No Excuses - Saturday - 12/31/16

Time to Reflect, Look Ahead, Celebrate

When the clock strikes midnight,how will you ring in the New Year? Will you reflect back on how you achieved your fitness goals over the past twelve months? Will you rethink and update next year’s approach to healthful eating and active living?

The smart approach: Do both. Review what you’ve learned this past year to strategize for the coming one.

Celebrate with healthful New Year food folklore:
• Enjoy a Cuban tradition: twelve grapes eaten as the clock strikes midnight with one wish for each month of the year (Make twelve promises for fitness!)
• Add Southern tradition to your midnight buffet: Hoppin’ John  (black-eyed peas cooked with ham and seasonings, and served with cooked rice) as a symbol of good luck. • Try a fishy Polish and German tradition: herring at midnight for good luck.

Wishing you a Happy,Healthy New Year!


Question: How will you see in the new year AND do you have any traditions related to New Year's Eve or what you eat on New Year's Day? Any comments? Do you make new year's resolutions?

Might sleep into New Year. Oh watching Washington (UW) play Alabama in bowl game afternoon of New Year's eve. Winner to play for national championship college football. Possible eye surgery later in 2017? yikes. Going to be ridiculously cold soon. I think down to -10°C (14°F) brrrrrrrrrr. So far no big snow event but long cold spell with highs below freezing.

Do something early New Year's Day followed by brunch with friends.