Thursday Thoughts Ed. 65 -What's NEWS?

9:12 PM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments


Addicted to sugar? Knees bothering you? Want to know why breakfast is so important?  Read on!
 
PS> Hope to see some of you at the Open House tonight! NW Women's Fitness Club 6:30 - 8:30pm. (We can drink wine at the gym. Finally!)
 
We are all emotional eaters. We know that. But does it go deeper? There are all sorts of reasons why we eat and hunger is only one of them.  Addiction can come in many forms.  When Eric Clapton was asked what his first addivtion was, he answered, "sugar." Read on to find out more about food addiction and what you can do to treat it.
 
 
If you've taking my Fat Loss Class, or worked with me personally you know one of my favorite sayings is "eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper". Many of us grew up thinking that if we were on a diet, or trying to lsoe weight, the less we eat the better.  So, we'd skip breakfast, skimp on lunch and have no choice but to pig out a dinner - no kidding, we are starving! Recent research suggests this is the very opposite of an effective eating plan for fat loss.  Truth is, I think this this is fairly obvious, at least in my own life, as well as, many of my clients.  Reving up our metabolism and setting our blood sugar levels right by having something to eat soon after waking really can kick start our fat burning machine. Like many of us, dinner is the only time we get to sit down with our families and relax over a meal. This leds to overeating at a time when our bodies are slowing down for the evening.  Read on for more information and a link to the study below.  If dinner is your biggest meal make it a good on -- load up on fresh in-season veggies, a small portion of lean protein and keep the servings to just one.
 
 
Many of my friends and clients complain of sore knees. Sometimes injury is to blame, sometimes it's just our bodies asking for attention. After making sure your knee pain isn't a sign of something more involved, this article confirms what we as trainers have always believed. Got a problem?? Squats will cure it! Of course, every individual and her knees are different -- personal training is meant to help YOU find out how best to get YOUR body feeling and working its best. Getting to a healthy weight, eating a nutritious diet, keeping strong and limber will help us all feel better and live longer. 
 
 
 
Love to hear what you think!
Warmly,
Remy

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Thursday Thoughts - Ed. 64 For the LOVE

9:10 PM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments

If you know me, you know I love a holiday, or any reason to celebrate.  I just LOVEfestivities! Even last weekends football game was a perfect reason to hang out with friends, raise a glass and live it up. 

February is the month of LOVE. However you wanna do it! LOVE your way:-) Here are some ideas and deals that'll put hearts in your eyes. 

Love YOURSELF: Why isn't there a holiday just for YOU?? Okay, we've all got birthdays! But, we didn't exactly choose that day as ours, did we? I say pick one -- and make it yours.  If you are a giver, doer, maker, or just plain human you probably go for days without taking a moment to honor yourself. We need to be good to ourselves to be great in this world. Start by taking a moment right now, just a minute -- to LOVE you. 

Do this...
1. Say something AWESOME about you, out loud. Go for it. Quit that negative talk. Yuck! When you hear it. Change it. Just try. 

2. Remind yourself that you are doing the best you can. Sometimes you slip, sometimes you slide, but believe in yourself -- you are trying.

3. Trust yourself. Have confidence in your abilities. You have the ability to make changes for yourself, for the better, if you give the effort. 

4. Focus on your dreams. Nurture your dreams. When you do this, those dreams become reality. Manifest your BEST! 

LOVE yourself and maybe eventually YOU-day will be everyday. 

Love your Mother, brother, sister, brother, honey, or homeyMELT your Valentine next Sunday afternoon. Space is limited to sign up now. Call 503-287-0655 to reserve a spot, or two or three for you and someone you care about it to enjoy a special complimentary session with Sara Bethell. We will provide the mats, rollers and MELT balls and all the coaching you need to release tight, tired muscles, lengthen your limbs and leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. No experience necessary! Enjoy! 

