With the US obesity rate now over 65% (yes, that is 2 out of 3 people) we are commonly asked at Positive Motion about weight loss and easy ways to shed a few pounds. The reason we have gained weight as Americans at this alarming rate is that we don’t eat, drink, or exercise like we did 100 years ago. If we bring our lives back to the basics it can be easier to lose weight than you might imagine. I will teach you one “trick” right now.

Last week we learned that Positive Motion Health and Dr. Brant Pedersen (DC) have won 2nd place in the Los Gatos People's Choice Awards for 2011 in the Chiropractor category. We are honored to have had so many patients vote for us. We come to work every day to help people "Get Healthy and Feel Better" and we look forward to 50+ more years being part of the health care fabric here in the South Bay. Dr. Pedersen routinely states that he "wants to practice until he is 90.

John Lennon once said "Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans." How true is that? When we moved to our new office location in November of 2010 we wanted to celebrate and throw a party to thank all our patients who have helped make the dream of this office a reality. But it was a crazy rainy winter and so we thought we should wait.

We decided that June 3rd, 2011 would be rain-free and far enough in the future that we would have time to plan an amazing event. Well, inbetween November 2010 and June 3rd, 2011 I became a father