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Benefits of Fresh Start
Achieve - A Healthy Weight - Stronger Bones - Better Balance - Increased Strength
Improve - Eating Habits - Blood Sugar - Sleep Patterns - Blood Pressure - Body Image - Flexibility
Feel - Relaxed - Energized - More Confident
What Our Clients Say
"Thank you for helping me find balance in my life! The small group activity sessions, learning to eat right and my awareness of stress have been THE most important changes I've made for myself in years." J.F. Age 45
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Feel and Look Your Best... Try a Fresh Start 30 Day Solution

The Goal
To Look Good... Feel Great... and Enjoy Life to the Fullest
Your health and quality of life depend on a healthy lifestyle! It's great to wake-up in the morning with... a pain free back, neck, hips and knees... strong bones... normal blood sugar and cholesterol levels and a healthy body weight. Image how a stronger body with increased energy and stamina will improve your enjoyment of tennis, golf, or just going for a walk or hike. You too can do this with Fresh Start!
The Problem
Today's Fitness, Wellness and Weight Loss Programs
Promise More Than They Deliver
A piecemeal program does not offer the total approach necessary for success. Spending little or no time reducing stress... currently your #1 health hazard only leads to unhealthy "yo-yo" weight loss, unsafe gym workouts that are too strenuous and don't focus on rehabing painful joints. Without a personal plan and a support team to help implement it, you are left to "go it alone" one unsuccessful attempt after another.
The Answer Our Unique Lifestyle Programs Are the Key to Feeling and Looking Your Best
Compare our Fresh Start solutions with your current program. You'll see we make it easy to reduce stress, have more energy, permanently lose weight, soothe painful joints and strengthen bones without special diets, extreme Boot Camp or 7 day a week gym workouts.
Our guarantee... Try any of our Fresh Start solutions for 30 days. If you don't have more energy, end your struggle and frustration with excess weight, strengthen bones and muscles, soothe painful joints and change how you look and feel; we'll refund your money.
Each Fresh Start Solution gives you:
- Personalized Lifestyle Assessment
- Healthy Lifestyle Plan individualized and tailored to meet your needs
- Stress Reduction Training helping you feel more relaxed and in control
- Weight Training Instruction that strengthens bones, improves balance and
rehabs painful joints for a lifetime
- Eating Education that makes it easy to choose healthy foods
- Personal Support Team to encourage, empower, motivate and educate for success
Call us today at 703-464-5171 and we'll help you choose the Fresh Start solution that is right for you...
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A Healthy Weight!... and Better Health Too!
"Good Food Helps Fuel a Healthy Body" Woody McMahon
Losing Weight Doesn't Have to Be Hard Work Overeating is a learned habit and leads to unhealthy weight gain. It's easy to overeat because food is addictive. Just like drugs, alcohol, smoking and some medications, food affects your brain. Unbelievable as it may sound, certain foods can even stimulate your brain just like cocaine.
Stress is The Real Culprit Getting your weight under control requires removing the underlying cause of overeating... STRESS. Healthy Weight! helps get your stress under control making it easier to lose weight, feel better and enjoy life more.
You Can Change Your Overeating Habit Most overeating is emotionally based. You may overeat to celebrate or reduce sadness, anger, loneliness and the need for comfort. You can't just stop eating to kick the food habit like you can with alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. Trying to trick yourself into eating less with smaller plates or chewing your food one hundred times won't work either.
Find the Cause, Stop the Pain You have to find the cause of overeating and fix it. We can help you break your STRESS food cycle and stop overeating. We show you how to start eating for healthy, not unhealthy reasons. That is your key to successful, long-term weight loss.
Healthy Weight! provides the following benefits:
- Healthy Weight Loss
- Reduced Stress and Increased Energy
- Pain free hips, back, knees and feet
- Better Balance, Strength and Stamina
- Healthier Meal Planning and Cooking Techniques
- Improved Self Confidence and Body Image
- More Flexible and Relaxed Body
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More About Healthy Weight! ...
