Monthly Archives: January 2014

How to Keep Your Resolutions Alive

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Checking in on your New Year’s Resolutions.

Tomorrow marks the end of January and we want to take a moment to check in with all you PGX’ers and see how your New Year’s Resolutions are coming along.

If you’ve found yourself falling behind, don’t panic! We have some tips on how you can get back on track.

3 Tips to Help Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Alive:

  • Be specific – Setting goals is a great start but broad, general resolutions, such as “get healthy,” most likely won’t get you very far. Try to be specific with your goals, such as “I will eat one piece of fruit with breakfast and lunch, cut out my afternoon latte and go to the gym every day after work.”
  • Ease your way into it – Trying to quite bad habits and pick up good ones cold turkey will only set you up for failure. Try giving up your vices gradually. For example, if you want to cut down on your daily two trips to Starbucks, instead of attempting to not go at all, try cutting your trips down by half for one month. Then the next month, cut it down even further, etc.
  • Share you goals – Tell your friends and family about the goals you’ve made and ask them to help keep you accountable. Better yet, pick a resolution buddy and make your goals together. It’s always easier to achieve your goals with support!

Let us know how your goals are coming along in the comments below. And if you have any other tips, we’d love to hear them!

 

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30 Day Squat Challenge

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Kick off 2014 right by adding this 30 day squat challenge to your workouts!

You know you want to get healthier this year, and heading to the gym and being active is part of that plan. But figuring out workout ideas once you’ve gotten to the gym can present a whole different kind of problem. It can be hard to pick which type of exercises you want to do and little bit daunting if the exercises you attempt are not broken down into step by step, day by day progressions. Which is why we’re thrilled to introduce to you (and challenge you!) to the below 4 week squat challenge by PopSugar.

Take each workout day by day and at the end of day 30, tell us about your results. And don’t forget, you can come try your workouts at the brand new PGX Center for free!

Do you have a great workout to share? Let us, and your fellow PGX’ers, know all about it below in the comments. Let’s get fit together!

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Recipe: #Healthy Homemade Oatmeal

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A quick and tasty recipe for a healthy breakfast in the morning.

When you’re trying to eat right, breakfast can be one of the most difficult meals of the day to do so. More often than not, we’re in a rush in the morning and, although we know we should, we rarely make eating a healthy breakfast a priority.

But what many of us don’t realize, is that a healthy breakfast doesn’t have to take hours to prepare, nor does it have to be anything overly elaborate. What’s important is that that it is packed with nutrients and healthy ingredients to help fuel your body for the day ahead; which, with the right ingredients, can be fairly simple! Below is a quick, easy, and above all else, healthy oatmeal and fruit recipe for all of you busy PGX’ers out there.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup of pecans
  • 1/2 cup of raisins
  • 1/3 cup of sunflower seeds
  • 2 tsp of cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 1/2 cup of plain Greek yogurt
  • honey, to taste
  • seasonal berries
  • 1 packet of PGX Daily granules

Directions:

  1. Mix rolled oats, pecans, raisins, sunflower seeds and cinnamon in a large bowl.
  2. Dish out mixture into an individual serving bowl (you will have leftovers for a second bowl or for breakfast tomorrow – yay!).
  3. Add water to your individual bowl and microwave for a minute and a half.
  4. Add Greek yogurt, PGX granules and berries.
  5. Drizzle honey over top and enjoy!

 

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The New Home of PGX

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Don’t miss the Grand Opening of the brand new PGX Center!

PGX’ers, we’re more than excited to tell you about the opening of our brand new PGX Center, a place that you can call home.

PGX Center - Grand Opening

Join us for the Grand Opening in Coquitlam, BC, happening this Friday and Saturday, and check out what the new Center has to offer. Plus, if you drop by this Friday, you just might run into Dawn Chubai from Breakfast Television! We’ll also be giving away a small gift pack of product to those who stop by. Learn more about what the PGX Center is all about below.

What is the PGX Center?

The PGX Center is a place where you can go for support with your weight loss journey. More than just a place to workout, although you’re welcome to utilize our exercise rooms whenever you visit, the PGX Center is a place where you can talk to our expert staff, learn how to use PGX and come together as a community of PGX’ers on the journey to lifelong health.

Every part of the PGX program at the PGX Center is free, with the exception of the DEXA scan, a scan which measures body composition, body fat percent and bone density, and PGX products, which will be available for purchase.

Services Available at the PGX Center

  • Diet plans and booklets
  • Resources on how to control appetite, reduce cravings and effectively use the PGX Program
  • Consultations with our expert staff

Amenities Available at the PGX Center

  • Exercise rooms
  • Showers
  • A kitchen for experimenting with PGX recipes
  • A commissary store where you can learn more about PGX and purchase PGX products

Location of the PGX Center

We look forward to seeing you!

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Weight Loss: 5 Tips to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolution!

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5 tips on how to achieve your weight loss and fitness goals.

We know. It’s only January 3rd, commonly known as “Day 3” amongst the New Year’s Resolutions crowd, and you’re already worried about not being able to live up to your goals. However, although we know that there will be challenges along the way in achieving any goal, when it comes to weight loss and fitness, we’ve got some ideas on how to help you achieve them!

5 Ways to Help You Achieve Your Weight Loss Goals:

  1. Start slow. Just because it’s a new year, doesn’t mean that you are all of a sudden going to be able to do things you couldn’t do before, like lift those heavier weights or do 100 pushups. Start slow and make sure you’re comfortable with the pace. As exercises become easier, gradually increase the difficulty or amount of time or repetitions.
  2. Workout in the morning. If you’re someone who feels utterly exhausted at the end of each day, heading the gym at that point is going to be very difficult for you. Don’t let this stop you! Try heading to the gym or going for a run before your day begins.
  3. Throw out your scale. While it may be very tempting to weigh in every day, this will only serve to discourage you. It’s very hard to see a difference from day to day (and we’re only on Day 2!). If you absolutely must weigh in, try making it a monthly thing rather than a daily one.
  4. Eat well. Don’t think that exercise is the only way to achieve your weight loss and fitness goals. You need to supplement your workouts with healthy eating. Prevent overeating and support your lifestyle changes with PGX .
  5. Get more sleep. By increasing the amount of sleep you get, you will improve your energy levels and be able to be more active throughout the day, increasing the amount of potential calories you could burn!

Stay healthy, PGX’ers!

 

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