"If it ain't one thing it's another" was a catchy phrase I often heard growing up. At the time, I didn't give it much thought, except that I heard it a lot. But fast forward a few decades, and I get it; in life, there's always going to be something I recently heard a pastor say as he delivered the eulogy for a young man who had battled addiction most of his life: "We all have issues. And if you are sitting out there in your pew thinking that you don't have any, then maybe that's your issue-you think you don't have any." Man, was he on target. There's always something It's your health....

"If it ain't one thing it's another" was a catchy phrase I often heard growing up. At the time, I didn't give it much thought, except that I heard it a lot. But fast forward a few decades, and I get it; in life, there's always going to be something I recently heard a pastor say as he delivered the eulogy for a young man who had battled addiction most of his life: "We all have issues. And if you are sitting out there in your pew thinking that you don't have any, then maybe that's your issue-you think you don't have any." Man, was he on target. There's always something It's your health....

Initiated in 2005, "small change: Big Results" is an extension of "small change, a 28 Day Guide to Eating, Thinking, and Feeling Healthier" written and developed with my mother, Myrtle D. Russell. Within months of the initial release we realized that a disproportionate number of the students were neither at their ideal weight nor in satisfactory physical condition. Seeking big results in the fight against childhood obesity, this venture ultimately spawned from the sheer desire to help others be healthy and live prosperous lives. It quickly became our mission to help parents and their children...