Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend from the staff at Chris Walker's Fitness!

We will be closed on Monday October 11th!

www.chriswalkersfitness.com

If you think this way, you need to change your way of thinking!

1. My diet and exercise determines my cholesterol levels.
FALSE. This is actually a half truth. Although diet and exercise
do contribute to healthy cholesterol levels, medication may also
be required to keep your cholesterol levels in check.

2. Using margarine instead of butter will lower my cholesterol.
FALSE. Both margarine and butter are high in fat content, so use
both in moderation. When choosing a margarine substitute for
butter check the nutrition label and pick one with -0- trans fats.

3. Thin people don't have to worry about high cholesterol.
FALSE. While overweight people tend to have higher cholesterol,
some skinny people think they can "eat anything they want". But
the truth is if you have a high metabolism and can burn more fat
than the usual person, your body still reacts badly to high
cholesterol levels. Make sure you have your cholesterol checked
regularly.

4. My doctor hasn't said anything, so I don't have to worry about
it.
FALSE. If your doctor hasn't brought it up, you bring it up.
A simple test can tell you where you stand.

5. The Nutrition label says it has no cholesterol, so it's heart
healthy. I'm good to go.
FALSE. Nutrition labels are great and a wonderful tool to
determine what's good to eat. But many low cholesterol foods are
high in saturated fat and or trans fat, that your body turns to
cholesterol when digesting food. Also when you're checking your
nutrition labels make sure you check the portion amount, more often
than not the serving size is very small.

6. Since I take a prescription for my cholesterol I can eat whatever
I want.
FALSE. Prescriptions are usually assigned after weight loss and
exercise don't bring down cholesterol levels to a fair number. You
still need to be responsible in what you eat and how much you eat.

7. High cholesterol is a mans problem.
TRUE. But it's also a woman's problem. Estrogen tends to help
produce HDL or good cholesterol, but as you age cholesterol
problems can still arise. Best to get tested on a regular basis.

8. You don't need to check your cholesterol till middle age.
FALSE. In todays society of couch potatoes and fast food, high
cholesterol can affect even young people. Again best to get checked,
better to know and fix it than not know and develop big problems
later

I know this will be an eye opener for some of you, it sure was for
me. When it comes to your heart it just make good sense to be in the
know.

Make it a great day!

Chris Walker
Kitchener's Weight Loss Expert


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New home for indoor boot camps!

We're finally getting everything underway at the new location! Today we had our first indoor morning boot camp and it was great! Tons more space!

In case you don't know here is the address for the new location!

We will now be located at 301 King Street East Unit 201. (Right Across from the Kitchener Farmers Market)

We will be up and running this Friday October 1st all classes and training will take place then at the new location!

You can click on the link below for a map to the new location:

Click here for map!

Make it a great day!

Chris

P.S. If you're not apart of the Women' Only Fitness Boot camp you should be click here to check it out now!

Biggest mistake people make when they start working out!

What is the one thing that can make you not see any results, even
if you workout 3 times a week and take the kids to the park
every couple days?

Once you start exercising your going to notice that you will be
more hungry than you normally are. So you head home and
start making dinner. So what's for dinner? Mashed potatoes
and gravy, stuffing, chicken and a can of green beans is what's
for dinner.

WRONG!!!

Mashed potatoes are full of carbohydrates, the bread in
stuffing is also full of processed carbohydrates, and the
green beans are full of sodium.

One of the above is ok, but substitute green salad for one of
the others.

Also during the day keep apples and other fruits available for
munching. Your body digests fruits slower than donuts and
junk so you eat less and it's a lot healthier for you.

Make sure your diet stays healthy while exercising or your
wasting your time.

Make it a great day!

Chris Walker
Weight Loss Expert


For more weight loss secrets click here!

Also, click here to get my Weight Loss Secrets book for free!

Free Exercise Program for Weight Loss!

Thought you would enjoy a free workout program today!

You can view the demonstrations online and even print off

a copy to take with you on your travels! It's a great program

that anyone can do! Good for weight loss!

Click on the link below for your copy:

http://www.weightlosswithchris.com/m-mixupdrill.html

Make it a great day!

Chris Walker

Weight Loss Expert

P.S. Find out how you can get access to more workouts like this

one and other weight loss tools for only $1! Click here now!

How fat can destroy your hopes and dreams!

In your diet something your going to want to pay attention to is
your fat intake. This is a loaded proposition because there is more
than just one kind of fat. Like everything else on this windy road,
some fats are good and some fats are bad, but even the good fats
aren't good if you over do it.

There are 4 types of fat were going to examine, saturated fat,
trans fat, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat. Were
going to take closer looks at all 4, but we will touch briefly on all 4.

Fats that are high in hydrogen content are bad fats, they also
contribute to higher cholesterol. Fats that are low hydrogen fats
can lower cholesterol and are good fats.

When you hear the term "saturated fat" were talking about fat
that is high in hydrogen. Saturated fat has as much hydrogen that
the molecule can hold. It's saturated with hydrogen. Saturated
fats also raise bad cholesterol.

Trans fats are unsaturated, but can also raise bad cholesterol and
lower good cholesterol. Trans fats result from adding hydrogen to
cooking oils. Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils are full
of trans fat. Usually used for cooking in fast food restaurants.

Polyunsaturated fats are good fats, although too much of a good
thing is bad. Polyunsaturated fats are associated with flushing
cholesterol out as it leaves the system. But too much of any fat
can lead to problems.

Monounsaturated can also be beneficial if your diet is low in
saturated fats.

So, keep your eyes out for these bandits. When you can, substitute
polyunsaturated fat for saturated fat and you will lower your bad
cholesterol. Another nice side affect is the weight loss from storing
less fat.


Make it a great day!

Chris Walker
Weight Loss Expert!

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Also, click here to get my Weight Loss Secrets book for free!

More muscle & Weight Loss!

Did you know that the more muscle makes
makes you lose weight!

Here is the good news: 1 pound of muscle burns 50
calories at rest. So what does this mean to you? What
it means is that muscle will naturally burn fat.

But building muscle is hard isn't it?

No not really, you just have to try a little. Here is how.

Train just 2 times per week.
Take a couple times a week to work your muscle groups. It's
easy to sleep that extra 15 minutes, but can you honestly not get
out of bed or off the couch for 15 minutes to work your muscles?

Challenge your muscles.
Easy to moderate reps are great for maintaining muscle, but the
more muscle you have the more calories your burning per day
without even thinking about it. Challenge your muscles by
using a higher weight than you usually would, make it so your
last rep makes you work for it, but is still doable.

Use compound movements.
These movements challenge several muscle groups at the same
time. Push-ups, squats, lunges are all good examples of
compound movements.

Change your program.

Your body will get used to the same routine if you do the same
thing each week. Challenge your body by changing your
workout routine each week.

You can do this, just a little ambition goes a long way. Get up and
go do it!!


Make it a great day!

Chris Walker

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