Celebrate St. Paddy's Day - Healthy Ideas from Pat

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

If you are planning on celebrating do it in a healthier way. Especially if you are trying to lose weight. Enjoy a light beer, but have a limit! Be careful you don't get so caught up in the partying that you lose track of what and how much you are consuming. Have that one drink and then switch to water with lemon. Stay away from that corned beef and cabbage!! Cabbage is good, but that corned beef, ugh....filled with fat and sodium!!!

Think about how you will feel tomorrow. Will it be worth it??

For those of you who are keeping a food log, be sure to write down everything you eat and drink. If you aren't keeping one, start today. You'll be surprised how fast those calories add up. A scary process but it is a process.

Core Strength and Bodilates

I teach a core strength class and see so many people with limited core strength, even those who work with a trainer. Six pack abs don't cut it! You need the inner muscle strength for the core to engage.

As a personal trainer I focus on core strength as well as agility, flexibility and overall fitness. Clients who suffered with back issues become symptom free as that core becomes stronger and more flexible. Having worked with professional power lifters and body builders I've seen way too many back injuries due to weak core muscles. Being ripped does not necessarily mean strength!! Bodilates kicks butt! Even those belonging to athletes!

And remember to add protein to your diet! Muscles need fuel....the more muscle you build, the more fat your burn! Chicken, fish and bean are healthy sources of protein.

Ooops No Sun Yet!

Still raining here in the northeast. But it's a Monday and start to a new work week. Stay positive, this rain will soon turn the bleak landscape into green lawns, trees and bring out the flowers!

Spring break has ended in this area of the country and my fitness classes will fill as Lehigh students return once more in an attempt to shed the couple of pounds gained during the tropical parties!!

Speaking of Spring, it's a week away. Time to get back to healthy eating, getting to the gym and changing your lifestyle. Put that dress, bathing suit, pair of skinny jeans, suit, you can't get into out in plain sight. Look at it everyday; set a goal and stick to it!!!

This is not the first day of the rest of your life, but it's the first HOUR!!!

Comfort Foods

It's quite a dreary day here in the northeast. Rain and gusting winds have caused flooding and power outages making for a day of comfort cravings. For those stuck in that same old rut of "cravings" get out of the house and away from those enticing foods and drinks. Head to a mall, a museum, a movie (forget the buttery popcorn and soda), keep your mind occupied. If you belong to a gym head there and workout until those cravings vanish!!

Tomorrow is another day, strive for it and take the lyrics from Annie to heart "The sun will be out tomorrow"!!!!

Anti Aging

Our minds play a big part in how we age.....think young, stay young. Don't get "stuck" into being someone you're not. Follow your dreams, if you think something is out of reach it will be. Keep your dream alive by being positive, thinking that dream is just a moment away!!

Spring & Health

Time to start thinking about that lifestyle change!!! And being healthy and fit is a LIFESTYLE!

Eating healthy, cutting out the sugars and carb overloads and reading food label are the first steps to a new lifestyle.

Weight Loss Management

March is here and summer only three months away! Time to start thinking about the beach, the pool, shorts and bathing suit bodies! With the weather changing and days getting longer lose the comfort foods and begin your healthy new lifestyle.

Need help? Contact me......don't let March slip into April and April slip into May.