Happy February!! A month of Valentine's, black history, Groundhog Day, and you guessed it.... TRANSFORMATION! We loved watching your progress whether through Transform 30, Transform at Home, and weekly Wellness sessions with Lea.
The year is just getting started though! This month at TransFit we are excited to begin our Iron Sharpens Iron Challenge. The challenge is based on the verse Proverbs 2, "As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend." We want to embody this verse and lift each other up in our accomplishments and help each other along the way to our goals!
We will have notecards that can be filled out after any class! If you would like a partner, we can also help you find an accountability friend!!
Important Nutrition Information
The MIND Diet for Alzheimer's Prevention
The Mind diet focuses on improving brain health and preventing the onset of Alzheimer's by cutting out foods that are linked to slower cognitive activity in the brain. Alzheimer's is a progressive and devasting neurodegenerative disease that causes memory loss and confusion.
MIND stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay and is a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH diets! It is a plant-based diet that limits the intake of animal products high in saturated fats. A big tendancy in this diet is a high consumption level of berries and leavy green veggies. Health benefits from foods in this diet include: lower stress levels, lower inflammation, AND slower aging.
When our bodies lack antioxidants we need, oxidative stress occurs and the body can no longer fight toxic molecules in the body. This ultimately causes cell damage in the brain and throughout the body!! Several diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's are closely liinked to this!
SO... here are some of the BEST and WORST foods for the MIND Diet:
BEST:
- green leafy vegetables
- Nuts
- Berries
- Beans
- Fish
- Poultry
- Olive Oil
- Wine (no more than 1 glass a day)
Foods to Limit:
- Red Meat
- Butter and margarine
- Cheese
- Sweets (brownies, ice cream, etc. No more than 5 servings a week)
- Fried or fast food (Try to only have one serving a week)
A tip to sticking to any diet is to remember it's all a balance! If you starve yourself from the things you love the most, you will eventually crave too much and break and binge! Just try and incorporate some of these habits into your day to day life and remember, we eat to feel good and fuel our bodies with HEALTHY nutrients!!
Tuesday Night Yoga
We now offer yoga Tuesday's at 6pm! Join us in studio for an awesome spiritual and physical growth and stretch!
Click here to see the full TV interview on Fox 5 News of Caroline and the DAWGS yoga!! Yoga is vitally important for all of us!
Bible Study
Wednesdays at 12pm we are reading through Encountering God by Kelly Minter! These sessions are a knowledge packed hour. Please join us as we learn how to incorporate God in every aspect of our lives every day!
TransFit Girls
We are still having our TransFit Girls sessions every Wednesday from 4:00 - 4:30 taught by Chloe Friedle. You can sign your girls up on our app!
Rise Together 5K Meeting
Join us to be apart of our 5k supporting ESP. Our 1st meeting will be Friday 10:45am. Come serve with us and make the Rise Together 5k the best yet!
TransFit Oconee
New Session Times and sessions, check out the app for schedule updates and email Katie Woodall for details!
We are so proud of you all for staying strong throughout January and we can’t wait to see you all live transformed in February!💗 As always, you can sign up for classes on our FREE app!
We are here to serve you! If you have any questions or want to schedule a one-on-one session, please email us at transfitathens@gmail.com.
Blessings,
Team TransFit
