This session of the Be Healthy Challenge has been such a great experience.  I've enjoyed getting to know Kelly Gilfillan and Mark Cleveland better, but also love to make new friends.   Heather Henke and Lisa Cahalan were the perfect teammates for me - always keeping me laughing and encouraging our group.  And I can't forget our terrific trainer Jason Huck.  He represents Chadwick's Personal Training in a positive, upbeat manner.  Always ready to tell our group - 'today's . . . [View Full]

It's hard to believe that our 12 week work-out program the Be Healthy Challenge, is almost over.  I've really enjoyed working out at Chadwick's Personal Fitness Training with the fabulous Jason Huck!  I'm quite sure that if I don't have a group expecting me to show up (accountability) and a trainer to yell at me (OK encourage me), there's no way I would have stuck with this challenge.  It's been a great run, and I plan to keep up the workouts but may drag Alyssa with me as she's n . . . [View Full]

I'm not a bragger by nature (at least I hope I'm not), so it's tough for me to write about something I'm proud of that I've done.  But this time, let me brag about my attendance at Chadwicks, as I've not missed a scheduled workout since the Be Healthy Challenge started (except the two days I was on vacation and made those up at the hotel).   Generally I do not enjoy thinking about the workouts that I have coming up and will make any excuse to miss.  It turns out the dread I have  . . . [View Full]

So we just returned from a trip to the New England area for a hockey tournament, and as any good tourist would, I enjoyed the local delacacies.  Who wouldn't go to Boston and eat some amazing fresh lobster tail?  Yes I dipped it in drawn butter, but I also had steamed broccoli and brown rice with it instead of the cheesy spinach casserole and mashed potatoes it came with.  I passed on the New England Clam Chowder, but did dig into a delicious plateful of frutti de mare puttanesca  . . . [View Full]

For four weeks now we've been working out in the same gym - Chadwick's, with the same trainer - Jason Huck, and have not done the same routine yet!  But to really mix things up, Jason pulled out a deck of cards today and had set up a station for each of us with a mat and a bench.  He'd pull out a card and each suit determined what exercise we'd do - hearts meant jumping jacks; clubs represented push ups; spades indicated we were going to do hip raises, and diamonds meant we had to squa . . . [View Full]