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Greetings!
Woo hooo it's summer! Swimming and Gardening!
Please let me know if you want to know my regular schedule and I will email it to you...
I'm booking now into Mid August, please let me know if you need anything!
Personal 1:1 Training; all ages & abilities
Small Group Personal Training
Lifestyle Coaching (meaning I will help you build a healthier overall existence; a longevity lifestyle! Lose weight too!)
Kids Swim/Adult Swim (pool location permitting)--no groups
Aquatic Fitness all levels
Post Rehabilitation Therapy; Land or Water
Oh and I want you to see this one...this is another evidence that there is no need to be size ZERO before you start to exercise--these guys have attitude and check out the fun factor!:
Riverdance Link!
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Weight problems cost California FORTY ONE BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!
Cost of Obesity in LOS ANGELES is $11,881,507,282!!
Those of us who have been obese can list for you the costs associated with being overweight. Food obiviously costs more--which I know folks can argue that healthy food costs more but processed and restaurant foods are not inexpensive. I can help you learn to eat way healthier and not spend more money....you just have to learn where and when to shop for what! :)
Generally there is a health impact at some point where the extra weight can affect your skeleton, your joints (knees), etc. Clothing costs more because you are a "specialty"...
Please ponder this if you are still going for the "cheap" $1 fast foods....Nothing is free...you might pay a $1 for that burger today, but the consequence can absolutely cost you more over time.
"Obesity and weight-related problems
cost California
$41 billion a year, a cost that has nearly doubled in six years, according to a
study released Thursday by an organization that fights obesity.
The California
Center for Public Health
Advocacy said the study showed a 33 percent increase in obesity rates,
which resulted in health care costs and lost productivity.
"The economic cost to California
of adults who are obese, overweight and physically inactive is equivalent to
more than a third of the state's total budget," said California State
Controller John Chiang in a statement announcing the study results. Chiang
called obesity an epidemic in California.
The study updates California Department of Health Services
research in 2000 that attempted to find the economic cost of obesity. The
study, and the update, both by Chenoweth and Associates of North
Carolina, found that overweight and obesity cost $21 billion annually and
physical inactivity cost $20.2 billion. The consulting firm said it expects total
costs to rise to $53 billion by 2011.
The study released Thursday broke down costs by county, with the
largest counties accounting for the highest. Bay Area county costs: Alameda County
- $2.2 billion; Contra Costa - $1.3 billion; San Mateo
County - $1.2 billion; San Francisco - $1.1
billion; and Marin - $230 million.
Elsewhere in the California,
the highest-cost counties were: Los Angeles -
$11.9 billion; Orange - $3.3 billion; San Diego - $3 billion; Santa Clara
- $2.1 billion; and Sacramento
- $1.7 billion."
For more on this see these links:
Cost Of Obesity Study Link
Economic Costs Table w/Numbers and Cities
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Labeling Law inspires California Franchise Restaurants to Cut Calories
Ok this reminds me of back in the day of swap meets, when were were young ladies trying to learn our personal makeup color palette (trying to get our eye shadow to look exactly like that lady on Knotts Landing..LOL)...our philosophy was "If you buy makeup at the swap meet, then you don't care about your face".
Similarly, If you eat at some of these major chain restaurants...well....it's pretty impossible to make some good food snob high nutrition body feeding choices there.
Make your own decisions but please be picky!
"California's law requiring that chain restaurants post calorie
counts for their foods took effect earlier this month. It's already producing results,
as two chains, Macaroni Grill and Denny's, are reexamining and revising their offerings.
According to the Sacramento Bee:
Romano's Macaroni Grill, with
four locations in the [Sacramento]
region, has managed to squeeze a whopping 880 calories out of just one salad,
as the chain's menu undergoes a massive revamp under new ownership.
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The new [Denny's] Grand Slam - two eggs, two sausages, two bacon slices and
pancakes - is a build-your-own option with substitutions such as chicken
instead of pork, egg whites, turkey bacon and whole wheat pancakes. For another
49 cents, add-ons such as yogurt are available.
With the healthier options, the Grand Slam
drops from 882 calories to 546, not to mention a 70 percent drop in fat grams.
This is a nice bonus of menu-labeling: some
restaurants will be too ashamed to continue offering items like 1,200 calorie
salads and will look for ways to make their foods more healthful. Although
we're sure there will be complaints about a person's individual freedom to eat
as much crap and be as fat as he wants, we think the public health benefits
outweigh such concerns (especially considering that in the instances here,
Denny's is keeping things like Moon Over My Hammy intact, and the type of
person we just described probably wasn't celebrating his gluttony with a
1,200-calorie scallop and spinach salad at Macaroni Grill).
Although it's good to see restaurants
retooling their menus, the main purpose of menu-labeling laws is to allow
consumers to make informed decisions about the foods they eat. It's up to you,
not the restaurant, to ensure you eat reasonably."
Link:
Link to Article about Menu Calorie Counts
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