"Happy New Year"
And with all of the joy, comes our new found resolve to achieve great things. Lose weight, get fit, make money, find the perfect mate...and on and on it goes. We hear a lot about "New Year's Resolutions". I wonder why we never hear about "New Month's Resolutions" or "New Week's Resolutions" or even "New Day's Resolutions". I suppose it is because we only make one attempt a year at trying to achieve our goals.
Yet, if you are vaguely human, then you probably have abandoned your New Year's Resolution before the end of Jan. That gives you 11 months to ponder what went wrong before the next year.
What is it about us that we cant keep up with our plans? Why can't we keep up with our great ambitions? There are 3 Ps that are vital to achieving our New Year's Resolutions - Passion, Purpose, and Path.
On Jan 1 we have a Passion. Maybe as a result of the hangover from the New Year's Eve party...or the extra flab still clinging tenaciously to us from the previous year...but whatever it is we have a passion to achieve our goal.
Next there is the Purpose...the goal, the result we want. We can see it. We can see our new toned form, our fit bod. We know exactly what it is.
But alas, it is the last P...Path that is most times missing. You can have all the Passion (push), all the Purpose (pull) but without the Path - the pipe between push and pull, we never get there.
So, forget the New Year's Resolution - I'm challenging you to a "New YOUs Resolution". This is much more fun, and something you WILL achieve.
Pop in here - http://ping.fm/pKuZg - and sign up. This is something YOU will achieve and the rewards include - great bod, improved health, more wealth...OK, all sounds too good to be true. Well, try the challenge...it's FREE so you have nothing to lose...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Science shows how to shed festive fat
It's the festive season, and while wallets wane, waists weight! It's just all that fatty, rich...and really tasty food, that we can't do without. But is there any hope, or should we simply resign ourselves to entering the new year with more of us than last year?
The good news is that a study reported on in the Journal of Physiology, found interesting results. They tested 3 groups of eager eaters, by feeding them Fine Fatty Festive Fare (even prior to the season) for 6 weeks.
Group 1 - Feast and NO Exercise. Well, as you can imagine this group of indulgers found themselves rotundly swelled gaining 3kg (6lbs) after just 6 weeks. That's like strapping 6 bricks of butter to your waste...or butt!
Group 2 - Feast and then Exercise. After chomping down their fine fare they went out for a run or cycle. This group alas, also swelled up, but only by 1.5kg (3lbs)...that's only 3 bricks of butter...not too bad...butt....
Group 3 - Exercise then Feast. This group ran (or cycled) before sinking their teeth into their fatty fare. And after 6 weeks of feasting...they had not gained any weight!
Quite simply, exercise increases metabolic rate (that important furnace needed to burn the excess food). So even though the exercise is over and we're feasting, the metabolic furnace is operating in hyperdrive and burning as quick as you put it in.
So, get out and do an early morning run, and you'll not only enjoy your meal more, you'll be able to enjoy more of your meal...no if's or butts!
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Source : http://ping.fm/W61pf
The good news is that a study reported on in the Journal of Physiology, found interesting results. They tested 3 groups of eager eaters, by feeding them Fine Fatty Festive Fare (even prior to the season) for 6 weeks.
Group 1 - Feast and NO Exercise. Well, as you can imagine this group of indulgers found themselves rotundly swelled gaining 3kg (6lbs) after just 6 weeks. That's like strapping 6 bricks of butter to your waste...or butt!
Group 2 - Feast and then Exercise. After chomping down their fine fare they went out for a run or cycle. This group alas, also swelled up, but only by 1.5kg (3lbs)...that's only 3 bricks of butter...not too bad...butt....
Group 3 - Exercise then Feast. This group ran (or cycled) before sinking their teeth into their fatty fare. And after 6 weeks of feasting...they had not gained any weight!
Quite simply, exercise increases metabolic rate (that important furnace needed to burn the excess food). So even though the exercise is over and we're feasting, the metabolic furnace is operating in hyperdrive and burning as quick as you put it in.
So, get out and do an early morning run, and you'll not only enjoy your meal more, you'll be able to enjoy more of your meal...no if's or butts!
www.runningeasy.com
Source : http://ping.fm/W61pf
Monday, September 20, 2010
Not always as planned - but better
Things don't always turn out as planned...sometimes they turn out even better.
We have a group of runners who we are helping to run their first marathon in November. As part of the program we have decided to to do some of our long runs together. And the first one was to be this Sunday, where we joined an official 15km race. So, with sleep glued eyes - not having had to rise at the unearthly running hour since Comrades in May, we set off to meet everyone. Nothing quite like a pink sky heralding the arrival of the dozy sun as you make your way to the start of the race at 5:25am.
