This whole week, Channel 3 News Today focused on family obesity. Yesterday they invited me to come on the show and interview with anchor Mark Nolan. Check out his what I had to say about how families can make healthy changes.

What are some ideas you have? Are you struggling with how to get everyone on-board in your household? Post your thoughts here.

For the best family fitness in Cleveland or best Cleveland personal trainer, have you seen Trainingbyliz.com?

Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com, close up and personal with salami.

Wow! When Mike sent me this info, it amazed me:

A. How detailed the pictures of processed meat are and

B. How disgusting processed meat is!

Are you still consuming processed meats?  Are your loved ones reluctant to put down the salami or hot dogs?  Perhaps the fat globs are interrupting some logical thinking.

Show these to everyone you know.  Yes, it’s gross, but why be ignorant, fat and unhealthy when you can get a visual education in an instant and get immediately on the path to fitness and a great quality of life?

Mystery Meat Macrophotography

Click the above link for the details on the processed meat pictures. Eat whole foods, free-range animals and minimally processed ingredients.  Want a top-notch training regimen to undo that processed nightmare?  Go to TrainingByLiz.com.

Here’s to a healthier family!

Your Family Fitness Guru,
Liz Donnelly

It doesn’t get any simpler than this.

Texture, sound, the sun, toys and imagination (play)At age 2-1/2, he needs about 12-14 hours per 24 hours of this. Nothing builds a healthier brain and body than sleep.

Hi, folks-

Did you know that kids under age two should not be exposed to television?  Well, it’s true.  Proudly, my hometown newspaper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has explained this in an article written on 12/30/08.  I’d like you to reconsider using TV for your very little children and, instead, spend time with them until they’ve passed age two and you can allow some television in their lives (we all need a respite, so I won’t fault you there).  But do keep in mind that as a country, the average person clocks in 4 hours or more of television EACH WEEK, which calculates to 9 SOLID YEARS of viewing over a lifetime.

Is it any wonder why our country is, ahem, “big boned?”  Let’s get active with our kids, encourage movement and healthy eating (why not let your little ones help you prepare healthy foods?) and don’t forget a good dose of reading.

Download my FREE e-books right now (look on the upper right) and get your family on the path to fitness.  Drop me a line and let me know your thoughts.

The government is here to help again.  And I have a bridge to sell you.  Oh, wait. Did I say “help”? I meant to say “raid”.

Well, the ever heavy-handed, the ever bullying Ohio Department of Agriculture is at it again.  The Stowers family in LaGrange, Ohio has been running a legitimate organic foods-based co-op and family farm for almost twenty years.  With ten children in the house, the ODA raided their home, with the help of local police, earlier this month and held the family hostage for six hours!

They brandished guns, got rough and Read the rest of this entry »