Alright Already with All the Fitness Commercials - We Get It

We are all fat. We all need to diet, eat only cereal, replace meals with juice, take supplements, chew supplements, drink apple cider vinegar, avoid all sugars, meats, fats and alcohol plus work out 5 hours per day, every day, for the rest of our lives. For real?

The New Year always brings the fitness crazes back and by crazes I mean crazies. Notice these new workouts, fresh menus and resolutions typically only last 'til about the end of January. There is a reason. Most humans can't sustain the cereal diet or drinking their vegetables for the entire year...we just don't want to do it. We are humans and we have desires outside of our physiological needs.

We want to eat s'mores in the summer. And sip on a glass of real lemonade at our kid's charity stand. We want to enjoy a glass of pinot noir instead of feeling guilty over every drop. We want to live like Italians basically, but we don't, so let's compromise. Have a glass of wine, just don't have four at a time. And drink some lemonade, add more ice and just consume half of glass. Eat s'mores on one or two days during the summer, but not every weekend. And maybe just leave all the hot dogs for people in other states.

Walk a little more. Park your car a bit further. Dance. Laugh. Skip occasionally, it's actually an amazing core workout and I truly hate it when people talk about their cores, but it is. Play tag with your kids and run in the sprinklers, with your clothes on if you don't like yourself in a bathing suit. I'm not going to judge you, and actually, I'll join you if I have't just straight ironed my hair.

Keep it simple; enjoy more, gorge less, and enjoy yourself.