DavidRydelnik:

DavidRydelnik:

My mom's story: How she is getting in shape!

Hey everyone!

I'm excited about what I'm going to share with all of you today. All of my life I've had the burning desire to help other people. I remember when I was in 10th grade, my French teacher asked the class one day, "If you had $1,000,000, what would you do with it?" My response was, "I would give it all away". My statement is still true to this day. I just want to make a difference in people's lives. (By the way, most of the people in the class thought I was crazy for saying that.)

So when the opportunity of getting in shape came into my life after seeing that P90X infomercial in October of 2007, it helped me realize that I needed to change my own life first before I could ever help anyone else. After all, I was like a sheep that had gone astray. I hadn't taken control of my own life, of my own weight and of my own health. I needed to become an example to others first.

I was THRILLED beyond belief when my mom told me that she decided she wanted to start exercising. A lot has changed in her life...in both of our lives. My dad has already been gone for 3 years now. (If you don't know about my dad, you can ask me...) It doesn't feel like it has been that long. We both miss him terribly and I want to do all that I can to help support my mom, whether it is just being there for her or supporting her financially. She is my motivation as to WHY I do what I do. Mom is the reason why I started a couple of my own businesses. I look at it this way: if you have a reason why, but it doesn't make you cry...your why isn't big enough. Well, I certainly know she is the best reason why I do what I do now.

Beyond that, when she decided to start her own Beachbody.com business and become my business partner, helping change other people's lives that way, I became even more excited!

But the reason why you are all here right now is because you came here to read her success story. So here it is, in her own words:

"Before working out, I felt tired all of the time. I looked flabby and fat. I had to purchase bigger clothes, and when I would walk for any length of time, I would be out of breath while walking especially upstairs and hills. My back bothered me constantly, as well as my knees.
The time came for me to get long term health insurance and I needed to get blood work taken, and when my results came back, my cholesterol was 245 (my mom's side of the family struggles with high cholesterol. Even my aunt, who is in pretty good shape, has to make sure she watches hers VERY CAREFULLY...). This made me realize I needed to change my eating habits, so I started cutting out fattening desserts, I started eating healthier and I stopped going to the donut shop during my morning at work. After doing this for a few months, one day I put on a pair of jeans and found that they were so loose that I was afraid that they would fall off! When I got on a scale, I found I had lost 13 pounds! So, I continued to chance my eating habits even more. Four months later I had lost a total of 25 pounds.

I realized after a while that just eating healthy alone would not take all of the weight that I wanted off, and I needed to start exercising again. But, because I hadn't exercised in NINE YEARS, I needed to begin slowly!
In February of 2008, my son began a program with Beachbody.com called "Power 90". He introduced me to the "Tony and the Folks" DVD, which he had bought for me for my 60th birthday. It was a program that Tony Horton had put together for his parents and was designed for people 55 and up. I like how it limbered up my body, helping me to get ready for a more difficult program. I found the exercises to be very beneficial for someone getting back into an exercise regimen. After using that DVD for 2 months, I felt it was time to proceed to a more difficult program, so I began using "Power 90" myself! I saw the results my son had with it, so I knew it would work for me. Sure enough, I lost more weight.
However, it was not always easy for me to lose the weight that I wanted. Being 60 meant my metabolism was slower than it had been 9 years ago, when I was exercising regularly. I also found that having gone through the "change of life" seemed to have effected how fast I could lose weight as well. Plus, I was not as coordinated as I used to be (although, coordination has never been one of my fortes...)
I feel since using those Beachbody programs that my balance has improved, as well as my ease of movement is much better and I am not tired from walking long distances like I had been!
Since I am a musician, my singing has improved because the ab work and cardiovascular training has helped my breath control.
I have had a lot of success in my healthy eating and exercise regimen. Since the beginning to now, I have gone from a size 24 to a size 18 (in woman's, that is). I know that this is not a huge amount, but where there is smoke, there is fire. I know people my age that haven't done that, and I have aspirations to inspire people my age (or any age) to change their lives, and that is why I am a Beachbody Coach!
Life before exercising was not easy since I was getting older. For instance, things like getting up from tying my shoes was a difficult task, but now my back pain has lessened since exercising, and my core strength has increased as well, so doing menial tasks are not as difficult as they used to be.
My son, who is also my Coach, has been a good influence and motivator to encourage me to keep working to attain my fitness goals.
Since Power 90, I have graduated to using programs such as Power Half Hour, 10 Minute Trainer, and Slim in 6."

