If you are already at a healthy weight, congratulations. For most people weight loss is on their minds – and for good reason. Statistics tell us that despite the billions of dollars spent each year in the weight loss market, U.S. obesity rates continue to rise. Many popular products offer quick fixes but fail to provide promised results leaving us disappointed and with feelings of failure. What’s more, some of these products have undesirable side effects, wreak havoc on the body’s...
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Be Better
“Be better” – two simple words that can make a world of difference in your life, your relationships, and your health. For the purpose of this article we are going to focus on the concept of...
How and Why Diets Make You Fatter
First, let’s start with “metabolism”. Your “metabolic rate” is the speed at which your body burns through calories. Your basal metabolic rate is the amount of calories your body burns just...
Don’t Be Taken
Eighty five percent of people trying to tone up and lose weight fail to get the results they were promised. This is the only industry I know where people fail to get what they've paid for and blame themselves. If...
What Do the Labels Really Say?
Reading food labels can be tricky. It’s really hard to figure out exactly what different nutritional claims really mean. So here are some guidelines: WHOLE GRAIN: “Made with whole grain” means that...
The Truth About Low Carb Diets
Carb depletion can result in rapid weight loss (but remember, it is not random weight loss we want, it's fat loss). If you consume, during the course of a day, a supportive mix of proteins, carbs and essential...
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Be Better
“Be better” – two simple words that can make a world of...
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How and Why Diets Make You Fatter
First, let’s start with “metabolism”. Your “metabolic...
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Don’t Be Taken
Eighty five percent of people trying to tone up and lose weight fail to get the...
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What Do the Labels Really Say?
Reading food labels can be tricky. It’s really hard to figure out exactly...
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The Truth About Low Carb Diets
Carb depletion can result in rapid weight loss (but remember, it is not random...
Be Better
“Be better” – two simple words that can make a world of difference in your life, your relationships, and your health. For the purpose of this article we are going to focus on the concept of extraordinary health. After all, what do you really have to work with if you don’t have your health? The pursuit of health, high energy and relentless mental and physical well-being is something we all can relate to. Get clear on any outcome and you will realize that health, and the...
Insulin Resistance: Not Just for People with Diabetes?
What is insulin resistance? It's when insulin is not able to lower blood glucose as it should primarily because the receptors in the muscle and fat cells for insulin are no longer sensitive to the insulin. This can lead to metabolic syndrome which is categorized as having triglycerides above 150 mg/dL, HDL cholesterol below 40 mg/dL, blood pressure above 130 mm Hg for systolic or 85 mm Hg for diastolic, a fasting glucose greater than 100 mg/dL and BMI greater than 30. Therefore, it's...
Are You at Risk?
Who wants to be ill, depressed and riddled with disease? Who wants to give up their independence, age not so gracefully, or live out their last days alone in a nursing home? I bet I don’t have too many takers, do I? It sounds pretty morbid and it is. In the United States the obesity rate is over 50% of the population and obesity related mortality and disease continue to climb and climb on. What are we doing? “Weight-loss” is a billion dollar industry...
Is Your Body A Fat Burning Machine?
Are you “dieting” and not losing weight? Does your weight remain stagnant even though you exercise on a regular basis? Might you even be putting on weight despite your best efforts? And, what does “blood sugar” have to do with this? Your body has two options for fuel. It can burn fat, and/or, it can burn sugar! Unless you are exercising in an “aerobic” state, with other factors in place, the preferred fuel will be predominately sugar. But while exercising...
Power Steps
Steps of Power. That sounds cool, doesn't it? It sounds like if you walk, jog, or even run up a series of steps and WHAM!!! You are empowered! Resolutions. I bet you made one about a week or so ago with good intention. But if you want results, if you don't want to be saying "what resolution?" in a matter of weeks, then you need empowerment. While the walk, jog, or run up the steps of power might not be without it's unexpected obstacles, by continuing to put one foot in...
What Makes Cristyn Different?
Cristyn Peters has helped hundreds of people develop lean, tone, healthy bodies as well as healthy lifestyles. She is a professionally certified exercise specialist, personal trainer and health fitness instructor through ACSM, American College of Sports Medicine, ACE, American Council on Exercise and NSCA, National Strength and Conditioning Association.
She holds a B.S. in Human Services with a focus on counseling psychology from Springfield College and a A.S. in Substance Abuse Counseling from NH Technical Institute. Her college education extends to extensive work in Anatomy and Physiology, Human Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Nutrition and Reiki as well as numerous seminars and workshops to maintain certification throughout the past 23 years.
Within this time she has held positions that include various levels of health club management and fitness instruction, social work and mental health counseling, and working with nutritional supplementation at The Herbal Path in Dover, NH.
Her personal experience includes several triathlons, two marathons, on and off road cycling, years of road races and fitness competitions. Remaining committed and dedicated to her individual clients, she consistently delivers results through education and personal empowerment. She currently offers individual, group, home, office, gym and online personal training services with openings for a limited number of new clients.
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