Welcome to Jinifit: The Place for Body Transformations

I know of a prominent internet marketing guru who recently redesigned the format of his daily newsletter and decided to write the health segment of his "healthy, wealthy, and wise" newsletter himself, rather than continue to publish the articles and opinions of experts in the field. I can't really blame him. It seems that everyone who has ever picked up a dumbbell has something to say on the subject(s) of health, fitness, and nutrition. Judging by the media saturation of all things "diet," "skinny," and "celebrity pertaining to…," this is what Americans want to know about.  I'm no different, I’ve dedicated my career to it.

There is one thing (aside from any fantasies I’ve entertained about being a shrewd businesswoman) that sets me apart from the internet marketing guru.

Summer Reading List for Every Serious Exerciser

Every June, my sister takes her boys to Borders to pick out their summer reading books.  Correction.  She tries to get them interested in summer reading.  Unfortunately, the books rarely get read.  Somehow, with trips to "the camp," baseball, hockey and sports on TV, reading isn't, well, at the top of their teenage to-do lists.

As a kid, my Mom would round up the four of us and bring us to the library to begin another summer of reading.  I always looked forward to that outing-that had me in competition with some of my classmates as to who could read the most books before the start of the next school year.  I usually won.

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and