If you have been inspired by my mom's story, perhaps today is the day that you can make a change in your life. It takes a life time to create bad habits, but it only takes a moment for you to say "No more unhealthy foods" or "I WILL exercise everyday!" You don't just stumble into success; it takes focus, commitment, and dedication.

Maybe that change is just committing to working out 4-6 times a week. You can find great motivation, fitness advice, and many other tools in the massage boards feature in the WOWY (work out with you) Gym. It's an online community that is there to support you. We help each other succeed with our fun Million Dollar Body Game®, in which you could win up to $25,000 just for working out. Plus, personal Coaches help you stay on track and WOWY®, our online SuperGym™, lets you schedule workouts with others who share the same goals. Best of all, it's free! Just click here! Our Community is what sets us apart. Our Club Membership is your channel to exercise and healthy eating tips, advice and chats with celebrity trainers, and message boards where you can share information with thousands of people just like you.
Perhaps you have interest in checking out the fitness library at Beachbody.com where many fitness programs such as P90X, Slim in 6, Turbo Jam, Hip Hop Abs, and more are featured. You can find out about them or order them online by clicking here. The founders of Beachbody.com have a dream to help 100,000,000 people become healthy and fit. Decide today what steps you want to take to change your body and your life. Look at the Beachbody programs, find what one you'd like to try, set your goals and keep pushing play. You can always ask me if you'd like help finding a program, or if you have any other questions.

Maybe after reading this, you have decided that you would like to help other people the same way my mom and I have been helping others change their lives. The founders of Beachbody.com know that in order to help 100,000,000 become healthy and fit, that it takes the help of other people. It can only happen with your energy, enthusiasm and hard work. Their goal is to see 1,000,000 people become coaches to help those people. And the reward is both personally fulfilling and monetarily rewarding. Our Coach network is one of the most exciting opportunities in the industry. Our tremendous rewards and incentives program provides multiple ways to earn money—weekly! Get healthy and stay active, help others do the same, and you get rewarded. We provide all the tools you need to start and grow your business. You can learn about the Beachbody Revolution by clicking here. It is a great opportunity to reward yourself both physically and financially. The result of your efforts will help you build a business to achieve your dreams. Over 200,000,000 people are obese and overweight in The United States ALONE. You can make a difference in someone else's life by deciding to become a Beachbody Coach and starting a fitness REVOLUTION.

The Benefits of Using Resveratrol

I was going to write a different entry today, but when this email came into my inbox this morning, I had to share it. It came from a friend of mine, and it is entitled "Why use Resveratrol Daily?"

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Adding resveratrol to the diet of yeast, fruit flies, worms, and a species of fish increased their life spans up to 70%, 29%, 24%, & 50% respectively.

Resveratrol made fat related deaths drop 31% in obese mice. The resveratrol fed obese mice also performed much better in movement and agility tests than obese mice not fed resveratrol.

Mice fed resveratrol had 100% more endurance than mice not fed resveratrol (i.e. they were able to run twice as far on a treadmill).

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Resveratrol inhibits blood platelet aggregation that can lead to dangerous clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Resveratrol is a powerful antioxidant that can help prevent cell damage caused by free radicals (free radicals are unstable atoms caused in part by pollution, sunlight, and our bodies natural burning of fat that can lead to cancer, aging, and brain degeneration)

