Hello fellow health and wellness questers!

I am sorry that I haven’t written in awhile. I have been enjoying the GORGEOUS weather we have been having!

Last year around this time, I think I was complaining about not enjoying the weather as much as I should have. Simply put, I missed my gym membership and didn’t see how fresh air, sunshine and nature’s workout could compare to the mechanical awesomeness that was the elliptical machine. After all, how did we ever maintain health before gym memberships?

I think I even wrote a post about why people “gain” weight during the summer. Though I now see that as a failed attempt of justifying my slide backwards.

I am telling you folks, this year is a whole different ball game for me! I am giving myself opportunities to create my own “gym” if you will. I call it “nature’s gym”. I walk, ride my bike, swim at the lake, and have committed to yard work (it’s inevitable — yard work that is — but it does take commitment to have a nice yard). Where there is want – there is a way. Right?

Today, my family and I spent 5 hours at the beach. We all swam in the lake, played at the park and took advantage of our surroundings. It was a great day! I am happy, slightly sunburned and tired. The kind of tired that you get from having a full and active day!

I have begun to recognize that I am the leader in my family. I am the key person that decides how our lives will operate. I am the one who sets wheels in motion — like getting healthy, getting educated, etc. Before this year, I don’t think I fully recognized this within me. I am the key man life insurance policy of this family for sure! As a result, we will continue not to just *survive* but to thrive as a family and as individuals.