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Spavelous Sponsors Dr Phil Weight Loss Challenge

April 17th, 2009

Dr Phil Weight Loss Challenge

Dr Phil Amazing Weight Loss Reveals

Two teams on Dr. Phil’s Ultimate Weight Solution challenge are back to show off their remarkable progress. Twins Joe and Lauren, and college roommates Annette and Emilie have lost a combined 200 pounds in just four months! Learn The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom so you can join them in their journey.

When you use Dr. Phil’s 7 keys, you begin to: rid yourself of wrong thinking, heal yourself of emotions standing in the way of a healthy relationship with food, create a no-fail environment, shape your eating behavior into what you need for lifetime weight control, get real about nutritional choices that worked to your detriment, change your priorities to include exercise, and plug into a circle of support for encouragement and accountability. In short, you are changing how you’re living.

Key #1: Right Thinking
Lay aside self-defeating, invalid mindsets that do not work. They have the power to keep you from making different choices or developing new behaviors. Too often, we let these negative notions go unchallenged, and we act as though they were true. You must monitor what you’re thinking and challenge whether it is true. If it’s not working, replace it with thinking that works.

Key #2: Healing Feelings
Overcome emotional overeating by managing inappropriate reactions to stress; solving problems rather than dwelling on them; changing self-defeating thoughts, since more often than not, feelings follow thoughts; gaining closure on unfinished emotional business; and learning new ways to cope without resorting to food.

Key #3: A No-Fail Environment
Design your world so that you can’t help but succeed. This involves removing temptations to eat and rearranging your schedule in order to avoid or minimize triggers to overeat.

Key #4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating
There’s only one reason why you haven’t changed the bad stuff in your life. You’re getting something out of it. I’m not saying that you’re getting something healthy or positive, but people do not continue in situations, attitudes or actions that do not give them a payoff. This key helps you identify those payoffs, unplug from them, and replace bad habits with healthy behavior.

Key #5: High-Response Cost, High-Yield Nutrition
To lose weight, you must choose foods that support good behavioral control over your eating, that is, high-response cost, high-yield foods, organized into a moderate, balanced, calorie-controlled plan to ensure weight loss.

Key #6: Intentional Exercise
Prioritize regular exercise into your life most days of the week — walking, jogging, aerobic dance classes, yoga, playing a sport, or lifting weights. Exercise does more than simply burn calories; it changes your self-perception so you stop labeling yourself as a couch potato.

Key #7: Your Circle of Support
Surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people who want you to lose weight and succeed at your health and fitness efforts.

Start changing your life today! Read The Ultimate Weight Solution and The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide and master the keys to weight loss success.

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Vermont Romantic Spa Getaway and Wedding Planning

February 24th, 2009

New Life Hiking Spa, a top destination spa in Killington, Vermont, offers free wedding planning services and banquet room to couples looking to have a wedding with a healthy menu and spa services for the wedding party.

Killington, VT  New Life Hiking Spa, is offering free wedding planning services and banquet room to couples seeking to have a spa destination wedding in the beautiful Green Mountains of Killington, Vermont and a reception with a delectable spa menu. New Life Hiking Spa is located at the Inn of the Six Mountains which has 3,250 square feet of meeting/banquet space. New Life Hiking Spa is open from mid May – September every year.

 

Vermont Destination Wedding on the grounds of the Inn of the Six Mountains, location of New Life Hiking Spa.
Vermont Destination Wedding on the grounds of the Inn of the Six Mountains, location of New Life Hiking Spa.

“By having a wedding at a destination spa, the bride and groom can offer their guests and wedding party relaxing massages, group hiking activities and a menu of healthy alternatives for their reception. Plus, the beautiful Vermont location can’t be beat,” states Jimmy LeSage, owner and founder of New Life Hiking Spa. 

By having a wedding at a destination spa, the bride and groom can offer their guests and wedding party relaxing massages, group hiking activities and a menu of healthy alternatives for their reception. Plus, the beautiful Vermont location can’t be beat

The Inn of Six Mountains, which serves as the headquarters of New Life Hiking Spa, is complete with an indoor and outdoor pool and hot tub, a beautiful courtyard overlooking Killington Mountain, 99 guest rooms, treatment/massage rooms and banquet space. New Life Hiking Spa destination weddings are offered May – September while New Life is open for its season. Weddings without the spa component are offered all year at The Inn of the Six Mountains.

New Life Hiking Spa was chosen by MSNBC.com as one of the top 10 destinations in the world to get in shape, by Shape Magazine as one of the eight best weight loss spas, and by Health Magazine as one of four great weight loss spas. For three years in a row New Life has won Best for Weight Loss and Best for Affordability by SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards. New Life has also won Best for Cooking Demos by SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards.

