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Stacy’s has been in the health and fitness industry for 15yrs. Passionately helping thousands of people get in shape, eat better, and change their lifestyle. She has a degree in Exercise Science, certified as a personal trainer, boot camp instructor, nutrition coach, wellness coach. She has also recently appeared in TV show “Meet The Experts”. She incorporates her integrated style approach to helping clients create a lifestyle change that addresses her 5 principle foundations for lasting transformation. After working in health clubs for over 10years and watching the high turnover of employee and drop out rates of new members, she wanted to reach out to those who needs were not being met in that atmosphere. Her company STA-FIT Health Solutions & Fit Body Boot Camp was created to address the needs of those who are frustrated with their lack of results. She has created lifestyle programs that offer a way to challenge the mind, body, and spirit through educating her clients with proper goal setting, addressing sabotaging behaviors, creating a plan and a solution with proper nutrition, supplementation, and exercise all while holding them accountable through group and individual accountability programs. She offers customized solutions for those who need more attention with one to one personal services in home or in private studio as well as group training to address a larger audience who prefer to engage in a dynamic group environment. Her strong desire to help as many people as possible was the driving force behind her boot camp business. Her mission is to use her business to be the vehicle that moves her clients forward on their journey towards better health, better life with a balanced approach. Her vision is to create a different lifestyle approach for people that will help them be more productive at work, have more energy, happy with the way they look, help them connect with others who share common goal, and empower her clients to share their stories to make a difference in the community and in their homes as good role models. Her motto ” lead by example”. As a busy mother, dedicated wife, and business owner, she strives to continue her journey of spiritual growth, living with purpose of making a difference, balancing her own healthy living while also empowering clients with a deeper purpose in mind. Stacy is taking steps to reach out into the community and give to those in need by working with local food bank, church, and charity events. She motivates her clients to use their increased fitness to also give back through being fit to serve others, participating in races for local charity, other fitness events, and mission trips. Her company host annual community events like “ Burn the Fat to Feed the Hungry” which is a food drive for local food bank and last year her boot campers raised over $5,000 to help Wounded Warriors in Woodstock, GA. with the local fire and police department. Her company services Canton, Woodstock, and Roswell Georgia and can be reached www.stayfitwithstacy.com or www.fitbodybootcampga.com for free trial.

Blog Feed Is Your Slow Metabolism To Blame For Weight Gain? 23 March 2012, 6:50 pm You're working out and eating well, but just can't seem to lose weight. Could a slow metabolism be keeping you from your weight-loss goals? It just might. What is your metabolism and what relationship does it have to weight gain? Can you speed up your metabolism to help your body burn more calories? Hang on tight, ‘cause you're heading for a crash course in metabolism! What is Metabolism? The calories in your food or beverages combine with oxygen and create the energy necessary for your body to function. Metabolism is the complex, biochemical process in which your body takes what you eat and drink and converts it into energy. Your metabolism is constantly at work, even during rest and sleep when your body needs energy to breath, circulate blood, adjust hormones, repair cells, and grow new cells. Your basal metabolic rate is the amount of calories it takes for your body to perform its basic functions. It affects how much energy your body needs to do its job and helps determine the number of calories you'll burn each day. Many factors play a role in your basal metabolic rate. The first is your body composition and size. Larger people and those with more muscle mass burn more calories even while resting. This means overweight people usually have a faster metabolic rate than their thinner peers. The second factor affecting your metabolic rate is your sex. Men generally have more muscle and less fat and therefore burn more calories, giving them the advantage when it comes to metabolic rate. Third, your metabolic rate changes with age. The older you are, the less muscle you're likely to have. As a result, you burn calories slower. Besides your basal metabolic rate, the amount of physical activity you get and the way your body digests and processes food determines how many calories you burn. While many factors go into your metabolism, the most variable is physical activity. However, exercise also makes the most difference in the number of calories you burn, so amp up your exercise and watch your metabolism rise as well. Slow Metabolism = Weight Gain? Contrary to popular belief, a slow metabolism rarely causes excess weight gain. While it would be easy to blame your weight on a slow metabolism, the most likely culprit behind those extra pounds is the amount of calories you consume versus the amount of calories you expend in physical activity. When you eat more calories than you expend, your body stores that away as fat. Your metabolism is a natural process, and your body balances your metabolism to meet your individual energy needs. This is made clear when folks jump into a starvation diet. When you don't eat, your body slows down the metabolizing processes to conserve calories and energy to survive. You don't have much control over your metabolism, but you can control the number of calories you burn during exercise. The more activity you perform, the more calories you burn. You may think a thin person