PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #8: YOU NEED TO BE MINDFUL Over the last few weeks of the Prevent the Pudge Challenge, we have covered various nutrition topics from eating clean to macronutrient consumption but little focus has been shed on how we eat! The purpose of mindful eating is to have a reconnection with food and enjoy the…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #6: YOU NEED TO EAT HEALTHY FATS Fat is an important part of your diet because it provides energy, helps absorb fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E, and K) found in cell membranes, helps insulates your body and organs among other things. There are three types of dietary fat – unsaturated, saturated and trans fatty acids.…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #5: YOU NEED TO EAT QUALITY PROTEIN Protein is the basic building block of a healthy diet. Protein in the body helps build muscles, tendons, skin, enzymes, hormones, bones and other various protein structures in the body. Protein also plays a role in keeping a strong immune system and can be a source of…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #4: YOU NEED TO EAT QUALITY CARBOHYDRATES How does eating too many carbohydratess that pass your lips end up on your hips? When you eat carbohydrates, it gets broken down to its simplest form, glucose. Your body can’t tell if the source of glucose came from a complex carbohydrate (ex. sweet potato) or a…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

Commandment #2: YOU NEED TO FUEL YOUR BODY We need food for energy – food is what fuels our body.  Conversely, we tend to choose our food choices based on taste and convenience, not necessarily on how good they are for us. Equally important, we need to consider how many calories or “how much fuel”…

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PREVENT THE PUDGE CHALLENGE

COMMANDMENT #1 YOU NEED TO EAT BREAKFAST I’m sure we have all heard the saying at one time or another that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. We all know that food is fuel and energy for our bodies, right? Without food we would spend the day in a fog, fighting off…

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Happy Feet

“Left foot, left foot, left foot, right. Feet in the morning, feet at night.” Recognize this famous children’s book? I was reading Dr. Seuss’s Foot Book to my son the other night before bed. It reminded me of how important our feet are to movement and how often we neglect them and their supportive musculature.…

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What is functional training?

Think about all the ways your body moves on a daily basis: bending to pick up grocery bags, squatting and twisting to get into and out of your car, picking up a child, going for a walk or a run, standing up or sitting down at your desk, or playing a game of pick up…

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