FIT (family in training)

FIT (family in training)_

The women are eating healthy, losing weight, and running fast, the man...men if I include the son-in laws, are also fitness regulars, and in better shape now, in their middle adult years than they were 15 years ago, I suspect. It's VERY satisfying to see them all happily managing to a healthy, sustainable lifestyle, balancing good nutrition, and plenty of physical activity.

H & H have enthusiastically embraced running and are now contemplating a Triathalon sprint.

Swim Bike Run

You go, Girls!

What a great example to their kids, and a gift to all of us who love them.

Priceless

Comments

Vivi said…

Thanks dad. We're both signed up for the sprint tri in August...YIKES! Fire up that life raft...for this H anyways!

April 30, 2009 at 7:37 PM

Hilary said…

You've been a good example for us! Hard to say if we'd be where we are now if you hadn't started running all those years ago!

April 30, 2009 at 11:22 PM

Spring in a bottle

Sal and I both like tulips, so while winter still has a loose grip on Minnesota, we're enjoying some "bottled freshness". I remember planting tulip bulbs with my Mom when I was a kid growing up in Massachsetts I can still recall the frangrance of the bone meal that we always poured into the hole before pressing the bulb gently into place. I think they might be my favorite flower.

Collaboration cheesecake

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