10% incline

Going at 10% incline..that is exactly how it feels in this day and age when trying to support a healthful way of life for yourself and especially, for your family. Being "healthy" puts you in the minority as statistics point out and thus, achieving health is going against the grade. There are so many factors that work against us in trying to achieve health, including but not limited to abundant fast food restaurants that are open 24 hours and now take credit cards, larger portion sizes, increased frequency of eating out, dual working parents, technology that has made it sooo easy for us to do nothing, video programming that competes very heavily with active choices we and are kids can do, reduction in gym classes in school, poor environmental structure in some towns that makes it hard to be active outdoors even when you want to, there are safety issues and the list goes on and on. So cheers to the families for taking this challenge head on to become "healthier" and setting positive examples for their children. We had our second official weigh in with both families and I will be the first to say congratulations in acheiving some weight loss and showing that the fruits of your labors are seriously paying off!! You are a motivation to us all--keep up the good work!!