Fit For Life

Get Inspired

2012-02-24T10:20:00.001-05:00

Get Inspired from Myapex.com

Weight Management is hard for everyone. Sometimes it feels good to read about someone else’s success then we know that it’s possible for us too!

Click here to read Adam Wheeler’s story, from the USA National Wrestling Team

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Fitness basics

2012-02-23T10:00:00.000-05:00

Fitness basics

Starting a fitness program may be one of the best things you can do for your health. After all, physical activity can reduce your risk of chronic disease, improve your balance and coordination, help you lose weight – even boost your self esteem. And the benefits are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability.

Click here for the entire article from MayoClinic.com

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Prescription Weight Loss Drugs . . . ??

2012-02-21T14:27:00.002-05:00

Prescription weight loss drugs: Can they help you? From the MayoClinic.com.

An interesting read, that includes this very important message, “. . . prescription weight-loss drugs don’t replace the need to make healthy changes in your eating habits and activity level. . . “

Press here for the complete article.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Get Inspired!

2012-02-17T14:18:00.001-05:00

Get Inspired from Myapex.com

Weight Management is hard for everyone. Sometimes it feels good to read about someone else’s success then we know that it’s possible for us too!

Click here to read Dr Eric Quimbo’s story

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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The Top 10 Diet Fads

2012-02-13T18:23:00.000-05:00

The Top Ten Diet Fads.

Conversation Corner from MyApex.com. Click here for the quick and interesting read.

Get inspired!

2012-02-10T20:17:00.000-05:00

Get Inspired from Myapex.com

Weight Management is hard for everyone. Sometimes it feels good to read about someone else’s success then we know that it’s possible for us too!

Click here to read Renee Auten’s story

Rate your stress level

2012-02-08T17:02:00.000-05:00

Stress Management: Rate your stress level

Click hear to read this article from MayClinic.com

Constant stress puts your health at risk

2012-02-07T14:00:00.000-05:00

Stress: Constant stress puts your health at risk

Your body’s stress reaction was meant to protect you. But when it’s constantly on alert, your health can pay the price. Take steps to control your stress.

Click here for the article from MayoClinic.com

Page 2 of the article goes through some stress management strategies, which include eating a healthy diet and getting regular exercise and plenty of sleep.

2012-02-05T16:10:00.002-05:00

Another great article from the Quaker Oats website:

“Tips for Avoiding Portion Distortion”

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Make counting calories easier on yourself

2012-02-03T19:00:00.001-05:00

Are you having a hard time keeping track of your incoming calories? Scott and I found that it is SO much easier for us to track when we eat pre-packaged meals. Stouffer’s has some great selections in the freezer section of your grocery store – individual and family meals.

Always remember to read the label in its entirety; If you take one item and turn it into a meal for two, read the ‘Serving Size’ to see how many servings its calorie count is suggested for. They have a yummy Chicken Lasagna option that serves 5, but we divide it into 4. The box says:

Servings per container = 5, Calories per serving = 380

380 x 5 = 1900, 1900/4 = 475

So our meal turns into a 475 calorie per person meal.

Click Here for their website to check out their options.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Ground Hog Day!

2012-02-02T09:45:00.000-05:00

Ground Hog Day! One of the fun days of the year that everyone watches, whether you ‘believe’ in it or not – we all kind of enjoy watching what happens to that cute little critter in southeastern Pennsylvania.

According to Wikipedia; The celebration, which began as a Pennsylvania German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to the groundhog. It also bears similarities to the Pagan Festival of Imbolc, the seasonal turning point of the Celtic Calendar, which is celebrated on February 1 and also involves weather prognostication and to St. Swithun’s Day in July.

Click here to learn more from the Wikipedia page.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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It's the 1st of the month, another great time to get back on track!

2012-02-01T10:00:00.001-05:00

It’s February 1^st – once again, you’ve decided that you’re going to try to stick with your New Year’s Resolution. Perhaps you’re not going about it the right way. What’s your Resolution? Maybe you should do some reading on the subject to help you stay on track. Here’s a list of Blogs that are worth following, from the MayoClinic.com – Click Here.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Chickepox Vaccine - good information from the CDC

2012-01-31T17:12:00.002-05:00

Because I like to help keep you in-the-know, here’s a great article from the CDC about the Chickenpox vaccine. Click here.

