The Chatty Gourmet

Are you worried about the upcoming holidays? Halloween is right around the corner and there is more than one reason to be frightened. With the amount of candy being shuffled around you have good reason to be. A tip to avoid the holiday pounds is to realize that any given holiday is only one day. I find it ok to splurge on that one day. But as for the days leading up to or following the holiday, my advice is to stay away. Enjoying yourself on the actual day will make it worthwhile, but just be cautious of any splurging before or after. Instead, try filling up on some healthy snacks like SHG's yogurt partfaits or veggie sticks! These will leave you feeling less haunted.

The other day Jenn and I went to go visit a gym in Anaheim called Bogifit, a gym that caters to youth only. It was a beautiful facility that contained child and regular sized workout equipment. As we were walking through the tour I couldn't help but get excited myself, everything looked so fun and I could only imagine how a child would feel being able to let loose in there. The truth is, kids need a place to go and call there own, somewhere where they don't feel threated or embarrassed to use the equipment freely and really get a good workout in. With childhood obesity at it's highest I think it is so imporant to give kids a place to go and get active. I never really stopped to think about it and I was definitely one of those people in the gym who looked at a child using a treadmill or bike and thought "this is not a playground, why is this little kid in here"! They were probably so uncomfortable and it probably took a lot of guts to use the equipment in front of a bunch of adults who they knew just thought they were playing around. It's funny I have worked with Childhood Obesity in the past and I never thought of giving kids their very own gym, it's a great idea and I really hope that we see more facilties like this all over the nation. If you are in the orange county area check out their website at www.bogifit.com.