4 Tips for Your 4th!
Coliseum Update | June 30th, 2016
In This Update:
- 4 Tips for Your 4th!
- 4th Round Up with Healthy Sides | Cooksmart.com
- Fit Group Follow Up: Leitunant Joe's TAC-P & The 6 Step Nutrition Challenge
- Reach for the Office Stretch Every Tuesday & Thursday!
- New Salon Stylist Beginning July 5th!
- July 18th Shoe Fitting
- July Fitness Group Class Schedule Attached
- Thursdays Token
4 Health Tips for Your 4th!
1. Pre-Plan. Having a plan in mind will save you from over indulgence and haphazard eating. Pre-planning will strengthen you to live life by design and not by default. Plan on spending more time around the outer walls of the grocery store and less time in the middle aisles where you will find boxed processed foods and frozen treats. Shop around the produce section and then look for lean proteins. Plan a trip to your nearby farmers market. Also, go ahead and plan your workouts for the weekend. Keep up the routine!
2. Plan Active & Interactive Activities. It's a great time of year to be outdoors. The pool, lake, park or backyard will serve as a playground for all ages where we all can burn calories and have fun at the same time. Think in terms of interaction, relationship formation, activities where you must interact / communicate. Good bonds are created that way. To make it feel like it's more of a vacation week, plan activities you find fun: sand volleyball, tennis, swimming or waterpark with the kids, corn hole or football in the yard, etc. And for a family relationship tip, "kill 'em with kindness."
3. Make the Nutrition Switch. Along with small meals think of small changes. Small changes will help keep the belly small. For example, switch chips & fatty dips to veggie trays and hummus, switch soda for teas and fruit slices in water, switch from hot dogs and fatty steaks to turkey dogs and lean meat. Health expert Dr. Wayne Andersen, medical director of Take Shape for Life states, "Filling up on high glycemic index foods like potato chips, ice cream, sodas and full-calorie beers spikes insulin and opens the floodgates for fat storage. Most guys don’t realize that insulin, not testosterone, is the key hormone in the body. It determines your rate of aging, level of inflammation and whether your body is in a fat storage or burning mode." Also, load up on the grilled veggies and make those 1/2 or more of your plate. Practice portion control & do not skip small meals (healthy grazing).
4. Have Fun. Let's put our minds toward the idea that this extended weekend will serve as a stress reduction. For many who are going through a difficult season, or whom have experienced those with frequency, it will take initiative to mentally detox. The art of relaxation is a continual practice. Be good at it. Many times, stress seems to come at higher frequency then our de-stress tactics. Have tools in your tool box :) Find what works for you and be intentional about it.
Fit Group Follow Up: Lieutenant Joe's TAC-P Program
“Joe’s class has pushed me past my comfort zone and forced me to challenge myself. It’s improving my mental strength as well as my physical strength!"
~Meaghan Johnston (LT-ATL)
"It pushes us all physically and mentally. We learn a lot about ourselves when we put our bodies through something we did not think was possible initially. In addition, it is some sort of bizarre math class where a 1/2 mile actually means 2 full miles, and 10 reps means 25."
~Mike Manusama (LT-ATL)
“It is the worst two hours of my week. Thanks Joe!”
~Marissa Nolan (LT-ATL)
"Joe’s class is fun, motivating and team-oriented! I enjoy not knowing what the activities will be for each class. I always end up pushing myself and accomplishing more than I think I can!"
~Leslie Dalianas (LT-ATL)
Jump in with the 6 Step Nutrition Challenge!
Eat to live instead of living to eat! Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food :0).
10 MINUTE OFFICE STRETCH EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 2:50
Top benefits of stretching:
1. Increased circulation
2. Increased energy
3. Increased mobility
4. Helps alleviate lower back pain and a stiff neck
5. Improves balance and coordination
New Salon Stylist Beginning July 5th!
- $30 cut for men
- $40 cut for women
Onsite Shoe Fitting & Sale July 18th!
Thursdays Token
~Len