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I might be a little slow, but I am finally going to try to put up the Christmas lights on our house.  This is the first time I have done this so we will see how it goes. 

We are also going to see the Rotary Lights display in Riverside Park.  My wife and I have driven through the park to see the display in years past, but this year we are going to actually stop and walk around with our son.  He will love it.  Whenever we are driving in the car he always tells us what color all the lights are. 

Now to the roundup.  These are links to some of what I’ve read recently. Hopefully you enjoy them or learn something.

Teenage Obesity Linked to Increase Risk of MS – Being overweight can have so many negative effects.  Ever more the reason get healthy.

Sodas and Obesity - Big shocker here.  This goes to show how hidden calories can sneak into your diet.

Fat in Diet Won’t Make You Fat - I somewhat agree with the conclusion, we shouldn’t be afraid of fat in our diets.  It has many benefits.  However, I think the study is very weak.  There needs to be a greater difference in dietary fat levels to make these conclusions.  Make sure you understand how studies are conducted before you start believing what they say.

Forging Habits of Steel - A great post from the Art of Manliness.  I wrote on this topic here.  The most important part of starting new habits in to start.  Make sure not to take on too many changes at one.  As the great Dan Gable says “If it’s important do it everyday.”  It takes little things done consistently over the long haul. 

Disease, Death and Organ Failure – This post may offend some people.  I think it brings up a good point.  We generally treat our bodies pretty bad through our whole lives.  Then we expect doctors to delay in inevitable at the taxpayers expense.

Have a great weekend!