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SUPEGIRL JAM and SK8*GRL BOOTH at VENICE BEACH this SUNDAY!!

SUPERGIRL JAM - Come to Venice Beach this SUNDAY!! SK8*GRL will have a booth along with Top Pro Snowboarders and Skateboarders.....check out some amazing talent! For more info...go here: www.Supergirljam.com

7 great reasons to eat like a kid!

We always here that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and here's why!

HERBALIFE at the IDEA Health & Wellness EXPO in LA

On Friday, August 8th we were at the HERBALIFE booth at the IDEA Health & Wellness EXPO. It was great as so many people from our 'Active Nutrition Club' team were there.

Dr. Luigi Gratton the VP of Nutrition Education was on hand to visit with guests and all of us Health Coaches. He's a very personable Dr. and offered us a wealth of information on nutrition and living a healthy and active lifestyle!

Last summer I met David Beckham as I was the skateboarder at their son's Birthday Party at a Skate Park. He's such and amazing person....very genuine and kind!

AUGUST 14 - 3rd ANNUAL SUPERGIRL PRO JUNIOR HITS THE BEACH AT OCEANSIDE, CA.

ASP GRADE-4 EVENT WILL SHOWCASE SURFING’S TOP JUNIOR GIRLS! WITH 2010 WOMEN’S U.S. OPEN CHAMPION CARISSA MOORE, COCO HO AND MALIA MANUEL SET TO COMPETE.....WATCH A LIVE STREAM AT SUPERGIRLJAM.COM

LOS ANGELES (August 9, 2010) – This weekend, the 3rd Annual Supergirl Pro Junior surf contest hits Oceanside Beach, California, with the richest purse in ASP Women’s Pro Junior history. Embodying the strength of DC Comics’ iconic hero, SUPERGIRL, sixteen of the best 20-year-old-and-under female surfers in the world will be competing for the $10,000 top prize in this Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-4 contest. Offering a total purse of $21,000, the Supergirl Pro Junior is the second event in the 2010 Supergirl Jam event series, the action sports industry’s largest all-female competition and lifestyle festival, featuring more than 100 female pros in surfing, skateboarding, inline skating and snowboarding. The first event in the series, the Supergirl Am Jam took place June 30, at Simi Valley, California’s Skatelab and honored the best amateur female skateboard street athletes.

Showcasing the industry’s best young female talent, this year’s Supergirl Pro Junior contest includes athletes who rank amongst the top in women’s surfing today. The field in Oceanside, CA will include surfing stars like last weekend’s 2010 Women’s U.S. Open Winner, Carissa Moore (Honolulu, HI); 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie of the Year and 2008 Supergirl Pro Junior Champion, Coco Ho (Oahu, HI); and 2009 Supergirl Pro Junior silver medalist and 2008 Women’s U.S. Open Champion, Malia Manuel (Kauai, HI), as well as 13 additional up-and-coming pros. Ho and Moore are the top-ranked juniors in the field and currently sit seventh and eighth respectively in the ASP Women’s World Tour global rankings.

The Supergirl Jam event series, the Supergirl Pro Junior will be streamed live via a multitude of prominent action sports websites to include: ASP.com, BNQT.com, ESPN.com, Foxsports.com, Freescaster.com, GrindTV.com, Surfline.com, Supergirl.com and SupergirlJam.com, the official online destination for the 2010 Supergirl Jam events and results. The Supergirl Pro Junior webcast will run from 11:00 a.m. PST until 3:00 p.m. PST on August 14, via any of these sites. Fans can also receive breaking news and event updates via Twitter @WBSupergirl.

SK8*GRL will have a booth at the Supergirl Jam series’ third event in Venice Beach, CA on August 22!!
The event will showcase the PRO Snowboard Rail Jam, PRO Skateboard Street Course and Inline Best Trick contests and will also be webcast live starting at 11:30 a.m. PST on August 22.

The World is Bigger Than You Think

Natalie Clafton is a New Coach on my Team at 'ACTIVE NUTRITION!' She recently graduated from college and she loves running. I want to promote her blog so you can find out more about this healthy mid-western girl!

These days there are numerous topics that seem to fire me up. Maybe it is the recent end to my educational pursuit (for the moment) or the lack of an immediate full time job to fall into, but my head continues to spin from all the information it is fed daily.

Today, the source of my twitch- obesity. Let me state for the court, this is not the first time I've tried to calm the nerve. In the past few days I've had the pleasure to meet a group of people so passionate, so enthusiastic, so energetic, my eyes widen, ears perked and mind went into overdrive. We the people. We the people really do have the power to change. There are people out there who truly will not stand for the brainwashing from multiple industries to continue to expand our waistlines and rest our beating hearts. READ MORE>>>>

WHY PROTEIN IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR LIVES

A Necessity For Every Body
Protein is an important component of every cell in the body! It is an organic compound, composed of 22 amino acids, otherwise known as the building blocks of life. Protein is stored in muscles and organs and the body utilizes it to build and repair tissues, as well as for the production of enzymes and hormones.
Proteins also make it possible for blood to carry oxygen throughout the body. Along with fat and carbohydrates, protein is a "macronutrient," meaning the body needs relatively large amounts of it. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that our daily protein requirements should be 10% to 35% of our total caloric intake, with men needing slightly more than women. Generally, women need about 75-100 grams a day and men need even more. A lack of protein can cause loss of muscle mass, decreased immunity, as well as weakening of the heart and respiratory system.

How Protein Affects Your Weight
The widespread popularity of high-protein diets is due in large part to their ability to help manage hunger. When protein is absorbed, it sends a signal to the brain to decrease your hunger. Another benefit of protein is that it raises your resting metabolism by maintaining muscle mass. As we age, muscle mass decreases without exercise, so staying fit is a key to burning fat by keeping your metabolism high. Protein also leads to a much less rapid rise and fall of blood sugar and insulin, so you avoid the "sugar highs and lows" after eating sweets without adequate protein. Certain foods, however, provide a healthier resource for protein than others.

Consider the Source
You can obtain healthy sources of protein without high levels of saturated fat. For example, soybeans, nuts and whole grains provide protein without much saturated fat and offer plenty of healthful fiber and micronutrients as well. If you’re looking for yet another great way to obtain healthy protein, vegetable sources of protein found in Herbalife’s Formula 1, are high-quality and have lower calorie levels with virtually no added fat.
Herbalife® products personalize your daily protein intake to match your body’s needs. With a variety of shakes and snacks, the Herbalife program helps you build or maintain lean muscle while providing healthy weight management support.

Now that you’ve increased your knowledge of protein, you can effectively enhance your diet and allow good health to take shape.
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