Scottsdale Personal Trainer Reveals Top 10 Super Game Day Party Tips That Will Save Thousands of Calories From Waistline
With much anticipated Super Bowl Sunday parties coming up this week, it’s time to set your game day meal plan. Normally loaded with high fat foods, you’ll need to make a few changes to save your waistline and create a delicious (and healthy) tailgate buffet. This Scottsdale personal trainer will help save your waistline with the Top 10 Waistline Saving Party Tips.
Scottsdale, AZ, January 29, 2009 --(PR.com)-- With Super Bowl Sunday parties about to start, it’s time to kickoff party food preparation. Typically laden with tons of high fat, high calorie foods, it’s easy to make small changes to your game day lineup to create healthier and tastier foods, saving your waistline from thousands of unnecessary calories.
Here are the Top 10 ways to save your waistline this weekend:
1.) Get Naked: No not that kind of naked, silly! Strip away all buns or breading for sandwiches with a dark green lettuce wrap alternative to cut calories, stabilize blood sugar, and boost fiber.
2.) Hydrate: Drink at least two to four cups of water before eating And one to two cups every 15-30 minutes after you start eating to fill your stomach and prevent overeating that can be triggers by dehydration.
3.) Dump the Empty Liquid Calories: Minimize or eliminate all fruit juices, regular sodas, and alcohol. Opt for water, green tea to leave more room for whole food choices that have more nutritional value and better fill you up.
4.) Don’t skip meals, or fast, leading up to the big game, in hopes of “saving calories”. This slows your metabolism and causes you to often over-do it when you finally get around to stuffing your face. This will do nothing good…your blood sugars will be all off and you’ll end up craving garbage food that has tons of fat and processed sugars.
5.) Skip White, Go Brown! Be sure to use the whole grain alternatives for any starch you serve at your party (e.g. chips, tortillas, breads, rice, pasta) (A lot of this can be found at Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods Market). Whole grains have more vitamins and minerals and are high in fiber which means they won’t blast your blood sugar levels like the white refined stuff surely will.
6.) Focus on eating lean proteins and fruits and veggies first. Use these in unlimited amounts as needed to fill you up and best prevent the typical party overkill of high fat meals like deep dish pizza. Grab those veggies and grilled (lean) proteins before anything else.
7.) Never eat directly out of the bag or community bowl and use smaller plates to keep track of your intake. Otherwise, you could just start eating randomly and be headed for trouble.
8.) Time for Some Green: Opt for real guacamole over cheese for your salads and chips. Guacamole is not only low in saturated fat and high in heart healthy monounsaturated fats but it also has a ton of fiber that will help fill you up fast and prevent overeating. Though cheese is a true super food in moderation, most have trouble defining “moderation”, especially when it comes to slamming a load of it with white flour corn chips or heavy pizza.
9.) Replace Flour with Protein Powder: Few people know that protein powder makes a great cooking or baking substitute for flour (e.g. protein cookies). By adding protein and reducing carb intake you will boost metabolism.
10.) Take It Easy: Slow it down and chew your food! Your mom was right…because eating slower will allow your brain to signal the “cut-off” and send in the “I’m full” signal.
Curtis Hoekstra is a Certified Fitness Trainer and rapid fat loss expert with Arizona Fitness Boot Camp. To book Curtis for a free 20 minute fitness presentation at your local Phoenix company, club or organization, contact him by email at curtis@arizonafitnessbootcamp.com or by phone at 480-981-6877. For a free 1-week trial to his Phoenix or Scottsdale boot camp to experience the best personal training in a group setting, please visit: http://www.arizonafitnessbootcamp.com.
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Here are the Top 10 ways to save your waistline this weekend:
1.) Get Naked: No not that kind of naked, silly! Strip away all buns or breading for sandwiches with a dark green lettuce wrap alternative to cut calories, stabilize blood sugar, and boost fiber.
2.) Hydrate: Drink at least two to four cups of water before eating And one to two cups every 15-30 minutes after you start eating to fill your stomach and prevent overeating that can be triggers by dehydration.
3.) Dump the Empty Liquid Calories: Minimize or eliminate all fruit juices, regular sodas, and alcohol. Opt for water, green tea to leave more room for whole food choices that have more nutritional value and better fill you up.
4.) Don’t skip meals, or fast, leading up to the big game, in hopes of “saving calories”. This slows your metabolism and causes you to often over-do it when you finally get around to stuffing your face. This will do nothing good…your blood sugars will be all off and you’ll end up craving garbage food that has tons of fat and processed sugars.
5.) Skip White, Go Brown! Be sure to use the whole grain alternatives for any starch you serve at your party (e.g. chips, tortillas, breads, rice, pasta) (A lot of this can be found at Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods Market). Whole grains have more vitamins and minerals and are high in fiber which means they won’t blast your blood sugar levels like the white refined stuff surely will.
6.) Focus on eating lean proteins and fruits and veggies first. Use these in unlimited amounts as needed to fill you up and best prevent the typical party overkill of high fat meals like deep dish pizza. Grab those veggies and grilled (lean) proteins before anything else.
7.) Never eat directly out of the bag or community bowl and use smaller plates to keep track of your intake. Otherwise, you could just start eating randomly and be headed for trouble.
8.) Time for Some Green: Opt for real guacamole over cheese for your salads and chips. Guacamole is not only low in saturated fat and high in heart healthy monounsaturated fats but it also has a ton of fiber that will help fill you up fast and prevent overeating. Though cheese is a true super food in moderation, most have trouble defining “moderation”, especially when it comes to slamming a load of it with white flour corn chips or heavy pizza.
9.) Replace Flour with Protein Powder: Few people know that protein powder makes a great cooking or baking substitute for flour (e.g. protein cookies). By adding protein and reducing carb intake you will boost metabolism.
10.) Take It Easy: Slow it down and chew your food! Your mom was right…because eating slower will allow your brain to signal the “cut-off” and send in the “I’m full” signal.
Curtis Hoekstra is a Certified Fitness Trainer and rapid fat loss expert with Arizona Fitness Boot Camp. To book Curtis for a free 20 minute fitness presentation at your local Phoenix company, club or organization, contact him by email at curtis@arizonafitnessbootcamp.com or by phone at 480-981-6877. For a free 1-week trial to his Phoenix or Scottsdale boot camp to experience the best personal training in a group setting, please visit: http://www.arizonafitnessbootcamp.com.
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