About New Life Hiking Spa:
New Life Hiking Spa is a nationally recognized affordable spa located in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. Known for its exhilarating hiking program, a world renowned weight loss retreat, delicious healthy meals and a comfortable atmosphere, New Life Hiking Spa offers the chance to experience the peace of the outdoors in a down-to-earth, country inn environment. It is ideally suited for small groups, couples or individuals trying to improve their fitness level and eating habits. New Life is open each year in Killington, Vermont from mid May through the end of September. New Life offers a variety of vacation options including a 2-4 day mini-getaway, a 5-10 day Jump Start Program and the 11-day or longer Weight Loss Retreat. One of the most respected spas in North America, New Life has been in business since 1978. 

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Spa Gift Certificates – New Life Hiking

November 27th, 2008

New Life Hiking Spa offers “Give the Gift of Health” Certificates
One of the world’s top weight loss spas, New Life Hiking Spa, offers “Give the Gift of Health” certificates during the 2008 holiday season.

New Life Hiking Spa is offering a special discount to those seeking to give their loved ones a healthy alternative to gift giving. Gift certificates purchased prior to December 25, 2008 for the eleven day weight loss retreat will receive a discounted all inclusive rate of $2,499.00. The discounted rate includes service and tax.

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New Life has been open each spring through fall in Vermont for over thirty years. The 2009 dates are May 14 through September 27. New Life Hiking Spa was chosen by MSNBC.com as “one of the top 10 destinations in the world to get in shape”, “one of 8 places to take a vacation and lose weight” by MSN Travel, “one of the eight best weight loss spas” by Shape Magazine and “one of four great weight loss spas” by Health Magazine. For three years in a row, New Life has won Best for Weight Loss, Best for Hiking and Best for Affordability by SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards.

The rate is for single occupancy and will include all services and amenities offered during the 11 day weight loss retreat. The retreat includes deluxe room with a private bath for 11 nights, three meals day, healthy snacks, all hiking and fitness classes, cooking demos, lectures and three massages.

About New Life Hiking Spa:
New Life Hiking Spa is an internationally-recognized, affordable destination spa located in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. Known for its exhilarating hiking program, delicious healthy meals and a comfortable atmosphere, New Life Hiking Spa offers the chance to experience the peace of the outdoors in a down-to-earth, country inn environment and is ideally suited for small groups, couples or individuals trying to improve their fitness level and eating habits. New Life offers a variety of vacation options including a 2-4 day mini-getaway, a 5-10 day Jump Start Program and the 11-day or longer Weight Loss Retreat.

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Weight Gain and Weekends

October 16th, 2008

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New Study Says Weight Gain Occurs on Weekends

Do you ever find yourself on Monday wondering if you went a little overboard with the chips and dip over the weekend? And maybe even with those brownies at the party the weekend before? Oh yeah, and that “fourth meal” burrito from El Farolito Saturday night?

If you generally use weekends as an excuse to indulge a little, you are not alone. And according to a study published last month in Obesity, there is a good chance that weekend splurges are the reason you are gaining weight (or at least one reason it is so difficult to lose it).

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis wanted to understand how weekends affect weight fluctuations in free-living individuals under different weight loss plans. To address this, they Read more…

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10 easy tricks to losing weight

October 15th, 2008

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10 Easy Recipe Swaps to Help You Lose Weight

I have a thrifty streak—the unkind might call it cheap—you might expect from someone who grew up during the Depression. And when I make dinner for myself, I have gotten in the habit of mixing my tofu or fish with tons of green beans to stretch out the protein and make it last for several meals, not just one. In addition to saving money, I’ve been inadvertently practicing the weight-control technique known as energy density reduction, or, more catchily, “Volumetrics.”

That’s the term Barbara Rolls, professor and Guthrie chair of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University, has coined to describe the method, which is based on a simple principle: People tend to eat the same weight, or amount, of food from day to day. Since some foods are less energy dense—that is, they have fewer calories per gram—than others, if you fill your plate Read more…

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New Life Hiking Spa Award Winner

October 11th, 2008

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New Life Hiking Spa Wins Four Major Industry Awards

New Life Hiking Spa has been named among the top-10 best spas in the world for Best for Affordability, Best for Boutique Spa, Best for Weight Loss and Best for Hiking.

Founded and directed by Jimmy LeSage, M.S., the renowned destination spa opened in 1978. Since then, New Life Hiking Spa has helped thousands of people shed pounds while having a wonderful vacation.

New Life Hiking Spa was chosen by MSNBC.com as “one of the top 10 destinations in the world to get in shape” and by Shape Magazine as “one of the eight best weight loss spas“, based on its realistic programming.

“After 30 years, we’re still going strong and empowering our guests to make major differences in their lives at an affordable price,” LeSage said. “Each year, people from around the world come to New Life Hiking Spa and learn to take the necessary steps to create overall better lifestyles for themselves, while also enjoying the pristine scenery and fresh mountain air of Vermont.”

