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Eight great fitness tips for women Cliarlotte IPost
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Its undeniable — women’s
bodies are different from
men’s. Women gain, store,
and bum fat in very different
ways, and, since they natu
rally have less musde than
men, womai find it harder to
keep fat imder control. So
why is that so many women
hit the gym and perform the
same routines as men?
‘Workouts For Women”
(Hatherleigh Press, $16.95)
by Joni Hyde introduces a
gender-specific program.
Hyde explains circuit train
ing, one of the most v^atile
methods of exercise, in which
the athlete moves fix)m one
exercise to the next in quick
progression.
‘Workouts For Women” is
about more than just the
body In addition to detailed
descriptions of exercises and
valuable nutrition strategies,
Hyde offers eight tips to keep
women motivated and
engaged in their exercise rou
tines.
• Build on small successes.
Start with small goals. Revel
in the small accomphsh-
ments. They add up to great
things.
• Be realistic about goals. It
doesn’t take a few weeks to
get flabby or become over
weight, so don’t expect to see
results over night.
• TVack your progress. Take
measurements so you’ll be
able to evaluate how your
■ body is changing. Take a
photo of yourself now so you’ll
have visual validation of
changes over time.
• Focus on why you are
doing this. Exercise is an
investment. Don’t focus on
what you are giving up to
become fit, focus on what’s to
be gained.
• Use tile power of visual
ization daily \fisualize your-
s^ completing a great work
out and focus on how great
you’ll feel knowing you got
the job done. \^ualize your
self reaching your goals.
• Know your limits and
give your body adequate fuel.
Fatigue, insomnia, irritabih-
ty and an elevated resting
heart rate are signs of over
doing it or not getting proper
nutrition.
• Reward yourself when
you meet your goals.
• Keep a workout log and
food journal. Track your
progress by taking your mea
surements every 6 to 8
weeks.
Monticello captures an air of history
Continued from page 1B
in tiny ^ass jars that were
individually warmed right
before service-another small
but noticeable element which
makes a difference. The
strawberry sHvers and baby
mandarin oranges arranged
on top create an appetizing
visual effect. The imported
saucers with green accents
and all-white place settings
on which the food is served as
well as the simple silverware
look like antique remnants of
The MonticeUo’s eaj*ly days.
The restaurant also offers
an equally impressive lunch
and dinner and the option of
dining al fiesco on its small
patio. In the evening, round
white lights outside li^t up
the fiunt fium above like an
old school movie marquis. Its
lavish lobby and fashionable
grand baUroom are adorned
with pieces of 18th century
English furniture and origi
nal artwork and its promi
nent balconies look directly
out onto the 21st century
world below.
D.
This type of stjdish dining
should not be rushed, but if
you are in a hurry its prompt
service can easily have you in
and out in under an hour.
Either way, I recommend that
you take the time at end of
your meal (or at the begin
ning or during) to er\joy one of
The MonticeUo’s exceUent
mimosas or one of a variety of
combinations fium its loose
tea infusions.
The MonticeUo in The
Dunhill Hotel transports its
patrons to another place and
time, if only for a Httie while.
And the experience of its
menu and milieu is a deficate
mixture of a Httie something
new and different with a lot
of old, familiar flair.
House
on Tke plaza
A l.ow Country Restaurant
Where Everyday is a Holiday
Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Dinner. 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
3128 The Plaza
Charlotte, NC 28205
704-333-4441
Lots of good food and beverages
We’ll feed’ you til we fill’ you up, fuh true!
Parking available on premises
and shuttle services off premises.
People are out to
prove you ean lose
weight eating fast food
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH—Inspired by the documentary “Super Size Me,”
Merab Morgan decided to give a fast-food-only diet a try The
construction worker and mother of two ate only at McDonald’s
for 90 days —and dropped 37 pounds in the process.
It was a vastly different outcome than what happened in the
documentary to filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who put on 30
pounds and saw his health deteriorate after 5,000 calories a day
of nothing but McDonald’s food.
Morgan, firom Ralei^ thought the documentary had unfair
ly targeted the world’s largest restaurant company implying
that the obese were victims of a careless corporate giant. People
are responsible for what they eat, she said, not restaurants. The
problem with a McDonald’s-only diet isn’t whafs on the menu,
but the choices made fix)m it, she said.
“I thought it’s two birds with one stone—to lose weight and to
prove a point for the Httie fat people,” Morgan said. “Just
because they accidentally put an apple pie in my bag instead of
my apple dippers doesn’t mean I’m going to say, ‘Oh, I can eat
the apple pie.”’
Spurlock, who turned his suipiise-hit movie into a TV show
on the FX network, isn’t talking about Morgan or the many
other McDieters who have criticized his film and found success
losing weight by eating healthy foods off the McDonald’s menu,
said his pubHdst, David Magdael.
One person went so far as to make her own indep^id^t film
about dieting at McDonald’s. “Me and Mickey D” foUows Soso
Whaley, of Kensington, N.H., as she spends three 30-day peri
ods on the diet. She dropped fiom 175 to 139 poimds, eating
2,000 calories-a-day at McDonald’s.
‘1 had to think about what I was eating,” Whaley said. “I
couldn’t just walk in there and say ‘TU take a cinnamon bun and
a Diet Coke.’... I know a lot of people are really turned off by the
whole thought of monitoring what they are eating, but that’s
part of the problem.”
As might be expected, McDonald’s also objected to the impres
sions left by Spurlock’s film Walt Riker, the company’s vice
president of corporate communications, said Oak Brook, Dl.-
based company is pleased—but not siuprised —that some cus
tomers have lost weight eating only at the fast-food giant.
Spurlock’s film “really spurred a backlash based on common
sense,” Riker said.
Morgan used nutritional information downloaded fi*om
McDonald’s Web site to create meal plans of no more than 1,400
calories a day She only ate fi:ench files twice, usually choosing
biargers and salads. Those choices are a stark a>ntrast with
those made by Spurlock, who ate ev^y menu item at least once.
At the end of the 90 days, she had dropped fiom 227 to 190
pounds.
“It feels great,” she said “Because, the truth of the matter is
that beauty is power, and if you’re fat, or your overwei^t, then
people don’t really take you seriously”
Dawn Jackson Blatnar, a registered dietitian and spokes
woman for the American Dietetic Association, agreed that a
low-calorie, McDonald’s-only diet can help people lose wei^t
but s aid it may not offer enou^ long-term variety Whatever an
individual does to lose weight, they need to do for the rest of
their life, she said
Morgan said she hasn’t decided if she will stick with the
McDonald’s-only plan to reach her goal of 150 pounds. But she
does have one complaint about McDonald’s.
“If I could si^gest anything to McDonald’s, I would suggest
the McMargarita,” Morgan said “Dine-in only of course.
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