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While there is a lot of good content here, we have moved and all the GREAT NEW STUFF can be found at http://HealthyGreaseMonkey.com

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Thank you, Tess

If you would like additional information on ways to improve your health through nutrition and lifestyle choice, then contact me.

Recipes, health topics and some just for fun at the Healthy Grease Monkey's site.

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Walk on!!! and be healthy!

Tips to starting your weight loss trek

What's next?   Shifting into 2nd Gear.

You've decided to do something to get back to a healthy weight. You've shifted into 1st gear by making that choice and now you are ready for 2nd gear and to begin taking the unwanted pounds and inches off your HUMAN chassis. Some of these you will have heard before, but when you put them all together, they can be powerful!

1. Begin keeping a journal of everything you eat AND drink! (hmmm sound familiar?) -- Sometimes we don't even realize how much we are taking in, or we find out our habits are starving our body and that is from where the problems stem.
2. START drinking more water -- ideally 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of weight. (# pounds/2 = how many ounces you should be drinking daily) -- This allows us to begin eliminating toxins in our system and allows for faster fat burning.
3. Cut back on your sugar intake -- sodas, highly processed carbohydrates, white sugar.
4. Increase your fiber content -- more raw veggies, and use products with higher fiber content --LOOK at the labels.
5. STOP all artificial sweeteners!
6. Increase your activity -- even if it's just adding a short walk after dinner -- Get moving!
7. CONGRATULATE YOURSELF! You are doing something to make your life better and you are setting a great example for our youth!

Give us a call to get started, remove that over-inflated tire around your middle and get back on the track to healthier living! -239-246-9488 We will build your ideal system and get you back on the road again!

If you've got the Drive, we've got the Vehicle!

The Healthy Grease Monkey is a project by Tess Brennan dedicated to writing useful blog posts for consumers who are smart about Nutrition & what they put in & surround their body with, passionate about protecting our environment, and are committed to supporing local entrepreneurs. Those who are about healthy weight loss & dynamic living. If you would like to find out what it is like to live a healthy life, we invite you to explore our product line or find out more about our services. Grease Monkey Marketing promotes sound nutrition, ways to improve your success and a little bit of humor.

If you have topic ideas, feel free to request a story, after all, this site is just for you. You can find out more about our products by visiting our online storeand/or subscribe to an email newsletter by visiting our Smart Grease Monkey website and entering your email in the subscription area on the right pane of the web page or by adding us to your reader by subscribing to this blog.

Back on the Road to Better Health!

What? Where? When?

If you've fallen by the wayside on your goals to attaining a healthy weight, lets look at it in a new light.

This week, all I want you to do is journal everything and anything you eat and drink!  When you've been battling the bulge and riding that dang roller coaster for a while, as I did, it helps to know where you are starting from.  What is your personal starting line.

BEGIN:   Keep a food/beverage Journal for 5-7 days.  Now is the time to get out of the pits and back on the track!

DON'T CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE DOING!  (at this point)  

Just log what you eat or drink, how much you eat or drink, and WHEN you eat or drink.

Don't forget the nibble of a donut, or eating the last few bites off your child's plate.

JUST DO IT!  

I don't care what you eat or drink, we just need to be aware of your current eating habits so we know which track to get on.

Doesn't do much good to drive an Indy car on a Dirt track, now does it?

Thank you, ABC for our St. Pete Adventure last year!

If you've got the Drive, we've got the Vehicle!

The Healthy Grease Monkey is a project by Tess Brennan dedicated to writing useful blog posts for consumers who are smart about Nutrition & what they put in & surround their body with, passionate about protecting our environment, and are committed to supporing local entrepreneurs. Those who are about healthy weight loss & dynamic living. If you would like to find out what it is like to live a healthy life, we invite you to explore our product line or find out more about our services. Grease Monkey Marketing promotes sound nutrition, ways to improve your success and a little bit of humor.

If you have topic ideas, feel free to request a story, after all, this site is just for you. You can find out more about our products by visiting our online storeand/or subscribe to an email newsletter by visiting our Smart Grease Monkey website and entering your email in the subscription area on the right pane of the web page or by adding us to your reader by subscribing to this blog.

I don't need no stinkin' water!