Love your workout buddy: February's SPECIAL offer is a treat for YOU and a friend! Our February membership deals are super sweet. And there's a little something in it for you too! When you bring your buddy in to join the club and help get her hooked on what a super fun fitness community we are -- you win! Choose either a FREE 60 min personal training session, nutritional coaching one-on-one or a 60 min delightful massage! Oh la la! 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend. I'm hoping to hit the slopes and prepare the house for the Year of the Snake. Yup, Chinese New Year starts this Sunday. Out with the old, In with the NEW! Another great spring celebration all about luck and love and fresh starts.  

Next Thursday is Valentine's Day. I think maybe we will talk about HEARTS:-) 

LOVE,
Remy

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RECIPE: Greek Burgers

11:26 AM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments

This was originally going to be a meatloaf. Getting home later from work than I planned it easily turned into burgers minus the bun. Served with a green salad and side of crispy taters this one is a keeper! We had leftover meat that I used in a tomato sauce a few days later. Easy peesy.

Ingredients:

1 lbs ground turkey meat, extra lean
1 medium red onion chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
1 TBSP oregano
1/2 TBSP basil
2 Tsp thyme
2 Tsp mint
1 small zucchini chopped
3 TBSP red pepper, roasted, chopped. I used the canned stuff.
Chopped olives, use your faves. I like green ones. I used about 12 all chopped up.
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp lemon pepper
1 TBSP lemon juice
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled

For meatloaf add....
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a loaf pan with olive oil or a thin layer of cooking spray. Saute tha onions and garlic and herbs until warm and fragrant. Add the zucchini and olives until lightly cooked. Let it cool some before adding all the other stuff, meat, eggs, cheese. Mix it all up and shove it in the pan! Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until cooked inside to 160 degrees. If you are doing burgers, follow step until baking. Form patties 4-6oz and cook in skillet or on grill until done.







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Thursday Thoughts Ed. 62 - Make in Happen!

11:14 AM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments


Happy Thursday Everyone!
We are two and half weeks into the new year and things seem to just be ramping up in my world.  This is a super busy time of year -- and I love that. Do you find the busier you are sometimes the more you get done?  It must be momentum. 
Whether you set specific goals or resolutions this year or not, we could all stand a little reflection once in a while. This weekend I taught a seminar called Behavior Change and Weight Loss. Losing weight is so often about breaking bad habits and making new healthy ones. Now, this we all know is easier said than done! First you have to recognize the bad habits (we may not even know when we sabotage ourselves), stop them in their tracks and then rewrite the course. And there's that -- The Course. Which path are you on?? 
 
Go through the steps below to get clear about your goals, discover the path you are on, set your sights on where you want to go and then GO for it!
These questions can relate to your work life, personal life, or health and fitness. After you look through the steps put together your own answers on paper. This will give you a better idea of what YOU need to do to achieve YOUR goals. Let me know what comes out of this process. Want to get in a little deeper, make a plan of action? Email me and I'll be happy to help you MANIFEST THE BEST! 
#1 Set yourself up for SUCCESS: Ask yourself a few questions to get focused and steer your life in the right direction…
What am I aiming for right now?
Where do I want to end up?
What can I do to be sure I get there and faster?
How am I doing? Is my plan working?
What do I need to do differently if I‘m of course?
“Life isn’t about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw
 
#2 ATTITUDE and Outlook: Check in everyday and find a way to boost yourself up. Think about it…self-esteem and self-worth make all the difference.
What would make me happy today?
What can I do to make sure I feel really good?
How can I make other people feel good so I can too?
How do I get in touch with the parts of me that make me feel really great?
 “How you judge your self-esteem is how high you are likely to rise.  The reputation you have with yourself is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.”
“Every achiever I have ever met says, ‘My life turned around when I began to believe in me.” Dr. Robert Schuller
 
#3 Get CLEAR about what is IMPORTANT: Here you will find the keys to your success. 
What do you really want out of life? (Success, recognition, love, money, family...)
What is most important to you?
In general, what motivates you?
What do you value most in life? 
“People with goals succeed because they know were they are going.”
“There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.” William Barclay
  
#4 Watch your WORDS: Remember…
Language shapes our reality.
Language represents thought.
We use language to process our experiences.
We believe what we say in our minds.
Changing our words, changes our thoughts, which changes our reality.
 
