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Even if you aren’t interested in the football, I am sure you watch the commercials or at least attend a Super Bowl Party! While you mingle with friends, make bets over who will win and linger by the Super Bowl snack table, keep this fact in mind - Americans consume more calories as a nation on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year, even Thanksgiving!
By the time the clock runs out in the fourth quarter, Americans will have taken in 156 billion calories - mostly from pizza, wings and beer. So instead of ingesting all of those extra calories (which would take running the length of the football field 109 times to burn off!), try these tips from Men’s Health and co-author of bestselling Eat This, Not That! and cut your caloric intake in half.
Pre-Game Snack
Eat This: Bowl of Chili with cheddar and onions; 300 calories; 18 g fat
Not That!: 6 Chicken wings with blue cheese; 650 calories; 40 g fat
Dips
Eat This: Tostitos Salsa Con Queso; 80 calories; 5 g fat
Not That!: Kraft Guacamole Dip (4 T); 100 calories; 9 g fat
Halftime Snack
Eat This: 3 Chicken Fingers; 310 calories; 17 g fat
Not That!: Cheese Fries with ranch (1 cup); 750 calories; 50 g fat
Dessert
Eat This: Edy’s Slow Churned Vanilla w/Nestle Crunch Bar; 150 calories; 8 g fat
Not That!: Haagen-Daaz Vanilla and Almonds Bar; 310 calories; 22 g fat
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You need to eat a nutritious diet, get regular exercise, reduce stress, and maintain healthy habits to have a healthier, longer life. These lifestyle choices can lead to health more surely than any pill or quick fix diet plan! This is what the Healthy Lifestyle experience of our weight loss spa is all about. Contact us today for more information.
February 1st, 2008
Would you spend a week in jail or even trade 10 years of your life just to be an ideal weight? Surprisingly, out of 1000 women, 23% and 21% respectively answered yes to the former questions. 23% would shave their head, 22% would wear a bikini on TV and a whopping 85% would rather have an extra toe than 50 extra pounds.
Are you guilty of looking for a quick fix?
Instead of going through crazy measures such as fad diets, weight loss pills or even spending a week in the slammer - why not try what works, eating healthy and exercise. A weight loss spa experienced at Hilton Head can put you on the right track.
A few other interesting findings from the survey:
- 53% of the women say they have eaten an entire box of cookies, a bag of chips, a pizza, a cake or pie in one sitting
- When comparing actresses as role models, 51% would prefer Keira Knightly’s body over Queen Latifah’s
- 76% say they’d rather be known as a ‘friendly chubby girl’ than a ’skinny witch’
- 52% feel the most energetic at their thinnest, 32% feel more social
- Most of the women would like to lose 30 pounds, with a goal of weighing 131 to 145 pounds.
Source: Fitness magazine & USA Today
January 31st, 2008
Does exercise really help you sleep better?
Many Hilton Head Health guests have posed this question to me recently, all with a common aim: curing their insomnia. In fact, 38% of Americans are known to suffer from insomnia and more than half of all sleep apnea sufferers are overweight.
Restless Leg Syndrome Effects 12 Million Americans
The newest enemy of sleep is RLS, better known as Restless Leg Syndrome, which now affects nearly 12 million Americans. As sleep disorders become more common the need for a solution has been plaguing researchers. Luckily, new studies are extremely encouraging.
A recent Stanford University Medical School study may come as no surprise: middle age and older people report sleeping better when they add regular exercise to their routine. After 16 weeks in a moderate intensity exercise program, subjects were able to fall asleep about 15 minutes earlier and sleep about 45 minutes longer every night. Participants exercised at least four times a week. Twice a week they participated in an organized aerobics class, which included 30 minutes of endurance training or body sculpting. The other two times they exercised on their own, doing 40 minutes of brisk walking or stationary bike riding.
Here are some tips to help you improve your sleep with exercise:
- Try not to exercise within 4 hours of going to sleep. A drop in body temperature facilitates a better night’s sleep.
- Structured exercise programs aimed at improving sleep should include a moderate level of intensity during aerobic/cardio exercise. Non-aerobic exercises (like yoga, Pilates, or strength training) alone have not been shown to help sleep patterns.
- Improvements may take several weeks to a month, so stick with it.
Need to boost your workout or have a burning fitness question? If so, ask Adam, Director of Lifetime Fitness, answer your fitness questions. Email GetSerious@hhhealth.com and put “Fitness Facts” in the subject line.
January 15th, 2008
We all know what to do, now it has been shown to work. To get an extra 14 years of life - 14 more years to enjoy your family, friends, vacations, grandkids, birthdays and more; it’s simple.
- Don’t smoke
- Eat lots of fruits and vegetables
- Exercise regularly
- Drink alcohol in moderation
Seems easy enough, right?
Healthy Lifestyle Study
After tracking more than 20,000 people aged 45 - 79 years in the UK from about 1993 to 2006, the University of Cambridge and colleagues found that people who adopted these four healthy habits lived an average of 14 years longer than those who didn’t. This study was published Monday in the Public Library of Science Medicine journal.
We have all been told many times the benefits of making healthy changes to our daily lifestyle, but this study should help convince people that improving their health is easy. Kay-Tee Khaw, a researcher in the study says, “We didn’t ask these people to do anything exceptional. We measured normal behaviors that were entirely feasible within people’s normal, everyday lives.”
Just 1 Change in Your Lifestyle Can Help
Because the study observed people rather than testing specific changes, it is important to understand it would be impossible to think that one who suddenly adopts these changes would automatically gain 14 years. Keep in mind, even by making just one or two of these lifestyle changes creates an added benefit. This is always better than nothing!
So lets try to toss those cigarettes and beer bottles and actually use our gym memberships we have been paying for each month to create new healthy habits for many years to come!
Source: Time Magazine
January 8th, 2008
Get out of debt, eat better, exercise more, quit smoking…and the list goes on. Many of us started the year with resolutions to turn 2008 into a year of self improvement, with vows to change our unhealthy ways and start new. Unfortunately for most, we get sidetracked and tend to give into our old habits.
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than half of people who begin exercising at the start of the new year end up back on the couch within three to six months. So what’s the deal? Most likely they took the wrong approach, thinking of a quick fix or oversetting their goals, which ultimately sets you up for failure.
According to MSN.com, there are eight common mistakes people make when setting their New Year’s Resolutions (or any resolution, for that matter). Visit the whole article to see if any of these sound familiar to you!
January 7th, 2008
For many guests and alumni at the Health Institute, the phrase “Unwise, Better, Best” is engraved into their memory and even haunts them after they leave. When faced with the task of staying on track with our healthy habits, we sometimes have to repeat these three little words. It is OK to indulge every now and then, but are we making the best decision when choosing from the ‘worst’? Which would you choose: onion rings or fries? Big Mac or Pizza Hut? Reese’s Cups or M&M’s? Take this quiz to see if you know what choice is ‘Better or Best’.
Source: www.aol.com
January 4th, 2008
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