Perfect Fit Personal Training- Health and Fitness Blog

How exciting...my first article where I'm the expert instead of the author! Check out the article here: http://www.arthritistoday.org/fitness/motivation/rainy-day-exercise.php Rainy Day Exercises in Arthritis Today magazine. Thanks to HARO! Have a great weekend.

If you're like most people, you enjoy a nice, cold drink on a hot summer day. Do you ever have an Ice Cap from Tim Horton's? They're delicious, cold, creamy and taste just right on a hot day. Ever wonder how many calories or fat these yummy drinks contain? Educate yourself on what you're taking in, you might be suprised. A medium Ice Cap has 360 calories; that might be an amount you had saved up for a whole meal. Here is the Tim Horton's website with their nutritional info: http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/menu/nutrition-calculator.html You can always enjoy "bad" foods, but in moderation. Go for a small size instead of medium or large. Happy Mother's Day!

A crucial part of losing and maintaining a healthy weight is how you eat. If your nutrition is poor, it won’t matter how much exercise you do, you won’t see the results that you’re after. Meal planning is an important part of a fitness regime; it does require forward thinking, so you need to set aside some time every week to map out your meals. Eating on the go can be healthy if you plan in advance. Make your own snacks and beverages to bring with you to work or on the road. A great website address for meal planning is: www.sparkpeople.com On this website, you can get custom made meal plans for your whole week, including a ready to go grocery list which you can print off. Don’t like the meals they have? Customize them to add your own favorites. Once you start eating right, your weight loss will come more steadily. Remember that it takes a few weeks to form new habits, so give yourself time to ease into this new eating pattern. It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change.

If you’ve tried in the past and failed, please look at the reasons why you might not have achieved success so that you can avoid those things this time around. Some tips for success: · Make your health your number one priority. · Let people know what you’re trying to do so they can support you. · Set goals- small, medium and large, and give yourself timelines to reach those goals. · Be realistic, if you’ve never been 150lbs, but you wish you were, you probably won’t succeed. · Get a friend to join you! Having someone else to be accountable to is a great way to stay focused. · Reward yourself when you reach your goals. · Remember that habits take time to form; give yourself enough time to get committed. · Never give up.

If you're like me, you've heard about the Swine Flu, but maybe don't know too much about it. Here is a great link to give you up to date info from a credible source: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/swineflu_you.htm Stay educated!

If you read my posting on supplements already, thanks for doing so! If that's something that interests you, please check out this month's (May) Alive magazine. I have an article in there on organic supplements. I won't give away the info here, as I want you to read it, but it's a great primer on organic supplements. Alive magazine is available across Canada in health food stores, free of charge. Check it out!

I have just found this website, maybe you've already heard of it, called Sparkpeople.com. Essentially, it plans all of your meals and exercise programming according to what you punch in as your weight loss goals. It's very efficient for those people that can't figure out a proper meal plan on their own; hey, it's tough! Not only does it give you a daily and weekly mealplan, but you can customize it if there are things on there that you don't enjoy eating, and it tabulates exactly how much fat, protein and carbs are in each thing you eat. It also gives you a healthy range to stay within to see if you're going over or not. Best of all, it's free! I am in no way being paid for this posting, I simply am excited to share this cool website with all of you. Check it out, it's really great.