Snap Fitness ‘Stretches Out’ Free Trial Pass to Facebook Fans -
Chanhassen, MN – As cooler temperatures approach and many people are looking to bring their fitness routines indoors, they are not looking to scale back on their budgets. Snap Fitness, the world’s fastest growing fitness franchise, has a quick, simple and cost effective solution to get you into shape at one of their many fitness centers by simply becoming a “Fan” of their Snap Fitness page on Facebook.
Snap Fitness has extended its one week free trial coupon to a 14-day free trial pass for their loyal Facebook fans which can be found on their Snap Fitness page on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SnapFitness247).
IMPORTANT Those interested in receiving the free trial offer must “Like” the Snap Fitness page on Facebook, and print the pass to use at any of the nationwide locations. All of the Snap Fitness locations provide 24/7 access, top-quality equipment and a clean, safe environment.
“We are making it easier than ever for people seeking convenient and affordable ways to look and feel better by giving them the opportunity to try out our fitness centers at no cost by simply ‘liking’ our page on Facebook,” said Peter Taunton, Founder and CEO of Snap Fitness. “With this offer, we hope to expose more consumers to Snap Fitness and show them all of the benefits of being a Snap Fitness member, without having to pay a penny for the first two weeks.”
Snap Fitness, founded in 2003, has redefined the fitness club industry by providing high-end equipment with convenient 24/7 access. While Snap Fitness offers the same quality equipment as traditional health clubs, the booming brand is setting industry standards by focusing on complete member wellness and providing a host of products and services designed to give members better results and more value for their money.
About Snap Fitness, Inc.:
Named the 16th fastest-growing private company in Inc. Magazine's prestigious 2009 Inc. 500 ranking, Snap Fitness is experiencing phenomenal growth with more than 2,000 locations sold worldwide and some 30-40 new stores added monthly. Founded in 2003 by CEO Peter Taunton, the Minnesota-based franchisor offers compact, state-of-the-art, 24/7 express fitness clubs that emphasize fast, convenient and affordable workouts in neighborhoods across America and worldwide. For more information or to learn how to open a Snap Fitness Franchise, please visit http://www.snapfitness.com/.
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Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
I stand corrected . . .
I finished the last half of The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet
, by Alicia Silverstone, and I have to say that I stand corrected. The recipes look delicious and completely do-able. Now if you do not eat or cook a lot of Asian food, some of the ingredients might seem a little strange, like udon, which is just a noodle, but others will be familiar, like soy sauce (shoyu.) I have never heard of seitan, which I think is like vegie "meat" or umeboshi (a plum) vinegar, but I am willing to try them. I already bought the brown rice syrup which looks and tastes similar to caramel sauce, but not as sweet, and the blackstrap molasses, which is even more mildly sweet than the rice syrup. So far, so good.
Today was actually day 4 on my new treadmill, the Sole F80 Treadmill
which I am loving. Where I live, it is winter about 7 months of the year and bitterly cold for a good 4-5 months, so it is very easy to do nothing more than hibernate with movies and comfort food during the winter. Each winter I feel more light-deprived and depressed, and what helps me get through is walking. Before I eat in the morning I choose one of the 5 pre-set programs and set it for 30 minutes and turn on the t.v. Even if I don't walk my dogs much some days, like today, I have my work-out in.
I would love to know what helps you fight off the winter blues, keeps you motivated to get up and move, or helps keep your weight in a healthy range. I'd also like to hear what you struggle with - because we can ALL relate to that! Here's to finding ways to eat for health and happiness, for all of us!
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, by Alicia Silverstone, and I have to say that I stand corrected. The recipes look delicious and completely do-able. Now if you do not eat or cook a lot of Asian food, some of the ingredients might seem a little strange, like udon, which is just a noodle, but others will be familiar, like soy sauce (shoyu.) I have never heard of seitan, which I think is like vegie "meat" or umeboshi (a plum) vinegar, but I am willing to try them. I already bought the brown rice syrup which looks and tastes similar to caramel sauce, but not as sweet, and the blackstrap molasses, which is even more mildly sweet than the rice syrup. So far, so good.Today was actually day 4 on my new treadmill, the Sole F80 Treadmill
which I am loving. Where I live, it is winter about 7 months of the year and bitterly cold for a good 4-5 months, so it is very easy to do nothing more than hibernate with movies and comfort food during the winter. Each winter I feel more light-deprived and depressed, and what helps me get through is walking. Before I eat in the morning I choose one of the 5 pre-set programs and set it for 30 minutes and turn on the t.v. Even if I don't walk my dogs much some days, like today, I have my work-out in.I would love to know what helps you fight off the winter blues, keeps you motivated to get up and move, or helps keep your weight in a healthy range. I'd also like to hear what you struggle with - because we can ALL relate to that! Here's to finding ways to eat for health and happiness, for all of us!