“We become what we thing about all day long.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
#5 Break Bad HABITS and make new ones: Take a look at your day, week, year? Notice what happens again and again.
Write it down.
Change a negative behavior at the front end.
Do something different. Anything.
Hook onto a new habit and go for it.
 
”Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” Albert Einstein.
 
“It’s not what we do once in a while; it’s what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.” Jenny Craig
 
#6 Get SMART:
S – SPECIFIC (I will lose weight v. I will lose 3 pounds this month)
M – MEASURABLE (I will exercise more v. I will hit the gym 3x/week)
A – ATTAINABLE (I will lose 15 lbs this month/ I will lose 3 pounds this month)
R – REALISTIC (I will workout every day/ I will workout at the gym 2x this week and add 500 steps to my day.)
T – TIME BASED (Have an end date in sight to stay on track. Don’t put it off.)
 
“It is the moments of choice that continually shape our lives, so choose wisely!” JJ Satangelo
 
#7 Take ACTION: Take a few minutes to think about this.
Are you ready? Really ready?
Are you ready and willing to change, to act?
Will you do whatever it takes?
 
“If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined he will meet a success unexpected in common hours!” Henry David Thoreau
 
#8 Stick to it. Be PERSISTANT and CONSISTENT: How are you going to make sure this happens?
 
“I will block out ________ minutes a day/OR week, to work diligently on my tasks and goals.”
 
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education with not, the world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and determination are omnipotent!” Calvin Coolidge 13th President.
 
#9 Put it in the POSITIVE:
Reframe your beliefs and attitudes and give them an optimistic, confident spin.
Read NYTIMES Article Take it Easy! 
“Excuses are the tools of the incompetent.” – Unknown.
 “A negative attitude wipes out discipline.” Toni Robbins.
 
Do it NOW:-) Do it ALWAYS.
Your friend,
Remy
 

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Thursday Thoughts Ed. 63 - What's NEW?

11:12 AM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments


Addicted to sugar? Knees bothering you? Want to know why breakfast is so important?  Read on!

PS> Hope to see some of you at the Open House tonight! NW Women's Fitness Club 6:30 - 8:30pm. (We can drink wine at the gym. Finally!)

We are all emotional eaters. We know that. But does it go deeper? There are all sorts of reasons why we eat and hunger is only one of them.  Addiction can come in many forms.  When Eric Clapton was asked what his first addivtion was, he answered, "sugar." Read on to find out more about food addiction and what you can do to treat it.


If you've taking my Fat Loss Class, or worked with me personally you know one of my favorite sayings is "eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper". Many of us grew up thinking that if we were on a diet, or trying to lsoe weight, the less we eat the better.  So, we'd skip breakfast, skimp on lunch and have no choice but to pig out a dinner - no kidding, we are starving! Recent research suggests this is the very opposite of an effective eating plan for fat loss.  Truth is, I think this this is fairly obvious, at least in my own life, as well as, many of my clients.  Reving up our metabolism and setting our blood sugar levels right by having something to eat soon after waking really can kick start our fat burning machine. Like many of us, dinner is the only time we get to sit down with our families and relax over a meal. This leds to overeating at a time when our bodies are slowing down for the evening.  Read on for more information and a link to the study below.  If dinner is your biggest meal make it a good on -- load up on fresh in-season veggies, a small portion of lean protein and keep the servings to just one.


Many of my friends and clients complain of sore knees. Sometimes injury is to blame, sometimes it's just our bodies asking for attention. After making sure your knee pain isn't a sign of something more involved, this article confirms what we as trainers have always believed. Got a problem?? Squats will cure it! Of course, every individual and her knees are different -- personal training is meant to help YOU find out how best to get YOUR body feeling and working its best. Getting to a healthy weight, eating a nutritious diet, keeping strong and limber will help us all feel better and live longer. 



Love to hear what you think!
Warmly,
Remy

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