There are currently six(6) spots left for The Whole 9 Food Seminar. Mellisa and Dallas will be in town for ONE DAY and it is selling out. They will break down Paleo and a host of other food “issues”. The feedback from previous workshops is unbelievably positive, and we do not want anyone to miss the opportunity. The numbers will not be expanded, so if you want to attend please register HERE. If you have any questions, or need registration information you can contact us at livelongfitness@live.com
I really LOVE Paleo, and think the video below gives a funny breakdown of exercise ideas. One thing I am not a big fan of is the “caveman” and “warrior” models. There has been a ”mini movement” of folks replicating a caveman lifestyle. Here is a nice article from NYT focusing on it. I eat Paleo because I like it, the food choices are clean, available and simple and it really focuses on health and longevity. Allot of people and sites get caught up in the Caveman aspect of it, and play with fasting and get into eating alot of organ meat. I am not at all saying that this is bad/good, it just isn’t the model that I chose to follow. I love the food choices and reasoning behind them, with Paleo but spend no part of my day wondering what a cavemen would do. Educate yourself and stick with what works for you.
**Whole9 Nutrition Workshop – Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 4PM– $60**
Join us as we welcome Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Urban, founders of Whole9, for a practical, straightforward, interactive discussion on the important role nutrition plays in your overall health and fitness. In this two hour workshop, you’ll learn:
- How certain food groups are negatively impacting how you look, feel and perform, even if you don’t immediately notice their effects
- What you should be eating to look, feel and perform your best – and why you don’t really need to weigh and measure all your food to achieve excellent fitness levels
- How to break unhealthy patterns, habits and cravings related to food, and change the way you eat for the rest of your life in a healthy, balanced, satisfying and sustainable manner
- How to make food work for you by speeding up the healing process – and how poor food choices contribute to keeping you sick, weak and injured
- How to manage healthy eating under any circumstance – while traveling, at home with the family, during social events or in a business setting.
- The best way to incorporate “cheats” into your diet, enjoying the foods you really want without compromising your overall health and fitness goals
Workshop Instructors:
Dallas Hartwig has a BS in Anatomy and Physiology and an MS in Physical Therapy, and has been a practicing physical therapist since 2001. He has served as co-owner and trainer with CrossFit Whole9 since the affiliate opened in March 2009.
From Dallas: “I believe that a high intensity exercise program is both effective and sustainable life-long, when combined with good nutrition and recovery practices. I find myself educating my PT patients about nutrition, sleep, active recovery techniques, and stress management practices as often as I do about the physiology of connective tissue healing, lumbar stabilization, or biomechanics. It was this experience that, in part, led Melissa and me to develop a comprehensive and integrative practice (Whole9) to help our clients continue to aggressively chase health and performance without being hindered by nagging pain and injuries.”
Melissa Urban has authored the fitness blog “Urban Gets Diesel” since July 2008, and has served as co-owner and trainer with CrossFit Whole9 since the affiliate opened in March 2009.
From Melissa: “I learned about fitness and nutrition by doing – researching, participating and learning, experimenting on myself first, then applying those lessons to our clients. Good health and fitness doesn’t have to be complicated, but it is more than just the sum of your back squat plus protein grams. And it’s not just physical – there are mental and emotional components that should be acknowledged as an integral part of your personal evolutionary process. We help people identify factors impeding their progress, change unhealthy habits and behaviors, and attack their objectives in an educated, effective fashion. Our goal is to help our clients clear the path for real health and fitness achievements in a way that feels both sustainable and balanced.”
Registration is http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1840024
This event will sell out, so please register soon!
We did not want to overrun this page with all the food items we want to post so we opened a blog at
www.livelongfood.com soley for food!
I think this blog is one of the best sites I have seen dealing with nutrition. To those STRICT Paleo adherents, there are some liberal uses of Salt and Vinegar (technically a no no) but if are eating as clean as she is, you are doing a super job. I like it because she is showing how she feeds a family, and survives as a busy Mom while eating really well.
Someone fowarded me a food log, and it is a good example of a few things. Here it is;
Day 1:
Breakfast:
1 Meal replacement bar (pick your favorite, the Zone bar would seem appropriate but others (slim fast, power-bar, balance bar, Cliff Bar,ect.
