Deepak's World
Law of Attraction
Since I am in the business of wellness, personal goal setting and conscious living, what better way to start this Thursday than with a breakfast meeting with Deepak Chopra!
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Eating Right
Lunch Patrol
In an effort to curb American obesity, Uncle Sam is making some big changes for kids.
The U.S.D.A passed new regulations to make school lunches healthier. (Finally)
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Poets
Sunrise Poetry
It's the first day of our February Challenge: Dawn Patrol. If you woke up this morning, like I did, you know that there is no time like the sun's first light to make you want to jot down some deep, poetic thoughts. My very favorite poet, Mary Oliver, writes about the glory of early morning.
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Stay Accountable
Shout it from a Mountain Top
Do fitness challenges work? That's the question New York's best wellness blog Well and Good NYC poses in an article about the boom of group challenges at gyms and body-strengthening studios.
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I Challenge You
You Need Me
Hey, we're on to something here. Below I am going to list just a few, easy to identify, companies and organizations who are running challenges without challenge-friendly social media software. Why does it matter? The challenge partipcants are missing out on A) social commraderie online B) fun.
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Word from the Creators
The Challenge
This week at Social Workout we've been trying to figure it all out. OK, not really ALL. We are figuring out how best to move forward with our challenges. We've spent the better part of the week analyzing, brainstorming, drinking a lot of coffee, drawing big arrows in our notepads and discussing what is to come next.
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New Music
DJ Jazzy NPR
It's mid-February... probably a great time most of us need a new music playlist to get us going at the gym. See National Public Radio's new workout mix. The news and music powerhouse, known for its monotone on-air voices, is streaming pump-up songs for your fitness enjoyment.
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Hello Awesome
Rockstars
I am teary eyed. Verklempt. I think I just felt a stirring in my soul. I feel so darned inspired!
I've been reading the Social Workout challenge page and I think people are setting out--and doing--the coolest things.
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Technology for Fitness
Let's Get Personal
BodyMedia, Inc. has introduced a new technology to take the guess work out of losing weight and increasing your fitness. The company has long sold body monitors to track calories burned, steps taken, and sleep, but this new "coaching" technology, using IBM software, actually gives advice about what to do next.
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Industry Playahs
Fit & Rich
Doesn't everyone want to be a bit fitter with more money in their pockets in 2012? I'm just sayin'.
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New Year's Resolution
Happy 2012!
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
-Lance Armstrong
Industry Playahs
New Year, New Partnership
Looks like big news from Seattle. Back in May Buster Benson posted on EnjoymentLand that he was working on something new. Around that time, Jen McCabe, the cool woman who gave us imoveyou.com (now defunct), picked up from San Fran and moved north to join Buster on the project.
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Industry Playahs
Texting for Health
Voxiva, founded in 2001, is using mobile phone apps and texting to help people get healthier. Specifically, it provides information for pregnant women and hints to help smokers quit; and keeps track of diet, excercise, flu-shots and doctor check-ups.
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Believe It
On Being Your Best
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
