‘ Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us’. Build on yesterday’s success and learn from yesterday’s failures. Start living today !

Well, it is finally here. My web site is up and I am now taking subscriptions to my monthly coaching newsletter. My site is www.askcoachb.com.

This newsletter will guide you through to living a healthier lifestyle. it is not another diet or exercise program. I do not believe in diets and do not train anyone to diet. I teach people how to change thier lives a little at a time so there is very little effort. It becomes second nature after awhile.

The exercises are set up to be completed in 10 to 20 minutes.

1 slice Yule log (150g), 540kcal, 37.5g fat.

There is much more to Christmas,
than just candle-lights and cheer.
It is the spirit of friendship,
that brightens all the years…

There are so many reasons that people go on diets or start an exercise program. They may want to look good for a vacation, family pictures, class reunion or any other event where they don’t want to look “bad”. Other reasons are because someone says something to them. It could be someone being mean or someone who means good. It could be a friend, a spouse or even your doctor.

Most, and I mean close to all, fail to accomplish their goal or stay at the proper weight. It is because they are not doing it for the most important reason.

I always let everyone know that I don’t believe in diets. So why would I be writing about Weight Watchers?

The answer is simple. They finally woke up and realized I am right! It has been on the news here more than once that Weight Watchers is changing their program. Not a little change, but a major overhaul. They are changing the program to advocate a healthy lifestyle.

Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, South Beach Diet and countless others all claim that you will lose a lot of weight over a short period of time.

Studies in elite athletes have shown that the ACTN3 gene may influence athletic performance. Mutation (rs1815739; R577X) in the ACTN3 gene is found in 20-50% of population. Generally, African Americans have the lowest incidence of the mutation whilst Asians have the highest. The non-mutant version of the gene is associated with sprint performance; the mutant version is associated with endurance.

Although genetics play a part in the determination of muscle fiber, athletic success is a combination of genes, work ethic, nutrition and luck.

Well, another major “eating” holiday down and three more weeks of parties, treats, and another “eating” holiday. You see it many times about diet tips and to eat this and try that. The problem is that trying these tips is just like trying a new diet. It is hard to do!

If you don’t already live a healthy lifestyle, my tip to you would be to spend the next three weeks looking into how you can start one. This is contrary to what most trainers and diet gurus will tell you.

Everyone who has followed my blog knows that I am creating a newsletter to help anyone who wants help in living a better lifestyle. Statistics have shown that obesity is on the rise. There are also studies showing that weight problems rise even more during economic tough times. This is due to the fact that everyone looks for “cheap” meals which almost always happen to be very high in calories, fat, sugar and carbohydrates.

Now I am going to stray from what this blog is about. I get these “chain emails” from friends and family and their friends and family and so on.

The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) is recruiting volunteers to help out in the anti-doping programme as Doping Control Officers (DCO) during the Games. A DCO’s primary role will be to conduct doping sample collection procedures on athletes in accordance with WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) standards.
If you are born in the year of 1985 or earlier, a holder of Polytechnic diploma / GCE “A’ Level or equivalent.

Recruitment session will be held at SYOG Learning Centre Level 2 on 28 November 2008 from 7pm to 9 pm.
See yah !

A study from the University of North Carolina discovered the people consume 450 calories a day from beverages. This is two times as much as what was consumed 30 years ago. This will add an extra 23 pounds of weight per year that needs to be burned (most likely just carried around as extra weight)!

Beverages are the most difficult calories to gauge because there are no visual clues like other foods. However, these are the easiest to cut from your diet. Reviewing what you consume and making better choices will help you lose weight.