7 Steps to a Perfect Packed Lunch in New Orleans

Summer vacation is winding down, fall is approaching and the kids are going back to school.

It’s time to examine the art of packing the perfect lunch.

While it is easy to rely on the school cafeteria for the kids and fast food meals for you, this method will quickly result in unwanted pounds.

The only way to ensure that you and your kids are eating a nutritionally balanced, health promoting lunch is to pack it yourself.

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How would you like to lose weight, boost your metabolism, and tone your entire body faster than you ever thought possible?

I know this sounds like a bold claim to make, but just indulge me for a
moment, okay? Because I’m about to tell you why they’re so many
Lies, confusions and problems in the fitness industry!

See, while I’m proud to say that we are the number one Boot Camp in
the New Orleans areas, I’m even more proud to say that over the last
4 years we have helped 5,835 (and growing) local residents achieve some
amazing results.

Take a look at these actual numbers.
* 420,120 fat busting sessions trained.
* 175,600 unwanted pounds melted away.
* 2,214 clients taken off blood pressure medication.
* 2,898 clients decreased their cholesterol levels.
* 3,320 clients got their diabetes under control.
* 70,020 inches lost (that’s almost twenty football fields long).

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Best Alcoholic Beverage to drink for Fat Loss in New Orleans

Are you going out with your friends in New Orleans and hitting the bars? With a little planning and foresight you can somewhat avoid this diet disaster, and below i have listed some low calorie alcoholic drinks you should look at.

However, Alcoholic Drinks seem to be always overlooked as a culprit of weight gain…especially when you go out and consume them back to back.

Some Alcoholic Drinks contain just as many unhealthy calories as a McDonalds Hamburger… can you image what eating 4-6 of those in a couple hours will do to encourage some weight gain?

Ok Now onto the list…

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New Orleans,Vampires,Eclipse, True Blood and Fitness Tips!

Hey – Jonas here, and I’m about to see the movie “Eclipse”

I love vampire movies, I think they’re Awesome…Especially since a lot of them are shot in New Orleans or in the bayou.

Actually, One of my friends is always Photo-shopping my face into Twilight movie posters because he thinks it’s pretty funny to post them on my face-book profile when I’m sleeping lol! These photos are his handy work! What you think pretty funny right?

I think it would be kind of cool sometimes to be a Vampire or a Werewolf
Btw… Do you watch “True Blood” on HBO?
I LOVE that show too!

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New Orleans Can You Change in a Single Moment?

Change is a curious thing. In most areas of life you dread it, yet in others you pine for it.

You’re told that change is hard, that it takes time. You’re also told that change is the most consistent thing that you’ll encounter. You wonder how to make lasting changes that will improve your life.

I’m here to argue that change can happen in an instant.

I know this goes against mainstream belief. Most people believe that change has to be worked at for months or even years. We expect to try and fail numerous times before we ultimately give up or succeed.

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5 Ways To Step Out of Your Comfort Zone in New Orleans

A Fitness Blog Post by: Leanne Ellington, Orlando Body Transformation Expert

It’s easy to get stuck inside of comfort. Afterall, comfort keeps us safe– it keeps us nurtured. More importantly though, comfort saves us from ever having to step outside the box and try new things– it saves us from failing.

But who says that failing is a bad thing? Isn’t it our mistakes that teach us new things, life-lessons, and give us valuable take-aways?

Eventually though, it will be time for you to step away from the known and venture out into new and exciting things. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of the scarier things to do in life, but it’s all the more rewarding.

I’m giving you 5 ways to make that transition a little bit easier and step outside of your comfort zone.

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New Orleans Boot Camp Home Workout

Hey there! Here is a Quick little workout you can do at home or when you’re on vacation.
Just do sections 1-5 and follow the direction for each section. Feel free to repeat the whole workout again if you get
finished in under 20 minutes.

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The Glycemic Index

A unique tool for achieving a healthy weight in New Orleans

This is a Guest fitness Blog post by Laura Kalina, RD, MAdEd, a registered dietitian and author of Low GI Meals in Minutes Cookbook

The obesity epidemic is the greatest health care crisis to hit the modern western world. Even more alarming, it is now predicted that over 30 per cent of the next generation will develop diabetes sometime in their lives. We have become an overfed, undernourished nation because of poor lifestyle habits. High glycemic index (GI) diets and lack of exercise are largely to blame.

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Why Steady State Cardio Actually Sucks in New Orleans(as a primary fat loss tool)

There are 2 major reasons in my book why standard cardio is a big loser for fat loss.

Reason 1

The first is EPOC. EPOC stands for Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption. Basically what EPOC does is tells us how long it takes the body to return to its pre-exercise metabolic rate. So after a bout of intense exercising your body will continue to burn extra calories for a certain period of time. From a fat loss perspective, the longer the EPOC the better. Some activities like weight training have an EPOC of 30 plus hours. The EPOC for steady state cardio is approximately zero. Yessir, give or take when you step off that treadmill or bike you are done burning calories – done.

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