Nutrition

Recipe Of The Week: Pizza

Written by David Mura on Saturday, 09 February 2013. Posted in Nutrition, Recipes, Thornton

Precision Nutrition Chicken Pesto PizzaYes I said PIZZA.

Growing up on the in Massachusetts we had over a dozen mom and pop pizza places in my little town of 15,000 people. So you could say that we were in no short supply of good pizza.

That turned me into a bit of a pizza snob. When we came across this recipe in Precision Nutrition's Gourmet Nutrition I reluctantly gave it a try.

Let's just say Katie was a little more excited than I. My hopes were not very high.

She was right, I was wrong. This pizza is amazing, it cures my craving for pizza, I'm not over eating, good fats, lots of veggies and tasty to boot!

Check it out as soon as you can!

Fit Soldiers Lean Eating Part 2

Written by David Mura on Saturday, 09 February 2013. Posted in Nutrition, Westminster

Fit Soldiers Eat SlowTime is goes faster than we ever imagined. Especially when eating. Katie's seemingly simple second habit was well, not so simple.

You would think there is a food famine in our country at the rate we shovel down our food.

Read on and see what Katie has to say and some important health reasons to eat slowly.

Recipe of the Week: Red Pepper Cilantro Soup

on Thursday, 14 June 2012. Posted in Nutrition, Recipes, Broomfield, Brighton, Thornton, Northglenn

Last weeks recipe was from one of our bootcampers, and so is this weeks! This time one of our faithful 5AMers, Cindy Weitz gave us a sample of this delicious recipe that is actually from a raw food cleanse she used to do. This recipe goes to show that healthy food can taste amazing too! Do something good for your body and your taste buds this week and give this recipe a try! You'll thank me(and Cindy) later!!

INGREDIENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS:

3/4 cup red pepper
1/4 cup cilantro
1/2 lemon - juiced

Blend red pepper, cilantro, and lemon juice together.

Add the following ingredients to this mixture:

New Year, New You Transformation Contest

Written by David Mura on Thursday, 29 December 2011. Posted in Nutrition, Broomfield, Westminster, Brighton, Thornton, Northglenn, Motivation, Information

There's no better way to kick off 2012 than this!

If you told yourself that 2012 would be the year you stop making excuses then I've got a great way for you to get started!

 

 

 

New Year, New You Transformation Contest

Transformation Challenge Rules:

• Register as a team of 3-5 people (each team must be a mix of at least one new as well as each gender represented in each group). If you need a group or need more in your group just let me know.
• Challenge runs for 4 weeks from January 6 to February 3, 2012 (weigh-ins and photos due by 6:30pm each day)
• Current member cost: $10 (not including current camp fee)
• New Member cost: $ $160 (includes 3x/ week camp fees)
• Small group Grocery Store Tour + Fit Soldiers Nutrition Resources
• All team members must attend both body composition dates (Jan. 6th & Feb. 3rd. Weighed in and photos submitted no later than 7:00 pm) Minimum dress code, bathing suit, shorts/sports bra, or what ever you are more comfortable wearing.
• Each team will assign a captain. You are welcome to name your team.
• Team captain will gather all team members registration forms and before and after pictures. (If no team give registration from to me.
• Each team will be given a Fit Soldiers Coach. (Lesli,Joey,Me)
• Coaches will pick their top team and top individual transformations (3 total).
• Fit Soldiers members will vote for grand prizewinner online based on photo transformation & body composition stats.
• Upon completion winners (and anyone else who would like) will complete a short written testimonial on their experience
• Winning team members will each receive a $50 gift card, AND you get to create a workout to "train the coaches"!
• Grand prizewinner will receive a gift certificate for a massage, next month of bootcamp free!


Grab a registration form next time your in, or call 720-382-5240 for more information!

 

Committed to your results,

David Mura

Fit Soldiers Fitness Revolution
2100 East 112th Avenue
Northglenn, CO 80233

Top 10 Holiday Diet Tips

Written by David Mura on Wednesday, 23 November 2011. Posted in Nutrition, Recipes, Thornton, Information

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Typically I like to post healthy recipes on Wednesday but this week with Thanksgiving tomorrow I will change pace a little! I want to give you some tips on how to avoid some major catastrophic weight gain this holiday season. The concepts are simple but the temptations are large. A little self control will go a long way day-to-day and especially on the the big holidays and parties.

 

Recovery Smovery (Who Needs It Anyway)

Written by David Mura on Tuesday, 15 February 2011. Posted in Nutrition

Good Day Fit Soldiers!!

Lately I've been getting a lot of questions after Camp about protein, recovery drinks, recovery food, etc.  There is so much out there what do you believe?  I just wanted to clear the air debunk some myths and set the record strait.

There are a lot of variables when it comes to reaching your fitness goals.  Some may be more important than others but all are necessary...Let's take a look...

Artificial Sweetener Lovers Beware!

Written by David Mura on Thursday, 10 February 2011. Posted in Nutrition

Hey FS Team!

Here is your nutrition/health post for the week.  Just a little more research adding to the problems with artificial sweeteners.

Would you feed your kids rubber?  What happens when your kids swallow a small plastic toy?  What if your dog swallows a small toy?