Understanding Your Hunger Drive The Hunger Drive dictates how much food you eat every day. Abnormal urges to eat develop when your Hunger Drive becomes over stimulated. What over stimulates your Hunger Drive? The most common cause of overstimulation is stress. Stress lowers the serotonin and elevates the cortisol levels in your brain. As these hormones change, so does your abnormal urge to eat. Food moves from a healthy to an unhealthy position causing overeating. Once your Hunger Drive is retrained, overeating is eliminated and your body naturally returns to a healthy weight. Once the Hunger Drive is retrained, your overeating habit and extreme hunger for food is eliminated.
Three Steps to a Healthier Weight The three most important steps to getting your weight under control are Getting Active, Eating Healthier and Reducing Stress. Healthy Weight! provides a simple and easy to follow plan with a knowledgeable support team to educate, motivate and keep you accountable. You'll learn how to safely and permanently lose weight while improving your overall health. With Fresh Start, you'll learn how to retrain your Hunger Drive and stop overeating. You'll reverse unhealthy lifestyle habits that exhaust your energy, stress your mind and leave you vulnerable to overeating and unhealthy weight gain. For people who need extra help, Fresh Start also offers a medical option. Either way, you'll reach your healthy weight in a supportive environment. You'll lose the weight and improve chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic pain, high cholesterol, heart disease and depression.
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Weight loss is important to your good health and quality of life. Take our Healthy Weight Loss Quiz and test your weight loss knowledge. You'll receive your score along with a FREE Fresh Start Consultation and a 12 Weight Loss Myths Report.
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Fit After 50!... I Feel Young Again!
"Age Does Not Slow a Healthy Body" Woody McMahon
Don't Let Aching Joints Slow You Down
It's common to hear people blaming old age for their osteoporosis, back pain, weight gain and low energy. The fact is that many people in their 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's are vibrant, independent and in good health. Our program takes over where your physical therapist's good work leaves off getting you moving and active once again.
Not Just Any Exercise Program Will Do After a knee or hip problem, shoulder injury or bout with back or neck pain, it is important to ease back into a regular exercise program without trying to over due it. You want an exercise program that will strengthens and stabilizes the body helping return you to full function. Our program focuses on strengthening both the stability as well as the major muscle groups of the spine, shoulder and hips. We include balance and flexibility training to keep you pain and injury free.
Healthier Eating Supports an Active Lifestyle "You are what you eat'" so the saying goes. Healthier eating nourishes your cells allowing you to heal faster and have more energy to live life to the fullest. Good eating habits are important to better health at any age. We create a sensible eating plan that helps you feel energetic, reduce excess body fat, maintain strong bones and improve digestion.
Your Doctor Says "Get Active" So, your doctor or physical therapist says "get active" and sends you off to the typical gym or health club. Now what? Fit After Fifty provides a powerful age defying solution. With the right program, getting older doesn't necessarily mean having to feel older! Fit After Fifty also helps you feel good while keeping medications to a minimum.
Fit After Fifty! provides the following benefits:
- Better Balance
- Stronger Bones
- A Healthier Weight
- Healthier Eating Habits
- Improved Flexibility and Joint Stability
- Increased Energy and Reduced Stress
- Creative Meal Planning and Cooking Techniques
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More About Fit After 50!...
Are You Really Ready for a Regular Gym? Most health clubs and gyms are intimidating and not designed for active adults. These clubs are not prepared or knowledgeable enough to give you the extra care and attention especially when you have a medical concern. Fit After Fifty! gives you a safe place to get active, expert advice on healthy eating and stress reduction backed by an experienced staff. Now is the time to stop feeling old, tired and out of shape. Get your independence and quality of life back today.
The Better Health Solution Fit After Fifty! helps reverse unhealthy lifestyle habits... sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, high stress living, poor flexibility and lack of sleep... that keep you from feeling your best. With Fit After Fifty! you'll safely and effectively strengthen and stabilize your whole body eliminating the need for pain medications. You'll strengthen your mind in a supportive environment while improving chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic pain, high cholesterol, heart disease and depression.
