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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Toss Those New Year's Resolutions: Reach Your Wellness at Fowler YMCA

At the Y, the focus is for you to recognize your own path to wellness.

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By Kushuna Exford The word resolution can be such a firm and unforgiving word, yet many people begin their New Year with a list of these “plans.” For many by the first week in March these “plans” are forgotten and tossed to the side for other things that take priority. The folks at the Y realize that a healthy lifestyle is important to people and they want to help you get to your desired wellness through collaboration and goal setting, not making “plans.” The staff at the Y understand that the journey to health and wellness looks different for every individual; they take the time to set goals and stay connected with you as you reach them. At the Y the focus is for you to recognize your own path to wellness. As you begin this New Year go …

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Robert D. Fowler YMCA (in Peachtree Corners Patch)

Monday, December 31, 2012

Healthy Eating for the 50+ Crowd

When making those New Years Resolutions to be more healthy in 2013, consider incorporating these specific foods from the Fiftysomething Diet into your regular diet.

Baby boomers are privy to all sorts of nutritional supplements, diet and exercise plans, modern technology and aesthetic advances designed to make us look well, feel well and age gracefully. Some of these advances are pretty darned hard to maintain, some are just freakishly expensive, and some are just wishful thinking. But Maureen Callahan with nextavenue.org says that there is new research which shows that there are particular foods which specifically help men age well - and a whole different set of foods that are specifically helpful to women.  I know. I know. In our busy lives, it's hard to maintain the short-order cook status of keeping everybody's "special foods" in order at the dinner table. None of the foods listed are harmful to …

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