Wise Traditions Beginner Video Series

Videos are presented by Sarah Pope, chapter leader and board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Enjoy!

And the winner is…Barbara! We will contact you through email.

My First 5K

I did it! Trained and ran my first 5K. Here I am crossing the finish line in under 48 minutes…

That averages out to a 15.5 minute mile…not bad for my first race…and it was a hilly little town, too.

If I Can Do It, You Can Do It

Almost anyone can train and run a 5K. We are only talking about 3 miles. Even at my relatively slow pace, we were done in under an hour. The whole experience was a lot of fun. We ran in the East Greenwich Turkey Trot right after Thanksgiving. There was also a 1 mile fun run for kids. It was a family-friendly event and the proceeds went to benefit the East Greenwich International Food Cupboard.

Here I am with my two daughters, Kristen and Kara, who trained with me, and some of my grandchildren.

Registering for a race is great motivation to get out there and get moving. It is wonderful to share the energy of a bunch people getting together at these events. In the spring we plan to register for a 10K. Woo-hoo!

Free Supplements

Enter to win weekly supplement giveaway by commenting on this blog and/or Perfect Supplements Facebook Page…just tell us what you did to stay healthy this week.

Giving is the Reason for the Season; and here at Perfect Supplements, we are feeling generous. In addition to continuing our Supplements Giveaway through the holidays, we are also teaming up with a great charitable organization.

Holiday Donations

Perfect Supplements proudly announces their partnership with Vitamin Angels, a non-profit dedicated to reducing child mortality worldwide by connecting infants and children with vital nutrients.

Through the month of December, Perfect Supplements will donate $1 for every order.

Holiday Giveaway

Traci is the winner of the Perfect Supplements Giveaway this week.

Thank you to everyone who entered to win. Keep up the good work and continue to tell us what you are doing to stay healthy. The holidays are a good time to counteract all that party food with some Superfoods and Exercise.

Perfect Supplements will select a new winner every Friday at 2PM throughout the holiday season. If you haven’t won yet, please try again next week.

How to Enter the Giveaway?

Simply post a comment to this blog and tell us what you did to stay healthy this week.

Want a second entry? Go to Perfect Supplements Facebook page and tell us what you did to stay healthy on our wall.

Alicia entered the giveaway through Facebook and has been contacted with a message through Facebook.

Thank you to everyone who entered to win. It is so great to read what everyone is doing to stay healthy. Perfect Supplements employee, sixty-four year old Alice, ran her first 5K today with a 15 minute mile pace…nice work Alice! We’ll tell you all about it in a separate post later in the week. The holidays are a good time to counteract all that party food with some Superfoods and Exercise. Perfect Supplements wants to help you stay healthy too.

Perfect Supplements will select a new winner every Friday at 2PM throughout the holiday season. If you haven’t won yet, please try again next week.

How to Enter the Giveaway?

Simply post a comment to this blog and tell us what you did to stay healthy this week.

Want a second entry? Go to Perfect Supplements Facebook page and tell us what you did to stay healthy on our wall.

Perfect Supplements is happy to announce our Biggest Sale Ever! 35% off of EVERY Perfect Supplement, ALL Weekend through Monday!

While you are stocking up on all your favorite Perfect Supplements, don’t forget to stop by our Health Blog and post a comment to enter our FREE Supplement Giveaway!

Post a comment on Perfect Supplements Facebook Wall for a second chance to win.

Marci is the winner of the 2nd Perfect Supplement Giveaway! We will contact you by email to find out which supplement you would like to receive and we will ship it on Monday.

Thank you to everyone who entered to win, and please try again next week. Perfect Supplements will select a new winner every Friday at 2PM throughout the holiday season. The holidays are a good time to counteract all that party food with some Superfoods and Exercise. Perfect Supplements wants to help you stay healthy too.

How to Enter the Giveaway?

Simply post a comment to this blog and tell us what you did to stay healthy this week.

Want a second entry? Go to Perfect Supplements Facebook page and tell us what you did to stay healthy on our wall.

Perfect Supplement employees, Kristen and 64 year old Alice, continue to train with the Couch to 5K program.

Last week’s giveaway winner, Michael L, mentioned in his comment that he was starting the Couch to 5K training program, and his knees hurt. Here are a few suggestions to help anyone getting started with jogging.

Running Shoes?

If you are just getting off the couch, you probably do not have a decent pair of running shoes. I am definitely one of those people that gets knee pain if I engage in even the smallest amount of jogging (6 minutes 3 times per week) without good shoes. When we started training for the 5K, I needed to order a new pair. CoolRunning.com offers an informative article about shoe shopping.

Start Slow

It is also a good idea to start slow, take it easy and enjoy the scenery. If this is your first running event ever, or in a long time, this really isn’t about speed, it’s about committing to do something good for your health. In addition, if you are prone to sore knees, you might want to avoid hills and uneven ground.

Running Technique

When I was training for my first marathon last year, I was a complete novice, and my legs definitely hurt. I started doing a lot of on-line research about running technique, and reading some great books. Check out my blog about Low-Impact Running, and the Born to Run book review. You might also be interested in a book called Chi Running.

Looking Good Alice

Perfect Supplements Race Giveaway

Perfect Supplements wants to encourage everyone to move your body! Perfect Supplements employee, 64 year old Alice, started training for a 5K, and just finished her third week of training. Go Alice! We don’t have a picture of Alice jogging yet, but here she is riding a bike on vacation. With the holidays fast approaching, let’s offset that party food with some exercise and superfoods.

