Welcome to Volume 44 of the Fitness Destinations Journal!
Personal Trainers - Check this out! - I have updated the PT Success Coach website and will be dedicating quite a bit of time in the near future to building and maintaining websites for personal trainers, so if you need a site, or your present site is lame, give me a call!
Check it out: PT Success Coach!
Goof Troupe Update: Although the local exercise group concept is working out well, I didn't feel like there was enough value for people who DON'T live in the Jacksonville, FL area, so I added some distance services as well!
Check out the Goof Troupe website to learn about NutritionDollars, Self-Denial, and the Sweat Shop!!
Check out the article below entitled 'What the Heck is the Goof Troupe?' for more info on these concepts and to learn how the Goof Troupe can help you or the people in your circle of influence! Speaking of the people in your circle of influence, we have a powerful article below by Kelly Castillo on the sad state of affairs with our overweight children, and some great tips on what to do about it. Read 'The Chubby American Child' below for more info.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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Fitness Article - What the Heck is the Goof Troupe?
by Aaron Potts
Simply put, the Goof Troupe is an organization that teaches people to lose weight and improve their health while still enjoying the "finer" things in life. You know, like pasta, red meat, dessert, frappuccinos, alcohol, etc.
You see, the single biggest problem with most weight loss or health improvement programs is that they are NO FUN! They require you to live by some very strict code of "do this, don't do that". If you happen to step outside the boundaries of the program, your progress and your state of mind take a painful hit, and you end up right back at square one. Does that sound familiar?
The miraculous method by which Goof Troupe members are able to still enjoy the "taboo" items like those listed above is due to 4 things:
1) Structure
2) Support
3) A reasonable amount of physical activity.
4) Proper portion control, nutrient intake, and vitamin/mineral intake.
I know, I know - it sounds too easy, right? Well, it is both easy as well as effective, and you can start taking advantage of this program right now!
People who get a reasonable amount of activity, control their portion sizes, and get the appropriate intake of vitamins and minerals are healthy, they don't carry around a bunch of excess bodyfat, and they can jump "off the wagon" on a regular basis because they do the right thing the rest of the time.
Also, no one wants to be healthy by themselves. Even the most confident and self-motivated people still have the basic human need for positive reinforcement, and a helping hand to keep them on the path to success.
Having structure in a health program is just as important as having support. If you had 100 people who were willing to bend over backwards to support the needs of the other group members, but those 100 people didn't have a clue what they were doing, then that group would be on the fast track to failure wouldn't they?
In getting back to the question of 'What is the Goof Troupe', we answer with this:
The Goof Troupe is a social group whose members work together to be healthy most of the time, so they can enjoy being UNHEALTHY the rest of the time!
A Goof Troupe can contain any number of people, but a typical social group will include at least 3 or 4 people, and as many as 10 or more. The group meets once each week so that all members can take advantage of the group support, tips, and instruction, and those meetings are typically followed up by going out and having fun!
All Goof Troupe members utilize the same basic concepts of portion control, healthy eating, and physical activity as outlined in the Goof Troupe lifestyle improvement system, the Tahiti Trim Plan 40 program. The TTP40 program ensures that all members are not only eating the proper portion sizes, but eating often enough as well. 9 out of 10 people who are overweight actually do not eat ENOUGH.
The TTP40 program also contains all of the vitamin/mineral supplements that are needed by all people, and it outlines a program of physical activity that ensures that all Goof Troupe members are using more calories than they are taking in. That equates to weight loss, by the way!
In addition to the weekly meetings, most Goof Troupe members will see each other much more often than that. The Goof Troupes are as much social clubs as they are a lifestyle management program, and members are encouraged to engage in support, social, and health-related activities as often as they like.
The Goof Troupe concept is a starting point - a "guideline" for you 'Pirates of the Caribbean' fans! The Tahiti Trim Plan 40 program and the Goof Troupe weekly meetings provide the structure, support, and information that allow all members to lose weight, be healthy, and most importantly - to have FUN!
In addition, the Goof Troupe founders are able to get all Goof Troupe members and leaders a discounted price on the Tahiti Trim Plan 40 products, which means that the program is less expensive than ANY comparable program on the market. Also, people who start Goof Troupes in their areas can get their own products for free, or even make some Fun Money that they can use to enjoy their new found level of health or weight loss!