Yes! You need water (and more) to keep
the HUMAN engine running.

Our HUMAN engines need more than just high octane fuel to keep up optimum performance.  It needs water and re-hydration to keep the engine cooled and running efficiently.  As I am training for yet, another 60 mile walk as well as my first 5K (as a runner) it is important to keep fluid levels at an optimum.  During heavy exercise it is SO important to maintain, not only your water levels but also the body chemistry needed for optimum performance.

• Your body needs a way to minimize fluid loss during activity, or even daily doings when it is hot or extremely dry. (Winters up in the North would be an example of an extremely dry time. -You know who you are) :-)
• Your body needs a way to maintain steady blood-glucose levels to sustain energy output and to increase stamina.
• Your body needs increased endurance for better athletic performance.

I have found, use, and recommend a clinically proven way to hydrate better than water during heavy training. This product has MORE electrolytes and provides MORE energy than the leading hydration drink purchased from your local grocer to improve my athletic performance. (My hubby even asks for it when he is out working in the yard or on one of the vehicles.)  

In fact, this product is very similar to the drink our astronauts consume while in space and when returning from long stints in orbit to re-hydrate and maintain consciousness upon re-entry to our atmosphere. :-)

Contact us for more information!  Maybe even a sample.

I stand, walk, run, and parent behind my word, so does my vendor.

If you've got the Drive, we've got the Vehicle!

The Healthy Grease Monkey is a project by Tess Brennan dedicated to writing useful blog posts for consumers who are smart about Nutrition & what they put in & surround their body with, passionate about protecting our environment, and are committed to supporing local entrepreneurs. Those who are about healthy weight loss & dynamic living. If you would like to find out what it is like to live a healthy life, we invite you to explore our product line or find out more about our services. Grease Monkey Marketing promotes sound nutrition, ways to improve your success and a little bit of humor.

If you have topic ideas, feel free to request a story, after all, this site is just for you. You can find out more about our products by visiting our online storeand/or subscribe to an email newsletter by visiting our Smart Grease Monkey website and entering your email in the subscription area on the right pane of the web page or by adding us to your reader by subscribing to this blog.

I'm a MEAT EATER!

Protein!  

"I'm a meat eater, I get my protein from the meat I eat."

I used to think I was "good" in the protein department.  I eat chicken, steak, pork chops and ham, I get plenty of protein.  My metabolism seemed to be slowing down and I kept fluctuating in my weight and clothing sizes.

I have since learned otherwise.  While it is true, I do get protein from those sources, it is not an easily digested and assimilated (absorbed) protein.  There is more waste produced when I eat these sources and less absorbed into my system than when I get my protein from a plant source. When I began using these plant based proteins, my energy sky rocketed and I began losing the weight, easily.

"33% of Women are not getting enough protein"

 ~David Heber MD Director of UCLA center for Human Nutrition

(estimates are that 25% of men are the same)

Protein is important in muscle production and retention. When you don't get enough protein, you aren't getting enough Leucine, an amino acid building block of muscle. When you don't get enough Leucine you get a buildup of subcuteanous fat, that fat particularly in the abdomen.

(Deficiency in Leucine, in part, = Thick Middles)

Protein is important in regulating blood sugar,
hunger pangs & the cravings!

In studies, 

Leucine caused a 16% DECREASE in calorie intake -

81% in between meal snack

50% energy increase in less than 48 hours!

In the clinical studies of the Shakes I use, participants maintained 100% muscle mass while reducing their weight and their clothing size - this means they were BURNING FAT!

Contact me, Tess, to get more information about this complete system and how it could work for you! It worked for me 5 years ago and is still working...
I bought a pair of size SMALL pants this week BECAUSE THEY FIT!

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If you've got the Drive, we've got the Vehicle!

The Healthy Grease Monkey is a project by Tess Brennan dedicated to writing useful blog posts for consumers who are smart about Nutrition & what they put in & surround their body with, passionate about protecting our environment, and are committed to supporing local entrepreneurs. Those who are about healthy weight loss & dynamic living. If you would like to find out what it is like to live a healthy life, we invite you to explore our product line or find out more about our services. Grease Monkey Marketing promotes sound nutrition, ways to improve your success and a little bit of humor.

