New Year, New You Tip of the Week
Healthy Snacking!
Do you find yourself eating healthy all day, and then reaching for the chips/cheese/ice cream/pretzels/etc after dinner? Don’t worry, it’s a common problem. Unfortunately, it can sabotage all the earlier progress. Just remember, fail to plan and plan to fail!!
Have healthy snacks within reach, so you can still satisfy the munchies, while not undoing your healthy goals. Here are some snack ideas:
Peanut butter & celery/apple slices
Roasted nuts & 85% dark chocolate square
Cucumber/pepper slices & spiced hummus
Check out more healthy snack ideas here:
- At January 30, 2018
- By Michelle Struckholz
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Recipe of the Week: Bouillabaisse
Another great winter time meal to fill you up and keep you warm!
Preventing Metabolic Decline
- At January 25, 2018
- By Michelle Struckholz
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Did you know?:
Research shows that, on average, individuals experience a 2 to 4% decline in their resting metabolic rate (RMR), as well as losing an average of 5 pounds of lean mass each decade after 25. This means that most people can look forward to an ever-diminishing metabolic rate from their mid-20s onward. A person with a RMR of 1500 kcal at age 25 may have an RMR around 1400 kcal a decade later. Add another 10 years, they’ll be down to burning a mere 1300 kcal.
Muscle loss may be the key factor. On average people lose about 5 pounds of lean mass per decade between the ages of 25 and 65. So, in addition to dropping around 300 kcal of metabolic power by 65, most folks also lose around 20 pounds of lean mass. Because muscle is so metabolically active, this muscle loss is directly correlated to much of age related metabolic loss. This suggests that metabolic decline isn’t due wholly to age, but lifestyle related. What we think of as “normal aging” may actually be an outcome of inactivity!
The good news is, we can take direct action to prevent this decline through appropriate exercise training and nutritional intake. Don’t be one of the average!!!
*Adapted from The Essentials of Sports & Exercise Nutrition by John Berardi/Ryan Andrews.
Try one of Momentum’s small group classes and prevent lean mass and metabolic decline! Or book a movement analysis TODAY and come up with a plan to prevent muscle loss and metabolic slowing!
Recipe of the Week: Chicken Chipotle Pumpkin Chili
For this dreary, dank evening, make something that will warm the whole family with leftovers enough for lunch tomorrow!
New Year, New You: Resolution Redo!
The start of a new year brings new resolutions with it, but research has shown that most of us have forgotten those resolutions by February, and that only 8% of Americans actually achieve their goals. We’re halfway through January, so we’d like to ask, how have your resolutions been going?
Momentum would like to help you keep your goals this year. Start off by learning what those 8% actually do to keep with their resolutions throughout the year:
Recipe of the Week: Mozzarella Basil Chicken
This is a recipe the whole family will love. Filling, delicious, with plenty of vitamin C to help fight the cold season.