“Chickenpox is a very contagious disease. The best way to prevent the disease is by getting the Chickenpox vaccine.”

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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It's possible to drop the weight without a gym.... really

2012-01-30T10:42:00.002-05:00

Hopefully all of my Blog fans have realized that Weight Management is all about monitoring your incoming calories (food) vs outgoing calories (physical activity). You aren’t interested in going to a gym, that's fine – instead, you have chosen to decrease your incoming calories. That works, too.

Here are some 'little things' that may help to add up to some extra calorie burn during your day:

· Stand more often - I burn nearly twice the calories standing vs seated.

· When you brush your teeth, lift your legs and march high in place.

· When you answer the phone, stand up.

· Stand/walk in place while you watch TV.

· Take the steps instead of the elevator.

· Take the long way to the bathroom - if you work on the 3rd floor in your office building walk down a flight or up a flight of stairs and use the restroom on another floor.

· Take the dog for a walk instead of letting him out into the backyard, even if it’s only a 15 minute walk (he appreciates is and so will you). No dog? Play with the cat every day for 15 minutes by standing with a string or flashlight.

· Instead of leaving a stack of stuff at the bottom of the steps to take upstairs, make the trip up the steps each time.

· Sweep/vacuum every day.

· Wash the car yourself, instead of running it through the car wash.

Just a few things to get you started on lightly increasing your activity level!

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Nutrition Facts labels - a 'how to' to reading them

2012-01-27T19:39:00.003-05:00

The key to choosing healthful foods: Using the nutrition facts on the food label.

A great web page I found on ChooseMyPlate.gov. It breaks down the different areas of the food label and helps us make a little better sense of it.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Small ways to cut calories, without giving up much

2012-01-26T15:31:00.000-05:00

Small ways to cut calories:

· Switch your milk to Skim/Fat Free, or progressively switch by using 2% first.

· Switch to light beer / diet soda (you’ll get used to the taste, I promise).

· Drink more water – if you aren’t ready to switch from regular to diet soda, then increase your water intake instead.

· Switch to a lower calorie salad dressing or try just Balsamic Vinegar instead of an oil & vinegar dressing.

· Start measuring your cereal in the morning – to start the process, fill your bowl as usual and THEN pour it into a measuring cup to see how much you generally eat. The next morning, try to cut back the serving size.

· Use a smaller plate – use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate.

· Switch to a 40 calorie per slice bread.

· Read your labels, ‘low fat’ isn’t always the best choice. You may find that the per serving calories are nearly the same on the low fat version, quite often they increase the sodium to help lower the fat.

Most importantly, start reading labels – Sometimes you like two different products equally, but you’ll find one of the two has less calories. Reading labels will make you more aware, and a better advised consumer.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Benefits for your heart of being at a healthy weight

2012-01-25T09:08:00.005-05:00

Another great article I found on the Quaker Oats website.

“The Heart Health Benefits of Being at a Healthy Weight”

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Laughter is the best medicine

2012-01-24T14:15:00.000-05:00

Today is National Belly Laugh Day.

An article from National Belly Laugh Day a few years ago from Science Daily, helping to drive home the fact that Laughter is The Best Medicine! Click here.

Yours in Health, Wellness, and a Fabulous smelling home/office,

Sharron Grzybowski

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Let us help you reach your target weight!

2012-01-23T16:33:00.002-05:00

You're 3 weeks into your 2012 Weight Loss Resolution. There are 2 types of people right about now. Either you're (a) pretty darned proud of yourself or (b) slowly getting depressed because of slow or no progress. There is a fine line between those two and it's easy to be converted from one to the other on any given day. Let us help you keep (a) keep that good feeling or (b) help you learn what's slowing you down and help you get, and stay, on track! Check out our video online and learn more about the bodybugg and how it can help you:

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Let us help you get a better handle on Weight Management – give us a call or Email us today!

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Sharron Grzybowski

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