SUSTAIN SPORT-PERFORMANCE HYDRATION
Water is great at keeping you hydrated during short exercise periods. But when you’re really pushing it, water just doesn’t give you what you need- critical electrolytes. Minerals like calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium are known electrolytes. These minerals are responsible for regulating the electrical charge and flow across cell membranes.
SUSTAIN SPORTcontains a proprietary electrolyte complex of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. These four electrolytes:
• rehydrate your cells
• maximize muscle performance
• help convert carbohydrates into energy
• minimize muscle tissue breakdown
Grocery store name brand products like Gatorade and Powerade only contain two electrolytes. They also contain large amounts of simple sugars such as dextrose and corn syrup. These syrupy, sweet mixtures lead to blood sugar spikes and unsustained energy. With its exclusive blend of fructose and ribose, SUSTAIN SPORT ensures proper rehydration, reduced muscle fatigue, and a steady energy source without radical blood sugar high and lows.
SUSTAIN SPORT contains only 30 calories per serving- that’s ¼ the calories of Gatorade. SUSTAIN SPORT also has natural Vitamin E, Vitamin C and 100% of the Daily Value of Vitamin B12 for even more energy.
I prefer the Berry flavor, but my kids LOVE the Lemon...tastes just like a glass of lemonade. Olympic athletes use the Sustain and with my children striving to be professional athletes, I wanted the best for them!
Think I'll go make a lemon one now...perfect to drink on a warm day when cleaning house. Have a great day everyone!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Training for 5K
So my mom has inspired me to run a 5k, maybe even more. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2009 and although she is in remission and doing great, I still want to run the Susan G. Komen in St. Louis in honor of both her and my Grandmother next month. My mom is a great inspiration, she will be 50 this year and in the best shape of her life. She's running 9.5 miles a day at least 3 times a week and plans to hit 10 miles by July 11th...her 50th b-day, which I know she will do. She is a great motivator and looking at running a marathon...my goal is to catch up and run a marathon with her. So I really need to step up and train so that I'm ready. I started a few months ago but was not conistent. So we've joined the gym back up so I have no excuses not to run in the dreaded rain that seems to be never ending. I'm on my 2nd week of the Couch to 5K program and changing my diet. It's amazing...eating clean you feel so much better. I'm taking my Vitality Vitamins with Oligo, which are a tremendous part in every day life with keeping up with a house, kids, work and full time college courses while training as well. I'm doing lots of research on making sure we stay healthy so I'll continue to share my information with everyone. So today is a non-running day, think maybe I'll do some laps in the pool with the kids this evening or something fun:) Hope you all have a prosperous and healthy eating day:)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
6 Tips for Changing Habits
***I got this from another member of our company and thought I'd share since we are researching and working to be healthier....hope you all enjoy.
1. Become aware of the habit: Awareness is crucial for breaking bad habits, if you're not aware, then nothing can change. Noticing that you do something regularly that you may want to change is the beginning of the process for changing habits. Your habit may also be affecting others in a negative way which may give you additional impetus for changing it (smoking is a good example).
2. Changing is a matter of making a decision: Sometimes you will be willing to decide to change a habit and sometimes you won't. If you have a health problem, it's a good idea to look at any resistance you may have to changing your habits. Eating or drinking the wrong things can have serious consequences which may drive you to think about changing. Once you've made the decision to change, your direction becomes clear.
3. Make a commitment to change: Here's the hard part of changing habits - making a commitment. That means, you will do whatever it takes to let go of your old behavior and to introduce new behaviors that serve you better. You've looked at your old habit and you now see that it's time to do something different.
4. Continue to take daily action: Habits are with you every minute of every day, even when you aren't thinking about them or doing them. This is because when you're not thinking, when the time comes, you will act out your old habit unless you have vowed to take consistent daily action to change. The best way to do this is one hour or one day at a time rather than thinking about all the days you will have to be different. Often, not smoking just this one cigarette is possible and reasonable, while not smoking for the rest of your life may send you straight to your pack of cigarettes! You may find that simply stopping the old habit is easier than letting go gradually or vice versa.Every time you take another step toward breaking the habit, give yourself a small reward. As you take your daily actions to your new habit, remember that consistency is critical. Taking an occasional action will not work.
