After a great seminar put on at Fit It In Fitness by TLS Wellness Coach & FII Nutrition Coach Melinda Osbourne I wanted to share some take home points.
Over-consumption of carbohydrates is the leading cause of obesity, adult onset diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Obesity is ultimately a leading cause of death in our country.
It is true, your body demands carbohydrates to maintain basic cell function.
Recommended daily amount of carbs is 65% of your diet. But what kind?
Let's start with Simple Carbohydrates vs. Complex Carbohydrates.
Simple carbs break down to simple sugars and have little to no nutrition value. Your body breaks down these carbs very quickly which is the reason having too much is not good. The fast breakdown of simple carbs effects blood sugar and insulin levels in the body. The excess carbs will be stored as body fat. and eating these regularly will lead to many other sugar cravings.
Examples:
White Flour pasta
White flour bread
white potatoes
table sugar
juice
most packaged cereals
Complex carbs include fiber, vitamins and minerals. Because they have a much more complex chain structure they take longer to break down. They are used for energy over a longer period of time therefore sustain blood sugar level and energy.
Examples:
spinach
yams
broccoli
beans
lentils
whole grain pasta, cereal
In our seminar Melinda gave us an example of a white pasta:
One serving included 65 grams of carbohydrates and 2 grams of fiber. THAT IS 50% OF YOUR DAILY CARB ALLOWANCE!!
To combat the quick breakdown of these simple carbohydrates be sure to add fiber rich foods to your pasta serving.
She then gave us an example of Dreamfields Pasta (a whole wheat pasta):
41 grams of carbs, 5 grams of fiber. You'll notice less carbohydrates than the white pasta and more than twice the fiber. This will help maintain blood sugar levels. The added protein also helps in the carb breakdown process.
The key to losing body fat is to control your blood glucose levels; how fast sugar enters and leaves the body. Eating foods low in carbs and sugar will help keep this in check.
Tips:
1) Eat 2-3 cups of veggies with every meal.
2) eat 4-6 oz of protein with every meal.
3) Stay away from simple carbohydrates for energy.
4) Start eating sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes, high fiber cereals, wheat pasta instead of white.
5) Eat every 2-3 hours to avoid sugar cravings.
Thank you Melinda!
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Heart Rate Training 2
Heart Rate Training is on an upswing at Fit It In Fitness.
We now have more than 50% of our clients training with heart rate monitors.
What we've been able to achieve?
1) Learn more about clients and ourselves. Do your clients have cardiac issues? Do you?
2) Push to a new level of fitness. It is amazing how much of a fitness gain you don't get when you don't know how hard you can actually work. I have found that it is not natural for someone to train to 100% max. Everyone stops before they reach 100% and even sometimes 90%.
3) Optimal Recovery. Many of us like to just say we are recovered and move on only to find out after an hour that wasn't the smartest decision we made while feeling extreme fatigue.
4) A new level of interest in workouts. Many people don't enjoy their workouts or worse don't know why they do it or if it even works! When you shift your focus to different intensities and watch yourself recover it changes the whole game.
5) Workout diversity. Now that we have instilled our heart rate training we dedicate a full days worth of workouts to max effort and optimal recovery. This is much different than your normal metabolic classes.
and best of all.....
6)SUCCESS! Everyone who uses a heart rate monitor at Fit It In has seen progress with their workouts and results!
The Data to back this up:
1) I was able to find clients that are inhibited from working to a maximum effort for great reasons! Education for your success! Some of your clients or workout buddies might be pushing to extremes they shouldn't be. If you or anyone you know is taking blood thinners or any blood pressure medication they should understand that their maximum effort is skewed from any equation a fitness professional can give. They must learn how to work in THEIR zones. This is a great teaching tool for "independent success." Sometimes people train at the level of those they are surrounded by (most times out of intimidation) this tool allows to control that.
2) Without a doubt when we first started training with heart rate monitors everyone missed the 90-100% mark. Quickly we all found out there is another gear! When you get to what you think your max is, DIG DEEPER! (Please understand if you feel faint, dizzy, light-headed or short of breath you should STOP). Do not push past a reasonable cardio output.
3) And I quote : "What do I need a monitor for? I know when I'm recovered." My answer: "Ok then you shouldn't have a problem wearing this for me and telling me when you feel recovered."