Resources:
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Going back to tried and true weight loss techniques, and a few new twists!
It is time to stop whining about how my body seems stuck again and doesn't want to lose weight. We all know that is an excuse, a good one, but one I am tired of. I am back to the emotional point I was at a couple of years ago when I didn't have 10 pounds to lose, but 40. So, I'm putting it into perspective. It's not 40, it's 10. I can keep whining and stuffing my face and it will be 40, or I can get off of the pity pot and go back to doing the things I was doing then, now.
The most important changes I made were both in my diet and by doing some form of movement each day. I ate fewer calories, less meat and more of things like green tea and water-laden fruits and veggies. I also got moving for at least a half an hour, twice a day. In fact, even five minutes twice a day started making a huge difference in my mood and energy, which encouraged me to keep going. So here I am again, five minutes. By the way, I got that treadmill I was promised for Christmas. Yea, because I ordered it . . .
The most important changes I made were both in my diet and by doing some form of movement each day. I ate fewer calories, less meat and more of things like green tea and water-laden fruits and veggies. I also got moving for at least a half an hour, twice a day. In fact, even five minutes twice a day started making a huge difference in my mood and energy, which encouraged me to keep going. So here I am again, five minutes. By the way, I got that treadmill I was promised for Christmas. Yea, because I ordered it . . .
Monday, March 29, 2010
I am sick of working out - there, I said it.
So, last year I finally lost the baby weight. That's right, after 6 years of getting pregnant, nursing, losing a couple of pounds . . .and then getting pregnant, nursing, just keep on going for five episodes. The point is, I finally did it. No, I don't have some big "will-power and a good tread-mill" success story. The truth is, I wasn't even trying to lose weight at that point, I was trying to regain my sanity. I just wanted to feel good when I woke up for once instead of feeling like crap everyday. It worked. I felt good and I started looking good. This isn't about that. Sorry.
This is about what happens after that. This is about me thinking that since I finally beat the anxiety and depression that had been taking over my daily existence, like a slow-growing fungus, sapping my energy and sense of excitement about life, then hey, side-bonus: I not only got my groove back, but got skinny too - I must be done! That's it. I was on maintenance, baby. Guess what, life comes back with some more whoppers to crack your smug little "look at me being all happy" smile.
This is the next phase when, as much as you would like, you can't get rid of every single negative person and situation in your life (ahhhh, wouldn't that be nice). The reality is that some of the whoa-is-me-addicts bringing you down are people you are married to, gave birth to, or for some other reason, are not willing to kick to the curb. Look, I am all about the positive thinking, but I can do all the vision boards, believing myself happy and rich and care-free, speaking it into reality, all the live long day, and it is still not going to turn my husband into a half-full kind of guy. So, here I am back at "Jeepers, why am I so blasted tired all the time?" again.
The truth is, I don't even have the motivation to gung-ho exercise the way I did last year. Well, to be fair I didn't start out gung-ho in the first place back then, either. I just started with making a deal with myself to walk in place for five minutes, at least once a day, just to make myself get out of bed. I know, it's kind of pathetic. But real.
And no, I didn't gain all the weight back. But I did gain three to five pounds over Christmas, then another five pounds just for the heck of it. So it's one dress size. Some of you are playing the pity fiddle for me right now, am I right? Here's the way I think of it: at the end of the day, it's still one size bigger than I wear. It's one size bigger than almost all the clothes I own. So, it is kind of a big deal, to me.
So what happened? I just got to a place where a lot of external stressors were gone, finally, and all the stuff I was doing to relieve that stress, like eating right and exercising and reading positive books, just seemed like over-kill. I just wanted to enjoy for a while. Eat a lot more junk, lay around a lot more, blow off walking and other stuff. After all, I was THIN. I could handle it. I could just stop and get back on track after a week or two. I was giving myself some time off and that is healthy. Who's fooling who? A day off is healthy, not a month off, let's be honest, here, finally.
Do you ever do that? Just say, "I do not care a bit today - I am suddenly and bizarrely wanting a break from doing the things that leave me feeling good and healthy and you know what? I am going to eat a bunch of sugar and thumb my nose at any exercise what-so-ever just because I can!" It's like a a weird out of body experience. You see yourself gaining weight and keep telling yourself you can quit anytime and turn it around, it's not that big of a deal, and my clothes are just a little tight anyway. That is until the day that I cannot button the pants that used to literally fall off of my hips.
