Nutrition & Weight

Loss Programs

Are you unhappy with what the scales are telling you?

NO MORE CRAZY ELIMINATION OR FAD DIETS

NO MORE FEELING DEPRIVED AND MISERABLE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT EAT THE THINGS YOU ENJOY

Do you want healthy ways to manage your weight that are guaranteed to get rid of those extra pounds?

Would you like a professional dietary analysis of the foods you are currently eating to find out if you are nutrient deficient

Positive lifestyle changes can be tough to do on your own, so click on the link to find out more

Menu Development

Recipe Analysis

Managing Food Cravings

Understanding Portion Sizes

Reading Food Labels

Eating Out The Healthy Way

One-on-One Nutrition Consultations

Grocery Store Tours

Pantry Overhaul

Nutrition

Why is it so important to us

If we purchased a brand new top of the line sports car, we would keep it polished, take pride in how it looked, put quality fuel in it, change the oil regularly, get regular servicing done on it by a professional

So, why is it that we do not put as much emphasis on fueling our maintaining our bodies?

And why do we look after material possessions better than we do our own bodies?

Toys, cars, furniture can all be replaced.  We only have one body given to us in this life so why do we place less importance on looking after our bodies than we do these material items?

With today's modern and hectic lifestyles, it is certainly easy to see why we take our bodies for granted and don't fuel and maintain it the way we should, but we shouldn't be using this as an excuse

Every January the TV's are feeding our need to get fit and lose weight with the latest miracle diet or promising us that if we buy this new piece of fitness equipment that we can get washboard abs by only working out 3x a week for 20 minutes a time.  Well sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but these things don't actually work

The only thing that DOES work is eating health and balanced meals and complementing this with regular physical activity.  You CANNOT exercise your way out of a bad diet

EVERY single day our bodies NEED

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Fats/Oils

Vitamins

Minerals

Water

Our bodies DO NOT NEED FAD elimination diets that involve omitting carbs and substituting our meals with protein shakes

Our bodies DO NOT NEED The latest fitness equipment gadget on the market

What we DO NEED Is to eat healthy balanced foods, that incorporate all 6 of the nutrient groups, accompanied by simple REALISTIC physical activity that the whole family can participate in

Our Vice President Richard runs a very successful Personal Training company at www.rpefitness.ca and he offers an in home service giving you the option to work out in the comfort of your own home.  One of the first things he does is look through their pantry, and more often than not he will see cookies, chips, processed foods etc.  Bearing in mind that the mom and/or dad in enlisting Richard's services to get them fit, he asks them why they have all this junk food in their pantry.  Their usual response is "Oh that is for the kids they like it"  Richard's usual response is "Oh so you don't mind killing your kids then?" 

You are thinking now that this may sound a bit harsh, but if we don't change the way our kids eat, they will die before their parents do (please click here to read an article by Dr. David Katz of the Yale Preventive Medicine Research Center in New Haven, Connecticut)

At Aspen Fitness Inc. we promote the "Complete Family Fitness Experience" and strive to offer products and services that help to educate and inform parents, teachers, caregivers and children on how to lead healthier and more active lifestyles.

Unfortunately, with the busy lives that parents lead nowadays, the kids often get home before their parents do, and when one door closes, another one opens, and that is usually the door on the refrigerator or pantry and often leads to our kids eating less than healthy choices and binge eating and snacking on processed fatty foods.

70% of deaths each year are caused from Heart Disease, Cancer & Strokes and these diseases, once associated with adults, are now prevalent in large numbers in children

50% of all these deaths are diet related

70% of ALL doctor visits are from diet related conditions (World Health Organization)

There are three main problems with our food industry today

1. Food Production - can be compromised with soil depletion, the use of pesticides, early harvesting, poor storage conditions and food transport

2. Food Processing - any process, even cooking, will compromise the nutrition content of any foods

3. Food Choices - with so many convenience foods on the market it is easy to make poor choices

We all want to look and feel better, and have long lasting health and wellness, and the only sensible option is to incorporate daily physical activity into our lives along with a balanced and nutritious meal plan.  No gimmicks, no miracle quick fix diets and no fancy pieces of exercise equipment. 

We are going to be adding details of our seminars and information sessions onto our 'Workshops' page this week, so we urge you to take a look and keep checking back as this page will constantly be updated and new workshops added monthly.

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