All those who thought for sure they were recovered and could give 100% at that moment were wrong. They'd look at the watch and ask me if they were ok...They weren't so sure anymore! Now every FII client that wears one knows to look to the monitor for that answer! (Not to mention now they are actually working to 100% of their max and want that recovery!)....I Like this ;)
4) Somehow we've peaked an interest in working out even from the most skeptical of them all. The attention has been taken away from the work being done and refocused to what their bodies are actually doing moment to moment. When is the last time you looked around and saw everyone interested in their workouts? Come to Fit It In...Living proof. Today was one of the best days yet!
5) You think you've seen it all? Done every workout imaginable? Think again! We have just unlocked a new level! Variety is the spice of life! Each day of the week is a different workout and we just kicked it up a notch with our heart rate training.
6) MY FAVORITE: every single person who has been tracking their heart rate summary during workouts has improved their work output and recovery time! I just took a look at our tracking sheets today and not one person has been left behind! All have met a goal they never knew existed: work to 100% of your potential. Our next step is to get everyone to increase recovery time and we are well on our way!
So..what to do?
#1 Get a heart rate monitor : CLICK HERE!
#2 Wear it consistently and track your summary at the end of your workouts including: average heart rate, max heart rate and how you felt.
#3 Aim to decrease your resting and active resting heart rate
and ultimately the time it takes you to recover.
#4 Let me know how it's going!
We now have more than 50% of our clients training with heart rate monitors.
What we've been able to achieve?
1) Learn more about clients and ourselves. Do your clients have cardiac issues? Do you?
2) Push to a new level of fitness. It is amazing how much of a fitness gain you don't get when you don't know how hard you can actually work. I have found that it is not natural for someone to train to 100% max. Everyone stops before they reach 100% and even sometimes 90%.
3) Optimal Recovery. Many of us like to just say we are recovered and move on only to find out after an hour that wasn't the smartest decision we made while feeling extreme fatigue.
4) A new level of interest in workouts. Many people don't enjoy their workouts or worse don't know why they do it or if it even works! When you shift your focus to different intensities and watch yourself recover it changes the whole game.
5) Workout diversity. Now that we have instilled our heart rate training we dedicate a full days worth of workouts to max effort and optimal recovery. This is much different than your normal metabolic classes.
and best of all.....
6)SUCCESS! Everyone who uses a heart rate monitor at Fit It In has seen progress with their workouts and results!
The Data to back this up:
1) I was able to find clients that are inhibited from working to a maximum effort for great reasons! Education for your success! Some of your clients or workout buddies might be pushing to extremes they shouldn't be. If you or anyone you know is taking blood thinners or any blood pressure medication they should understand that their maximum effort is skewed from any equation a fitness professional can give. They must learn how to work in THEIR zones. This is a great teaching tool for "independent success." Sometimes people train at the level of those they are surrounded by (most times out of intimidation) this tool allows to control that.
2) Without a doubt when we first started training with heart rate monitors everyone missed the 90-100% mark. Quickly we all found out there is another gear! When you get to what you think your max is, DIG DEEPER! (Please understand if you feel faint, dizzy, light-headed or short of breath you should STOP). Do not push past a reasonable cardio output.
3) And I quote : "What do I need a monitor for? I know when I'm recovered." My answer: "Ok then you shouldn't have a problem wearing this for me and telling me when you feel recovered."
All those who thought for sure they were recovered and could give 100% at that moment were wrong. They'd look at the watch and ask me if they were ok...They weren't so sure anymore! Now every FII client that wears one knows to look to the monitor for that answer! (Not to mention now they are actually working to 100% of their max and want that recovery!)....I Like this ;)
4) Somehow we've peaked an interest in working out even from the most skeptical of them all. The attention has been taken away from the work being done and refocused to what their bodies are actually doing moment to moment. When is the last time you looked around and saw everyone interested in their workouts? Come to Fit It In...Living proof. Today was one of the best days yet!
5) You think you've seen it all? Done every workout imaginable? Think again! We have just unlocked a new level! Variety is the spice of life! Each day of the week is a different workout and we just kicked it up a notch with our heart rate training.
6) MY FAVORITE: every single person who has been tracking their heart rate summary during workouts has improved their work output and recovery time! I just took a look at our tracking sheets today and not one person has been left behind! All have met a goal they never knew existed: work to 100% of your potential. Our next step is to get everyone to increase recovery time and we are well on our way!
So..what to do?
#1 Get a heart rate monitor : CLICK HERE!
#2 Wear it consistently and track your summary at the end of your workouts including: average heart rate, max heart rate and how you felt.
#3 Aim to decrease your resting and active resting heart rate
and ultimately the time it takes you to recover.
#4 Let me know how it's going!
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