November fitness tips from the Streaming Colors Fitness Journal

What are you thankful for this month? Look back over your calendar and if you see plenty of color, thank and commend yourself for a job well done. Count your blessings if you're enjoying better health & more energy. Now don't undo your healthy habits just because the holidays are here. Enjoy holiday meals, but focus on lots of healthy vegetables, lean meats, and a little less pie. Keep track of "treat" days by coloring them in you journal, but try to limit it to one or two days a week. Give thanks actively this Thanksgiving, with a brisk walk outside or a game of touch football. Give thanks because life is good–and even better when you're healthy and fit!

account login & sign up form

Hola everyone! I'm working on getting the account logins and sign up form sorted out, as it seems to not be working properly. Squarespace, our hosting site is great, so I'm sure it's something I didn't do quite right. Sorry for the inconvenience and I will keep everyone updated as we get this fixed. Mostly, I'm so excited that so many people want to be part of our fitness community! YAY!!!

Update on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 5:10PM by [Alexis]

Here's the scoop. There's no longer a need to "login" to our website. Comments on the blog are now open to the public. And the "sign me up!" form is strictly for our Streamail Updates, which are basically little announcements we send out when we have a new product, good deal, or fun news to share with our fitness community. We're considering setting up a forum but we're really waiting to hear from you on that, if it's something you would want to use. So let us know. I hope this clarifies things... if not, shoot me an email.

surf the turf

I like to go hiking with my girlfriends (you know who you are ladies... love you all!!!) in the canyons around LA. Most of the trails are well traveled and easy to navigate. However, some of them (like Temescal Canyon) are way more au natural than one might expect and therefore require the purchase of some serious hiking shoes. (Any excuse to buy shoes will do, right?!?!) So I picked up these North Face Cipher shoes, and after many many hikes I have to say, I really like them! My three favorite things: I like the design a lot, blue & grey are my colors. I also like the mesh inserts that allow my feet to "breathe" while hiking, which keeps me cool. And I like the traction, lots and lots of traction, so I no longer "surf the turf" (which is cool outdoorsy person speak for "trying not to fall on your a** while hiking downhill," right Stacy?) If you're looking for a pair of hiking shoes you can find these at Zappos. (They have excellence pics from every angle.)

the pen is mightier than the scale

Wow. It's been 3 weeks since I last posted. We've been so crazy busy with our Lean Mode Food Diary product launch that I haven't had time to write. Well, actually that's not true. I've been writing every day, mostly emails, press releases and other communications. Haven't had much time to surf the web for fun stuff. Though I did find another news story about the benefits of keeping a food diary. It's a good, quick read. And it makes the most important point, that if you want to change your habits (& lose weight) you have to be accountable to yourself. Keeping a food diary tells you exactly what you're doing right & what could use some improvement. And this article shows that it will help you lose twice as much weight. Read the article from abc news.