 

Northglenn Boot Camp Free Stuff!

Written by David Mura on Tuesday, 01 February 2011. Posted in Nutrition, Thornton

Hey Team!

We like to dedicate Wednesdays to tweaking societies warped view on nutrition and trying to set a few things strait. So here's a little information to soak up in your fantastical brain!  Make sure you apply it too.  Read to the bottom and click the link for a trial of Pro/Grade mens or womens multi!

You've heard the phrase "You are what you eat" many times before.  Though I think its safe to say that we will not take it literally we may not take it as serious as we should.

When the topic of nutrition comes up you'll hear me say quite often "If you eat like crap you'll feel like crap.  If you eat great you'll feel great."  The food you eat is important.  Going from eating poor to eating great will make a world of a difference.

But what if you already eat good?  What if the good things you ate still weren't enough?  Well they probably aren't unless your eating way too much of the good stuff.  Fruits, vegetables, grains, meats the list goes on just aren't what they used to be.

Soils have been striped of their once rich nutrients so our produce and grains are weak in many nutrient areas.  Yet we still assume they are just as good. 

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the World Health Organization, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion agree – you should eat more fruits and vegetables. 

Up to 10 total servings a day!"

This is something most of us know and have heard before.  A multi-vitamin will help pick up where your food falls short.  I absolutely agree with taking a multi, and take one myself.  But where do you start? There are 10's of thousands of supplement companies out there that push their product on you through grand marketing schemes.

So who do you believe?  The problem is that there is NO regulation on the supplement industry, so anyone can go out and produce a product with cheap vitamins and minerals, market the crap out of it and people will buy it.  So a little research is needed to see who is actually legit and who is ripping you off.

Here lies the other problem.  Who has all the time to research the problem.  So we fall back to marketing.  We go with the one that talks the biggest game when that's not always the case.

Well long story short we have done the research and you may have been seeing the little "Pro Grade" logo around lately.  Here's your chance to see for your self.

The link here will allow you to try it for FREE.  Click below choose men's or Woman's and see the difference it makes.

http://fitsoldiers.getprograde.com/vgf25-free-trial.html

Let us know what you think!

Stay Healthy!
Dashing Dave!

Fit Soldiers

2100 East 112th Avenue #2
Northglenn, CO 80233

Thornton CO Boot Camp We Give You The Best

Written by David Mura on Friday, 28 January 2011. Posted in Nutrition, Thornton, Information

Hello Fit Soldier Team,
Day in and day out we strive to not just give you a good workout.  Rather we put into your workouts a growing base of fitness knowledge, and creativity.
The same is NOT true for the vitamin and supplement industry.  (check out the blog post from a few weeks back Truth About Supplements) The quick truth is that the vast majority of them are crap.  There are no regulations on supplements.  In short as they do in the video.  You and I can blend together our own cheap vitamin or supplement, sell it for big bucks, all without doing anything wrong.

Northglenn Boot Camp (GO GREEK)

Written by David Mura on Wednesday, 26 January 2011. Posted in Nutrition, Northglenn

Hey Team,

If you've been around me long enough (10 minutes) there is a good chance you know that I'm a big fan of Greek Yogurt.  For those of you who are new to the loop here's the scoop.

It is yogurt that has been triple strained and in turn increases the concentration of the protein and on the flip side decreases the amount of sugar.  This makes for a great recover or a balanced snack if paired with some fruit or other goodies.

***Don't Be Fooled***
I wrote over the past year about "good foods gone bad" and yogurt was one of them.  Greek yogurt is in the same shoes.  Manufactures are banking on the fact that the greek fad is booming so what do they do?

The same with yogurt.  Pump in obscene amounts of sugar to make it meet the standard of our desensitized taste buds making it more like a desert.  Now your greek goes from about 18g protein / 6gsugar, to 18g protein up to 20+g sugar...  Don't Be Fooled.

Nobody Likes Sour Milk
And plain yogurt is just nasty...  I agree it can be a little tough to get down with out all that sugar.  So here are some of my favorite add in's t PLAIN Greek Yogurt, as well as a bunch of unique ideas that were passed on from one of our awesome boot campers.

  • Berries, mix em' mash em' Berries are among the lowest in sugar in the fruit family but pack some awesome flavor.
  • Nuts!
  • Honey: but not too much.
  • Greek Tsaziki: cucumbers, dill, pinch of salt!
  • Smoothie: makes for a little thicker texture.
  • Sour Cream: add a pinch of salt and substitute.
  • Granola: keep an eye on the sugar in the granola here.
  • Chicken,Tuna,Egg Salad: use instead of mayo.
  • Cupcakes: mix with vanilla or almond, a lil sweetener and use as frosting.
  • Creamy Salad dressing: add spices and a little milk.
  • Horseradish: mix the 2 and use as a fish or shrimp dip.
  • Pancakes: mix with skim milk and use instead of buttermilk.
  • Waffles: mix with your favorite fruit and top.

The list could go on.  Be creative.  If you have a favorite we would love to hear it, just comment it below!

Stay Healthy!
Dashing Dave!

Fit Soldiers

2100 East 112th Avenue #2
Northglenn, CO 80233