Fun Activity is Also Good for Your Brain Staying physically active and eating healthier foods are good for your body and brain. Physical activity increases blood flow and oxygen supply optimizing brain function. Healthier eating habits provide brain cells with the essential nutrients necessary for proper function and repair. Combining healthier eating and increased activity provides two of the most powerful mental health benefits known to science.
The Bottom Line Getting older is a blessing and not a curse. Don't let your age get in the way of having fun! The bottom line... with Fit After Fifty! you'll increase your activity, eat better foods and reduce stress improving your overall health. You'll feel better and enjoy your life more. Fit After Fifty! shows you how to stay independent and enjoy life to the fullest. You'll feel more self-confidant, maintain your independence and enhance your quality of life. You may not be getting any younger or able to return to your youth, but you sure can look and feel better.
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Be Bone Strong!... Stronger Bones, Improved Balance, Better Posture...
"A Healthy Body Creates Healthy Bones" Woody McMahon
A Better Bone Strengthening Program Osteoporosis, like many other health conditions, needs a well planned program that balances your lifestyle and the body. After this diagnosis, most people get side tracked trying to increase their bone density with special diets, supplements and medications. We focus on the only two goals that are important; increasing your bone strength and reducing your fracture risk. The easiest and fastest way to accomplish these two goals is to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Your program must be individualized and include the "Big 6 for Healthy Bones" listed below.
Safe, Effective and Easy to Follow Weight, Balance and Posture Training Healthy bones need stimulation from the pulling of the muscles and the pressure effect of weight training activities. We teach you a customized BEST Study weight training program for maximum bone growth and improved balance. To reduce the risk of fracture, we incorporate The Meeks Method of postural training. Postural training is crucial in preventing vertebral fractures. Our program is integrated, effective and safe and backed by scientific research.
A Simple But Effective Eating Approach Eating wants to be healthful yet simple and fun. We offer an uncomplicated approach to better eating habits that does not involve special diets or rigorous food combinations. Once you have established healthier eating patterns, we encourage a bone strengthening supplement program based on the best available clinical evidence. We emphasize a simple visual approach taking into consideration color, texture and portion size
A Stress Reduction System That Keeps Calcium In Your Bones An uncontrolled, stressful lifestyle is the biggest cause of calcium loss. We help reduce stress by empowering you to take charge of your body and stop letting stressful events pull calcium from your bones. Stress is always present; learning to react to it differently is the key to stopping bone loss. Stress also contributes to increased acidity and inflammation while suppressing the immune system and slowing the healing process. Our program reduces the harmful side effects of stress on your bones and on your health.
Coaching for Education and Support Fear, worry and doubt all create stress that can disturb healthy hormone levels and keep your bones from healing. Our monthly coaching and support group meetings help you maintain a healthy mental attitude. Support keeps you feeling empowered reducing the fear and worry that can accompany this condition. We make sure you never have to doubt that you are "doing the right thing" because you are supported and your questions are always answered.
Turning on Your Body's Natural Healing Machine Wouldn't it be great if you could turn on the most powerful healing system in the body? You can. The latest scientific research has shown some amazing evidence that we can actually change the genes and heal our bodies through our Epigenome. Our program is the first to offer this cutting edge technology by offering Strategic Epigenome Training (SET). SET helps stimulate your bone's natural repair systems making them strong and fracture free.
Be Bone Strong! provides the following benefits:
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Improved Muscle and Bone Strength
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Better Balance to Reduce Falls
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Safe and Effective Weight Training Instruction
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Healthier Eating and Cooking Habits
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Stress Reduction Techniques
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Cutting Edge Bone Strengthening Supplements
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Professional Education, Guidance and Support
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More About Be Bone Strong!...
