Nutrition - Lifelong Fitness

The food you eat can be the most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.

Are you tired of starving yourself, running countless hours on the treadmill and still not seeing results? How about lifting to get rid of those saggy arms that you just can’t seem to firm up? So, what do you do about it? You eat less and spend more wasted time on the treadmill, and you still see those unwanted spots that just won’t seem to go away. Are you tired of eating a carbohydrate and feeling like you have just gained five pounds? Tired of age and your metabolism finally catching up with you after all those years? Lifelong Fitness is here to teach you the proper way to maximize your time in the gym and teach you the proper nutrition so that you can get the results you have always dreamed of.

We believe that you should never start a diet with an expiration date.

In your 30's muscle loss can occur?
Too much cardio and not eating enough can actually make you increase body fat?
Your brain runs primarily off of carbohydrates?
Eating at least 20% fat and the right amount of Carbs can actually help you lose weight?
Eating within 45 minutes after a workout is optimal for fat loss?
Water is your most important nutrient?
It's easy to lose 10 lbs. in a couple days, but its only water weight.
Over 90% of fad dieters gain it all back.

Lifelong Fitness uses modern metabolic testing as well as metabolic equations to figure one's metabolic rate. From these results we will not only determine the program that best fits you but a meal plan that is specific to you and your goals. Lifelong Fitness will teach you the RIGHT WAY to lose or gain weight and will assure that every individual will know the number of calories, and the proper macronutrient breakdown he or she will need to not only lose the weight but ultimately keep it off.

All meal plans include:

Total calories and grams of protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sodium and sugar.

Complete grocery list to make shopping easy.

Cooking instructions for meals and snacks.

Quick and easy meals for when you are in a hurry

Fast food options when you're out and about

METABOLIC TESTING RESULTS AND PROGRAM DESIGN SHEETS

Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) = 2117 calories/day. Calories you would burn in a 24-hour period.
Normal Daily Activity (NDA) = 633 calories/day. Calories you would burn in your daily activities.
Exercise (PEC) = 264 calories you would burn in a 30-minute workout.
Total Daily Energetic Expenditure (TDEE) = RMR + NDA + PEC. Calories you burn in a day with activities and exercise.

To lose weight = 1695 - 2117 calories/day.
To maintain weight = 2117 - 2750 calories/day
To gain weight = 2750 - 3450 calories/day.

"WORK WITH YOUR METABOLISM INSTEAD OF AGAINST IT"

Metabolic Test: Lifelong Fitness is always at the FOREFRONT of technology to make your programs much more efficient and your goals much more attainable. With a simple metabolic test, we can check ones RESTING METABOLIC RATE (RMR). An RMR is how many calories you are burning in a 24-hour period if you were just sitting in a chair. RMR basically tells us how many calories you need to stay alive. Lifelong fitness can also conduct an EXERCISE TEST which allows us to see how many calories you burn at different intensity levels. We will not only be able to measure calories, but the percentage of carbohydrates and fats one is utilizing as well as where your heart rate needs to be to maximize fat utilization. The exercise test also measures ones LACTATE THRESHOLD as well as the level of cardiovascular fitness through VO2 TESTING.

Exercise metabolic testing along with ones RMR will allow us to KNOW EXACTLY how many calories our clients need to lose the weight without putting the unwanted pounds back on. So, what are you waiting for? Learn the SCIENCE behind the exercise and start working with your metabolism instead of against it and see those results permanently.