Personal Training and Holistic Nutrition

March 7, 2012

Tone, Condition, and Understand Your Body
Experience Group Fitness Training & Understand What Foods Your Body Needs
(Free for present & former clients with paid guest)

Get the body you want and workout to proven techniques.  Join us for 75 minutes of an interactive workshop to learn how your body works while working out with others who have the same goals.  Samantha Hua, Holistic Health Coach, will help you understand your body and unravel any health barriers using a holistic nutrition approach.  Addie Godinho, Personal Trainer, will lead you through a fun yet effective exercise routine including cardio, toning, strength training, and flexibility.
Attire:  Dress ready to sweat – tennis shoes and gym attire.

Tuesday, March 13
6:30 – 7:45 pm
Addie’s Personal Training Studio
4440 Ingraham Street
San Diego, CA 92109
(619) 876-2655
Cost:  $10 advance, $15 at the door
Register Here: www.HappyFoodHealth.com/events

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Does How You Feel Affect Nutritional Absorption?

March 1, 2012

Eating is one of the few things that we do regularly that pleases all of our senses all at once.  I love eating!  I bet you do too.  If that’s the case, then why do you swallow your food without tasting it?  Why do you eat while you’re doing something stressful, like working or driving in traffic?  Why do we love to eat, yet eat while not tasting, smelling, or seeing our food?

Not only does this elevate our stress hormone cortisol and result in weight gain especially in the mid section, but we actually don’t absorb as much of the nutrients.  We need to eat with pleasure NOT under stress.  “Researchers find that pleasure stimulates an array of physiological processes directly affecting neuroendocrine, inflammatory, immunological, and cardiovascular systems.  It lowers output of cortisol, dampening responses to acute stressors and minimizing anxiety.  Pleasure relaxes blood vessels, decreases blood pressure, and reduces load on the heart.”  Enjoyment actually affects our nutritional absorption.  The greater the pleasure, the greater the absorption of key nutrients such as iron.

Along the pleasure note since we are social creatures, sharing food and convening at the table brings deeper gratification.  A Columbia University study showed that eating dinner “as a family” most evenings predicts both adjustment and school performance among affluent and poor children.  It’s the closest thing to guaranteed success.

Cheers to fully enjoying eating for health, happiness, and reaching our perfect weight.

For more information/support:  www.HappyFoodHealth.com

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Quick, Easy Meals Specific To Your Body

February 22, 2012

Quick, Easy Meals Specific for Your Body
Get the Body You Want Through Food plus a Cooking Demo
(Free for present & former clients with paid guest)

Get the body you want and save time with quick, easy meals.  Join us for 1.5 hours of an interactive workshop to learn how your body works while learning to cook quick, easy meals. Samantha Hua, Holistic Health Coach, will help you understand your body and unravel any health barriers using a holistic nutrition approach.  Sadie King, owner of The Conscious Cook, will cook and share recipes made simpler and healthier.

Dinner Included
Thursday, March 8
6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Conscious Cook
10225 Barnes Canyon Road Ste. A110
San Diego, CA 92121
(619) 876-2655
Cost:  $25 advance, $30 at the door
RSVP & Pay Here: www.HappyFoodHealth.com/events

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Yoga & Optimal Nutrition

February 8, 2012

Nourish, Transform, Succeed

Explore yogic practices, nutrition, and mind body techniques for optimum health

(FREE for former & present clients with paid guest)

Join us for 75 minutes of interactive workshop including hands-on somatic yoga practice, mind-body techniques, and nutrition.  Samantha Hua, Holistic Health Coach, will help you understand your body and manage your weight using a holistic nutrition approach.  Lara Eisenberg, Yoga Therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, will be speaking about Integrative Restoration or iRest, which is an ancient meditation practice that leads to spiritual, psychological and physical healing.   IRest teaches us how to embody awareness and release ongoing negative emotions, beliefs and self-destructive patterns. As your thoughts grow calmer, and your mind more peaceful, your heart opens and you connect to the total well-being that is always within you – just waiting to be released from the layers of tension.  Research has shown iRest effectively reduces depression, anxiety, insomnia, PTSD and helps heal other tensions and ailments that cause suffering. (www.irest.us).

Attire:  The practice is traditionally done seated or lying down.  Please wear comfortable clothing.   You are welcome to bring your own mat but there will be mats and/or blankets available.

Tuesday, February 21
6:30 – 7:45 pm
Studio Peace
4320 Campus Ave
San Diego, CA 92103
(This is a house with a yoga studio inside)
Cost:  $20 advance, $25 at the door
(619) 876-2655
RSVP & Pay Here:  www.HappyFoodHealth.com/events
www.mindbodywellness.com

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Easy Baked Fish Recipe

February 3, 2012

Ingredients
(serves 2)
1 carrot, cut into sticks
2 bell pepper (red, orange, or red), sliced in strips
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, diced
10 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
2 tilapia fish
salt/pepper
1 tsp oil (coconut, grape seed, or sesame seed oil)

Direction
On foil sheet, mix all the vegetables and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Place fish on top, sprinkle some salt, pepper, and oil on fish and squeeze some lime/lemon juice.  Wrap everything up in foil, bake for 15-20 minutes.  Enjoy!!

Feel free to add your favorite spices such as basil, oregano, chilli, etc as well as your other favorite vegetables.

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Barre Body and Nutrition

January 27, 2012

I did this workout last night and I feel it in my gluts, abs, back, arms, and legs. If you want a good muscle toning exercise, try this and join us Feb. 7th.  Space Limited. RSVP required.

