January 12, 2000 | January 15, 2000 |
Handspring in trouble?
Sean brought an article, written by HandspringNews.com, in which the demise of the Visor is mentioned. Could it be? Time will tell.
Attendance
This month, we had 9 members at the Wednesday meeting and a year to date best 14 members at the Saturday meeting.
One new member joined us at the Wednesday meeting and five on Saturday.
Wednesday
Saturday Stephen Cook Al Alladin John Cosentini Ron Apperly Scott Currie Rob Bowen Paul D'Auvergne Kenny Delaney Sean D.Evans Dave Dickson Matt Fozard Sean D. Evans Bryan Glaholm Joe Gavin Dave Harvey Joesph Klamer Kim Waddell Art Liem Mike Long Karen Thompson Sam Peralta Russell Scheer Tom Wilkinson
Topics
This is a very appropriate topic for the time of year. After the Christmas and New Year binge we could all stand to lose a few pounds.
This month we had a special guest speaker. Tim Thompson, a personal trainer, provided a few tips on fitness and had some excellent information on one's health.Nutrition is of vital importance for the purpose of weight loss. And without focusing on the nutritional aspects of your weight loss goal, losing weight is difficult to achieve. To help you control the challenge of Nutrition, Tim gives some good general tips: 1. Do not change your current food consumption for temporary quick-weight loss "diets" rather conduct a restructuring of your eating and exercise habits for permenant weight control; 2. Eat for Nutrition and not for taste; 3. Try not to eat past your last meal of the night - your last meal should be about 4-5 hours before you go to bed; 4. Don't be afraid to eat. Eating activates your metabolism to burn!; 5. Maintain a balance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
Finding what works best for you can take a little time. Be patient!
A very important highlight - Don't eat past your last meal of the day. Your body does not require any further sustenance after the last meal of the day. Whatever you are eating this late in the evening it most likely a behavioral issue and "not" a physiological need. If you usually have a snack after your last meal this doesn't mean that you have to do without. Move your snack to an earlier point in the day "before" your last meal. Eliminating food consumption after the last meal will in itself drop your weight. This weight loss can be augmented by altering your daily caloric intake. Altering doesn't necessarily mean reducing. Moving the caloric intake to more active periods in the day is very beneficial. A large portion of you calories should be consumed during the first half of the day. You should tapper your caloric intake as your activity decrease towards the end of the day.
Here are some other suggestions based on personal experience and scientific research: A protein and vegetable at night will assist in curbing the desire for a snack later on. Water consumption should, if you are like me anyway, be tripled from your normal consumption - approximately one litre a day is a good guide. Reducing, if not eliminating, beverages (e.g. coffee, tea, pop, etc.) that mostly contain chemicals will help alter the chemical make-up of your body in a positive manner. These beverages do not contain anything that the body requires, other than water and small traces of minerals and vitamines.
In addition to the nutritional component, exercise is also very important to control your weight. The smallest amount of exercise is useful. Caloric expenditure is accumulative, so get out there and walk, swim, bike, climb stairs, etc. Start at a point that is comfortable and work your way up. Remember, if you do 10 minutes of exercise, it is 10 times more exercise than what you would of done.
It's not necessarily a good idea to join a gym to start getting fit. The statistics states that you will quit going to the gym after six to eight weeks. Rather get into a routine at home first. If you can stick to it for more that six weeks and still want to join a gym then consider it. Whether you are at the gym or at home, please do not forget to include a warm-up and cooldown. Tim gave a formula for one's target heart rate zone during the peak period of a cardiovascular workout (this is a general guideline and may vary from person to person). The formula: 220 minus age multiplied by 70% - 80% (e.g. 220 - 33 years = 187, 187 * 70% = 130.9. Therefore 130.9 (call it 140) is the number of times your heart beats in a one minute time period during the work out.
Before you begin an exercise program, a complete physical examination by your doctor must be completed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (416) 336-6038 (pager) or at home (905) 883-5946. Good luck and remember "Rome was not built in a day!".Trevor Wilkinson put forth an idea. If there are four or more members that would like to participate in health and fitness program either before or after the CanadaPUG monthly meeting are encouraged to contact Trevor at trevor.wilkinson@utoronto.ca These sessions if enough participants are interested could include personal training by Tim Thompson.
Prizes
The prizes were determined by means of a blind draw from the garlic bread basket. Sam Peralta and Russell Scheer graciously donated six copies of their Qvadis Express Reader GT application at the Saturday meeting. Thanks guys.
Wednesday
Prize Saturday
Prize Stephen Cook Al Alladin Qvadis Express Reader GT John Cosentini Eat It! Ron Apperly Qvadis Express Reader GT Scott Currie Rob Bowen Passed on prizes Paul D'Auvergne Kenny Delaney Qvadis Express Reader GT Sean D.Evans Dave Dickson WorldMate Matt Fozard Sean D. Evans Thousand Island dressing Bryan Glaholm Eat It! Joe Gavin Workout Tracker Dave Harvey Eat It! Joesph Klamer Eat It! Kim Waddell ThinkDB Art Liem Qvadis Express Reader GT Mike Long Workout Tracker Karen Thompson Qvadis Express Reader GT Sam Peralta Passed on prizes Russell Scheer Passed on prizes Trevor Wilkinson Qvadis Express Reader GT
Future Topics
The following topics have been suggested for us to cover in the future:
- GPS (global positioning systems) - Add-ons - Wish lists for future Palm OS models
Thanks to all of our sponsors for their support of Canada's Premier PUG! Please visit their websites to see a collection of other impressive products to help you get the most out of your Palm.
Respectfully,
Rob Bowen, Scribe, Canada's Premier PUG
Sean D. Evans, President, Canada’s Premier PUG
