Restor Healing Centre 

416 E. Roosevelt Rd. Ste 107 
Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630.682.5090
Fax: 630.260.1230
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August 2008

Do you value yourself enough to be disciplined?
Do you value yourself enough to take care of your health? Are you disciplined enough to make the changes necessary for improving the quality of your life? 
Merriam-Webster defines discipline as training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental facilities or moral character. While value is defined as the monetary worth of something, relative worth, utility or importance. 
After reading the definitions, did you answers change? Are you important to yourself? When was the last time you focused on yourself and your health?
Your health is your top priority. Without optimal health, productivity and energy are low. Our stress increases as sleep and immune function decrease altering hormone balance. Then we tend to gain excess weight and have a higher risk of personal injury and disease. 
Now that we've said all the bad, its time to make way for the good. We have three Lifestyle Educators, who are here to teach you the correct way to eat and exercise. They will also give you moral support to help become disciplined and value yourself. 
You need to do this because your body is your best asset. You can do this with our help. Call today to set up your appointment with a personal Lifestyle Educator. We are here to help you.


The 7 Most Important Facts About Water
Drinking the right among of water daily is the single most important thing you can do to benefit your health. It is one of the most inexpensive and simple things we can do for our health. 
How much water should I drink? Simply divide your body weight by 2 and this will give you the ounces of water to drink daily. Example: 150 lbs divided by 2 = 75 oz. per day. 

1 - Coffee, sodas and other drinks containing lots of sugar and/or caffeine do not count as water
2 - Caffeine and sugar can upset the body's natural water balance and contribute to dehydration
3 - Circulation, digestion, absorption and elimination depend on water to function optimally
4 - The consequences of dehydration (not drinking water) can result in chronic diseases
5 - Good practice is to drink 1 to 2 glasses in the morning and evening and than 1 hour before meals
6 - Many people eat because they think they are hungry, in fact they are thirsty and don't even know it
7 - Drinking adequate water can help facilitate weight loss


5 Reasons We Struggle With Portion Control
So whats more important, the food we eat, or how much of it we consume? Interesting question, however both play a prevalent role in how fast we lose weight. We live in America, the land of "Big Everything." Restaurant portions are growing, fast food portions are growing, snack portions are growing, and most of all WE are growing!

1 - Too many bad snacks
      We are constantly snacking all day. In fact we keep them everywhere, on counters, our rooms, cars, and even in our pockets or purses. If you see it, you will eat it. Keep snacks out of sight and chances are they will stay out of mind.
2 - The size of your dishes and glasses
      If there is space, you will fill it! Why do we need a dish set that could feed the New York Giants? If you buy smaller plates and glasses, you won't have the room to fill it with all those extra calories. Just don't go back for seconds!
3 - Eating during leisure time
      Is it just me or is American Idol that much more interesting with a bag of pretzels and a Mountain Dew? Well it's not! If you are distracted when you are eating, you tend to ignore your stop signals i.e. you're body saying its full. Eat at the dinner table, not the coffee table, computer desk or end table. 
4 - Low-fat meals
     Lets get one thing straight right out of the gate, just because it says low-fat does not mean it is healthy, nor does it mean you can eat more of it. Low-fat usually means high sugar which is also most likely still high in calories. When losing weight, calories are king, keep your calories down and with it your weight should follow. 
5 - Unaware of consequences
     There are many consquences to eating 3 big meals as oppsed to 5 or 6 balanced ones. Our metabolism slows down due to the large amount of food that has to be processed into energy. Also, the left over food remnants have a great chance of being stored as fat. These are just a few, but the disadvantages of eating large quantities are numerous.