Diet and Exercise Resolutions

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By Chad Petri Reporter

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Published: Wed, January 02, 2008 - 5:57 am
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 6:42 am

Chad Petri

Without the aid of machines, personal trainer Elise Partridge says your own body weight makes a great workout tool. You do a lot of lunging, pushing and squatting daily.

“You reach over squat to get into your car, when you sit down you squat,” says Partridge. “When doctors tell people they can't squat they have to.” She says soup cans make good impromptu weights. Partridge recommends sticking with it for at least three weeks.

“You want to get stronger slowly you don't want to expect immediate gratification because it's not going to happen,” says the trainer. Partridge says you begin to miss the routine after several weeks. An exercise habit needs to be coupled with a diet habit.

“We're in training,” says register dietician Joan Scott. “We're in the Olympics, but we're trying to lose weight.” Scott says people can gain control of their diet by bringing their own lunch to work. She says you need to control portions at home and when you're away. Stick to a rule of fours--making sure each portion only takes up a quarter of the plate. When you sit down to dinner--you should try it apartment style.

“You plate your food here in the kitchen you take it to the table and then you eat your food,” says Scott. “That way you're not subject to more food on the table.”

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