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Resveratrol has been proven to fight cancer in vitro at all three stages; (1) initiation, (2) promotion, (3) progression. Researchers found adding resveratrol, an organic compound found in grapes and particularly in red wine,

to the daily diet of short-lived fish prolonged their lifespan

and delayed the onset of age-related memory and other problems. Resveratrol is one of a group of antioxidant compounds called polyphenols found in red wine that has been reported to have anti-inflammatory as well as anticancer properties and is currently being studied for a variety of pharmaceutical uses. Some researchers believe that Resveratrol might be the key ingredient in red wine that helps prevent damage to blood vessels, reduces "bad" cholesterol and prevents blood clots. Research in mice given resveratrol has indicated that the antioxidant might also help protect them from obesity and diabetes, both of which are strong risk factors for heart disease. In addition, to achieve the dose of resveratrol used in the mice studies, a person would have to consume 100 to 1,000 bottles of red wine a day. You would have to consume many pills and capsules to get the results needed for Resveratrol to give you the desired results. Not so with AliveMax spray Resveratrol. Remember, our delivery method (Spray) has been shown to be up to 900% more affective than pills or capsules so using Resveratrol in a spray is the only logical choice unless you want to drink 100 bottles of red wine per day! To get the full benefits of Resveratrol, use AliveMax spray several times throughout the day. Resveratrol produces changes associated with longer lifespan, including increased insulin sensitivity, reduced insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) levels, increased AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), increased mitochondrial number, and improved motor function. These data show that improving general health in mammals using small molecules is an attainable goal, and point to new approaches for treating obesity-related disorders and diseases of ageing. Few medical discoveries have generated so much instant buzz... Resveratrol is the ingredient in red wine that made headlines in November when scientists demonstrated that it kept overfed mice from gaining weight, turned them into the equivalent of Olympic marathoners, and seemed to slow down their aging process. Few medical discoveries have generated so much instant buzz - even Jay Leno riffed about it in his opening monologue. Obviously Resveratrol is backed by A LOT OF RESEARCH and MEDIA ATTENTION and CONSUMER DEMAND IS HIGH!!! First to market advantage = TREMENDOUS INCOME POTENTIAL. Click here or here to take advantage of a tremendous income generating opportunity.

Drink water to LOSE WEIGHT??!!

I'd first like to say that I am not certain as to why people don't like to drink the amount of water they should drink...maybe it's because there is just so much junk on the shelves to drink that people "don't like it" or "don't like the taste" (responses told to me), which doesn't make sense...since water doesn't have taste to begin with...

Or maybe because there are actually some people that truly believe that if they drink too much water they will gain weight from "water retention" (which is false)...

Or maybe people think they will have to visit the restroom every 5 minutes...this is not the case either, however, yes, you will visit more often...albeit a small price to pay for overall health and performance.

but these are just opinions...let's look at FACTS.

There is truly nothing like plain old water. Water is actually able to play a significant role in LOSING WEIGHT! If you're looking to slim down, it is just as important to drink lots of water, not just eat the right foods. Think about the fact that since it has no calories and no sugar, it is the perfect libation: it actually speeds up your metabolism. While this may be a modest way to lose weight, it does help. Drinking extra water is a good thing. Check out this AMAZING article I found on webmd:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20040105/drinking-water-may-speed-weight-loss

Drinking water also hydrates your cells so they can efficiently process carbs and fats. If you decide to clean up your diet and eliminate white sugar, artificial flavors, etc...your body will go thru some serious but temporary changes, because it is purifying your system. If your body is not properly hydrated, your kidneys won't be able to remove the waste from your body as efficiently as it should.

So...how much is the right amount? If you're not drinking a half-ounce per pound of body weight, you're not drinking enough, no matter what you've heard. Since I'm on the track to getting back up to 185 (this time in muscle mass and not fat!!!) I'd want to drink about 95 ounces of water PER DAY. If you think that you are different, you're wrong. Read Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, MD.'s book, Water: For Health, for Healing, for Life for more information that debunks that myth. If you exercise, you'll have no problem drinking that much. I go thru almost a gallon of water if I combine how much I drink before, during and after exercise. I also sip water throughout the day so that I am not feeling hungry. By the way, that is also a key factor in losing weight:

WATER SATIATES HUNGER!

