| Health Tip: Smuggling veggies |
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A recent study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that many people know they should be eating more fruits and vegetables but they aren't sure how to work them into their diets. Next time you're at the store
buy some different varieties of vegetables: carrots, celery, cucumber, peppers, peas, etc. Then cut up the vegetables, mix together, and separate them into travel sized containers. Enjoy this healthy, and handy, snack with a handful of
almonds to add protein and healthy fat.
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| Stay Cool? |
| Not likely. |
Summertime. You know. That time when every ad has some corny play on words about hot deals, cool savings, blah
blah blah. The truth is that the Oregonians among us have just spent the last 7 months locked away in our warm homes and the last thing we want is to spend the next 5 trapped in our cool, climate controlled homes and offices for what
precious few months of sunny weather we get.
To celebrate our luck, Recess invites you to come outside and play with us this Saturday and next. Check out a free mini-workout, make some new friends, and enjoy summer. Here are the details.
In Portland, OR from 10-11 a.m.
8/4/07 Adidas on NE MLK and Alberta;
8/11/07 Signal Sports 1327 NW Kearney
RSVPs for one or more previews at 503-282-5560 or email bootcamp@recessfitness.com
Then stop by our Fremont St. booth to ask questions, see a few exercises:
8/4/07 12-3 p.m. Q&A at Foot Traffic 4020 NE Fremont St.
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| Stinky gym? Bad music? Meat market? |
| Shower at home. We come to you! |
Did you know that Recess brings you a lifestyle previously only afforded to oil magnates and movie stars? Seriously. Starting at just $175 per month you can have access to some of the best trainers, dietitians, personal chefs and other
experts your area has to offer. Best yet, they come to your home or office.
Call 503-282-5560 to find out how.
Here is what real people are saying about Recess:
"I'd spent years on and off doing my own thing in stinky gyms, and I have to admit...I just started to cut corners and didn't really have my heart in it anymore. So when I signed up for Recess, I was skeptical of their holistic
approach. Would it really make a difference?
After sessions [IN MY OWN HOUSE] with a fitness trainer, a yoga instructor and a nutritionist I rediscovered how easy it was to work out, eat well, and keep in tune without that additional obstacle of going to the gym. It made healthy
choices easier to understand and make when done in the context of my own home"
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| Healthy Lifestyle DIY |
| "The Rules" |
Let's face it.
Today's society is nothing if not plentiful with information. Most lay people have all of the information that they could ever need to monitor and manage virtually every aspect of their life.
Look up "nutrition" and you get 142,000,000 sites.
Look up "exercise" and you get 230,000,000 sites.
Look up "stress management" and you get 99,200,000 sites.
Phew. Just the thought of sifting through all of that information makes me want to take a nap.
Cutting to the heart of the matter is the fact that regardless of the details there are four rather simple steps that each of us can take to change our outlook and behaviors on any aspect of health.
Be informed.
Being informed is really only the very first step towards being well. If knowing a thing meant doing a thing then the world would be a much different place.
On the flip side, being informed is one of the most important steps. It is understanding the underlying issues of any health matter in a holistic way. It is gathering (or having a trusted source gather for you) scientifically valid data
from a variety of resources and understanding the bigger picture. It is the ability to understand where we fit in the greater continuum of healthy behaviors and what we need to do to get to where we want to be.
Be honest.
We all lie to ourselves sometimes. If we had to face facts with every single flaw in ourselves or our loved ones, life would be close to unbearable for most of us. Yet the ability to look honestly at what we do and do not do that is in
integrity with our desired outcomes around health, is essential toward achieving change.
Logging everything you eat or drink for 4 days a month for 6 months; logging the amount and types of physical activity you do each day (a pedometer or accelerometer can help), can be simple tools to help grasp the reality of our own
behaviors.
If even this poses a challenge then enlisting the help of friends, loved ones, or a group of supportive individuals to call our bluff when we are kidding ourselves can be a great motivator.
Be forgiving.
The hard part about honesty is that is can be very disappointing to see how far we are from where we believed we were or where we want to go. That can be a discouraging starting point for many. Remember the tortoise and the hare? Same
applies. One foot in front of the other gets us there. We can even meander from time to time as long as we find our way back on track.
As such, forgiving ourselves for less than perfect compliance is critical to the long term success for any plan to change. When it comes to biological systems that conduct the day to day business of our bodies, those systems are
more interested in consistency and averages than each individual choice we make.
We needn't eat a healthy meal at EVERY meal as long as most of the food that we eat throughout the day is nourishing. We needn't exercise intensely every day all of the time as long as through the course of our life we choose at least
some activity over doing nothing at all. If time permits then we up the intensity and duration on days where that works for us.
Never Stop.
Make no mistake, this work can feel challenging at times, but the small things we do to observe and manage our health pay us back in enormous dividends. They prolong and improve our lives and how we feel about ourselves and others.
They feel good, too. When eating the same healthy breakfast or snack gets boring - start back at step one and seek out a new alternative. When one form of exercise loses its luster or causes injury - seek out another from the oodles of
ever expanding options for people of all levels of health. Whatever you do, make it fun. Make it work for you. Never stop.
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