New Lifestyle Fitness « Personal Training and Zumba in the Lehigh Valley based in Wind Gap

Know Yourself

It is important that you have realistic goals for yourself.  If you already get up at 5am, it may too much to try to get up even earlier for exercise.  Write down your responsiblities and schedule in exercise at a time when it is really plausible.  You may do well with 15min intervals of exercise throughout the day rather then 30 or sixty minutes all at once.  Any attainable committment is better than setting yourself up for failure by expecting the impossible.... Read More...

Plan to Eat

With today’s very busy schedules it is almost a necessity to plan to eat.  When we skip meals there is an uneven distribution of calories throughout the day.  This deprives our body of the energy it needs to function properly.   We need energy for our daily demands, and for the  brain and organs to have what they need to continue their important jobs.  Going long periods (more than 4 hours) can cause low blood sugar and delay insulin response, increasing your risk for diabetes.  Other negative effects can include overeating because of extreme hunger, late night cravings and an inc... Read More...

Vitamin C

In case it has slipped your mind or you have not yet been informed, I’d like to recall the many important functions of vitamin C.  It assists with the formation of collagen, the “intercellular glue”.  It protects against stress, pollutants and free radical damage.  It is a potent antioxidant.  Deficiency can be expressed in tooth decay, soft and bleeding gums, capillary weakness, tender painful swollen joints, reduced secretion of adrenals,  just to name  a few.  We cannot produce it ourselves, so we’ll have to eat it.  Some foods include citrus fruits, berries,... Read More...

Zumba

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!!!!!... Read More...

Your Nutrient Status

Your body is a record keeping machine!  Much like we use the credit card without thinking, then the bill comes, and wow!, we didn’t realize we spent so much, the body is recording every nutrient (or non-nutrient thing) you put it.  We don’t realize it at first because we don’t get a statement every month with the “stats” right in front of us, but we are either contributing to our health or our brake down!   Think about that BEFORE you put something in your mouth.  It is not just weight we should be considering.  How do you feel now?  How do you want to feel... Read More...

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

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!... Read More...

Zinc

Did you know that zinc has antioxidant properties.  Zinc is a constituent of the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD).  It is also needed for proper maintenance of vitamin  E levels in the blood and aids in the absorption of vitamin A.  It has other important functions as well, including the promotion of glandular and reproductive health and the very important proper functioning of the immune system.   There is a simple way to see if you have enough zinc.  Ask me about it.... Read More...

Prevention

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  That has been my motto for quite a few years and I have to say it has served me well.  What can you do to protect yourself from foreign invaders to the integrity of you well being.  Number one in my book, think good thoughts.  A happy and thankful heart and especially on that is voiced does your body good like a medicine.  Number two, make the majority of what you put in your mouth useful for the reproduction of cells.  All foods have the ability to do either good or bad in your body, you have to make the choices for healthful foods be mu... Read More...

Vitamin D

Vitamin D: Did you Know? It is needed in the intestine for the absorption of dietary calcium. It has also been found to be important in protecting the body from a wide range of diseases. This long list of diseases could be linked to vitamin D deficiency: several forms of cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, some autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, and even type 2 diabetes, depression and schizophrenia. How do we help prevent vitamin D deficiency? Well most of us already know, adequate sunshine, of course. I ha... Read More...

Stressed?!!!!

Stress, who doesn’t have it? With the busy and demanding lives we lead it is hard to keep stress at a manageable level. Too much stress can affect us in various ways. Our hormone balance can be disrupted.Hormones are chemical messengers that travel through the blood to affect specific target cells. It affects our mood, our sleep patterns and can keep us in a fatigued state. The adrenal glands produce cortisol (a hormone), one of the main hormones that allows our body to deal with stressful situations without “falling” apart. The more stress we go through the more cortisol... Read More...