If you feel hungry, it isn't necessarily because you need food, but it may because you are dehydrated. This is one of the reasons why people become overweight and QUICKLY at that...because they overeat when they aren't hungry, but thirsty. Drinking MORE water will change your food cravings. You'll crave more protein than bad carbs. Many people who go on diets think they are hungry, but simply drinking water will satisfy the needs of the body. Because the brain generates the sensation of hunger and thirst at the same time, many think they should reach for a snack rather than a glass of water. If you drink water BEFORE you eat, the two sensations are separated, the hunger is satiated, and your goals of losing weight become MUCH easier.

You can't fool your body, but your body can fool you so be sensitive and know WHEN you last ate, so that you don't spike your insulin and eat at the wrong times when you should have drank water. My next blog will cover the important topic of WHEN to eat, and why that is important in not only losing weight, but preventing type 2 diabetes as well.

One other thing: don't drink water laced with "vitamins" and other chemicals. Usually "vitamin waters" are filled with corn syrup or sucrose syrup (same thing) and other additives like artificial sweeteners, colours and added calories.

Leave your questions and comments!

Dave Rydelnik

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The importance of WHEN to eat!!!!

This is an interesting topic in that people don't often think about the timing of nutrition. WHEN to eat during the day is absolutely vital to your goals in losing weight as well as overall health in general!

Allow me to share with you this important factor that is often misunderstood when it comes to good health: eating about 5 or 6 small meals every 2-3 hours is VERY important for a healthy metabolism. Because I am a self-made guinea pig, here's what I learned by observation: I am thinner than I was a year and a half ago, and it isn't just due to exercise. I have don't experience the "fat happys" others often do when I eat...you know, that thing that happens when you eat a lot of food and then want to take a nap, like I used to do. Even when I consume something like PASTA which is LOADED with carbs, instead of crashing, I feel energized.
Research shows that irregular meal frequency leads to changes in daily energy intake and negative metabolic effects that absolutely contribute to obesity and insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes is the proof of the matter).
The very first meal of the day needs to be breakfast. The body is in a catabolic state when one awakens, so the body needs fuel to operate correctly. This catabolic state is basically your body fueling itself off of your own muscle, so protien, whether in solid food or whey/soy is vital to reverse this state. Because either soy or whey protein shakes are absorbed rapidly, they are probably your best bet to getting protein fast. I don't know about you, but when I drink a protein shake, my energy level soars, in a good way...better than coffee! AND as an added bonus, protein helps you feel full.

There must be a balance of proteins, carbs and fats in a person's diet. Not all fats are bad (monosaturated and polyunsaturated fats, as well as fats from fish, nuts, olive oil and grains are good for you) and not all complex carbs are good for you. REFINED carbs, like commercial pasta, while complex, are bad for you. Fruits, vegetables and whole grains are good complex carbs.

WELCOME!

Dear reader:

I've decided to create a blog to be able to share with all of you some of the helpful tips I've learned along the way to become more healthy and fit. The reason why I have decided to do this is because I love to help people, and I know thru personal experience that good physical health will effect aspects of your life.

I am not here to try and give my opinions, although I will share some. The information I will bring will be based on facts and research, as well as my own personal results that edify and backup that research. Think of me as your own personal guinea pig! Although, everyone is different, and everyone has different needs. Hopefully the information I will be sharing with all of you will help you relate to your own personal needs. And of course, if you have questions or comments, please direct them here!

MY PERSONAL STORY:

Please keep in mind that this is my own story and therefore it will contain my own opinions about myself. Some of the stories may relate to some people, and not to others. These stories will relate to my eventual changing of my eating and exercise habits.

There are a few events in my life which eventually gave me the desire to take control of my personal health and fitness. Obviously, being 27 years old is one of them, as I am not getting any younger, and I have years of bad eating habits behind me that were pushing me down a road to an early grave for sure. But in order to talk about where I am now and how I got there, I have to start from the beginning.

I will begin with the earliest memory I have of myself: a scrawny, wimpy weakling. As a little kid I was a runt. I was picked on a lot as a kid, and I remember kids in classes always being bigger and tougher than me. I know kids get picked on a lot in school but I felt like I was the kid who got it the worst. Heak, even one of the teachers in the school called me "shrimps"! Needless to say, as a little kid I was quite tiny. How I ended up being 5'9 is a miracle within itself! My mom is 5'1 and my dad was 5'6, so somehow I got lucky.

