Wellness is a state of optimal health and wellbeing that is oriented toward maximizing an individual’s potential. It conjures up a picture of energy. It is enjoying and thriving in life; having enough zest to thrive regardless of what life throws at us.

“Wellness” - we see the term everywhere. There is a proliferation of WELLNESS CLINICS in a generation of doctors writing prescriptions (script). This is no surprise with 32% obese and 70 % of Americans overweight. We are literally drowning in a sea of FAT. Where are the lifeguards! We have gone from 50% of American society overweight to 70% in 10-15 years. Projections say 90% of us will be overweight in the next 10 years! It is the FAT that is killing Americans.

Symptoms of FAT:

• Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
• Diabetes II
• Cancer
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Gout
• Dyslipidemia (High Cholesterol)
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Fatty Liver
• Gallbladder Disease (Gallstones)
• Respiratory Problems (Sleep Apnea, Asthma)
• Osteoarthritis (Joint Stress on hips, knees, ankles)
• Low Energy
• Depression

That is why “fat loss” is much more relevant than weight loss. Nonetheless, since most people understand weight loss, we call ourselves WEIGHT LOSS HEALTH PROs. The health portion is all about reducing an individual’s fat percentage to a level where they can have optimal ENERGY which enables them to start to living in a state of WELLNESS.

Please call us to arrange your customized Bod Pod test today with one of our staff

We are a group of Fat Loss professionals measuring Body Fat and Metabolism. These tests combined with a low glycemic meal replacement system help individuals and Health Professionals reduce body fat percentages.

Medical professionals are writing prescriptions everyday to keep 70% of Americans alive from the onslaught of obesity. These medications are used to offset the high blood pressure, diabetes, gout, stroke, fatty liver, cardiac and many other issues related to excess body fat. Ultimately, we need more wellness clinics that center their focus on helping patients lower their body fat.

To our surprise, no one is measuring body fat percentages. Offices just weigh patients on a doctor’s scale, yet the Bod Pod is a simple 5 minute seated test. When body fat is reduced to lower amounts (9 - 20% in men and 19 - 30 % in women), the results are higher ratios of physical wellness and energy! This range for people truly means they have optimal health.

“Wellness is being at your ideal (lean) range which is determined by the Bod Pod measurement to ensure body fat percentage is in balance with lean muscle mass. This will produce optimal energy output and a great metabolism enabling a healthy energized well-being maximizing an individual’s potential.”

This should be a standardized practice for every office and clinic, however, most doctors and health professionals don’t even know what a Pod Bod is! On the other hand, the few that do know about Bod Pods and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) don’t associate the synergy between body composition, metabolism and low glycemic meal replacement weight loss systems to ensure long term fat loss and wellness.

Wellness is the integration of mind, body and spirit. Optimal wellness allows us to achieve our goals and find meaning and purpose in our lives!

As a native New Zealander, I believe health and wellness start and stem from a basis of energy. You must have the energy to get started and finish strong. If your energy supply is drained or your body is tired, in pain or medicated, then your motivation is diminished and chances of thriving or success are reduced.

There has to be a desire to have that energy and a motivation to get well by reducing that fat percentage. It is critical to lighten the pressure load on essential organs so you can thrive. Then mentally and physically you are in a place to look forward, dream and plan the future!

Ultimately, the dimensions of wellness all fall into two broader categories: mental and physical. This is crucial to note, since the mental or emotional component is often overlooked as we focus on key elements such as physical fitness and chronic disease risk factors.

If wellness creates energy, obesity creates misery and monetary costs for most Americans (with all of the negative symptoms excess brings lethargy, a decrease in energy and medical issues stated above). Also, the current expenditure on obesity or fat issues costs the average state $3.3 billion. Yes…billion! This will ensure higher taxes to cover these costs let alone prescription costs to the overweight. Blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol. Average cost in obesity related medications currently is $1,400 per year.

By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Obese Americans — those who are 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight — cost the country an estimated $147 billion in weight-related medical bills in 2008, double what it was a decade ago, a new study shows.
Overall, an obese patient has $4,871 in medical bills a year compared with $3,442 for a patient at a healthy weight.
The findings are from a statistical analysis released here Monday at a government meeting convened to discuss ways to reduce obesity and inactivity by changing the environment.

Better nutrition, coupled with exercise, has long been the favored prescription for losing weight and avoiding obesity. A new study suggests diet actually plays the key role.

Researchers from Loyola University Health System and other centers, compared African-American women in metropolitan Chicago with women in rural Nigeria. On average, the Chicago women weighed 184 pounds and the Nigerian women weighed 127 pounds.

Researchers had expected to find that the slimmer Nigerian women would be more physically active. To their surprise, they found no significant difference between the two groups in the amount of calories burned during physical activity.

“Decreased physical activity may not be the primary driver of the obesity epidemic,” said Loyola nutritionist Amy Luke, a member of the study team.

Burn more, eat more

People burn more calories when they exercise. Thing is, they usually compensate by eating more, said Richard Cooper, co-author of the study and chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology.

“We would love to say that physical activity has a positive effect on weight control, but that does not appear to be the case,” Cooper said.

Diet differences

Diet is a more likely explanation than physical activity expenditure for why Chicago women weigh more than Nigerian women, Luke said. She noted the Nigerian diet is high in fiber and carbohydrates and low in fat and animal protein. By contrast, the Chicago diet is 40 percent to 45 percent fat and high in processed foods.

“Evidence is beginning to accumulate that dietary intake may be more important than energy expenditure level,” Luke said. “Weight loss is not likely to happen without dietary restraint.”

The results, announced in a statement from the university today, were published in the September 2008 issue of the journal Obesity.

Other centers involved in the study include University of Ibadan in Nigeria, Howard University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and University of Wisconsin.