If you have topic ideas, feel free to request a story, after all, this site is just for you. You can find out more about our products by visiting our online storeand/or subscribe to an email newsletter by visiting our Smart Grease Monkey website and entering your email in the subscription area on the right pane of the web page or by adding us to your reader by subscribing to this blog.

The Right Fuel for the Job

How can nutrition assist?

Whether you are attending car shows or racing 500 miles you need to feel good to enjoy the event and/or perform well.  Same goes when training for any sporting event.  

If you're down for long periods of recovery, you're not building the strength and stamina needed to reach the Checkered Flag.

For this reason we choose, stock, & recommend a SOLID FOUNDATION for the framework.

This Foundation provides the HIGH OCTANE FUEL needed for HUMAN ENGINES so we get OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE.

Contact me if you'd like to sit down for a personal consultation and a free estimate to get your 

Human Engine Revving

If you've got the Drive, we've got the Vehicle!

The Healthy Grease Monkey is a project by Tess Brennan dedicated to writing useful blog posts for consumers who are smart about Nutrition & what they put in & surround their body with, passionate about protecting our environment, and are committed to supporing local entrepreneurs. Those who are about healthy weight loss & dynamic living. If you would like to find out what it is like to live a healthy life, we invite you to explore our product line or find out more about our services. Grease Monkey Marketing promotes sound nutrition, ways to improve your success and a little bit of humor.

If you have topic ideas, feel free to request a story, after all, this site is just for you. You can find out more about our products by visiting our online storeand/or subscribe to an email newsletter by visiting our Smart Grease Monkey website and entering your email in the subscription area on the right pane of the web page or by adding us to your reader by subscribing to this blog.

It Just Keeps Coming Back!

Reduce your Intake and Pack on the Pounds!

A common mistake many make while trying to drop unwanted pounds is to NOT keep up the calorie count when increasing your activity, or just plain starving themselves.  Yes, you need to burn more calories than you consume, however, if you eat too few your body retaliates.

It takes more fuel to go faster farther!

I've run into SO many people who have told me "I've cut wayyyyy back on my eating and I'm not losing weight." - Then when they go back to normal eating they pack on the pounds quicker.

How can that be?

MUSCLE == METABOLISM

When the body doesn't get enough calories it goes into starvation mode which changes how the body processes what little food you are giving it.  The body begins to burn muscle for energy while packing on and saving the fat as a defense mechanism. As your muscle mass is reduced, so is your metabolism, your body begins packing on FAT and your energy levels drop.  Since your metabolism is slower, when you resume eating "normal" levels the body packs on fat. (It assumes you will not be able to eat again soon)  Thus your pants are too tight.

Now, your energy levels begin to to drop, your BUTT IS DRAGGIN, your eyes are drooping & you suck down a calorie laced energy drink to get through the day.

 Since your metabolism is slower, when you resume eating "normal" levels the body packs on fat. (It assumes you will not be able to eat again soon)  Thus your pants are too tight.

Fat weighs 2x as much as Muscle

If your goal is to LOSE weight and KEEP IT OFF, then a sound balance between High Octane fuel input and a gradual increase in activity is your vehicle of choice.

We've found, use, stock, and recommend a line of products that make this transition EASIER & MORE PERMANENT.   I know, I lost 55 pounds & have kept it off for almost 5 years now.

Call me for an estimate!  Lets get that Frame on Restoration started and get your HUMAN Engine primed to build those CALORIE BURNING MUSCLES & BURN THAT FAT.

If you've got the Drive, we've got the Vehicle.

The Healthy Grease Monkey is a project by Tess Brennan dedicated to writing useful blog posts for consumers who are smart about Nutrition & what they put in & surround their body with, passionate about protecting our environment, and are committed to supporing local entrepreneurs. Those who are about healthy weight loss & dynamic living. If you would like to find out what it is like to live a healthy life, we invite you to explore our product line or find out more about our services. Grease Monkey Marketing promotes sound nutrition, ways to improve your success and a little bit of humor.

If you have topic ideas, feel free to request a story, after all, this site is just for you. You can find out more about our products by visiting our online storeand/or subscribe to an email newsletter by visiting our Smart Grease Monkey website and entering your email in the subscription area on the right pane of the web page or by adding us to your reader by subscribing to this blog.