I remember that in 8th grade I was about 80 pounds. I think that's pretty light for a boy at that age. I graduated high school weighing 155. Now, lemme talk about my eating habits in high school for a moment.

My day started off with either no breakfast at all, or a breakfast I bought from school: a bagel (with no nutritional value) with a greasy sausage patty and cheese in the middle of it. This is certainly not a healthy option. What you put in your body (or don't put in) effects how you not just how you feel, but how you think. I'll cover that subject in a blog I will write very soon, within the next week or so.

Lunch was very late in the day. For the majority of high school, I had lunch within the last part of the day. So imagine that you wake up and you don't eat breakfast, and then you go thru an entire day without eating, except at lunch, which is right before you last class of the day. How would you perform? Or how would you not perform, is more like it...

Here was my typical lunch: I ate what I wanted, no matter how bad it was, and I ate till I couldn't. The first part of lunch at school consisted of 3-5 slices (usually 5) of frozen, processed, greasy, trans-fatty frozen pizza that I bought at school. It tasted good to me, which is why I bought it EVERY SINGLE DAY. Included with that were 2 pints of chocolate milk, and/or a 16 ounce Kiwi-Strawberry Snapple. For desert, I'd have "Mrs. Freshley's Golden Creme Cakes", served in a pack of 3. (Like Twinkies, but softer). NO DOUBT that back then (1996-2000) that stuff was LOADED with trans fat. (I will be writing a blog about foods to avoid, and trans fats are absolutely one of them, and I'll explain why). If I was still hungry (which I usually was, after all, I DID skip breakfast) I would buy a twin pack of "Mrs. Freshley's Buddy Bars" (peanut butter between 3 wafers covered in chocolate...you're average processed peanut butter bar.)

So to recap:

3-5 (usually 5) slices of pizza

16 ounce Kiwi Strawberry Snapple and/or

2 pints chocolate milk

3 pack golden cremes

2 pack peanut butter bars

Add to the fact that, for most of high school my lunch was only one period before the last period of school. So guess what I was doing during that class? SLEEPING. I was in a coma for most of that class, and it's only by a miracle that I passed.

I can't imagine how many calories and processed sugar I must have taken in per lunch, but I'm surprised I didn't develop type 2 diabetes or have a heart attack. Keep in mind, this is what it was like for MOST of high school, and I didn't even cover my jr. high eating disasters.

And of course, I never had fresh fruits or vegetables. I didn't even eat veggies at dinner. Needless to say, it was bad. But don't think for one second that just because I was young and in high school that this should be an excuse. I'M LUCKY that I had the option to take control of what I put in my body, because frankly, what I ate should have killed me. No doubt I had a super fast metabolism (just like my dad when he was my age) that kept me thin...but that caught up to me (just like it caught up to him).

At some point, around age 23 or 24, EVERYTHING came to a rock solid halt. My metabolism wasn't the kindled fire it used to be. Instead, my energy was very sluggish, and my stomach was starting to turn into a "pot-belly". What used to be a guy who was skinny as a rail at age 20 and 21 was now starting to get a "gut".

I'll never forget my friend pointing it out to me, either. We were at a friend's house, and my friend Mike said to me, "Do you drink beer?" I said I didn't, and asked why. He said, "Because you've got a beer gut". I still remember it like it was yesterday, and that resonated something in me that finally caused me to change!! So Mike, if you're reading this, I do have to thank you, my friend.

I still ate anything I felt like, and I still treated my body however I felt. The one thing that changed was watching dad get type 2 diabetes because of his weight. I decided to start taking high potency multivitamins.

Using a multivitamin was a good start to getting in the habit of putting better things in my diet. At this point, I was now out of community college and at SUNY Fredonia. I had read somewhere that bottom feeders in the ocean contain waste material and mercury so I cut that out of my diet. About 6 months later, I decided to cut all pork out of my diet as well, for the same reason. (I will go in detail about that in the blog about what to never ever put in your body. Some of you will disagree, but as I said before, I will be writing about facts and not about opinion unless it parallels some story within my own life.) My big downfall was the QUANTITY of food I would consume, and the TIMING as to when I would eat.