2. Coffee, diet pop, whatever else but no sugar or creamer.
Lunch:
1. Lean Cuisine Meal
2. 1 slice of cheeze
Dinner:
1. Quarter Pounder or Grilled Chicken Sandwich - neither with mayonaise (from McDonalds)
2. Side Salad
3. Fat Free Dressing
Day Two:
Breakfast:
1. Fruit Salad
2. 1 cup unsweetened yogurt (not-non-fat)
3. 1 oz. Nuts (almonds, peanuts, cashews, macadamias, etc.)
Lunch:
1. Deli Turkey or Roast Beef Sandwich with Lettuce, tomato, cheese, and barbecue sauce on Whole Grain Bread.
2. Diet pop or bottled water.
Dinner:
1. Large Bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup (choose your brand)
Firstly it is LOADED with processed foods, and this is simply not going to help you. If you think that eating less crap is going to improve your health or weight, it won’t. The fast food and boxed meals are a no.
Secondly it is unbalanced. The protein sources are often questionable (Quarter Pounder) and there are little, if any, quality fats like Almonds, Macadamia nuts and Avocados.
Lastly there are just simply unwise choices such as noodles in noodle soup and bread and BBQ sauce.
We will be offering a food challenge that will be Paleo based, but very Zone based as well. There is some stuff on the web about the dogma of this and that blah blah blah. Leave that battle for others. The bottom live is that if Weight Watchers or Sugar Busters works for you, AWESOME! Seriously we have no dog in this fight; we want to simply provide something that will work for you. The basics of Zone and Paleo are pretty simple, and many books and dozens of web sites are out there about them. Bottom line is that on either one you will not be eating sugar, flour wheat or starches. You will consume lean protein sources at all meals and snacks and the rest of your food will come from healthy fats (Olive oil, Grape seed oil, Almonds Avocados ect) and from “good” carbohydrates such as berries and green vegetables. Paleo will strip away dairy and processed foods (bars, shakes, condiments ect) and Zone will be more about weighing and measuring. Look at the Ps and Qs of it…the PORTION (how much) and QUALTY (how good) and don’t get caught up in anything else.
Thisis really a great story. At over 600lbs a medical intervention seemed inevitable, but it turned out that Chris Powell used simple diet and exercise. Who would have thought that eating more often, and better food choices, could lead to a weight loss of over 400lbs!
Today, I want to look at what I consider to be a couple of minor vices, provided their consumption is “moderate”. Moderate…how’s that for a word that has a million meanings? One person’s “moderation” is another person’s “excessive”. So today, we’ll look at two very common “drugs” used by the general populace, myself included, and try to figure out what is a “moderate” intake that won’t cause any health problems for most people. First things first, obviously there are many other sources of caffeine besides coffee, but tea has very little and you already know I can’t get with energy drinks. So for me (and most other healthy folks), my only real source of caffeine is coffee. Sure, I drink some green or white tea, but the overall caffeine content is low (we’ll discuss that further in a couple sections).
Entire article HERE
A big question this week is about dealing with nutrition over the Holiday. We are here all week, and have a pre-turkey group work out on Thursday at 8:00am. Stay SUPER clean all week. Drop a few blocks here and there (especially carb blocks) and stay active and hydrated. The folks that have been making good gains have reduced their carb blocks (especially fruit) from a traditional Zone. If you are having a 3 block meal and have fruit, you may want to look at 3protein, 3 fat and 1 carb. Carbohydrates are NOT essential like protein and fat.
Mark’s daily Apple is one of my favorite Blogs on nutrition. I was reading this and it was saying EXACTLY what I wanted to say to you all. Rather than re-write it, I posted it word for word here.
I realize that most of you probably don’t think you need a lecture. You may not need any further motivation. You’re eating good, whole foods, getting daily exercise, and things are going well. For the most part, Grok gazes upon you with twinkling, approving eyes. But what of newcomers? What of the average doughy citizen happily bumbling along in blissful ignorance, unaware that his or her dietary habits and devotion to Conventional Wisdom might actually be counterproductive to those goals implicit in all forms of life, great or small? Survival, contentedness, and prosperity. Surely he deserves a harsh check of reality. Continue HERE
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