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Is There Really a Formula?by Sonja Scali
The
Fitness Formula can help you move into an easy routine of eating
changes, life style management and heart healthy workouts. The fitness
industry gave us this “easy move into” fitness for a lifetime of good
health some 5 years ago.
Gathering data for the last 24 years
has helped me put together what I consider an easy “formula” for
getting into and staying in shape. Is this an easy task? For many it is
not. What I have also learned from someone I call my mentor, Paul Chek,
is what the foods we eat create in our bodies. The cravings we have are
driven by the very foods we eat. You can enter Paul Chek’s web site
through ours. If you purchase his DVD’s “You Are What You Eat,” it will
really open your eyes.
Reading labels has become one of the most
important activities you have while shopping for the foods you eat. A
simple guideline for all of my clients has become this statement
regarding additives: If you cannot pronounce it and are not sure what
it is, and if G-d did not make it then Don’t Eat It! A little bit of
levity came from one of my clients when she said, “But I can pronounce
Aspartame!” I suggested that G-d did not create it!
You really
need to ask yourself how come Americans have become heavier over the
last 15/20 years? The No-Fat error came upon us some 15 years ago but
we got fatter!
Funny little story here folks: I had a wonderful
dog named Samantha. She was a beautiful and friendly Rotteweiler. She
loved to eat whatever we ate. I had been waiting for a special cookie
-- I will not mention the name. For almost a month. It had become so
popular at that time that they could not keep up with the demands. Now
that should tell you how many might have been being consumed. It
finally arrived. I ate half of it and gave Sammy the other half. She
placed it in her mouth. Looked at me. Placed it on the floor. Looked at
me again. Looked at the cookie and walked away. That was the last time
I ever bought that cookie again. If my dog would not eat it neither was
I going to. Actually, Sammy would not eat anything that was Fat Free!
She definitely knew something I did not know.
Additives:
How many do you want in your body? How will your body rid itself of all
the “toxins” it accumulates day in and day out? You only have one body.
What you put into it to feed the trillions of cells keeping you alive,
is of the utmost importance. I have become a purchaser of “Organic”
products only. Being careful to be sure that the organic is real. For
instance, one of my clients told me she purchased “Sea Salt”, which is
organic but in reading the label it stated that there was Dextrose in
the product. You should know that anything ending in “ose” is a sugar
product. The product was manufactured by a popular company. Checking
the sea salt I had purchased from a health food store I saw that
theonly ingredient was Sea Salt. I told her to bring it back as the
dextrose was added as a filler.
You and I know that there will
be many companies getting on the organic “band wagon” to try to make
the monies spent by people like you and me. So please continue to read
the labels. You can even go into the web sites they give you on their
packaging. My understanding is, it takes five years to clean up the
soil from any pesticides, fungicides etc. You can check their history
on their web sites to be sure you are buying Real Organic.
Is it
all so confusing? I don’t think so. I view it as an exciting adventure,
to discover my own body. After all our body is our home and shouldn’t
we live in a healthy home?
For me, this quest is so much fun and
it is more fun to go on a “Journey” when you have someone to go with. .
If you have any questions now is the time to start asking. I will do
the best I can to answer or at least try to find a good place for you
to get the answers.
Together we, the human race, can conquer anything. First we need to be healthy and strong. We Can Do It.
Frolic Into Fitness
Sonja Scali
ACE & AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
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