2010 August

Testimonials

Working with Lisa and Lucho reminds me of the quote in the Talmud, "Over every blade of grass there is an angel whispering, grow, grow, grow. "

Every workout session, I see their smiling faces and hear their voices urging me to "go, go, go!" Thank you for putting me on the path to the best health and fitness I've experienced in my adult life ... and I'm 51!

Debbie Phillips, Executive and Life Coach
Martha's Vineyard, MA

Dear Lucho,

Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. :-) Your information was enlightening and for the first time in my life I am on an eating program that is working for me and is very easy to follow. I have spiral notebooks alphabatized with foods/meals with their exact macronutrient information...I have spent a great deal of time learning what various foods are made of but never knew how to combine them or how much of which group I really needed. I just went by the end numbers and yes, seeing now the flaws of such, I followed a percentage plan to begin with that wasn't right for me. This program has literally given me back two hours a week in futile menu planning!

Thank you so much for your time with this,

Jacqui Jovonovich, CFNS

Dear Lucho,

I want to express how much I appreciate your certification program for Fitness Nutrition. The manual of study provided was comprehensive, and the videos very informative, instructing the prospective nutritionist in how to instruct and educate their clientele. I love the software program!

I have, to date, designed close to a hundred menu plans for both men and women of various ages with a variety of nutritional needs. By taking body fat measurements (Skindex calipers) at regular intervals, inputting the information into the client’s software menu program and reading the resultant graph, I am able to make reasonable deductions as to whether the client is progressing in the right direction toward his/her goals in regards to healthy body composition (fat/muscle). By offering this type of accountability to my clients, they are more apt to stay “on track.”

Also, I very much appreciate your expertise and years of experience. You have always been very available, helpful and professional in answering my questions and concerns regarding my clientele.

I enjoy helping people toward their nutritional goals and healthy lifestyle menu planning, and you have provided the very best in tools—your program and yourself!!

Thank you many times over!

Sincerely,

Sherry Zedlitz, CFNS

Archive for August, 2010

5 Quick Tips to Get Back On Track This Year!

By: Lucho Crisalle, RD

1. Work on your fitness at least 3 days per week: Most important, build muscle strength, even modestly … resistance training (weights, bands, machines, calisthenics, pushups, sit ups, pull ups) will help shift your metabolism into a fat-burning mode. Resistance training is the most efficient form of exercise for weight control, which affects all aspects of health and aging (heart, diabetes, hip-knee arthritis, cancer).

If your goal is fat-loss, then low intensity cardiovascular exercise (70% of your maximum heart rate) should be incorporated into your schedule. While you’re doing your cardio exercise, if you can hold a normal conversation, then you’re burning fat. If you can’t talk, that means you’re going at such a high intensity that you can only burn sugar. Burning sugar isn’t bad. The thing is that humans are not plants, which means that we don’t store whole bunch of glucose or glycogen. We tend to run out of sugar rather quickly. If you stay at a high intensity level of cardiovascular exercise, once you run out of sugar you start eating away your own muscle. That’s called “gluconeogenesis,” or the new formation of glucose by breaking down muscle tissue. Read the rest of this entry »

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