HangryPants, one of my favorite blogs, has generously offered to use their blog earnings this month to buy non-perishable food items to donate to those in need.  I want every single one of you to head their site and click around to help raise as  much money as possible!
Link to them on your blog to spread the word!
Head to HangryPants for all the details on how you can help!

Big changes are in store here at Grounded Fitness.  While I am saying good bye to my blogging partner, Susan, who has moved to her own yoga blog at She Knows Yoga, I am also using this as an opportunity to make some additions to Grounded Fitness.
The main difference? Its going to be all Kelly, all the time.
Try and keep the tears to a minimum.
I’m still post the same way I have been, and I will also be going a little more personal with my day to day stuff, and most exciting for me, and hopefully you, too, I am going …read more

Hard for me to believe that the holidays are already here. For northeast Ohio, the weather is a bit off.  No snow, no snow drifts (at least on the west side of the river), just wet pavement coated with a light sprinkling of rain.  I’m sure that’s bound to change very soon.  The only thing that can be guaranteed at this point are the grey days that dominate this time of year. But even the grey clouds make a nice backdrop for the holiday lights and candles I see lighting many windows and porches.
Still have lots to do to prepare …read more

GoTrybe.com, a company devoted to fighting childhood obesity, wants you to give them the blues.
 
GoTrybe.com is spreading awareness for World Diabetes Day, November 14th, by holding a blue picture contest.  GoTrybe.com is working very hard to spread this effort and hopes that it will help parents talk to their children about the role of proper diet and exercise in the prevention of diabetes.
To read their press release, click here.
Encourage others, especially youngsters, to take part and submit their blue photo to photos@gotrybe.com.  Not only will you be supporting a great cause, but all photos will be added to GoTrybe.com’s Flickr, and the most creative photo will be posted on GoTrybe’s …read more

The actual campaign ended on the 17th, so I’m a bit late, but the message is important no matter what day it is.
Fat Talk Free Week
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I was bulimic for about 5 years.
I believe, and research supports, that eating disorders are a disease. People that develop eating disorders are genetically predisposed to them. That being said, just because you are genetically predisposed doesn’t mean that you are guaranteed to have an eating disorder; it means you have the ABILITY to develop one. Something has to bring it to a head, and its a conscious choice to engage in negative behaviors.
I was a Type A personality. Everything I did, I did full tilt, and that’s the way I liked it. I couldn’t do anything half way. After …read more

Today is Blog Action Day, and our goal–unite and educate the world about poverty.  Who it affects, what it means, how we are all touched by it.
If there’s one topic that impacts all of us, it is the pain and suffering of people who cannot afford to eat, can barely afford to live.  I write a lot about meditation and its benefits.  What I hope to encourage people to do is to stop–and think–and meditate–about what life is like for someone who cannot afford to feed themselves or take care of themselves or their families. 
Really look at the people we’re …read more

It’s harvest time in many parts of the world.  Today, Canada gave thanks for it’s blessings. For me, harvest is a time to think about how I’ve “grown” during the year, and how I hope to grow even more.  And when I make a list of what I’d like to work on, my yoga and meditation practices almost always top, or hover near the top of the list. 
There are countless reasons to get involved with yoga and meditation.  More than I can list here.  
But the single best reason to get involved in a well-rounded practice that encompasses both yoga and meditation is the sense …read more

 
Its theme day here at the Health and Wellness channel, and the theme this month is harvest: the fruits of your labor.
We work out. A lot. Everyday (usually). Why?
Most of the time its habit, but if you really think about it- why do you work out? 
For the rewards. 
Lets harvest the rewards of our hard work.
Everyone’s are different. What’s your reward for working out?
Let’s gather a big ol’ harvest of the best things about living a healthy lifestyle.
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 In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Diets in Review, (who’s dietician will be guest posting here at the end of the month and needs your questions) is holding a huge donation drive.
If you sign up for Diets in Review’s newletter anyday in October, they will donate $1 to the Susan G. Komen charity. 
Great diet and exercise info and saving lives.  Sounds like a win win to me.
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