Easy to Enter

Through the holiday season (8 more weeks), Perfect Supplements will giveaway one bottle of Perfect Supplements of your choice, every Friday at 2PM.

Simply post a comment on this blog and tell us what you did to stay healthy this week.

Want a second entry? Go to Perfect Supplements Facebook page and tell us what you did to stay healthy on our wall.

Entrants can receive up to two new entries each week, so your chances of winning can go up each week that you tell us what you did to stay healthy.

Michael L. is the winner of this week’s Perfect Supplement Giveaway! We will contact you by email to find out which supplement you would like to receive and we will ship it on Monday.

Thank you to everyone who entered to win, and please try again next week. Perfect Supplements will select a new winner every Friday at 2PM for the next 8 weeks, so you still have many chances to win.

How to Enter the Giveaway?

Simply post a comment to this blog and tell us what you did to stay healthy this week.

Want a second entry? Go to Perfect Supplements Facebook page and tell us what you did to stay healthy on our wall.

Perfect Supplement employees, Kristen and 64 year old Alice, continue to train with the Couch to 5K program. We just finished week three of the training. The holidays are a good time to counteract all that party food with some Superfoods and Exercise. Perfect Supplements wants to help you stay healthy too.

Last year Perfect Supplements employee, Kristen, trained for her first marathon and ran the Disney marathon in January 2011.

This month, Kristen and her sister and training partner, Kara, convinced me (64 year old, Alice) to train for my first running event ever, a 5K. We are using the Couch to 5K application that several people told us about. It is a training program designed for true beginners with no running experience…so it is perfect for me. The program involves just 30 minutes training, three times per week, therefore it is relatively easy to incorporate into anyone’s busy schedule. There are many Couch to 5K programs available. We are using the Active.com iPhone application, but the minute hand on your watch will work just as well. www.coolrunning.com outlines the same 9 week Couch to 5K training program that we are using, so check it out! You can do this…the first week is a 5 minute walk, followed by alternating 1 minute walking with 1 minute jogging for 20 minutes, and finishing with another 5 minute cool-down walk.

You are not going to let this 64-yr-old gramma show you up, are you?

Register and Win Free Supplements

Perfect Supplements wants to encourage everyone to get out there and move your body…so we are giving away 9 bottles of the Perfect Supplement of your choice, one per week for the next 9 weeks (that’s how long it takes to train for the 5K). We recommend Perfect Revive, a 100% pure and all natural energy booster which is great for endurance training. Read all about Perfect Revive.

How to Enter Perfect Supplements Race Giveaway

This is super simple. If you decide to try the Couch to 5K, all you have to do is check in with us with a comment on this blog and tell us how your training is going each week. I am into my third week of training and I am pleasantly surprised at my body’s ability to adjust to longer run intervals each week. Since we do not want to discriminate against other forms of exercise, please feel free to share about any movement you did this week. Taking a yoga class? Walking the dog? Tell us about it on the blog and receive an entry into this week’s giveaway.

Receive a Second Entry on Facebook

Looking for additional entries into the Perfect Supplements Race Giveway? It’s easy. “Like” us on Facebook and post on our wall about your weekly race training (or other movement activity). And here’s an extra bonus…if you are a new friend, you also receive a 20% coupon code just for “like”-ing us. We hope all of our old friends already enjoyed using their 20% coupon code. See you at the races!

The Fateful Fork – Each Bite of Food Takes You to Disease…or Health written by Eve Gabriel, M.S. clearly explains why “cheap” food isn’t really cheap if it makes you sick. Medication, doctors, and hospital visits due to poor dietary choices are very expensive (heart burn, headaches, allergies, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc).

Making Better Choices

There is no doubt that the fresh-picked apple from the local orchard is far more nourishing than McD’s apple pie. The fresh apple is real food, loaded with antioxidants and fiber. Does anyone really want to read the ingredients list from McD’s? Cheap, highly-processed oils,  high-fructose corn syrup, and artificial colors and flavors.  Cheap food is made from low quality ingredients! Nourishing you and your family is not important, it is all about the bottom line, profits.

Where to Begin

The author, Eve Gabriel, lays out a simple four step process to help anyone begin to improve their dietary choices, including local, seasonal, and unprocessed food. I found the chapter called From Understanding to Action particularly helpful because it has tips for how to get the most improvements in your diet from the smallest changes. For example, “Choose five  foods that you eat very regularly”. For me, that is dairy such as cheeses and yogurt. Now I always choose dairy from small farms whom I trust. Here is another example, “Your Five Worst Offenders”. Identify the most processed, lowest quality foods that you currently consume and find healthier alternatives. I found a non-genetically modified, organic corn, naturally flavored chip that  tastes even better than Doritos. High-quality, organic, and fair-trade chocolate is also readily available.

Very Motivational

Overall, reading The Fateful Fork definitely helped me make better food choices. Eve Gabriel’s book was informative and motivational. Although I already made many good food choices, she helped me take it to the next level. She has a simple, no-nonsense, “just do it” attitude. As the only cook and grocery shopper for my family of five, I am solely responsible to provide nourishing food for every meal and every snack. Eve helped me realize that I need to be prepared and plan ahead properly, everyday. On my best days, I plan breakfast, lunch and snacks the night before, and decide what’s for dinner in the morning. If I stock my freezer with locally-farmed meat, and my refrigerator with local and/or organic fruit and veggies, it is relatively easy to prepare nutritious meals.

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