your goals but also succeed in Life. Our training is not just designed for you to succeed physically, but we encourage mental toughness and never giving up as well. We want you to get that last Rep and help you succeed. We don't want you to quit or give up on anything and preach - "Fight to the Finish!" Good Energy spent a lot of time with not only this man's son during his infantile stages of Athletic growth, but also listened to the Dad complain about how he was not starting as a sophomore and it was everyone else's fault. NOW his son is a junior in college attending classes without the most important thing he spent 20 years doing - running around with a team. It's not just physical - playing college athletics helps young men and women succeed in life. Four years of commitment, discipline and more structure then just taking classes. GE is disappointed that we could not help this young man, but not everyone understands what GE is ALL about. It's about Going for IT in Life. Look at the Logo...GE is going for that ball!

Holiday Eating.... ...do you Dive in...and NOT know when to stop? Okay, so this was last year's plate at Easter and it ALL went down & too easy I might add. But I remember how sluggish I felt on Monday and that doesn't include the Easter bunny's treats before church - after church - before brunch - after brunch...you get the idea. Moral to the story - Supply & Demand! If you are going to EAT LIKE A CHAMP, then you have to WORKOUT like one also...Otherwise you start that vicious cycle that your stomach and mind start craving to fill up and before you know it you miss a workout, and would rather watch a Tivoed show then sweat a little. Stay on Track...the Warm Weather is here!

Life is Short... Play Hard! Do you have the ENERGY to play with the kid's at the Block Party...or are you tired just watching them play? Do yourself a favor! Get more fit... ...add Fitness to your weekly routine if it has been that long since your heart rate increased other than putting your shoes on or climbing stairs at work. If you put in a little or a lot of effort on getting your heart and body in shape...you will be that much MORE FUN as a Mom & Dad - and spouse for that matter. While you are at it - don't disregard how a healthy body helps your mind. Don't you find that "healthy looking" people appear to be happy? Stop thinking about it and lace up some sneakers!