Got Fat?

With all of these fad diets out there, many people have developed a quite curious fear of fat. What people need to understand is that there is no reason to fear fat. While there are many types of fat that will lead to bad health, there are healthy fats. Not only can these fats be good for you, but they will actually help you to either maintain your weight, or lose the weight. Sources of good fats can be found in foods like:

• Fish
• Nuts
• Avocados
• Flax seeds
• Olive oil
• Natural peanut butter

Eating foods like these can be a great thing for you. These fats work in a couple of ways.

First, the fats will fill you up faster. If you've ever ate food that is low fat and low calorie, than you might have thought you were doing yourself a favor. However, you might find that you are super hungry not to much longer after you eat them. You see, the body need to process food that is going to satiate it. Eating fat simply means that you aren't experiencing the sensation of hunger, and you are fully satisfied for a longer period of time.

Eating food like the ones mentioned can go a long way to creating a full feeling in your stomach and body. Along with this, you won't have to eat so much food, because you'll stay full longer. This works out especially if you find that you get hungry in the afternoon. If you eat a snack rich in good fats, you'll be able to get through the afternoon, and you won't be so hungry at diner time.

Hollywood is NOT ready for this!

A couple months back, I was invited to do a video shoot in Fresno (yea, I know..not quite Hollywood) for one of my clients website (www.at1meditation.com) which is scheduled to launch very soon. The website covers mind, body and spirit health and I was the lucky one chosen to be the body/fitness guy.

The experience was awesome. Dr Charles Raison (CNN doctor) had flown in from Atlanta to do an introduction video for the website. He is a super nice guy and I had a chance to chat with him on the break about how to get comfortable in front of the camera since this was my first time. He did his best to try to explain the trick of the trade to me, but as you can see from the blooper video, my A.D.D. absolutely took over at times! Luckily, the camera guy (Jeff) and producer (King Tutt) along with my demo girl (Tannisse) were very entertained and patient, so they allowed me to retake....many, many, many scenes =)

Just a note in some of these scenes I thought the camera was off...and by the way the final product is MUCH BETTER! You are not going to believe this, but they actually had a button for "Delete A.D.D." in the editing program that they had....lucky me!

Before the video...wanted to leave you with a little K-Tip of the day:

Its simple, calories in=calories out for weight loss...Eat just a
little less. Scientists at Harvard and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge found that people who lowered their calorie intake lost an average of 13 pounds in six months no matter what kind of
diet they were on. Cut 100 calories a day and lose over 10 lbs for the
year...cut 250 cal..and you're down 26 by the end of the year!

NOW..here is a link to the VIDEO! Let me know what you think =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb5HtrHoj54

Bloated? Might be that sodium!

Its 5:30 AM and I'm sitting here at Dallas Airport on my way to the Diva Half Marathon Expo in Long Island and I am feeling pretty good, primarily due to the fact that after training 11 clients the day before and taking a red eye with no sleep, I was pleasantly surprised by a girl that worked at starbucks that asked me if I was a Mexican actor because I looked like one =) Who says you need your beauty sleep??

Ok, lets move on before my head explodes...What I really wanted to share today with you is the disturbing trend that I have been noticing being abused by the food industry.

As most of you know, the media loves to tear down the rep of fat....Fat will go right to your thighs, fat is bad, blah blah blah. Yes, too much fat is ba

d (then again too much of anything is bad right?) but did you know that fat is the most efficient source of fuel in your body and that your body could not possibly survive without enough fat. So before you go for that fat free, low calorie snack, take a closer look at the nutrition facts and you will most likely find the true enemy: SODIUM.

Besides being an incredible preservative, it has a much sought after taste that most people enjoy. Its also responsible for high blood pressure, heart disease, and bloating. Thats right, sodium retains water in the body leaving you with that bloated feeling. To add to the list, recent studies also suggest that eating too much sodium triggers sugar cravings.

And since fat is looked upon as the enemy, the food industy loves to ride that wave and take advantage of cosumers by producing more fat-free or low fat, low calorie foods and "magic" diets.

Since sodium stays out of the media, most people are not aware of its effect...but you can be sure that in that fat-free, low calorie food there is plenty of sodium to make up for the lack of everything else all while preserving the food. Its a win win situation for the food industry...they can make a product thats fat free, low calorie, all while injecting tons of sodium to still add taste so the consumer will buy.

So just keep an eye out next time you are shopping for your favorite foods. Fat free or calorie free may do more harm than good...keep an eye out for that sodium (Unless you are training for endurance events, in which case you need to replace the electrolytes/sodium lost through heavy sweating)

Moderation is key once again =)

Alright..gotta board...Stay disciplined and I'll see you at the studio!