To learn the full details of the Goof Troupe, or to join or start a Goof Troupe in your area, just visit the site for more information! http://www.gooftroupe.org
Fitness Article - The Chubby American Child -- a Growing Problem
Copyright © 2006 Kathy Castillo, All Rights Reserved
DBA AdPro Media Sales
http://www.healthandfitnessvitality.com
Between 5-25% of children and teenagers in the United States are
obese (Dietz, 1983). As with adults, the prevalence of obesity in
the young varies by ethnic group. It is estimated that 5-7% of
White and Black children are obese, while 12% of Hispanic boys
and 19% of Hispanic girls are obese (Office of Maternal and Child
Health, 1989).
Obesity is a growing problem in the United States and most of the
time it begins in childhood. The way a child is taught to eat at
an early age will effect how he/she eats as an adult. Children
who eat a lot of junk food such as soda pop, candies, potato
chips, and pastries will grow up with the craving to continue
eating these foods. Junk food is high in fats, oils, and calories
which, over time, will lead to obesity.
Children usually do not gain weight as rapidly as adults. This is
because they tend to be more active. However, when children get
older, their active lifestyles decrease. Sometimes, a child who
was skinny as a child will become obese as an adult. This is
mainly because the child ate a lot of junk food but was very
active. Then when adulthood started, the active lifestyle ceased
and the weight gain began.
Obesity treatment programs for children and adolescents rarely
have weight loss as a goal. Rather, their aim is to slow or halt
weight gain so the child will grow into his or her body weight
over a period of months to years. Dietz (1983) estimates that for
every 20% excess of ideal body weight, the child will need one
and one-half years of weight maintenance to attain his or her
ideal body weight.
Early and appropriate intervention is particularly valuable.
Childhood eating and exercise habits are more easily modified
than adult habits (Wolf, Cohen, & Rosenfeld, 1985). Three forms
of intervention include:
1. Physical Activity
Adopting a formal exercise program or simply becoming more active
is a valuable way to burn fat, increase energy expenditure, and
maintain lost weight. Most studies of children have not shown
exercise to be a successful strategy for weight loss unless it is
coupled with another intervention such as nutrition education or
behavior modification (Wolf et al., 1985).
However, exercise has additional health benefits. Even when
children's body weights and fat percentages did not change
following 50 minutes of aerobic exercise three times per week,
their blood lipid profiles and blood pressure did improve
(Becque, Katch, Rocchini, Marks, & Moorehead, 1988).
2. Diet Management
Fasting or extreme caloric restriction is not advisable for
children. Not only is this approach psychologically stressful,
but it may adversely affect growth and the child's perception of
"normal" eating. Balanced diets with moderate caloric
restriction, especially those diets with reduced fat, have been
used successfully in treating obesity (Dietz, 1983). Nutrition
education may be necessary. Diet management coupled with exercise
is an effective treatment for childhood obesity (Wolf et al.,
1985).
3. Behavior Modification
Many behavioral strategies used with adults have been
successfully applied to children and adolescents: self-monitoring
and recording food intake and physical activity, slowing the rate
of eating, limiting the time and place of eating, and using
rewards and incentives for desirable behaviors. Particularly
effective are behaviorally based treatments that include parents
(Epstein et al., 1987).
Graves, Meyers, and Clark (1988) used problem-solving exercises
in a parent-child behavioral program and found children in the
problem-solving group, but not those in the behavioral treatment-
only group, significantly reduced their percent overweight and
maintained their reduced weight for six months. Problem-solving
training involved identifying possible weight-control problems,
and as a group, discussing solutions.
If your child is obese, you may want to consider a new powerful
vitamin that helps to alleviate childhood obesity. It is
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time to start doing something to help your child overcome
obesity. Proper nutrition and exercise are the keys to avoiding
obesity. However, if obesity is already a problem, then
Essentialean(tm) may be your solution.
About the Author
Kathy Castillo is a health and fitness enthusiast and
advocate. She writes on a regular basis on timeless
health and fitness tips at the Fit After Forty Blog.
See more useful health and fitness news and tips at:
http://www.healthandfitnessvitality.com/blogs/fitnessblog.htm
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courtesy Kamau Austin.
This Article must be published with a disclaimer as such...
This article is for general information purposes only. Before
under taking any exercise or treatment program always first
check first with your doctor and health professionals.
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