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Hi Everyone! I love to watch Dr. Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen on the Oprah Winfrey Show. They offer such great advice on healthy living and have inspired countless patients and viewers to change their lifestyle behaviors. One of the tools they use is the Real Age test. Longevity expert, Dr. Roizen believes you have a chronological age and a real age. Your real age is the age you are based on your lifestyle. I am giving you the link to take the test yourself and see how your own habits and behaviors effect your age. By the way, my chronological age is 31 and my real age is 28. Good for me! I have learned that I am doing quite a lot right, but could lower my score even more if I do things to reduce stress and slow down when I drive. Good stuff here, so check it out: real age Health & Happiness, Tressa |
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Lower Body Tone, Strength and Stretch |
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Hi everyone! When it comes to toning and strengthening the lower body (ie. seat, thighs and hips), I have just 3 exercises that can get the job done. These exercise do not require equipment of any kind, just your own body weight and the willingness to take a few minutes to do them. |
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Happy Hydrating/The water bottle debate |
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Hi everyone! As most of you know, I am a partner in a wellness center. I am alarmed by how many plastic bottles get thrown away despite our efforts to recycle. As a result, I came up with what I thought was a brilliant idea. The idea was to get customized polycarbonate (#7) (like the Nalgene bottles) and give them away if members brought all their plastic bottles in. Great marketing piece. Here lies the problem. After doing research on the health effects of plastic water bottles (#1) versus the polycarbonate #7, it turns out they both can leach chemicals into the contents. I have learned that if you reuse the #1 bottles just one time you are exposing yourself to harmful bacteria and possible carcinogenic compounds. The reusable #7 is not much better. These bottles break down over time and expose you to chemicals that have been linked to breast cancer and birth defects. You can still sip out of plastic bottles, just don't reuse - but do recycle. If you use the #7 make sure you wash them with warm, soapy water and replace it every 6 months. My recommendations- use stainless steel bottles (good ole kanteens) or light weight aluminum sport bottles. Check out mysigg.com for some cool looking and safe bottles! Happy Hydrating! Tressa |
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Nutrition that makes sense |
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I just started reading the book called "Ultra-metabolism" by Dr. Mark Hyman and have come to realize (many times over) that there really is only one secret when it comes to nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. The simple secret is to eat a whole foods diet. This pretty much covers it all and when followed promises weight loss, increased energy, a strong immune system and better moods. The nut of the whole foods lifestyle is that you stay away from processed foods that are loaded with preservatives, sugar and hydrogenated oils. This means that pretty much everything that comes in a package is off limits. What does this leave us with? A predictable healthy diet of vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, and lean protein. Is this really news? Do people still believe that a low calorie, low fat or low carb diet is healthy? A whole foods diet does not really eliminate any one food group, instead they include a variety of nutrient dense, smart choice foods that tell our bodies to feel good, have energy and stay slim. I believe that the whole foods approach to nutrition is the only true path toward achieving your optimum health. What do you all think? Happy Jumping, Tressa |
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Good News about Bones and Jumping Rope |
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Hi everyone! Happy New Years! I wanted to share this bit of information with you. I found this scoop in the Women's Health magazine that just came out for Jan/Feb 2008. As a cyclist, this blurb caught my eye, "Weak Wheelie". Basically, scientists reported a study in Metabolism that found "63 percent of cyclists - regardless of age- had osteopenia (lower-than-normal bone density, which increases the risk of osteoporosis) of the spine or hip, compared with just 19 percent of the runners in the study". Guess what the cause is? Lack of high impact exercises. The suggestion from Pamela Hinton, PHd is to schedule 5 minutes of plyometrics or JUMP ROPE three times a week. Happy Jumping! Tressa |
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A graduate of James Madison University, Tressa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Business and Nutrition. Tressa’s deep knowledge of the body and its movement comes from years of being a certified personal trainer. She is a Teacher Trainer for the Power Pilates Certification Program, a status she attained after completing the rigorous 600 hour training required to attain that status. A co-owner of Evolutions Body Clinic, Tressa’s expertise is focused on Pilates, movement and exercise. 
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