Then I get scared. I shake myself in the mirror and shout, "What did you do? Why didn't you stop at one pound, or three pounds?" So, here we go. I vow to drink nothing but protein shakes and smoothies for a week. That lasts until lunch. I think the night before about how tomorrow is the day, that is it! Enough of this. I will eat only raw foods, or only low fat, or just cut out the meat or what-ever is going to be the magic solution to quickly wipe out the evidence of my over-indulgence before anyone in my circle of friends notices I (gasp) gained weight.
Listen to me, sugar and fat are my crack! No matter that I wrote the book on losing weight slowly for lasting results (literally, I wrote a book) - I want it now!
Phase forward a few weeks when, once again, I lay figuratively slumped in a corner semi-comatose from alternatively depriving myself and binging, losing three pounds and congratulating myself by gaining back four. "Hey idiot," I tell myself with a smirk, "why don't you read your book?" "Shut up," I reply. I read the back cover where it says, "I am not unhappy because I am overweight, I am overweight because I am unhappy."
Oh, yeah, I forgot. OK, so I slipped into de'river. You know, the one called De-nial? So, it is back to basics again. Good messages in, good attitude out. Good food in, good health out. Five minutes of walking in . . we are getting there.
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This is about what happens after that. This is about me thinking that since I finally beat the anxiety and depression that had been taking over my daily existence, like a slow-growing fungus, sapping my energy and sense of excitement about life, then hey, side-bonus: I not only got my groove back, but got skinny too - I must be done! That's it. I was on maintenance, baby. Guess what, life comes back with some more whoppers to crack your smug little "look at me being all happy" smile.
This is the next phase when, as much as you would like, you can't get rid of every single negative person and situation in your life (ahhhh, wouldn't that be nice). The reality is that some of the whoa-is-me-addicts bringing you down are people you are married to, gave birth to, or for some other reason, are not willing to kick to the curb. Look, I am all about the positive thinking, but I can do all the vision boards, believing myself happy and rich and care-free, speaking it into reality, all the live long day, and it is still not going to turn my husband into a half-full kind of guy. So, here I am back at "Jeepers, why am I so blasted tired all the time?" again.
The truth is, I don't even have the motivation to gung-ho exercise the way I did last year. Well, to be fair I didn't start out gung-ho in the first place back then, either. I just started with making a deal with myself to walk in place for five minutes, at least once a day, just to make myself get out of bed. I know, it's kind of pathetic. But real.
And no, I didn't gain all the weight back. But I did gain three to five pounds over Christmas, then another five pounds just for the heck of it. So it's one dress size. Some of you are playing the pity fiddle for me right now, am I right? Here's the way I think of it: at the end of the day, it's still one size bigger than I wear. It's one size bigger than almost all the clothes I own. So, it is kind of a big deal, to me.
So what happened? I just got to a place where a lot of external stressors were gone, finally, and all the stuff I was doing to relieve that stress, like eating right and exercising and reading positive books, just seemed like over-kill. I just wanted to enjoy for a while. Eat a lot more junk, lay around a lot more, blow off walking and other stuff. After all, I was THIN. I could handle it. I could just stop and get back on track after a week or two. I was giving myself some time off and that is healthy. Who's fooling who? A day off is healthy, not a month off, let's be honest, here, finally.
Do you ever do that? Just say, "I do not care a bit today - I am suddenly and bizarrely wanting a break from doing the things that leave me feeling good and healthy and you know what? I am going to eat a bunch of sugar and thumb my nose at any exercise what-so-ever just because I can!" It's like a a weird out of body experience. You see yourself gaining weight and keep telling yourself you can quit anytime and turn it around, it's not that big of a deal, and my clothes are just a little tight anyway. That is until the day that I cannot button the pants that used to literally fall off of my hips.
Then I get scared. I shake myself in the mirror and shout, "What did you do? Why didn't you stop at one pound, or three pounds?" So, here we go. I vow to drink nothing but protein shakes and smoothies for a week. That lasts until lunch. I think the night before about how tomorrow is the day, that is it! Enough of this. I will eat only raw foods, or only low fat, or just cut out the meat or what-ever is going to be the magic solution to quickly wipe out the evidence of my over-indulgence before anyone in my circle of friends notices I (gasp) gained weight.
Listen to me, sugar and fat are my crack! No matter that I wrote the book on losing weight slowly for lasting results (literally, I wrote a book) - I want it now!
Phase forward a few weeks when, once again, I lay figuratively slumped in a corner semi-comatose from alternatively depriving myself and binging, losing three pounds and congratulating myself by gaining back four. "Hey idiot," I tell myself with a smirk, "why don't you read your book?" "Shut up," I reply. I read the back cover where it says, "I am not unhappy because I am overweight, I am overweight because I am unhappy."
Oh, yeah, I forgot. OK, so I slipped into de'river. You know, the one called De-nial? So, it is back to basics again. Good messages in, good attitude out. Good food in, good health out. Five minutes of walking in . . we are getting there.
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