Welcome
to the Experience. This has been quite a busy week for us at SFX!
A lot of people have been working hard all week to get everything situated at
the new gym, and I am glad to say, we are almost there! Everything is
beginning to come together nicely, we just have some small things to take
care of but are so excited for everyone to come and see the new place!
I apologize
that this welcome is very short, but with all the work and transitioning into
the new gym, the newsletter was slightly overlooked! Rest assured
though, you can look forward to Julian's inspirational words on the next
newsletter! Thanks for your loyalty to SFX!
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Bigger and Better Things in Store...
We
are in the building! Most of you already know that because you have
been getting messages from us all week, but if you haven't, we are finally
here! Come see the new facility!
The
new address is 925 Woodstock Rd. Suite 102, Roswell, GA 30075.
Bring A Friend For
Free Week!
Start telling all your
friends!! Bring a Friend for Free Week will be a week to bring any and all
friends with you to SFX for FREE! Plan ahead to bring your friends and let
them experience everything you do every time you come in! Group Fitness, Personal
Training, Sports Performance, and High Octane will all be available! More
details will be coming soon!
SFX apparel is now
here!! Ask at the front desk to see everything we have available and put in
your order!!
May 1-31: 3,000 Push-Up Challenge
May 24: Nitro21
June Speed Camps:
June 7 - June 11
June 14 - June 18
June 21 - June 25
Coming Soon: Bring A Friend For FREE Week!
The End of Food Temptation
You
start each morning with the promise to be "good" today.
You'll refuse the baked goods at the office. You'll speed past that fast food
place at lunch. You'll turn a blind eye to the vending machine in the
mid-afternoon. And you'll pass on the ice cream after dinner.
But… you hadn't counted on the fact that a box of your favorite donuts would
be sitting in the break room. Or that co-workers would invite you to join
them for fast food place at lunch. Or that Girl Scouts would come through the
office after school with boxes of thin mints. Or that your special someone
would come home with a pint of Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.
And as you get into bed each night you tell yourself that tomorrow will be
different.
Tomorrow you will conquer temptation.
But tomorrow comes with its own set of special circumstances and temptation
gets the best of you once again.
Why Does Temptation
Always Win?
We live in society where food temptations are everywhere.
- Walk through a store and you'll see the unhealthy
food items displayed front and center.
- Turn on the TV and you'll be assaulted with
commercials for fattening foods.
- Open a magazine and you'll notice glossy pin-ups of
sugary snacks.
- Go down the street and you'll have restaurant signs
clamoring for your attention.
In
addition to the abundance of tempting edibles, you also have deeply ingrained
positive associations with indulging.
- You treat tempting food as a reward.
- You turn to tempting food for comfort.
- You rely on tempting food as stress relief.
- You allow tempting food to become a habit.
It's Your Turn to Win
Temptation doesn't need to have the upper hand on you anymore. It's time to
fight back using your most powerful asset: your brain.
Your mind is an amazing thing. Once it is made up about something it is
nearly impossible to change it.
A Matter of Perspective
Imagine for a moment that you're peacefully floating down a river in an inner
tube. The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and you are having a wonderful
time. You feel great about the river because it is making you feel good.
Now imagine that you are in a plane flying over the river. Your eye is
immediately drawn to an enormous rocky waterfall. You look up the river and
just around the bend is a person floating in an inner tube, having a
wonderful time, headed straight for the treacherous falls.
Do you think that after your plane ride you'd be happy to get an inner tube
and float down the river? Of course you wouldn't. You've seen that the river
spells disaster.
You now have a negative association (watery death) with the river rather than
your initial positive association (relaxing fun).
Overcoming temptation is all about building negative associations in place of
existing positive ones. Use the 2 steps below to harness the power of your
mind to become stronger than any temptation.
Step One: Create a
Strong Negative Association with all the BAD STUFF
- If cookies and chips and burgers are put on a
pedestal in your mind as your favorite things to eat, then you will
always eat unhealthy and will continue to gain weight.
- What do you dislike about tempting food?
- It makes you unhealthy.
- It causes weight gain.
- It drains your energy.
- It kills your confidence.
- It degrades your quality of life.
- It hurts your love life.
- Every time that you encounter tempting food items
focus on your list of negatives. It's time to kick those cookies off the
pedestal and to put something healthy in its place.
Step Two: Create a Strong Positive Association with all the GOOD
STUFF
- Now that your mental pedestal has been cleared, put
healthy food items on it. Juicy fresh fruit, crispy vegetables and
savory lean meats are a great place to start.
- What do you love about healthy food?
- It makes you healthy.
- It causes weight loss.
- It boosts your energy.
- It builds your confidence.
- It improves your quality of life.
- It enhances your love life.
- Immerse yourself into the world of healthy food.
Browse the aisles of a natural food store. Walk through a farmer's
market. Bring healthy snacks to work. Clear your kitchen of anything
unhealthy.
Using
the technique above, you will soon find that healthy food is your favorite
food.
And temptation will become a thing of your past.
Regular
exercise makes it easier to eat healthy. Just as healthy eating makes you
more likely to exercise.
It's the domino effect. When you begin to make a positive change in one area
of your life other areas will soon follow.
Remember, while nutrition is vitally important for weight loss, true results
are achieved through a combination of both nutrition and challenging,
progressive exercise.
Would you like to get that domino effect started in your life? Call or email
today for a fitness program that will quickly transform your body.
 You've probably heard of quinoa - it is
hailed by some as the new super food. It's high in protein (12%-18%) and
contains a balanced set of essential amino acids - this means it's a
surprisingly complete protein. It's also high in fiber and iron. And, as if
the edible seeds didn't have enough going for them, NASA is thinking about
growing it in space.
Quinoa is quite possibly the perfect thing to have for breakfast to start
your day off on the right foot.
Servings: 1
Here's what you
need:
- 1/2 cup quinoa, cooked in water according to
instructions on package
- 1 Tablespoon golden raisins
- 1 Tablespoon date pieces, chopped
- 1 Tablespoon pecan pieces, chopped
- Dash of cinnamon
- Dash of nutmeg
- Drizzle of pure maple syrup
1.
Top cooked quinoa with raisins, date pieces, pecan pieces, cinnamon, nutmeg
and a drizzle of maple syrup.
Nutritional Analysis: One
serving equals: 344 calories, 5g fat, 59g carbohydrate, 6g fiber, and 12g
protein.
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