We were somewhat surprised by the few cars - but then I reasoned that maybe it was just not a popular race, as I slipped into a nice close parking. We easily found the registration table and within minutes had paid and were contemplating the start.
Until...that is, someone mentioned that the race was no longer starting at 6am but at 7am! With kids slumbering at home expecting our return at 8am, this would not do. So after some hasty discussion, and refunds we set off on our own 15km race.
We started with some grumbles about how this could have happened, how life was not fair, how if we ran the world it would all be right, as the orange sun welcomed us to the day. We followed the race course - sans drinks - but what an awesome run it was.
There were not jostling people, or offensive winds (all a real part sometimes of running) - it was just our group of 6. And what fun we had. As we returned to the stadium the back markers of the race were still setting forth, and we with grins painted on our faces reflecting that this was much better than what we had planned.
We have a group of runners who we are helping to run their first marathon in November. As part of the program we have decided to to do some of our long runs together. And the first one was to be this Sunday, where we joined an official 15km race. So, with sleep glued eyes - not having had to rise at the unearthly running hour since Comrades in May, we set off to meet everyone. Nothing quite like a pink sky heralding the arrival of the dozy sun as you make your way to the start of the race at 5:25am.
We were somewhat surprised by the few cars - but then I reasoned that maybe it was just not a popular race, as I slipped into a nice close parking. We easily found the registration table and within minutes had paid and were contemplating the start.
Until...that is, someone mentioned that the race was no longer starting at 6am but at 7am! With kids slumbering at home expecting our return at 8am, this would not do. So after some hasty discussion, and refunds we set off on our own 15km race.
We started with some grumbles about how this could have happened, how life was not fair, how if we ran the world it would all be right, as the orange sun welcomed us to the day. We followed the race course - sans drinks - but what an awesome run it was.
There were not jostling people, or offensive winds (all a real part sometimes of running) - it was just our group of 6. And what fun we had. As we returned to the stadium the back markers of the race were still setting forth, and we with grins painted on our faces reflecting that this was much better than what we had planned.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Why do I get nauseous after a long run?
The following article from Runners World is very interesting regarding this question.
8 Why do I feel nauseated after a long run?
You put in 18 miles to be able to eat a burrito, not to feel pukey thinking about one. Blame the decreased appetite on chemistry; a 2008 study published in the American Journal of Physiology found that a 60-minute session of treadmill running increased the amount of the gut hormone peptide YY, an appetite suppressant, and suppressed acylated ghrelin, an appetite stimulant. Full-on nausea? "There's a good probability you haven't fueled properly during the run," says Ilana Katz, M.S., R.D., C.S.S.D., a sports nutritionist in Atlanta. A lack of fuel in your body sends it into a stressed mode, that fight-or-flight mentality where survival—not eating rice, beans, and guac—is key.
Running Rx Try to prevent the problem by taking in about 60 grams of carbs per hour, either through a sports drink, gel, or regular food during your run. "The body can process about one gram of carbs per minute," says Katz. Postrun, try to knock back something easy, like a recovery drink, within 30 minutes. If you can't eat right away, don't worry too much. "Appetite loss is typically short-lived," says Katz. "Within an hour or two, suddenly you'll have a major one."
Source - http://ping.fm/D64k6
8 Why do I feel nauseated after a long run?
You put in 18 miles to be able to eat a burrito, not to feel pukey thinking about one. Blame the decreased appetite on chemistry; a 2008 study published in the American Journal of Physiology found that a 60-minute session of treadmill running increased the amount of the gut hormone peptide YY, an appetite suppressant, and suppressed acylated ghrelin, an appetite stimulant. Full-on nausea? "There's a good probability you haven't fueled properly during the run," says Ilana Katz, M.S., R.D., C.S.S.D., a sports nutritionist in Atlanta. A lack of fuel in your body sends it into a stressed mode, that fight-or-flight mentality where survival—not eating rice, beans, and guac—is key.
Running Rx Try to prevent the problem by taking in about 60 grams of carbs per hour, either through a sports drink, gel, or regular food during your run. "The body can process about one gram of carbs per minute," says Katz. Postrun, try to knock back something easy, like a recovery drink, within 30 minutes. If you can't eat right away, don't worry too much. "Appetite loss is typically short-lived," says Katz. "Within an hour or two, suddenly you'll have a major one."
Source - http://ping.fm/D64k6
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