About this blog
"Let's Move York" is a grassroots initiative formed in response to the York newspaper series "The Fat Battleground" which reported that York was ranked as the fourth most obese metropolitan area in the country.
Our mission is to motivate the community to lead more active lives and improve their health and well-being by following the "rules" listed in the book, "Younger Next Year" by Harry Lodge and Chris Crowley.
This blog will be a forum for introducing and expanding on those rules to help fellow York countians get and stay active, be healthier and feel connected in our journey to MOVE YORK ... off the list.
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Just Say Yes!
So, did your motivation to be become Younger Next Year fade when 2011 ended? Not unlike my motivation to blog more regularly – I apologize for that, but won’t “should” on myself. And, have your New Year’s resolutions to try again to … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Commitment, Connections, Fitness, Motivation
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A Role Model for CARING, CONNECTING AND COMMITING
Even though Thanksgiving is a distant memory and Christmas and the New Year are upon us, for me the entire season is about gratitude. Gratitude for what I have to be thankful for and sharing that gratitude with those around … Continue reading
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Try This Exercise!
In the final chapters of Younger Next Year, Harry and Chris tell us that no matter how well we follow rules 1 through 6, if we really want to succeed at being younger next year, we need to take Rule # 7 very … Continue reading
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Be Picky About Your Pack
Henry insists that we find a pack in the chapters of Younger Next Year that talk about Caring, Connecting and Committing – Rules # 6 and 7. He says in Chapter 18: ”We evolved as social pack animals, like wolves and dolphins”, and throughout the book, … Continue reading
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The Limbic Dance is a Circle
As with all the other rules in Younger Next Year, Chris introduces them, then, in the next chapter, Harry gives us the scientific evidence to try to convince us that we have no choice but to follow that rule – if … Continue reading
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Who Cares?
Do you think the action word in “Let’s Move, York” is only about putting one foot in front of the other? It’s not. It’s not just about exercising our bodies every day – it’s also about exercising our minds – caring about … Continue reading
Posted in Connections, Cycling, Exercise, Motivation, Science of Aging
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Put Your Mind Where Your Mouth Is
So, why should we follow Rule #5, “Quit Eating Crap” if it’s true, as I said in my blog entry “Fitness is a Low Fat Diet” on 9-13-11, that escalating exercise will eventually get us down to the weight we … Continue reading
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The Big Walk – Sunday, September 25 – It’s Not Just About the Walk
“Let’s Move, York…”, if you’ve been reading this blog and its newspaper host, is about getting Yorkies physically active and changing our community’s ranking on the List of Most Obese metropolitan areas. This grassroots organization formed in response to “The … Continue reading
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Fitness is a Low Fat Diet
“Let’s Move, York…” (off the obesity list), despite this moniker, is not about losing weight. Neither is Younger Next Year. That’s why: Harry’s Rule #5 – QUIT EATING CRAP! is my least favorite one to blog about. But, it’s also … Continue reading
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No Tolls on this Road
So, are you wondering why Harry thought the advice to SPEND LESS THAN YOU MAKE warranted being one of his seven rules? Harry and Chris really do want us to be happy -no matter what age we are. And they built … Continue reading
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