has a faster metabolism, but they're usually just more active. Having a slow metabolism is rare, and it usually doesn't cause obesity. Medical conditions such as hypothyroidism and Cushing's syndrome may slow metabolism and lead to weight gain. But for the most part, the factors that contribute to weight gain include consuming too many calories, genetics, family history, unhealthy habits such as too little sleep or not eating breakfast, and certain medications. If you want to kick-start your metabolism with challenging progressive workouts then call or email me today to get started. TAKE THE 24 DAY CHALLENGE AND KICKSTART YOUR FAT LOSS AND RECEIVE HALF OFF BOOT CAMP! For first time participants only Averaging 10-15lbs and 11 inches lost in 24 days 2-3 inches in the waist line 4% Body Fat   A METABOLIC SYSTEM, NOT A DIET  THAT IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY                 Questions? EMAIL OR CALL ME NOW TO RESERVE  YOUR SPOT IN THE 24 DAY CHALLENGE 678-881-9881 or stacy@fbbcga.com _________________________________________________  Ann 69yrs. old  lost 20lbs , 7inches in hips, 5 inches waist, 3 thigh from taking Advocare products after 2months on 24 day challenge and still going! " Thanks to my daughter for getting me on  the 24 Day challenge and Advocare products I have more energy, got rid of acid reflux,lost more weight and inches than I ever have in such a short period of time.  Best of all was the program was so easy to implement.  I thought my weight gain would be impossible to lose unless I exercised for hours and starved myself.  The nutrition coaching has taught me that anyone at any age can do this without killing yourself! I highly recommend this program to kick start your weight loss!" WOODSTOCK FIT BODY BOOT CAMP IS CHANGING LIVES!   We are currently offering Mon-Fri. 6am class and    9:15am Mon-Wed.- Fri. class.  All members can go to unlimited times and locations.  The bootcamp is a 45 min. inspiring fat burning workout.  The program runs annually indoors in a gymnastics building.  We will incorporate running drills, core strength, resistance using bodyweight, dumbells, bands, partner drills, and obstacle courses.  Each day new theme and motivation.  Come joins us for a fun and challenging workout!  See website for more information! If you are interested but can't attend the times above, please email me times that you are interested in training.  ______________________________________________________________________   THEY ATTRACT THE VERY BEST    DREW BREES SUPERBOWL MVP QUARTERBACK & NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON  "I KNOW I'm SAFE with AdvoCare...EVERYTIME!" ______________________________________________________________________      Feeling Stress & Inflammed Can be Helped By Changing Your Diet 31 December 2011, 2:41 pm Reduce your risk with anti-inflammatory foods You may think of inflammation as something that happens when you sprain your ankle or get a sore throat. But did you know that low-level inflammation (which you may not feel at all) can be a significant risk factor for heart disease? Many experts now recognize that an anti-inflammatory diet can be a powerful tool for reducing your risk of heart disease. As a bonus, the same approach can help lower your risk of many other conditions as well, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and depression. Here are some tips on creating an anti-inflammatory diet: Use olive oil, nuts, and avocodo as your primary sources of fat. These foods are rich in monounsaturated fats, which help to quell inflammation. Increase your intake of omega-3 fats. Omega-3 fats, especially the EPA and DHA forms, are powerfully anti-inflammatory. Good sources include fish such as salmon, herring, mackerel, fish roe (caviar) and fish oil supplements. Decrease your intake of omega-6 fats. A diet high in omega-6 fats can lead to the over-production of inflammatory chemicals in the body. Vegetable oils such as corn oil are the primary source of omega-6 fats in the diet. Eat loads of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables, especially the brightly-colored ones, are packed with antioxidants that help quell inflammation and repair inflammation-related damage. Aim for five servings of vegetables and up to four servings of fruits every day. Excellent choices include spinach, red and green peppers, broccoli, leafy greens, tomatoes, carrots, berries, citrus fruits, and melons. Limit your intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates. Foods made with sugar and/or white flour create high blood sugar levels, which can aggravate inflammation.  To keep blood sugar levels steady and inflammation at bay, limit your intake of foods with a high glycemic load, such as candy, pastry, cakes, cookies, soda, juice, breads and other baked goods. See also below how sugar negatively effects your immune system. Spice it up. Vibrant spices like ginger, curry powder, chili powder, garlic, and onions all have potent anti-inflammatory properties. Incorporate these ingredients into your meals and recipes as often as possible. Use the IF Rating system. The IF Rating system shows you the inflammatory (or anti-inflammatory) potential of foods you eat. Foods with a high IF Rating are considered anti-inflammatory. Foods with a negative IF Rating are considered inflammatory. It's not necessary to eliminate all foods with negative IF Ratings. The goal is to balance your choices so that the the total iF Rating for all the foods you eat in a day is in the positive (anti-inflammatory) range. Sugar: Your Immune System and Heart Disease      -Don’t Blind Your White Cells -Your Diet, Mood, Stress and Genetics All Play A Role “Most people worry that they eat too much between Thanksgiving and Christmas, when really they should be worried about eating too much between Christmas and Thanksgiving.”   Anonymous The chance of dying from cancer, heart disease, stroke, viral or bacterial infections, like pneumonia, depend on the strength of your immune system.  We could all die, if it were not for our immune system’s ability to fight foreign invaders and chronic inflammation in our body.  