A Habit You Won’t Want to Break
What do you do every night before getting into bed? You brush your teeth. It doesn't take much thought since it is such an ingrained habit. Imagine if exercise was as much of an ingrained habit as brushing your teeth. You would quickly achieve your weight loss goal and improve your health.
Here's how to make exercise a habit:
1)Exercise at the same time each day.
2) Put it on your schedule as a must - not a maybe.
3) Log your workouts in a journal.
4) The ultimate way to create the habit of exercise is to join one of my programs - talk about guaranteeing your success!
Start your habit today by visiting www.thebodyfirmaz.com.
Proposed Soda Tax May Reduce Obesity
According to a recent New York Times article, sugary beverages soda are the number one source of calories in American diets. It is also a well known fact that soda has been blamed for the obesity epidemic plaguing our country. Now, health officials are hoping that soda will come with an additional tax, much like tobacco.
The current proposal would impose a penny-per-ounce tax on all soft drinks. To put this in to perspective, a 12-pack that was once sold for $2.99 would increase to a whopping $4.43.
So will this really cut down on obesity? Will people really stop buying sodas and sugary drinks? Time will only tell, but it's an interesting argument to consider. For more on the issue, click here.
We aren't quite sure that the soda tax will cut it, but we do expect that some type of regulation will be set in place in the coming year, and for good reason.
NEW Flexibility Training Classes
Flexibility is a fundamental aspect of your fitness training. Not only can stretching prevent and correct injury, it also maximize the benefits of strength and cardiovascular workouts. Join us for our new Flexibility Training Classes beginning Thursday, March 4, 2010.
Classes Include:
- Personalized stretching instruction
- Massage and flexibility work with foam rollers
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation exercises
Class Times:
- Thursdays, March 4-April 1, 2010
- 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Cost:
- $20 per class
- $75 for the 5-week program
Contact Doug to sign up today!
Pass On The Salt
If Americans took out just one half teaspoon of salt from their diets each day, an estimated 44,000 to 92,000 lives would be saved each year. That startling statistic came from a recent New York Times article about the benefits of reducing your sodium intake. For years doctors and nutritionists have warned us about the damaging effects of processed foods. Now it seems they have finally determined just how dangerous too much salt can be.
A half teaspoon is equivalent to about 1,200 mg of sodium. Keep this in mind as you read the nutritional information of your favorite foods. Challenge yourself to keep a food journal for one week. Pay close attention to the portion size and the sodium content. By the end of the week you should have a good idea of what your daily intake is. The 
recommended consumption is roughly 1,500 mg, or 2/3 teaspoon. Chances are, your sodium level is much too high if you eat frozen or packed foods, or dine out often. Common sodium giants include pasta, sauces, bread and condiments such as soy sauce.
So what happens if you exceed the limit? Start slow. Salt is a very hard thing for most people to give up. If you drastically change your intake right away, food will taste boring. Begin by eliminating table salt, and reducing the amount you use in recipes. Soup for example, can be changed by cooking it from scratch using low-sodium broth. The prepared canned variety you buy at the grocery store is notorious for a high salt content. You might just be surprised at how salty foods begin to taste once you have completely adjusted.
Whether your vice is craving salty foods or not, this article is definitely worth a look: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/health/nutrition/21salt.html?ref=health. You might just be one of those people saved by this finding.