Health & Fitness

Would you care for a cup of coffee?

jmelville — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:44:24 +0000

Up to 80% of adult Westerners consume caffeine on a regular basis. Most commonly, the caffeine is in coffee, tea, coke, and chocolate. This adds up to about 3000 mg of caffeine per day, or the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.
The substance stimulates the central nervous system, increasing the stress hormones in the blood streams, thus making a person feel more active, more fit. Consequently induced alert state tends to subdue your body’s natural instincts and prevent it from relaxing. This causes a great quantity of stress and may even lead to diseases.
It’s like being “doped” on a 24 hour basis. While the morning cup of coffee or tea peps up degree of alertness, most people don’t stop at that. Almost every office goer develops an addiction for the next cup and subsequently, a heavy sickness sets in by late afternoon. In the evening you might even find yourself not being fit to perform the simplest action, because of being too tired for anything.
I would suggest some morning exercise to keep yourself fit. Open the window and let a fresh breeze in, then try moving your arms and legs just after getting up - do some 5 sit-ups every morning. Coffee isn’t the only thing in thsi world to get you fit & ready for “battle”.

So, if anyone ever cares to ask again: “No, I wouldn’t care for a cup, thanks a lot!!”

Training your health

jmelville — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:35:21 +0000

At the gym I see women working out with little coloured dumbbells. Every single day, they’re doing the same exercises with the same weights. They probably think that if they pick up heavier weights, they’ll suddenly become “manly” - nonsense!

If you diet without training, you will lose muscle. In nutrition-terms: your metabolism will slow down. You will need to eat less and less. The easiest way ‘neverending diet cycle’ is to build up muscle & train properly.

Your muscle is an active tissue. It translates into this: it burns calories even while you’re resting. As you increase your muscle mass, you’ll need more calories to keep your body weight constant. I you are dieting, you’ll find that you can keep losing bodyfat without staying hungry.

While aging, one’s body will slowly lose muscle at the rate of five to ten pounds every decade. This is the main reason why many people gain weight as they age. Less muscle leads to a slower metabolism - one needs fewer calories at age 40 than he/she did at 30. The only way to help your body help you, is to get into the gym and start training!

Let’s get over to “Reiki”…

jmelville — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:34 +0000

First question(s) What does it mean, what does it stand for?Well, it’s a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that promotes healing. It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So Reiki is actually : “spiritually guided life force energy.”

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping many illnesses and maladies and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

Teaching and performing Reiki has helped me more than even I can imagine at the time being. It’s a great way of getting your needed daily ammount of wellness&wellbeing.

Who am I aiming at?! Why Wellness?

jmelville — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:09:27 +0000

I am writing this blog, because I realized that my experience could help others and I dedicated my life to learning and teaching people about the power of wellness. Showing people how to create health through fitness gave me meaning and supported my newly found appreciation for health as a life priority.

I teach several classes per week and provide personal training. Helping people, especially those who need it most, transform their lives through fitness motivates me. I intend to keep going as long as I have breath in my body and energy to move.

This blog is directed @ all you out there, in search of a better, healthier and more productive way of life!

Yours sincerely,

Julie

The start!

jmelville — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:32:47 +0000

Hello everybody and welcome to my blog!

This is my first post and just a test. I hope to see u here soon!