New Life Hiking Spa is a nationally recognized affordable spa located in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. Known for its exhilarating hiking program, delicious healthy meals and a comfortable atmosphere, New Life Hiking Spa offers the chance to experience the peace of the outdoors in a down-to-earth, country inn environment and is ideally suited for small groups, couples or individuals trying to improve their fitness level and eating habits. New Life is open each year in Killington, Vermont from mid May through the end of September. New Life offers a variety of vacation options including a 2-4 day mini-getaway, a 5-10 day Jump Start Program and the 11-day or longer Weight Loss Retreat.

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Exercise A little goes a long way

October 7th, 2008

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Even a little exercise makes a difference

For years health and fitness experts have been telling us that doing some exercise — even a little — is better than sitting on the sofa for hours watching endless reruns of “Project Runway.”

Now comes some evidence that even one exercise session may rev up the body’s fat-burning rate.

Five obese women were involved in a study recently presented at the American Physiological Society’s conference in Hilton Head, S.C., examining the effect of a single bout of exercise on the body’s fat-burning oxidation rate. They participated in three separate two-day trials; in one, they ate a diet to maintain their weight (this served as a control); in another, they ate a high-calorie diet; and in the third, they ate a high-calorie diet and exercised to burn off the extra calories they consumed.

The morning after the trials, researchers discovered that overeating suppressed fatty-acid oxidation, even below control levels. But exercise increased fatty-acid oxidation. Fatty acids are stored in the body and used as fuel when the body is active.

In a release, researcher Andrea Cornford from the University of Michigan said, “Exercise decreases everyone’s insulin resistance and therefore reduces the chances of developing diseases such as Type 2 diabetes. This study shows that even a single bout of exercise helps obese individuals increase their body’s fat-burning rate and improve their metabolic health.”

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Dr Phils 7 Keys of Weight Loss

September 11th, 2008

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When you use Dr. Phil’s 7 keys, you begin to: rid yourself of wrong thinking, heal yourself of emotions standing in the way of a healthy relationship with food, create a no-fail environment, shape your eating behavior into what you need for lifetime weight control, get real about nutritional choices that worked to your detriment, change your priorities to include exercise, and plug into a circle of support for encouragement and accountability. In short, you are changing how you’re living.

 

Key #1: Right Thinking

Lay aside self-defeating, invalid mindsets that do not work. They have the power to keep you from making different choices or developing new behaviors. Too often, we let these negative notions go unchallenged, and we act as though they were true. You must monitor what you’re thinking and challenge whether it is true. If it’s not working, replace it with thinking that works.

Key #2: Healing Feelings

Overcome emotional overeating by managing inappropriate reactions to stress; solving problems rather than dwelling on them; changing self-defeating thoughts, since more often than not, feelings follow thoughts; gaining closure on unfinished emotional business; and learning new ways to cope without resorting to food.

Key #3: A No-Fail Environment

Design your world so that you can’t help but succeed. This involves removing temptations to eat and rearranging your schedule in order to avoid or minimize triggers to overeat.

Key #4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating

There’s only one reason why you haven’t changed the bad stuff in your life. You’re getting something out of it. I’m not saying that you’re getting something healthy or positive, but people do not continue in situations, attitudes or actions that do not give them a payoff. This key helps you identify those payoffs, unplug from them, and replace bad habits with healthy behavior.

 

Key #5: High-Response Cost, High-Yield Nutrition

To lose weight, you must choose foods that support good behavioral control over your eating, that is, high-response cost, high-yield foods, organized into a moderate, balanced, calorie-controlled plan to ensure weight loss.

Key #6: Intentional Exercise

Prioritize regular exercise into your life most days of the week — walking, jogging, aerobic dance classes, yoga, playing a sport, or lifting weights. Exercise does more than simply burn calories; it changes your self-perception so you stop labeling yourself as a couch potato.

Key #7: Your Circle of Support

Surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people who want you to lose weight and succeed at your health and fitness efforts.

 

Start changing your life today! Read The Ultimate Weight Solution and The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide and master the keys to weight loss success.

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Eggs The Key to Weight loss

September 7th, 2008

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Breakfast Eggs Keep Folks on Diet

 

 Eating eggs may help overweight adults lose weight and feel more energetic, according to U.S. researchers.

Their two-month study of overweight or obese adults, ages 25 to 60, found that those who ate two eggs for breakfast as part of a calorie-reduced diet lost 65 percent more weight, had a 61 percent greater reduction in body mass index, and had higher energy levels than those who ate bagels for breakfast.

 

Blood levels of HDL (”good”) and LDL (”bad”) cholesterol, as well as triglycerides, remained the same in both groups.

“People have a hard time adhering to diets, and our research shows that choosing eggs for breakfast can dramatically improve the success of a weight loss plan. Apparently, the increased satiety and energy due to eggs helps people better comply with a reduced-calorie diet,” lead researcher Nikhil V. Dhurandhar said in an Egg Nutrition news release. Dhurandhar is an associate professor in the laboratory of infection and obesity at Pennington Biomedical

Research Center, a campus of the Louisiana State University system,

 

The study, funded by the industry-affiliated Egg Nutrition Center, was published online last week in the International Journal of Obesity.

 

 

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