Our immune system’s response depends on our diet, stress, genetics and our mood.  Our nutrition can up regulate or down regulate our genes for life or death. Getting A Cold Or The Flu?  Around the holidays people tend to eat more sugary foods and refined carbohydrates, thus, having a direct and negative effect on their immune system.  Adults tend to get 2-4 colds or flu a year.  The common cold’s  increased occurrence is when the air is colder and less humid, we don’t get as much sunshine (vitamin D) and is more common around the holidays when our defenses are down from our intemperance in our diet. Holiday Cheer Or Holiday Fear Increased sugar intake boosts the neurotransmitter serotonin, our happy mood brain chemical.  This suggests that eating sugar can make you feel better when you are depressed.  Your mood may temporally improve from the sugar high; but, you will pay a high price.  Numerous research studies have shown that increased sugar intake dramatically decreases your immune response.  Short-term hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) negatively affects all major components of your immunity. Sugar Blinds Your Immune System Your white cells (leukocytes) are the primary mediators of the immune response.  Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that is a first line of defense that swallows up (phagocytosis) foreign cells or bugs.  High sugar loads in the body turn off the neutrophils radar for several hours, depending on the amount of sugar ingested.  High glucose levels increase the risk of infections from Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus and E coli.  In diabetics, high glucose levels increase the risk of Klebsiella pneumoniae.  In healthy adults, eating simple carbohydrates like: glucose, fructose, sucrose, honey and orange juice significantly decreased the ability of the neutrophil to engulf bacteria.  The greatest effect was one to two  hours after the sugar consumption, but lasted for up to five hours before the fasting control values of normal white cell function returned to normal. Sugar And Heart Disease But sugar doesn’t cause heart disease?  Can it?  The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC), a community-based cohort of almost 16,000 people from four states (North Carolina, Mississippi, Maryland and Minnesota), found that HbA1c levels taken in 1990-1992 and tracked for 10-12 years, correlated with coronary heart disease events, hospitalizations and deaths. HbA1c Predicts Heart Disease The researchers found that Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)-a measure of long-term blood glucose level-predicts heart disease risk in both diabetics and non-diabetics.  An elevated blood glucose level is the defining feature of diabetes.  It has been argued whether elevated glucose levels contributed independently to increasing heart-disease risk, until now!  In participants with diabetes, the researchers found a graded association between HbA1c and increasing coronary heart disease risk.  Each 1-percentage-point increase in HbA1c level was associated with a 14 percent increase in heart disease risk.  Non-diabetic persons with HbA1c levels of 6 percent or higher had almost a two-fold greater heart disease risk compared to persons with an HbA1c level below 4.6 percent. Stress And Your Immune System Stress, through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, modulates the immune system.   The adrenal glands produce cortisol in response to stress, which suppresses the immune response.  Stress can reduce neutrophil activity, change the type of chemical mediators called cytokines produced by the white cells, decrease cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CD8) and natural killer cells.  It is now known that increased stress can lead to increased respiratory infections, due to a stress related decrease in your immune response. What Can I Do?  Seven Recommendations Recommendation #1: Cut out the sugars and refined carbohydrates in your diet and eat more raw food to improve your immune system function. Vitamin A : is required for the growth and activation of B-lymphocytes, increases macrophages, improves T-lymphocyte function and is critical in maintaining sufficient levels of natural killer cells. Recommendation #2--5,000IU of vitamin A a day extra while sick. Vitamin C can reduce the duration and frequency of the viral common cold and flu symptoms. Recommendation #3--1000mg of Vitamin C every several hours, no maximum. Vitamin B6 improves lymphocyte differentiation, maturation and antibody production. Recommendation #4--100mg of B6 a day, maximum. Zinc improves white cells immune function such as neutrophils, natural killer cells, T lymphocyte function and B lymphocyte development, antibody production and macrophage activity. Recommendation #5–add an extra 15 mg of zinc a day.  Literature suggests that greater than 100mg a day of zinc actually depresses the immune system. Vitamin D up-regulates the gene called cathelicidin, a naturally occurring broad spectrum antibiotic in our white cells. Recommendation #6--5000IU of Vitamin D a day. Recommendation #7--Read your Bible daily for its healing qualities & Exercise Daily “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.” Prov 17:22 References: Zabriskie, N., “Holiday Immune Support: Sugar+Stress = Vulnerability To Colds And Flu,” Vitamin Research News,, Nov 2008;22(11):1-5. Reiche, E.M., “Stress And Depression-induced Immune Dysfunction: Implications For The Development And Progression Of Cancer,” Int. Rev. Psychiatry, Dec 2005;17(6):5150527. Selvin, E., “Meta-Analysis: Glycosylated Hemoglobin and Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes Mellitus,” Archives of Internal Medicine, September 12, 2005;14(6):421-431. Smolders,I., “Effects Of Dietary Sucrose On Hippocampal Serotonin Release,” Britsh J Nutr., August 2001;86(2):151-5 Patel,K.L., “Impact Of Tight Glucose Control On Postoperative Infection Rates And Wound Healing In Cardiac Surgery Patients,” J Wound Ostomy Continenced Nurs., Jul-Aug 2008;35(4):397-404. 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