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Lifestyle in Spain helps personal trainer stay thin |
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Take it from People in Spain, Small portions and lots of walking for weight loss!
Stephanie, College Volleyball Player and former Texas boot camp client
of Houston Personal Trainer Melissa traveled to Madrid, Spain for
her spring Semester to enhance her language skills. Her Workout goals
have
never been to lose weight but rather to gain lean muscle. However her
travels
have resulted in some weight loss anyway due to lifestyle differences
in Madrid, Spain.
So, In an interview with Citiflex.com, Stephanie shared how people in
Spain stay so slim and keep weight off. "People in Spain do not know
the meaning of the
word 'doggie bag' or 'take home' because the portions are much
smaller here," said volleyball player Stephanie. "You get what you NEED
to eat in Spain, exactly what you need and NO more." "But in the United
States, the portions are so much more than you
really need so you end up taking the food home in a doggie bag." "Those
words are not even part of the vocabulary here; they wouldn't know what
you were talking about," she said.
Houston Personal trainer workout client Stephanie also said that in
Madrid the culture has breakfast at ten in the morning (which is
granola and yogurt), Lunch around four pm.(which is a small meal) and
dinner at eleven pm.(which is usually chicken or fish and some salad
with lots of tomatoes). She said she is hungry a lot by the evening,
but has adapted to the eating pattern for the most part. Basically the
culture starts their day a lot later and stays up a lot later. Olive
oil is used a lot as well, which is one of the healthy oils (but not a
flavor she likes).
As far as workouts or exercise, here is what Stephanie said. "People
here walk everywhere, to school, to work, to the metro, between the
metro," and all that walking happens on a daily basis." said Stephanie."I bet I walk about two or more hours a day", she said.
Houston Personal trainer Melissa emphasizes to her clients that
increased activity on a daily basis is critical to maintaining long
term health benefits from weight loss and other cultures do it as a
lifestyle.
The only negative expressed concerning health in Spain was that,
according to Stephanie, "It seems like EVERYONE here smokes" and of
course the risks of smoking are well documented. But the walking
and the small portion sizes and frequent small meals during the day are
wonderful examples of how to lose weight and keep a healthy lifestyle.
WAY TO GO SPAIN!
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 January 2008 )
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