CityView Magazine

editors��� corner Healthy Habits Y ikes! It���s resolution season again. With visions of sugar plums still dancing in my head, this time of year usually serves as an ugly reminder of all the fitness goals I failed to reach last year. Year after year, I expect myself to morph from who I am in January into Jillian Michaels by December. This issue of CityView, with stories about nutrition and wellness, is certainly a good way to jump start fitness resolutions, and reading about Fayetteville���s own CrossFit standout, Nate Schrader, makes me want to lace up my shoes and throw some weight around the gym. Rebekah Sanderlin, senior editor There���s a new saying showing up on t-shirts and bumper stickers: ���Strong is the new skinny.��� I don���t know if the fashion magazines will ever embrace it, but I like the sound of it. This year I���m setting a different kind of resolution, one of healthy acceptance. Come December 31, 2013, I want to be able to look back and say, ���This year I did the best I could for myself and those around me.��� Rather than knock myself for not being able to squeeze into size 6 jeans yet, this year I���m going to remind myself of how far I���ve come. In the last eight years I���ve had three babies, moved twice, saved my marriage and reinvented my career ��� and, after having those babies, I���ve lost a combined total of about 165 pounds ��� a whole, healthy-sized person. I know that I will get back to the size I want to be, someday. In the meantime, I���m just going to get �����and stay �����strong. T his issue focuses on fitness and wellness and that means something different for everyone. For me, it���s not a resolution, it���s a lifestyle choice. Well, most of the time that is. Being part of an active community that shares those sentiments makes it easier to ���get moving��� and set goals. On any given weekend in Fayetteville there is some type of fun run or walk to benefit a worthy cause. In this issue we spotlight a local business owner who ranked nationally in the CrossFit Games (p. 36), two festive annual events, the Polar Bear Plunge at Fort Bragg���s Smith Lake (p. 31) and Ryan���s Reindeer Run (p. 62). Both events brought out all types of athletes: the serious competitors, families, those in it just for fun ��� and even the dogs. The costumes were creative and the fun was contagious. For more photos not found in the issue, check out our website, www.cityviewnc.com. Happy New Year! 8 | January/February ��� 2013

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