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Mother's Day!

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The Great jeans Challenge

We are now entering week five of our eight week great jeans challenge. All of you are doing great, and now is the time to pick up the intensity! The finish line is coming up fast and we are looking forward to giving gift certificates to all of you. Which is more than possible if you can tie up any lose ends in terms of your nutrition and exercise over these last three and a half weeks. So let’s finish strong and sprint to the end!  Just remembe,r whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you're probably right ;) 

Brian Knowles  

What's Happening at FT Belmont....

I'd like to start by thanking everyone who contributed to the food drive over the last few weeks! I'm sure your donations will be greatly appreciated by the people of Belmont who are not as fortunate as most of us. The drive will be coming to a close tomorrow, so if you find any other spare cans of tuna, bring them down.

Also a reminder to all of you who are doing the Great Jeans Challenge, this is measuring week, so please make sure you get measured this week in order to avoid being disqualified from the challenge. We can't wait to hand out the gift cards!

Lastly, despite the rainy Sunday forecast, we are still running/walking the Run for Charlotte in Braintree. If you are interested in joining us or just cheering us on, please contact us for details!

Hope you're having a healthy and happy day!

~Amy

Diet Fad of 'Eating Through the Nose' Could Be a Nightmare, Nutrition Expert Says

ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2012) — What should be a fairy-tale day -- a woman's wedding -- could turn into a nightmare for a bride-to-be who goes on a new feeding-tube diet to lose 20 pounds fast, says a Baylor University professor and a former chair of a public policy committee for the American Dietetic Association.

The diet of about 800 calories a day for 10 days has a potential to be even more harmful and less long-lasting than the so-called liquid "starvation diets," of fewer than 1,000 calories a day -- far below standard recommended weight-loss diets, said Suzy Weems, Ph.D., chair of Baylor University's family and consumer sciences and a consulting dietitian who has worked for hospitals and extended-care facilities. Most recommended diets call for a combination of exercise and eating that create a 500-calorie deficit from normal needs.

Some doctors -- over the vigorous protests of others -- have promoted the diet as a quick, hunger-free way to shed pounds by delivering protein, fat and water through a nasal feeding tube.

"It seems very extreme because of its potential for infections and irritation," Weems said. "It seems to be illogical to do this for one fairy-tale day when most brides have plenty of time before their weddings to lose weight in a healthy way. The long-term solution to maintain a good weight is eat right and exercise."

What's more, healthier diets provide "more energy for intimacy," she said.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416150117.htm

This is a really bad idea, and is possibly the worst way one could lose weight. Maybe I am wrong but a big reason to lose weight is to become healthier and look good. Neither of which would happen form this diet. It really upsets me to see people try to make short cut, which do more harm than good and then market them. What do you think?

Brian Knowles

Client of the Month!

Caitlin McKenna

Training Frequency: 5x a week (3 1 on 1 sessions and 2 PACK)

Cardio Frequency: 5-6x a week for 45-60 minutes

Results:

I’m down 60lbs… so far!

How Fitness Together has helped:

Fitness Together has helped me gain more confidence. When I first started at FT, I physically could not do more than two minutes on the elliptical… now doing an hour is nothing. I have a goal now of wanting to do a 5K.

FT Belmont Food Drive

Hi Everyone!

Just a reminder that the food drive is running until April 20th so help us to help those in need! Please drop off your perishables and personal items across from the front desk.

Thanks for helping our community,
Amy