Healthy Holiday Travel Essentials

Posted by on Dec 7, 2012 in Blog | 3,902 comments

Millions of people will travel across the country to visit friends and family this holiday season. Plan ahead to ensure you have all the essentials to stay lean and healthy during the holidays.   Holiday Travel Essentials Workout Gear – Pack workout gear before anything else. Think about when you will have time for fitness, rather than if you will have time. Healthy Snacks – Bring along healthy snacks to keep your hunger under control. Fruit, such as apples, are great snacks.  Apples are great to fight off hunger and have lots...

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Is Dr. Oz the only picture of health out there?

Posted by on Sep 16, 2012 in Blog | 87 comments

I picked up the most recent issue on Prevention Magazine and there is Dr. Oz once again. I wonder if there is no one else to give us health advise in America? Well..I must say I have learned a wealth of information from him but does he have to be on every magazine cover? The best so far is the don’t skip breakfast. When you don’t eat breakfast our body signals famine or starvation. Our body is design to protect itself and ends up decreasing  the metabolic rate and makes it harder to burn calories. It slows the metabolism...

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Road Warrior – what do you eat?

Posted by on Sep 3, 2012 in Blog | 61 comments

  Beat the Beverage Ban. Many airlines restrict what beverages you can take onboard, so focus on getting well hydrated the day before a flight. Once on the plane, limit the amount of tea, soda, alcohol or coffee you consume, as experts say these drinks can cause dehydration. Stick to bottled water while traveling, to avoid contamination.   Pump Up the Protein. Prior to boarding your flight, eat a meal high in protein. This will stave off hunger pangs longer than a meal high in carbohydrates.   Focus on Fiber. Fill up on foods that are...

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Staying motivated to stay on track..on the road

Posted by on Aug 20, 2012 in Blog | 53 comments

As travelers it is easy to fall off track with healthy eating or exercising or both. Easy to lose motivation or to find excuses or to grab that extra donut on the run or drink that extra beer at the airport to take the edge off of  a crazy busy day. It all comes down to finding our why, our what or whatever you need to call it. At the end of the day it might be wanting to control your diabetes, hypertension or cholesterol. At the end of the day it all comes down to the mind. The body achieves what the mind believes. The most important weight...

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What have we learned from the Olympics

Posted by on Aug 5, 2012 in Blog | 525 comments

What do all Olympic athletes have in common? Perseverance, dedication, commitment and love of the sport. They wake up thinking about exercise and go to sleep thinking about exercise. Why is it that the rest of the world can’t get off the couch? Simple, these athletes crave it. They have made their bodies ask for it and when they don’t get it, their bodies revolt by making them feel ill. This is why even when injured they still want to do it. The pressure of competition is part of it but anyone who exercises and works out frequently...

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