DEXA Numbers are Not The Whole Story Stronger bones are what you want; risk of fracture is what you want to know. The DEXA scan is designed to determine bone density. When combined with other risk factors, bone density can provide indications of relative risk but cannot predict who will experience a fracture. The DEXA scan numbers can be altered by certain physical conditions making the results less reliable. More importantly than bone density is bone quality. Bone quality comes from practicing a combination of healthy lifestyle factors such as functional strength training, healthier eating and lower stress.
The Silent Calcium Thief... A High Stress Lifestyle High stress living produces excess cortisol, a stress hormone that pulls calcium from your bones. High cortisol levels also depress your immune system, imbalance your
natural hormone profile and suppress your body's ability to absorb calcium and
produce strong bones. Be Bone Strong! works to improve your health by including relaxation techniques, visualization and meditation to effectively reduce your stress levels. Stop the negative effects of stress and keep your bones and body strong.
The "Big 6 for Healthy Bones" Your individual osteoporosis program will depend on previous fracture history, DEXA numbers, other risk factors and lifestyle history. Our goal is to help you strengthen your bones with minimal or no medications. There are no "magic bullets" when it comes to bone strength. Remember, no one supplement, activity or lifestyle change will fix your osteoporosis. It takes a balanced and combined effort of not 1 but 6 major lifestyle changes to improve bone strength.
The "Big 6 for Healthy Bones " are:
1. A diet that contains 50% fruits and vegetables. Fruits and veggies contain greater amounts of water and minerals with generally lesser amounts of animal protein. 2. Adequate water intake for maximum hydration. Water is very important in helping the kidneys regulate pH and detoxify the body. 3. Daily stress reduction activities. This helps lower cortisol and homocystein levels while reducing calcium loss. 4. Year round vitamin D3 levels in the 50-80 ng/mL (or 125-200 nM/L). This should be confirmed by regular 25-hydroxyvitamin D testing. 5. Progesterone levels to be 0.3 to 0.5 ng/ml. This should be confirmed by regular salivary progesterone testing. 6. Sufficient weight bearing exercise to stimulate muscle growth and balance. This is essential for bone strengthening determined by regular full body strength testing.
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It's Not Wise to Wait The current wait and see approach to preventing and treating osteoporosis is "too little too late." Many people think that taking adequate calcium and vitamin D alone are enough to prevent bone loss or repair damaged bones; but it is not. According to NOF, one in two women and one in four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her/his remaining lifetime. Up to 90 percent of peak bone mass is acquired by age 18 in girls and age 20 in boys. Youth is the best time to "invest" in bone health. But realistically, you can strengthen your bones at any age if you follow the right program. Be Bone Strong! helps mothers, daughters and whole families participate in health and fitness activities that build strong bones, bodies and minds at any age.
The Importance of FRAX The World Health Organization (WHO) developed the FRAX® tool to evaluate fracture risk in patients. FRAX® uses several clinical risk factors to determine your fracture risk.
The clinical risk factors that predict increased fracture are listed from higher to lower risk:
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Age, Sex, Prior fragility fracture after age 50
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History of corticosteroid use (5 mg or more for three months or more)
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Parental history of hip fracture
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Secondary osteoporosis (e.g., type 1 diabetes, osteogenesis imperfecta in adults, longstanding hyperthyroidism, hypogonadism, premature menopause, chronic malabsorption and chronic liver disease)
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Current smoker, Alcohol use of greater than 2 units daily (a unit is one medium glass of wine or a glass of beer)
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Body Mass Index
Calculate your FRAX here:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/index.htm
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You are just one step away from Giving Your Bones and Your Health a Fresh Start...
Get started by clicking on our Strong Bones Quiz. Completing the quiz gives you a clearer vision of your starting point and path to a healthier lifestyle. Take your time and carefully answer all the questions. Send us the results and we'll contact you for your in-person or telephone consultation. During your consultation, we'll discuss the quiz results and together determine how Be Bone Strong! can help you.
For more information or answers to further questions, please call Woody McMahon at 703-464-5171 or email Woody@SequoiaHealth.com.
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