Follow the Biggest Loser Pro Challenge @ Core Club & Gym in Durham

Core Club & Gym has started our April Biggest Loser Pro Challenge.
Robins team KUB or otherwise known as (Kick Your Butt) collectively weights
1,084.4lbs losing 17.8 lbs in the first week. Sheila’s team the Determinators
collectively weight 1,635.20, losing 27.2 lbs in the first week – GREAT job
everyone you are all off to a strong start!   We have a great group of individuals who are ready to change their lives forever!  You will be able to follow two Clients through this 8 week program ending on June 10th.  You will read all about the
hurdles and triumphs.  Walter and Missy, who have met w/ Dr Belejeck and have their pedometers, have both declared they are IN IT TO WIN IT! 

Hello my name is Missy and I am a contestant in The Biggest Loser Pro challenge sponsored by Core Club and Gym. Like many people I’ve struggled with my weight my entire adult life. I've tried every weight loss program and all the fad diets and lost weight only to gain it back and then some. Looking in the mirror 2 Sundays ago I said to myself, you need to make a change in your life. So at the dreadful first weigh in I tipped the scale at 266lbs. Embarrassing to say the least. But with the help and guidance of our trainers in week one I managed to lose 4.8lbs that are now gone forever and with 7 weeks to go possibilities are endless. "I'm in it to win it!"

Hi I am Walter and I am IN IT TO WIN IT!  We are now into week one of the Biggest Loser Pro Challenge.  I started my life style change almost a month ago.  My goal is to go from 235lbs to 175lbs.  With the help
of the trainers and support from at Core Club & Gym I have already lost 13
lbs as I started the program a week early. After 70,000 steps (Walter won our pedometer challenge this week) and training in the new Gym facilities this week along with daily meal plan and lots of encouragement from Sheila, my Personal Trainer we are out to win this!  Our team is motivated and ready to  rock and roll.  Best of luck to the Black Team – we will be victorious!

Healthy Tips for the Summer:

Best Summer Foods for Weight Loss

Lighten up your diet this summer with these refreshing foods and drinks.

You don’t need to starve yourself
on a wacky fad diet if you want to look better in your shorts or swimsuit this
summer.

The secret to weight loss is to choose healthy foods and take in fewer calories than you burn. And it's just  easier to make better food choices in summertime, when heavy, high-calorie dishes seem less appealing. The best foods for weight loss in summer are light, refreshing and, most important; keep you out of the hot kitchen.

Food Cravings

The single easiest way to trim calories from your summer diet, experts say, is to load up on nature’s bounty. Produce is at its peak in summer. Delicious fruits and vegetables abound at farmers' markets and in your local grocery. Besides being low in calories, produce is loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber.

To keep your cool and cut your time in the kitchen, start with prepared produce, such as cut-up fruit and washed greens. Add rotisserie chicken, prepared soups and pre-threaded kabobs when you need something a bit heartier. Pre-prepped foods may cost a little extra, but they save time in the kitchen.

Here are dietitian's picks for some of the best foods to help with weight loss during the summer.

Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 1: Chilled Soups

Chilled soups like gazpacho or cucumber-dill that contain lots of chunky vegetables are a great way to start a meal.

Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 2: Watermelon

Who doesn’t love diving into a crisp, juicy slice of watermelon when it's hot outside?

Half of the watermelon comes from water.  It’s a way to satisfy thirst and
a yen for something sweet.

Keeping a plate of grilled onions, bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, eggplant, asparagus, and garlic in your fridge. You can use them to make dishes like:

Grilled vegetable and goat cheese salads

1. Grilled vegetable pitas
2. rilled vegetable, ricotta, and fresh herb pasta and frittatas

Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 4: Salads

Salads make for quick, healthy meals -- with no recipes required.

Give the produce a quick rinse; slice, dice, toss fruits, vegetables, low-fat cheese, a handful of toasted nuts with some salad greens and a light raspberry or ginger vinaigrette, along with a whole-grain roll, and you have a meal in minutes.

Or try bean or whole-grain salads, such as wheatberry and tabouli.

Flavoring your salads with herbs from the garden so you can go light on the dressing. And when adding meats or fish to your salad.

Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 5: Low- and No-Calorie Beverages

Smoothies, sweetened specialty coffee drinks, sweetened teas, and
sodas -- they all go down so easily, especially when it's hot outside. But the
calories add up just as easily.

Refreshing drinks and treats to enjoy this summer without blowing
your diet:

• 
  Root
  Beer or Orange Dream Float.
  1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt in 12 ounces of diet root beer or orange soda
  (100 calories)
• 
  Tart
  Lemon Pom Spritzer. 12 ounces of lemon
  sparkling water mixed with the juice of 1 lemon and 1/4 cup pomegranate juice,
  served over ice (35 calories)
• 
  Large
  (24-oz.) Ice Skim Latte from Starbucks (110 calories)
• 
  White
  Wine Spritzer. 5 ounces white wine
  mixed with 3 ounces lemon/lime seltzer water (120 calories)

Best Summer Weight Loss Food No. 6: Fruit-Based Desserts

• 
  Grilled banana sundaes
  made with low-fat ice cream
• 
  Grilled pineapple with
  rum and pecans
• 
  Grilled white peaches
  with blackberries and honey
• 
  Frozen, dark, sweet
  cherries
• 
  A chocolate-covered
  frozen banana
• 
  Frozen grapes