Group Wellness Meetings

Join us for Group Wellness and Weight Management Round Table Discussions!

Optimum Results is now offering Group Wellness Meetings at Laurel Creek Country Club.  Each meeting will be led by various health and fitness professionals in the area.  Topics will range from exercise ideas to diet tips to motivational sessions.  Through this group setting, you will not only learn from the professional, but be able to gather ideas from the group while discussing your own ideas and questions.  Each session will end with a brief one-on-one meeting with that week’s moderator to go over specific individual goals and issues. 
These sessions will be accompanied by handouts designed to keep you on track, as well as charts and journals that can be monitored by the group leader, or that can be used personally.
Each moderator is not only specifically trained to deal with the common issues that affect most of our lifestyles, but they will have current experience dealing with clients similar to each and every group member.
The ability to succeed in any of your fitness goals is decided by three important things: support, planning, and adherence to your plan.  These meetings are designed to give you this support and adherence through group discussion, professional guidance, as well as the new and exciting ideas that will be discussed each week.  The brief 1-1 discussions at the end of each meeting will help keep you on track and get over the obstacles that inevitably pop up.  That means these meetings are designed for everyone; from the person just starting to lose weight, to the accomplished triathlete looking for the extra edge.  Each discussion is meant to help everyone!

So in just under 30 minutes each week, you can enrich your health and wellness knowledge, garner and offer support with your peers, and discuss your current program individually, allowing you to adhere and modify according to your own lifestyle.

This service will be provided for free to any and all current Optimum Results’ clients, and will be available to everyone else for the nominal fee of $15 per session.  Discounted session packages will be available as well.

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• Tip of the Month

  March 2010

  What is whole grain and what kinds can you buy

                             
  “Whole grain” means the grain still has all three of its original elements: the outer shell or bran, which contains fiber and B vitamins; the germ, which contains phytochemicals and B vitamins; and the endosperm (what a name), which contains carbohydrates and protein. The key is that they’re “whole” and not “refined,” by stripping away the bran and germ, which leaves you eating only the endosperm. These whole grains are also healthy for you because they’re absorbed more slowly than enriched or bleached flour and thus raise glucose and insulin levels less — keeping you fuller longer and slowing your digestion. Many refined products are enriched with the nutrients that are stripped out.  While most studies support that these nutrients are just as good, doesn’t it make sense to eat the natural version if you can?
   Made with: It may have a drop of whole grains, but unless it’s made entirely with them, you won’t reap all the potential benefits.
   100 percent wheat: This means it could have some or a lot or no “whole” wheat.
   Multigrain: This tells you nothing about whether the grains are whole or refined. Even if you’re getting 38 grains, that isn’t much good if they are all refined.
   Whole grain: If the label doesn’t say “100 percent whole grain,” it may have many blends. Bad words to see: enriched, bleached, unbleached, semolina, durum, and rice flour.
   Blends: “Whole-grain blend” means it usually doesn’t have much whole grain at all.
    Good source: This means it has 8 grams of whole grains per serving or as little as 13.5 percent. Don’t confuse whole grain with fiber; 8 grams of whole grain may have less than 1 gram of fiber.
  Source: ABC News- 1/9/07

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• Recipe of the Month

  March 2010

  The Difference between Simple Carbs (simple sugar) and Complex Carbs

  Carbohydrates are one of three macronutrients that provide calories in our diets. The other two are protein and fat. Carbohydrates provide most of the energy needed in our daily lives, both for normal body functions such as heartbeat, breathing and digestion and for exercise such as biking, walking and running up the stairs.
  Carbohydrates are considered simple or complex based upon their chemical structure. Both types contain four calories per gram, and both are digested into a blood sugar called glucose, which can then be used to fuel our bodies for work or exercise.
  Somehow, simple carbohydrates have become known as the “bad” carbohydrates, while complex carbohydrates seem to be designated as the “good” carbohydrates. But there is no real scientific or nutritional justification for these descriptions.
  • Simple carbohydrates are digested quickly. Many simple carbohydrates contain refined sugars and few essential vitamins and minerals. Examples include fruits, fruit juice, milk, yogurt, honey, molasses, maple syrup and sugar.
  • Complex carbohydrates take longer to digest and are usually packed with fiber, vitamins and minerals. Examples are vegetables, breads, cereals, legumes and pasta.
  Most experts recommend that 50-60 percent of the total calories in our diet come from carbohydrates. The bulk of the carbohydrate choices should be complex carbs and most of the simple carbohydrate choices should come from fruits and milk or yogurt, which also contain vitamins and minerals.
  Source: Lynn Grieger, RD, CD, CDE