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May 29, 2009
4 Diet Tricks To Avoid Alcohol Peer Pressure
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BBQ's, parties and weekend outings all involve some friend trying to persuade you to have a drink. But you're on a diet and you have a goal to achieve. What do you do? Here are a few tricks that a few of our clients shared with us.
1. Fake your drink and shut them up:This trick works very well for drinks like Caesars where you ad a celery and salt around the rim or even better order a Perrier water and tell them it's a vodka soda. Fooled you! This one is great because they don't even ask questions.
2. Be completely upfront you may inspire a few:People are typically scared to be the boring person at the party and that's why they feel the pressure. Tell everyone that you have a goal to achieve and that this will throw you off track. The reality is people don't care that much as long as you show that your having fun and socializing. The bad part about this one is you have to keep repeating yourself when the person is telling you that you look great and that you don't need to diet.
3. Plan ahead and let loose: When planning a diet, it's always a good idea to plan the days ahead of time that you know will be next to impossible to not cheat. When it comes to the average client I don't like when they drink more then once a week because it stalls weight loss. Others that are taking it more serious like athletes should avoid it completely. So if you have an outing choose your day orif your birthday is coming up write it in your calender.
4. Fake a sickness for understanding: This is my favorite white lie. I once told my friends I had an ulcer and that I absolutely could not drink. What are they going to say? What kind of friend wants to see you in pain? Come to think about it I never told them it wasn't true. Well now that I wrote this they're going to know. Oops.
May 27, 2009
Being Accountable to Someone = RESULTS!
Over the past few months, I noticed that I had skipped many of my planned workouts at the gym. Work and personal commitments threw off my regular schedule, and one of the things that ended up suffering was my commitment to go to the gym 3 times per week.
I usually work out alone, therefore I have to find ways to make sure that I stay motivated/committed regardless of what happens on a day to day basis. My solution: accountability with a reward/punishment system.
I had a meeting with Jean-Luc (trainer/owner at Free Form Fitness) in order to discuss where I was, where I wanted to go, and what was preventing me from achieving my goals. It was then agreed upon that if I didn’t make it into the gym at least 12 times over the next month, at that time, during our personal training session, I would be at his mercy (this is my punishment). Should I make all 12, then I get to reward myself.
To be honest, at this time, I have yet to pick a reward for myself. Right now, I’m just happy to be back on track, and avoiding Jean-Luc’s punishment is motivation enough.
Should you find yourself in a similar situation, make yourself accountable to someone and I’m almost 100% certain that you will see results.
May 26, 2009
A Quick Healthy Snack
A very simple snack that you can either pull out of the fridge or pack with you is just some celery and hummus.
Hummus is full of fiber and good fats as well and celery is pretty much zero calories with fiber as well to keep you full.
Or if you don't like hummus you can also try celery with peanut butter and/or almond butter. This option is higher in calories but still low-carb and healthy for you.
And other veggies such as peppers and carrots are also good with the hummus.
May 25, 2009
May 22, 2009
eBrandAid.com
Here is another website to help you make health conscious decisions about the foods you buy.
It has many articles and a newsletter you can sign up for which cover marketing tactics that companies use in order to make their food appear healthy.
