Does fat free mean calorie free?

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Featured Article - Does fat free mean calorie free?
Fran Recommends - Reboot Your Body
Client Spotlight - Jim B.

A Note From Fran
Shake It Up…It's a New Year!!!!
Yeahhhhh!!!! Don't you love the start of a new year. I do. I love the fact that I get to start over. Set new goals. Meet new targets. Trash old habits, old files, bad memories and all the other junk that might have been weighing me down that I was too afraid to...say good-bye.

Don't get me wrong. Sometimes it's hard to say good-bye and move on. Like recently, when one of our veteran, government organizations was forced to end their contract with Aerobodies. But in their words and mine, "sometimes change is good. Because it brings about a refreshing change that everyone needs and that can never be too bad." (We're gonna miss you gals...keep up that great fitness spirit!)

One of the goals I've placed in front of myself for this new year '07, is to set new habits. Goals are great, but in order to reach them and perform "better" or closer to target, you have to have the right habits. That is the subject of an interesting book by Dr. Maxwell Multz entitled, Psychocybernetics. Maxwell states that "our daily actions are a direct result of our habits, thus your habits ultimately create the results you wish to obtain." So if you have a goal: lose 10 pounds by March 1, exercise 2 times a week, start a business, whatever it is... you must begin to form new habits.

I think this is great advice and in the next issue of Healthy Reflections, I'll give you the four step process I'm using to create new habits and accomplish my New 'Alive & Living Well' 2007 Goals!

In love and good health,

Fran Dean Bishop, Award winning Coach and Trainer
franb@aerobodiesfitness.com

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Featured Article

Does fat free mean calorie free?

If a product contains fewer than five calories per serving, the FDA allows it to be labeled "calorie free." And if a serving size contains one-half gram of fat or less, the product can be labeled "non-fat." This can be confusing when looking at a can of any cooking spray oil. Have you ever noticed the label on spray oils read zero calories and zero fat? How can that be when the entire can contains oil, a nutrient that is 100% fat and, therefore, very calorie dense? Because the serving size is 1/3 second spray - that's one third of one second. My finger doesn't work quite that fast! While you will likely continue to use spray oil as I do - it's easy and convenient to use - be aware of how long you hold that spray button.

This fat-free labeling also pertains to trans fats (the unhealthy fats experts warn us to stay away from or limit our consumption of). You will notice certain foods labeled as free of trans fats, but when you look at the ingredient list you see them. Again, it is dependent on serving size and if there is one-half gram or less of trans fats, the label can read "trans fat free." If you want to avoid trans fats, look beyond the label to the ingredient list, searching for foods without "partially hydrogenated oils."

Hidden Persuaders Can Drive Us to Over-eat:

Trigger foods are talked of often - a particular food (or foods) that trigger someone to over-eat (think of the Lay's commercial, "Betcha can't eat just one!"). The one thing about trigger foods that I've always considered "a must" is that the person must enjoy the taste of it, actually like the food. Imagine my surprise...

The November/December 2006 issue of ACE Fitness matters revealed the appalling results of an experiment conducted by Dr. Wansink at Cornell University. Movie audiences were offered free five-day-old popcorn (yuck!), some served in medium-sized buckets and some in large buckets. The people with large buckets ate 53% more than those with the medium buckets!

Dr. Wansink notes that "...people didn't eat the popcorn because they liked it. They were driven by hidden persuaders: the distraction of the movie, the sound of other people eating popcorn, and the Pavlovian popcorn trigger that is activated when we step into a movie theater."

Which hidden triggers exist in your daily routine?

Client Spotlight

Jim B. at his best

"In just 12 weeks, Fitness by Phone® helped me achieve results that I had not been able to accomplish in 20 years of exercising and sporadic dieting! I lost 13 pounds, reduced my body fat by 3%, and took 2.75 inches off my waist. I also reduced my cholesterol reading from 203 to 173.

Each week, my coach helped me to set weekly goals that were consistent with the 12-week program goals that we established during our initial telephone session. These call-ins kept me accountable for my workout activities, eating habits, and overall progress.

Technology also played an important role in my success with Fitness by Phone®. Instead of just "working hard and hoping for the best," I used the Caltrac to measure the calories I burned during exercise and throughout the rest of the day, and the Polar heart rate monitor to measure my heart rate and just how it reacted to certain cardiovascular exercises and intensity levels. My coach "tailor made" exercise routines specific to certain cardio equipment.

If I had to pick one area where I have improved most because of the Fitness by Phone® Coaching Program, my eating habits would definitely take the prize. This has also spread to other members of my home. Both my wife and stepdaughter eat healthier and it will only get better. If one is committed to take it seriously, Fitness by Phone® provides a focused, interesting, and enjoyable path to significant improvements in short-term and long-term fitness and overall health."

Jim Bodine, 43
Sales Associate - Chicago, Illinois

How Many Mornings Do You Wake Up and Say to Yourself,

"I have got to start exercising; I've just got to get into shape!"?

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Volume 2,
Issue 20:
January 17, 2007
ISSN: 1931-0439

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