5 Tips to Get Teens Moving: New York City Certified Personal Trainer Motivates Teens To Get Moving

5 Tips to Get Teens Moving:  New York City Certified Personal Trainer Motivates Teens To Get Moving If you’re like many parents, you sometimes look at your pre-teen/teen and think, “Who are you?” When kids are young, they’re unstoppable. Remember the toddler days, falling into the couch after spending the 12 hours chasing a two-year old? Children are balls of energy, wanting to dance, roller blade, bike ride after a long day at school.  They can’t get enough of you! Then middle school hits, and it’s almost as if children were unplugged or a sci-fi energy sucker came and zapped the life out of them. Take a few minutes this week and watch the way middle schoolers and high schoolers move. Slow. Before, you were begging to slow down....

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8 Tips From New York City Nutritionist to Make Quick, Healthy, Economical School Lunches: A Little Imagination and Planning Goes a Long Way

Many things have changed over the years, from generation-to-generation. But the what-to-pack-for-lunch dilemma hasn’t. If you’re like most parents or caretakers, I bet the lunchbox is one thing you’re not looking forward to during the school year. Busy parents are taxed with figuring out what to pack for lunch that will be quick, economical, healthy and kid-approved! And I’d like to add eco-friendly. With all the pre-packaged goodies, it’s tempting to pick them up and toss them in a lunchbox. (I’ve done it!) Considering it takes anywhere from 450 – 1000 years for a plastic bottle to decompose http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/how-long-does-it-take-for-plastics-to-biodegrade.htm, adding ecological to the lunchbox...

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New York City certified personal trainer 7 tips to summer exercise

New York City Certified Personal Trainer Tip of the Month: Stay Hydrated, Stay Cool! July has seen record temperatures across the States and it doesn’t look like it will let up in August. Though the latest trends in exercise are “hot,” being hot yoga, hot pilates (I even saw an inferno pilates class advertised), exercising in the heat can be dangerous and even life-threatening. Heat puts stress on the body as both exercise and the outside environment heat your body’s core. Your body reacts, trying to cool down, by sending more blood to circulate through your skin, which, in turn, leaves less blood for your muscles and puts a strain on your heart. Add humidity to the mix, and sweat doesn’t evaporate quickly from your skin and your body temperature raises even higher. This is a perfect cocktail...

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New York City nutritionist 6 tips to buying and washing summer fruits and berries

New York City Nutritionist 6 Tips to Buying and Cleaning Summer Fruits and Berries:  Blueberries, Strawberries and Peaches … Oh my! Summer is a time of bright fruits and berries and decadent flavors. Unfortunately, some of my favorite flavors (peaches, strawberries, blueberries and cherries) are on The Environmental Working Group’s (http://www.ewg.org/)  “Dirty Dozen https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/?gclid=COWu5NLk_c0CFdcXgQodIkMFjQ  … a list of twelve of the most synthetic pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables. Here are my guidelines for buying, eating, and washing summer fruits for oodles of flavor and, hopefully, healthier eating. 1. Splurge on Organic; Save on Long-Term Side Effects: Up to 67 chemicals are found in some non-organic fruits and berries, strawberries topping...

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Five tips to love your body boost self esteem

5 Tips to Constructing a Better Body Self Esteem:  Certified Nutritionist and Personal Trainer Celebrates Bodies This is an all-too familiar scenario for 99% of us: We stand in the mirror and sigh, feeling inadequate. We look at the number on the scale and say, “If I lose just ten more pounds, I’ll be just right.” We don’t buy that pair of pants we love because we want to lose five more pounds or go down a size. We put off today because we think we’ll be better tomorrow. It’s no wonder. We are bombarded by images of “perfection” every single day. Advertisements, movies, TV shows, billboards, phamaceuticals … all form part of a billion-dollar industry that promotes body anxiety and hate. We are taught to feel shame. And both men and women...

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Exercise wonder drug New York City certified personal trainer

Certified Personal Trainer Shares the Most Effective Prescription on the Market: Exercise is a Wonder Drug! According to a 2015 article in The Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-us-prescription-drug-spending-2015-20160414-story.html, a report from IMS health estimated that in 2015 Americans spent $309.5 billion dollars on prescription medication.  US drug spending is about 40% of all drug expenditures worldwide. This has to do not only with the fact there are more medicated people in the United States, but also because Americans have higher drug prices. With pill bottles stacked high and bills even higher, I imagine that if any scientist could discover an inexpensive wonder drug to improve health – whether it be diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or depression – it...

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5 tips to boost employee engagement in summer months

5 Tips on How to Keep Production Up When Your Employees Are in the Summer Slump: When Dreamy Summer Days Become an Employee Engagement Nightmare It’s hot. Every theater has released its mega blockbuster film. There’s a new feel to the air – the sounds of kids’ skateboards humming down sidewalks, buzz about the latest vacation plans, and the quiet of the office as people take their yearly leave. At work, the adrenaline from setting yearly goals is starting to wear. And employees are hitting that mid-year summer slump.  It’s not just a feeling. It’s reality. The summer slump affects production, project turnaround time, absenteeism, and focus. Many organizations chalk up the summer slump to being a necessary evil. They ride it out until...

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