Friday, May 29, 2009

Move More!

Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool, it's a stress buster. Think 'move' in small increments of time. It doesn't have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute aerobic dance class or tai chi or kickboxing. But that's great when you're up to it. Meanwhile, move more. Thought for the day: Cha, Cha, Cha…. Then do it!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Health is Everything.

"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." -Arabian Proverb

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Don't Fry Day

Celebrate the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention's first annual “Don’t Fry Day," co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society, by practicing sun safety on May 22, 2009.

Statitistics show that more than 1 million skin cancers are diagnosed each year in the United States. Most are caused by too much exposure to UV rays (direct sun or tanning beds).

You can protect yourself by following some very easy guidelines:

Cover up.

Use sunscreen.

Wear a hat and sunglasses.

Avoid midday sun and tanning beds and sunlamps.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Leave Yourself Reminders to be Healthy!

Trying to find time to exercise? Use some cues and reminders that will make it easy. Place your exercise gear next to your alarm clock to encourage you to work out first thing in the morning. If you pack a lunch, include a reminder to signal you to take a quick walk on your lunch break. Schedule your workout in your day planner, or set your computer to let you know when it's time to get out and exercise.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Fit City Event a Little Wet and Cold

The committee wants to thank all those hardy health conscious people that braved the soggy weather to attend the 4th Annual Fit City Event held at Bennett Park on May 5th. There were still over 100 people that checked out the information offered by various organizations and businesses.

We will be making phone calls to all the drawing winners later today.

Thanks again for supporting this event.