Wake up tomorrow better than you are today!

Fitness Jerny philosophy:

It is your God-given responsibility to improve yourself daily. Your body is your temple. Your mind is the altar. How are you treating it? Taking care of yourself means taking care to honor your physical self as a precious gift. You only get one body, you only get one chance. You are the end result of your choices. How is that working for you? It is never to late to make changes. It is never to late to turn back time. Why waste another day wishing things were different? Behavior change is hard, but a stroke is harder. Ask anyone who has had one.

You choose your destiny, your genetics are not to blame...your lifestyle is. Get off of the couch and into the game. Your children and grand children thank you!

Jerny Rieves is a popular fitness and wellness professional in the greater Phoenix area. She has twenty eight years of experience "in the trenches" helping people get healthy and fit. As an instructor, trainer, coach, and writer, she has motivated thousands of people to better their lives through behavioral changes and education. Jerny's passion and desire to share her knowledge is driven by the belief that a strong nation is built on solid information that inspires families and individuals to take better care of their physical, emotional, and spiritual selves.

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Discomfort

I think over the last 60 years American's have become increasingly resistant to discomfort. I blame this for a lot of the problems we are now facing. We are so accustomed to having our needs met immediately, that we have no patience.

We are a SOFT NATION!! Yuck.

Once upon a time in school, I loved learning about WW II. Particularly the part about rationing and doing without. Women left their kids and went to work, made food out for the family out of very little, grew vegetables in the back yard, while their husbands sat in trenches or slept in cots with scratchy blankets with many other snoring, dirty men. We were a tough country back then and we were admired for it.

Fast forward to 2000's......we have zero tolerance for heat (crank up that A/C baby) , cold (set that thermostat to the 80's), aches (pass the tylenol please), mild sickness (it's a cold, not cancer), and small things like traffic delays and irritating coworkers can raise our blood pressure.

Our perception of what is normal human living has been altered to the point that we are physical babies incapable of sucking up a little hardship. We wonder why the rest of the world disrespects us...hmmm.

Discomfort makes us strong, adversity makes us wise, exercise makes us healthy, junk food will never fix that coworker...

Next time you catch yourself whining about something, I highly recommend a conversation with a WWII Veteran and his wife.