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Zumba

darla — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:24:26 +0000

If you haven’t tried Zumba yet, you are missing out on a lot of fun. You’ll shake, laugh and sweat your way toward the best shape of your life. Come and join us at the beautiful new ballroom dance studio “Dance Club International” for the 9am sat classes in Aug. Located by the Galley Restaurant on Sullivan Trail in Wind Gap. $5.00 for an hour, What a great price for time well spent. See you there!!!!!

Give your brain some fuel(from: “Healing Foods”)

darla — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:57:30 +0000

High quality proteins found in foods like lean mats, fish and yogurt boosts levels of the amino acid tyrosine. Tyrosine is essential to production of two neurotransmitters, dopamine and norepinephrine. Studies have found that these chemicals boost energy, ehance motivation, and speed up quick thinking. The ideal high energy diet consists of complex carbohydrates, for the raw power needed to maintain overall vigor, balanced by small amounts of protein, for opitmal brain chemistry.

More good reasons to put into practice what we already know!

Eat With Your Head

darla — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:09:54 +0000

My son and his new wife had the pleasure of going to England for their honeymoon. At one of the restaurants where they ate the food came in some packaging that had a message the above mentioned title that I thought was excellent and wanted to share with you. It was an interview with loads of french women, a few Italians and some Spanish as well. Here is their advice on eating well and keeping a good figure.

1: Insist on nutritious, fresh, natural, quality food without any nasties in it! (I’m all for that, but I can’t go to “Pret” in England to get it!)

2: Eat three times a day and don’t pig out. No grazing. Don’t count calories. Simply eat with your head. Think about what you’re eating (before you eat it). (I do agree with that, although there are definately some who do better with six small meals a day, know yourself)

3: Lay the table, sit down, get a plate. (Americans, we are always in a hurry, I Know I need to work on this myself) And when you’re nearly full, stop eating.

4: Don’t diet…diets are rubbish. Being on a diet is a constant losing battle. (so true!)

5: Crisps, (not sure what that is) cookies and candy are not ‘treats’. Eat them at your peril. (can’t say I’m in agreement with that 100%, got to enjoy a little!)

6: Drink lots and lots (and lots) of water every day and, dare we say less alcohol?

7: If you hate exercise don’t worry (don’t feel guilty). Eat and drink properly and you’ll be fine. (being and exercise enthusiast I can’t agree with that, but I can tell you, eating has more to do with your weight than exercise from my observations)

8: Behave slim and you’ll stay slim. Slim is a state of mind.

I really enjoyed reading such a thing on food packaging from a restaurant, I hope you do too.

“Beef Up”

darla — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:21:32 +0000

How important is it to build muscle? How many women are concerned about getting big bulky muscles and are afraid to weight train. Well, there is more than one means to build strength and most women are not capable of building gigantic muscles, so no need to fear. You should be more afraid of not strength training! Why, you ask? Here is some great info taken from Metagenics, a well established vitamin company. “Muscle is the body’s biologically active tissue, and needs far greater amount of calorie fuel to maintain itself compared to body fat. Therefore, a high ratio of muscle to fat increases your metabolism, meaning you burn more calories each day!” Tune in next week for more info.