Fit With Forester: Keep Your Head in Today

I've been thinking a lot about the future lately and what my goals are and what I want for my life. Somehow, I keep coming back to the same issue: I'm trying to get myself ready for my future; I lose out on my present. Working hard and being diligent towards your goals is important, it is how you get ahead in life. But before we know it, we'll all be middle aged and tied down to a career and maybe a family. Those are great things to have, but what happens when all of your "coulda, woulda, shoulda's" come up? What do you do when you realize that there were so many opportunities you missed out on because you were so busy preparing for your future that you forgot to live in the moment. I encourage you to make the same effort I am trying to make: work hard and accomplish your goals but make room for the opportunities in life that you can't get back. Go on that road trip, make time for concerts and experiences that you'll remember for a lifetime. Make living your life without regrets a goal.

Recipe of the Week: Crock Pot Lasagna

Ingredients:

11/2 jars of meat spaghetti sauce, either Prego or Ragu

1 box of oven ready lasagna noodles

1-pint chive cottage cheese

1-pint ricotta cheese

16 ouncesshredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1.            Combine cottage cheese and ricotta cheese in a bowl with 3/4 of the mozzarella cheese.

2.            Cover the bottom of the crock-pot with meat sauce.

3.            Cover the sauce with a layer of noodles (you may need to break them to fit)

4.            Do another layer of sauce and noodles then a layer of the cheese mixture.

5.            Continue to layer the noodles, cheese mixture, and sauce until the cheese mixture is gone.

6.            Finish with a layer of noodles topped with sauce and the remaining mozzarella cheese.

7.            Cover and cook on low for about 4:30 hours or until the noodles are tender and the sauce and cheese are bubbling.

Exercise of the Week:

Modified Sun Salutation

Begin by standing straight, arms at your side, and feet shoulder width apart. Take a deep breath in as you raise your arms over your head stretching up to the ceiling. Letting out that deep breath, bend at the hips bringing your hands to the ground trying to touch your toes. Hold this position for :20 seconds, remembering to breathe. Jump or step back to push-up position and take a deep breath in and hold the position for :20 seconds. Letting your breath out, slowly lower your body down to the ground, keeping the straight line from your head to toes and your elbows in. Inhale and push up onto your arms lifting your torso while keeping your legs straight and rested on the ground. Hold this stretch for :20 seconds. Exhale and raise your body into downward dog position or an upside down "V" shape with both your hands and feet touching the ground. Hold for :20 seconds then step or jump to a crouching position before standing back up. Inhale and repeat from the beginning.

­Activity of the Week: Get Nostalgic

Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by the responsibilities of being an adult and find yourself longing for the times when you were younger? Sometimes it can be healthy to regress a little and embrace your inner child. Pick a day when you don't have much going on and make it your "be a kid" day. Watch old cartoons, drink kool-aid, and lay around in pj's for the morning. Make snow angels and have a snowball fight or play schoolyard games like Red Rover. Stay inside and play board games or make silly crafts with glue and macaroni or pipe cleaners. Just do all the things you haven't done in years because you're too old to do them. Take the pressure off and just be a kid for a day.