Shape Up For a Healthy Life Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners. Their hardwork has paid off.

TRA Shape-Up Testimonial Sharings - August, 2009

Another success story:

Miranda suffered from joint problems at the knees for many years. To reduce the burden on her joints, the doctor recommended her to undergo a weight management program. A healthy diet and the TRA products helped to reduce her weight and her body fat percentage to a standard level steadily within 3 months ...

Keeping Food Diary Doubles Weight Loss

Dieters who keep track of what they eat lose weight twice as fast. In a recent study by the

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, participants who kept food journals lost almost double the weight of their nonjournaling counterparts. And perhaps more impressively, they kept the weight off.

But why do the diaries work? Experts agree that the ultimate value lies in the formation of a "foundation of personal accountability." Almost everyone agrees that accountability is the most important ingredient behind any successful lifestyle change, including weight loss.

By allowing patients to follow their eating patterns throughout the day, the visual diary can highlight pitfalls that may have previously gone unnoticed by a dieter...

For the complete article, please go to:http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Fitness/story?id=5327486.

3rd TRA Da Ren Competition

Congratulations to Bon and A for becoming TRA Champions and good luck in the regional competition in Taiwan.

Some testimonials:

Common Food Calorie Values

Want to manage your health and weight the right way? The right way is actually a simple equation:

CALORIES USED > CALORIES INTAKE = BODY FAT REDUCED.

For people who are desk-bound and have minimal exercise, the calorie intake should be around 1200 calories (for women) and 1500 calories (for men) daily. The calorie intake should be spread for at least 3 meals, taken around 5 hours apart. Each meal should comprise of a serving each of fruits, vegetables, protein and carbohydrates.

Some tips:

- Do not go hungry. By going hungry, the body may sense that there may not be enough food to eat and so will it try to store more fat.
- Avoid skipping meals. By skipping a meal, people may tend to eat more calories than needed on the next meal and the excess calories will just be stored as fat.
- Eat fruits and vegetables first to clean up the digestive track. When possible, eat protein first and separately before carbohydrates for proper digestion.
- Eat slowly as the stomach needs around 20 minutes to signal the brain that it is full. You may have already eaten more than required within that period.

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Visceral Fat Explained

Very informative clip from a family doctor talking about visceral fat.

Visceral fat is the fat around the internal organs like stomach, heart and liver. It is not the fat that lies just under your skin, that type is called subcutaneous fat. It is the fat that is deep inside.

The more visceral fat you carry around, the higher your chances of developing insulin resistance (leading to type two diabetes), heart disease and other metabolic disorders.

2008 Statistics

2008 年共辦 50 班 TRA 保證班, 800 人參加!

50 TRA classes held in 2008, 800 people in class!

750人已畢業！共減去5,280磅體重，88%是脂肪 = 4,630磅體脂！瘦了5,986吋，更年輕了2,300歲！

750 of them Graduated！Total reduced weight 5,280lbs, 88% of it is fat = 4,630 lbs body fat！Also reduced 5,986 inches, even 2,300 yrs younger！