Barre Body Plus Weight Management and Nutrition
Explore a New Workout & Completely Understand Your Body
Join us for 1.5 hours of an interactive workshop about weight management and nutrition while also working out to the hottest fitness trend of 2012, Barre Body.  Samantha Hua, Holistic Health Coach, will help you understand your body using a holistic nutrition approach.  Courtney Cindrich, Barre Body Owner/ Instructor, will lead a full hour of Barre Body workout that will rapidly and safely transform your body unlike any workout you have ever tried. The 60-minute session is designed to burn fat and calories by combining components of ballet barre work, Pilates, yoga, and strength training. The end result produces tightened, sculpted, elongated muscles that create a beautiful lean body.
Attire:  Workout pants or capris, and a tank-top or t-shirt are recommended.  Please no shorts or mid-drift exposing tops.  Socks are also required. Dress ready to sweat.

Tuesday, February 7
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Barre Body
1559 Garnet Avenue (corner of Ingraham in PB)
San Diego, CA 92109
(619) 876-2655
Cost:  $20 advance, $25 at the door
Pay Here:  www.HappyFoodHealth.com/events

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Curry Lentil and Cauliflower Recipe

January 20, 2012

Ingredients
1 cup dried lentils, washed and drained
3 cups water
2 tbsp olive oil (or coconut or grape seed oil)
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ginger (fresh or powder)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 head cauliflower, cut in small pieces
1 can tomato paste

Direction

Using a crock pot:  Add all ingredients and cook on high for about 3-4 hours.  You can use 3 tsp of premixed curry powder instead of all the above spices.

On Stove Top:  Saute garlic and onion in oil.  Add all ingredients except cauliflower and bring to a boil and then let simmer for 15 minutes.  Add cauliflower and simmer for another 15 minutes.

I made this the other day with eggplants and tomatoes.  Add your favorite vegetables such as zucchini, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, squash, etc.  Enjoy!

For more info:  www.HappyFoodHealth.com

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Yoga and Nutrition Workshop

January 12, 2012

Nourish, Transform, Succeed

Explore yogic practices, nutrition, and mind body techniques for optimum health

Learn tips to living a happy, healthy life with balance, self-confidence, and an abundance of energy.  This 75-minute workshop includes nutritional tips, mind body techniques, and hands-on yogic practice.  Samantha Hua, holistic health coach, will be sharing top health tips for energy, balance, and reaching your ideal weight without discipline or denial.  Lara Eisenberg, yoga instructor, will be speaking about Integrative Restoration or iRest which is a trans-formative practice based on the ancient yogic practice of yoga nidra.  As your thoughts grow calmer, and your mind more peaceful, your heart opens and you connect to the total well-being that is always within you – just waiting to be released from the layers of tension.  Research has shown iRest effectively reduces depression, anxiety, insomnia, PTSD and helps heal other tensions and ailments that cause suffering. (www.irest.us).

Tuesday, January 17th
6:30 – 7:45 pm
Embody Yoga Therapy
4411 30th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Cost:  $20
RSVP at (619) 876-2655
www.HappyFoodHealth.com

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Health, Weight Loss Tips From My Clients

January 9, 2012

It’s the New Year and let’s take a moment to reflex on what we did last year, and what changes we would like to make.  I’d like to share some of my clients’ “Ah Ha” moments that will help you determine what changes you need to make to feel completely healthy and fit.  Please let me know your thoughts.

Addressing The Root.  When your oil light comes on in your car, you add oil.  You do not turn off the light like many medications do.  Stop banging your head against the wall by just fixing the symptoms.  Get to the root cause!  i.e., Weight gain is just a symptom.
5 Minute or 60 Minute Massage?  When our food is delicious, we feel pleasure, and pleasure results in a healthy body because we alert our body’s parasympathetic system to digest efficiently.  As a client of mine puts it, eating slowly is so important to taste our food.  It’s like getting a 5 minute massage or a 60 minute massage.  Which do you want and by the way, they cost the same.  Take the time to enjoy your food and you’ll crave less food and eat less too.
Change Your Body Image.  How do you treat someone you hate?  Probably poorly, or you ignore the person, or don’t give them the time of day.  If you hate your body, you are doing the same thing–treating it poorly, ignoring it, and not giving it the time of day.  Love your body now just the way it is and you will see results because our physical appearance follows our mental state.
Never Cancel a Fun Date.  A couple agreed on separate “me” time.  He was going to shoot hoops with the boys and she was going for a manicure.  Life happens and the house was a disaster and she stayed home to clean, cancelling her pamper time.  He did not cancel and came home to a very annoyed, agitated, angry wife.  Our body needs many moments of joy and the more we put it on the back burner, the more ill-tempered we get, the more unhealthy we get, and the more we weigh (because so many of us reach for junk when we’re upset).  A hot body means always incorporating fun time.

Learn how to make this YOUR lifestyle

(619) 876-2655

www.HappyFoodHealth.com

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Yoga Techniques & Nutrition For Wellness

January 2, 2012


Nourish, Transform, Succeed 

Explore yogic practices, nutrition, and mind body techniques for optimum health 

Learn tips to living a happy, healthy life with balance, self-confidence, and an abundance of energy.  This 75-minute workshop includes nutritional tips, mind body techniques, and hands-on yogic practice.
Tuesday, January 17th
6:30 – 7:45 pm
Embody Yoga Therapy
4411 30th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Cost:  $20
RSVP at (619) 876-2655
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