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I play on a rec league inline hockey team here in the Colorado Springs area.  I took about three years off before starting up again two seasons ago.  When I quit, I was an above average silver league player, and an average gold league player.  After three years off, it seems that my skills have diminished greatly, and everybody else has sped up....WAY UP!  The bronze league is what silver used to be, and silver is faster than gold was...

So, after spending a seas...]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:53:01 GMT n8ball on 8/20/2008 (2 comments)

"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can." -Willis R. Whitney

I hear excuses regularly, whether it is why people don't have enough time to exercise, why they can't eat healthy, they cannot afford Juice Plus+, and why they can't accomplish a myriad of other tasks that would be beneficial to their journey on this planet.  Although I am annoyed by these excuses, I do feel sorry for those who u...]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:55:12 GMT n8ball on 8/11/2008 (8 comments)

"The purpose of life is not to win. The purpose of life is to grow and to share. When you come to look back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the pleasure you have brought to other people's lives than you will from the times that you outdid and defeated them."
-- Rabbi Harold Kushner

The above quote is profound enough to stand on it's own, I do not need to fluffy it up or anything.  It's why I sell Juice Plus, even though I make more t...]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:06:45 GMT n8ball on 8/4/2008 (1 comments)

I think of the cow holding the sign reading “Eat More Chicken” from Chick Fillet. I’m not a militant vegetarian, I eat the way I eat for health and personal reasons, and I will never criticize people for how they eat. If they want to eat chicken or beef, more power to them. However, this blog is pointed to vegetarians as much as the carnivores. When I first started being a vegetarian, I was not even close to eating the 9 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables that the FDA recommends. So, to eve...]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:32:19 GMT n8ball on 7/28/2008 (4 comments)


Here are a few tips on food if you are trying to lose weight. If you combine a healthy diet with three days of moderate exercise, you can lose the fat pretty fast, gain some good muscle, and lose the dress sizes. You don't have to have a degree in exercise or nutrition to have success, you just need to put the right kind of calories into your body, while avoiding the wrong ones.

Foods to avoid:

All bread that contains flower (Ezekiel Bread has no flower in it) <...]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:43:18 GMT n8ball on 7/24/2008 (5 comments)

I was reading a blog by OldeButGoode here on fitconnect,  blogs.fitconnect.com/OldeButGoode/2008/7/21/DONT--PROCRASTINATE--, and that got me thinking about the causes of procrastination.  Attempting to motivate people is a good thing, but sometimes more may be needed.  I can imagine people reading and listening to motivation on procrastination, and then mind dumping about it five minutes later.   

So my question is, why do people procrast...]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:52:13 GMT n8ball on 7/22/2008 (6 comments)

I've often wanted to become a personal trainer and take classes on the subject, it's been a fascination of mine for years now. If I can't be a personal trainer, at least I can pass on some of my knowledge to those who are interested.

Eating right isn't about being thin, buff, or hot (ok, maybe hot), but it's about feeling good about yourself and being healthy. It's about maintaining a quality of life that keeps you out of the doctor's office and doing the things that you enjoy the ...]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:10:19 GMT