5. Try a healthier substitute for the old habit. Sometimes it's easier to substitute something else for the old habit instead of trying to get rid of it entirely. Of ten, you may find you're attached to the process involved in the habit. For example, I love having a warm drink in the morning so I substituted tea (a type I really like) for coffee. That way, I still got my warm satisfying drink. Here are some more examples: Herbal tea instead of coffee, a mouth spray or chewing gum instead of smoking, raw fruit instead of candy, lemonade made with fresh lemons and lo-cal sweetener rather than soda.
6. Don't give up: As you go through these steps, you may find yourself wondering whether all this effort is worth it. You may think that changing habits is too hard or that you don't have the strength to change. In this case, you're just coming up against resistance, which is often called the "comfort zone".
1. Become aware of the habit: Awareness is crucial for breaking bad habits, if you're not aware, then nothing can change. Noticing that you do something regularly that you may want to change is the beginning of the process for changing habits. Your habit may also be affecting others in a negative way which may give you additional impetus for changing it (smoking is a good example).
2. Changing is a matter of making a decision: Sometimes you will be willing to decide to change a habit and sometimes you won't. If you have a health problem, it's a good idea to look at any resistance you may have to changing your habits. Eating or drinking the wrong things can have serious consequences which may drive you to think about changing. Once you've made the decision to change, your direction becomes clear.
3. Make a commitment to change: Here's the hard part of changing habits - making a commitment. That means, you will do whatever it takes to let go of your old behavior and to introduce new behaviors that serve you better. You've looked at your old habit and you now see that it's time to do something different.
4. Continue to take daily action: Habits are with you every minute of every day, even when you aren't thinking about them or doing them. This is because when you're not thinking, when the time comes, you will act out your old habit unless you have vowed to take consistent daily action to change. The best way to do this is one hour or one day at a time rather than thinking about all the days you will have to be different. Often, not smoking just this one cigarette is possible and reasonable, while not smoking for the rest of your life may send you straight to your pack of cigarettes! You may find that simply stopping the old habit is easier than letting go gradually or vice versa.Every time you take another step toward breaking the habit, give yourself a small reward. As you take your daily actions to your new habit, remember that consistency is critical. Taking an occasional action will not work.
5. Try a healthier substitute for the old habit. Sometimes it's easier to substitute something else for the old habit instead of trying to get rid of it entirely. Of ten, you may find you're attached to the process involved in the habit. For example, I love having a warm drink in the morning so I substituted tea (a type I really like) for coffee. That way, I still got my warm satisfying drink. Here are some more examples: Herbal tea instead of coffee, a mouth spray or chewing gum instead of smoking, raw fruit instead of candy, lemonade made with fresh lemons and lo-cal sweetener rather than soda.
6. Don't give up: As you go through these steps, you may find yourself wondering whether all this effort is worth it. You may think that changing habits is too hard or that you don't have the strength to change. In this case, you're just coming up against resistance, which is often called the "comfort zone".
About me
I'm a SAHM of 6 kids. I worked in Corporate America as a Loan Officer for years before finding a way to come home full time with my kids. We have 5 boys and my baby is a girl. I'm new to blogging and looking forward to talking with everyone. We are in the process of building a new home and have just joined a family gym to make sure we are all getting our exercise:) My husband and I love doing things with the kids and taking them on Caribbean vacations. We went "green" almost 3 years ago after our daughter was suffering from severe eczema for years and her prescription was causing cancer in small children. At the same time, my son who was 10 at the time was going in for ear surgery due to 40% of hearing loss, that we've linked to our household cleaners and children's shampoo. I love helping other families go green as well.
Quote of the day: "Chase your dreams"
Quote of the day: "Chase your dreams"
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