It’s not hard to occasionally let your willpower slip when you’re trying to change your lifestyle – sometimes you just don’t feel like getting up off the couch, or that chocolate bar is just too tempting to pass up. One thing that can really help you reach your goals is creating a support system by recruiting your friends to join you in a healthy living club. You’ll be less likely to skip that bike ride when you know one of your friends is waiting outside for you. And when you feel the need to give into a fast food craving, just pick up the phone and call a friend. And when you get together, you know no one is going to pull out a big bag of chips if you’ve all committed to the same goal. So invite your friends to support you in your efforts. Everything’s easier when you’ve got someone backing you up!

A great game to play with friends is basketball – the rules are easy to learn and it involves LOTS of moving around! Challenge yourself (and your friends) to a game this week!

  Roberta Rabbit here – and boy am I ever frustrated! It’s Booger Hausenfeffer! I went over to his house and I asked him if he wanted to rake leaves with me- we’ve got a HUGE maple tree in my front yard, and there are about a gazillion leaves. The best part of raking, of course, is jumping in the gigantic pile when you’re done. I invited a ton of ‘Kinz over for an afternoon of raking, apple cider drinking and game playing, but did Booger want to join us? Nope. Not at all. Not only that, but he made up a ridiculous excuse – he said that he had skinned his knee badly and jumping in leaves would probably ‘postpone his recovery’ – give me a break! When he showed me his ‘skinned knee’ I couldn’t help rolling my eyes – I’ve had bigger paper cuts! Anyway, Booger said he didn’t want to jump in any dumb leaves, and then he just closed the door in my face. I don’t know what’s up with that guy, but I’ll tell you what – he needs to be a better friend…and soon!