One of my least favorite things about the New Year is the glut of diet commercials on TV, in the Daily Sun & in my favorite respite from the 'real world', Us Weekly. The cover of this week's magazine is (of course) 2009's Diets That Work!, to quote a Weight Watcher's commercial, "diets don't work". We, the American people love diets, we love pills and ridiculous fitness fads- anyone remember inversion boots in the 80's? But, the sad fact of it is that "diets don't work"- remember the old standby "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". Unfortunately, the only thing that really works to lose weight, gain lean muscle, lose body fat etc. is good ole healthy eating & exercise both of which need consistency, willpower & motivation.

The good thing is- we can all become the person we want to be, the woman we want our daughters to be and the role model we need to be for our families and Stroller Strides is here to help!

A first step to many New Years Resolutions is to write it down, commit to it & then sign yourself up for some sort of program that will help you achieve it. If your resolution is to 'lose weight' or 'get fit' then go ahead & sign up for a Stroller Strides class, commit yourself to going at least 3 days per week. Want to learn how to change your eating habits? commit yourself to 8 hours of learning with our LEAN program. This can be the year where you really make those changes you want to see. YES! It will take a lot of work, but you WILL do it and can start to work on more interesting resolutions for 2010.

A clarification- LEAN, although an offshoot of the book LEAN Mommy, is not only for moms. It is a class open and beneficial to ANY woman- tell your friends & earn money off your class fee. This class is guaranteed to change your life- forever. I mean, we can't all go on the Biggest Loser.. :)