At Fredonia, they had an eating establishment called the "William's Center" or "Willy C" to us cool people. Anyway, at night, they served an entire box of pizza and an extra large soft drink for only 2 meals from your meal plan. They called it "late night at the Willy C". Well, this late night was great, because I would stuff myself silly with all of the pizza I could eat (what is it with me and pizza anyway??) and then you could guzzle down a 40 ounce soda (or in my case a "pink lemonade" with no ice.........loaded with high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, processed sugar and artifical colours...)

And because this was indeed late at night, guess what I would do next? I'd go to sleep of course! This is what I call living the "sumo wrestler lifestyle" because that's how sumo wrestlers become so large. Here is what I found on wikipedia:

Rikishi are not normally allowed to eat breakfast and are expected to have a form of siesta after a large lunch. The most common type of lunch served is the traditional "sumo meal" of chankonabe which consists of a simmering stew cooked at table which contains various fish, meat, and vegetables. It is usually eaten with rice and washed down with beer. This regimen of no breakfast and a large lunch followed by a sleep helps rikishi put on weight so as to compete more effectively. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo)

Interesting:

They don't eat breakfast (like me in high school and most of college)

They eat a very large lunch (check)

They'd nap after (wow)

Sounds like me.

By the way, I will be talking about our nutrition as how it relates to our health. Today, I hardly ever get sick. Back in high school up until I changed my physical habits and nutrition, I ALWAYS got sick. Every other month I would have severe ear infections. This is not only proven by my example, but I'll use facts to back this up as well.

Summer of 2007 was another turning point. I went to Florida for a week to help chaperon our church youth group on a trip. I remember sitting in the pool seeing the young fit high school guys and thinking, "I wish I had actually taken physical fitness seriously when I was that age". I felt so embarrassed and disgusted by the way I looked that I didn't really want to take my shirt off. I remember looking at the photos of myself from that whole year and thinking that I'm in big trouble with my weight.

October 26, 2007 was the major spark that eventually ignited a whole fire of change. I was attending SUNY Purchase for jazz studies, and I had traveled to Schenectady to see a concert. That night I was sitting on the couch talking to my mom, with the television on. We were flipping thru the channels when we came to a program called "Get Ripped in 90 Days". We stopped on that channel and mom and I were amazed at the infomercial. The people we saw and the dramatic changes they had made were enough for me to say, "Mom, I don't want anything else for my birthday (which was a month away), I JUST WANT THAT". My mom agreed (she still got me my traditional Hess truck she buys me for my birthday every year, tho :) ) and right around the time of my birthday, or, "Power 90 Extreme" had come to my door.

Well folks, unfortunately my physique was so out of shape, that I didn't pass the preliminary fitness test in the first few pages of the guide book of the program. I didn't want to risk injury or heart attack so I decided not to attempt the program. But I wasn't going to give up on changing my lifestyle. If there was a "Power 90 extreme", surely there must be a "Power 90 ____". And sure enough,
was one of the first programs the company had made. So, on February 4th, about a week after the 2nd semester of school started, I embarked on a quest that changed my life forever. The program came with simple recipes for healthy meals, a program guide to help me learn what in the world I was doing, and I MADE SURE that I always had a "why" in mind for doing something like this.

These exercise programs are not just about exercising, as that is only part of the equation. I decided that I did not want to keep bombarding my body with bad food. I was so adamant about this that I pretty much went cold turkey on cutting out the things that shouldn't be put into a person's body. I've made it a habit of cutting out pork, shellfish, processed food,

white flour, hydrogenated oils, white sugar, soft drinks, high fructose corn
syrup, artificial sweeteners and flavours and colours, alcohol, and I make sure I drink
plenty of water and eat raw, organic foods as much as possible. I will go into detail about why people should not eat these "foods" in an upcoming blog, and of course it will be based purely on fact, not opinion.

I hope you enjoyed reading this, feel free to leave comments or questions.

Dave Rydelnik

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