{"id":1087,"date":"2010-03-30T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2010-03-30T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T16:27:01","slug":"power-to-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2010\/03\/30\/power-to-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Power to the People!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, not the name calling, spitting on, wrecking offices and death threats &#8211; the power that comes from being empowered through health and fitness. \u00a0 We had the power to reform health care by changing our exercise habits and improving our nutrition, but we did nothing about it. \u00a0 Not a good decision because now politicians are creating and implementing reforms and trying to balance the needs and wants of everyone and leaving almost everyone a little dissatisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Should we repeal health care reform? \u00a0 Don&#8217;t ask me. \u00a0 I do know that we can all do our part to take care of our own health and that will certainly go a long way to reducing the projected costs of the health care reform plan as enacted.<\/p>\n<p>What do I suggest? \u00a0 There is no better nor more effective way to improve your fitness than with a <a title=\"Team Beachbody Workout DVDs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/team-beachbody-products.htm\">Team Beachbody workout DVD<\/a>. \u00a0 There is no better nor more effective way to improve your diet than with the nutrition information in the <a title=\"Join the Team Beachbody Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/join-team-beachbody.htm\">Team Beachbody Club<\/a> and the new Meal Plan Tool will revolutionize how you can manage your food intake. \u00a0 Finally, there is no better nor more effective way to achieve the goals that you have than with the support, guidance, motivation and inspiration of a <a title=\"Team Beachbody Coach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/team-howtobefit.htm\">Team Beachbody Coach<\/a>. \u00a0 We are here to serve you and brighten your day with power of encouragement and a coach is included for free with every Team Beachbody membership!<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, not the name calling, spitting on, wrecking offices and death threats &#8211; the power that comes from being empowered through health and fitness. \u00a0 We had the power to reform health care by changing our exercise habits and improving our nutrition, but we did nothing about it. \u00a0 Not a good decision because now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-miscellaneous-posts","tag-health-care-reform","czr-hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Power to the People! 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