The Body Sculptress' June Columns!

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Of Strength, Hope, and Love. The Body Sculptress' deeply moving account of how she survived poverty, abandonment, being revived from a fatal automobile accident, and more, to become the professional service-oriented business woman she is today.

The Incredible "Bulk". With "The Incredible Hulk" entering the movie theatres this month, The Body Sculptress addresses the timely question, "To Bulk or Not To Bulk." She gets the same question from women everywhere, "But I'm afraid to lift weights because I don't want to bulk up!"

A Fitness Fiasco. As The Body Sculptress gets dozens of free magazines mailed to her monthly, she hand-delivers them to her one-on-one clients on a regular basis. The July 2003 edition of "Fitness Magazine," was given to her client Natalie, who became understandably dismayed with her weight when, at 5' 8" herself, "Fitness Magazine" profiled the winners of their fitness contest...3 women 5'8" and 5'9" who were between 115 and 120 pounds each! The Body Sculptress speaks out as, in her opinion, these women are not representative of healthy females!

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Yo-Yo Diet Risk
Allure...July 2003

Young women who repeatedly lose and regain weight could risk heart problems. University of Michigan cardiologist Clair Duvernoy and her colleagues asked 16 women about their history of dieting and measured the coronary blood flow regulated by certain cells in the heart. Women who had gained ten or more pounds at least five times in one year were much more likely to have reduced blood flow than were those who had fewer weight changes. For unknown reasons, the more weight swings, the lower the blood flow tended to be. "This impairment has been shown to predict an increased risk of cardiac events, such as heart attacks," Duvernoy says. She adds that moderate exercise and healthy eating are preferable to crash dieting. "That way, pounds come off gradually and are less likely to come back on again."

When I first met Angela I was a speed walker who had hit a weight-loss plateau that I couldn't seem to get beyond. Although I had previously lost 10 pounds over the year, the progress had stopped. I thought I was getting plenty of good exercise, the kind that should result in toning and weight loss, but it wasn't happening. I was overly stressed. Then I went out-of-town on business with one of my business associates and we went to the hotel gym together. MY GOODNESS! I couldn't believe what she looked like in her workout clothes. I knew for a fact that she didn't used to look like that, and when I asked her what she had been doing, she told me about "The Body Sculptress."

Before I go on, I should tell you that I have never, ever had any muscle or upper body strength to speak of, and never had a flat stomach. In fact, since I never had those things, it NEVER occurred to me that they were even options! If anyone had told me that I could have sculpted arms I wouldn't have believed them. When I called Angela, I had really small objectives, and although she told me what I could expect, I didn't really believe it.

One more thing you should know is that I have a diabetic condition. I'm not on insulin, but I have higher than normal blood sugar and could head that way if I'm not careful, so diet and exercise are extremely important to me, not only for how I look, but for my life in general.

So I hired Angela in February and we started exercising 3 days a week. I began learning things I never knew existed and my 50-year-old body began to look and feel more like a 40-years-young one! And it wasn't terribly difficult. I look forward to her visits because I enjoy the exercise. She has just the right balance of knowing when to push and knowing when to stop me from pushing too hard. I get asked sometimes if it's like having a chirpy overly-ambitious and energetic person in my face, or like having a drill seargeant, and it's not. She does a great job at adapting to my energy level, mood, and abilities. Having her watch me is reassuring in that she watches and corrects my form to keep me safe, and she watches for fatigue and pushes me just to my limit and then tells me to stop. Her form corrections make the exercise feel totally different so that the exercise immediately begins hitting the area it's supposed to hit--I can feel it working! And the fact that she comes to my house means I'm going to do it. She keeps trying to get me to do things when she's not there, and although I intend to, it just doesn't seem to get done.

What has been difficult is managing my new-found fitness program with my new-found life and depression. I am going through a divorce and have a teenage son at home. Along with the demands of my wonderful career, my emotional load can get overwhelming sometimes and at one point I had to back down to having Angela come once a week because the exercise seemed to be adding to my level of stress instead of alleviating it. Once that happened, however, I realized it was doing more for me that I had thought and I worked toward getting her back for a regular schedule again just as soon as possible. What's happened is that I've realized that the intermittent valleys are not as deep or as long as they once were. The exercise has been really helpful, and my desire to maintain and build on my progress has given me a strong desire to work toward the next level--a size 4! I'm not obsessive about it though. Angela and I agree that balance is important, and that it's all about adopting a healthy lifestyle that I enjoy and can manage for the rest of my life.

Did I mention that I used to be a size 14? When Angela started helping me I was down to a size 12, and just a few months later, with her help, I'm buying size 6's! What's more is that I'm wearing dresses! My son, who is 15, doesn't remember me EVER wearing dresses and now I like my legs so much that I'm wearing them regularly. The next step is to get them above my knee, hopefully by the end of summer. I'm wearing all kinds of clothes that I never wore before! It's so exciting.

As a woman, it absolutely astounds me that I feel younger and way more vibrant and attractive than I did at the age of 40. I have a newfound self-confidence and vibrance and when new opportunities present themselves, I KNOW that I can accomplish them. In fact, I'm pretty sure I can accomplish anything!

Alice Murdock
Senior Vice President
The Title Company of North Carolina

Hey Angela,

I hope you are having a good week--my week has been good. Things seemed to be going in a positive direction. Anyway, wanted to give you last week's results and 12 week results. Last week weight remained the same. Very surprised especially with not eating as well as I could. Body fat up .3%. I will be good and NOT eat so many fatty and sugary things. God has been so gracious and has helped me learn a new way of life (smile).

12 week results--lost 13.6 pounds--lost 17 inches and lost 3.5% body fat. I am so--so--so pleased. This has been one of the best experiences in my life. I did buy the Fitness Mag. (July) and read the article you were talking about. In another article it said that people can expect to lose 10% of their body weight in 6 months. I almost lost 10% in 3 months!! Hey, I've got it going on! Yes, 20 pounds would have been great--but with my "cuttin up" I still pulled great results off.

Anyway, thank you so much for this experience. I'll be singing your praises for a long time. Ok--I told you what my plan was for continuation...continue eating THE RIGHT WAY, continue exercising like I should--will not reduce strength training!

Thanks,
Terry (USA)

Question: How good is it really for you?

I was really excited about the new Yoplait Nouriche commercials. It's so hard for some of us to get a good breakfast that I thought finally, perhaps, someone had really made something that would be good. After visiting the web site, however, I wasn't as happy. It seems that the product has 46 grams of sugar per serving. That's WAY beyond my personal quota for the day not to mention one meal!

Your newsletter is great and has given me lots of great tips! I am returning to bodybuilding after a 7 year laps. I am a 39 yr. old female in the health care field. Keep the great tips coming! Thanks from the bottom of my heart!

Angela Slater
Canada

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Best and Worst Fast-Food Wraps
Fitness Magazine
July 2003

• KFC Honey BBQ Flavored Twister
  300 calories, 6g fat
• McDonald's Grilled Chicken Flatbread
  520 calories, 22g fat
• Au Bon pain Southwestern Tuna Wrap
  690 calories, 28g fat
• Panera Bread Turkey Artichoke Panini
  850 calories, 41g fat
  

The only one I would touch is the KFC Twister!! The Panera has more calories than a DOUBLE Quarter Pounder With Cheese and about as much fat!

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