Happy Holidays and Happy New Year..!

Where have I been? Quite frankly, I've been relaxing and enjoying nature. 2008 was a long year and productive as well, so I believe in taking long break to spend time with loved ones, and dear friends.

I just wanted to sneak here on my vacation to let you know you will be hearing from me and my staff in 2009. Also look for a few changes that will take effect at BodyBuzz Fitness, including this blog between January 09 - February 09.

In the mean time, please do yourself a wonderful favor, and have a blast, enjoy your time, release bad stress with meditation and exercise, come up with solid plans for 2009 t0 eliminate bad health and fitness habits in your life. I guarantee it you will be more fit, healthy and more successful, no matter how insurmountable you may think things will get.

Happy Holidays to you all, and may this new year brings you more joy, better health, prosperity and more success. Without you reading our blogs and commenting it would have been impossible. Please help us help you more in 2009 by sending all the questions you have for us at info@bodybuzzfitness.com

To your health,

Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
Nutrifitwellness

NYC Storm - Does Fitness Fit in?

Today is the first storm in NYC in a little while. I can't remember the last storm the city faced, perhaps, last year. Anyhow, this is isn't a terrible snow storm, however the speed of the windchill and the reduction of stride length with every step you take make it not so entertaining. In my case, I forgot my umbrella, my earmuff, and my glove when I left my house this morning. You'll notice that in a few minutes.

But before I share this small little video with you. What the heck does NYC storm has to do with Fitness you may ask? Quite a lot actually...

The fitter you are and the healthier fat you have around your organs, your bones, and muscle tissues, the better your core body temperature will regulate in the cold weather and if you have warm layers on, you won't have to worry too much. Another thing that's very prevalent is sliding and falling. Many people tend to fall when it's snowing or lose their balance just by walking. In fact, I noticed that today, but missed the small scene with my camera. Well guess what, if your core stabilizers are stronger, and you have very fast reaction time [this happens through consistent resistance weight training, neuromuscular system training, core,and balance training of course] the better you'll be able to prevent a fall.

The other scenario is hypothermia. This usually happens when someone's body temperature falls below 95° Fahrenheit (35° Celsius). Your body's normal body functions will start to fail then. If you're out in the cold for too long or you get wet in the cold and stay with the wet clothes on for too long, you may start to exhibit symptoms of hypothermia such as: chills, shivering, lost of coordination, confusion, muscle cramping, and more. So what do you do:

• Keep yourself warm using gloves, headbands, earmuff, and hats
• Drink warm liquid drinks (tea is great), and avoid cold ones.
• Use a scarf around your neck and in front of your nose (just make sure you don't block your air way)
• Wear comfortable boots that are made for cold weather and snow.
• Drink "The Hot Caribbean Tea Sensation" look in September blog archive and you should find them.

In any case someone you know falls prey to hypothermia, call emergency for medical help immediately. Remember unless you're a doctor you can't do too much, therefore be prepared to wrap your friend in warm blankets, get them out of their wet clothes into dry clothes and get them some hot tea.

Here's the quick stormy video. This part of the city was not so terrible, but next to where I live was a dilemma. Faster windchill and more snow on the ground, and non-stop falling action.




Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
Nutrifitwellness
www.luvself.com

Pepe says, "Live, Love and Living Large"

This past weekend I had a blast in NYC. Even though it was very frigid Saturday but the fun was well worth it. As you know, I will always have something to share with you. I went to one of Manhattan's top toy store this past Saturday. It's nothing like Toy's R Us, it's "FAO Schwarz ". Literally, there's all kind of toys there, which brought some of my childhood memories.

Anywho, while I was in the store I stumbled upon an interesting little motivational comedy book, by this guy name Pepe. I'll introduce you to Pepe soon. But first let me tell you that Pepe is a wonderful and interesting character. The way he thinks about life in general is stupendous. No wonder his philosophy for a shrimp is "Live, Love, and Living Large".

After all, Pepe is a great shrimp that makes people think a little deeper about life, love and living large. What does all this has to do with health and fitness. Well, quite a lot! Before I move on to Pepe's quote let me introduce you to him.

Here's PePe the Shrimp:


I opened this little book and flipped through the pages, but the introduction was so captivating, I had to share it with you. Here's what Pepe says and I'll show you a picture of it soon.

He says" On what matter in life: There are three things that matter most in life. Getting away with stuff, getting free stuff, and getting together with the beautiful women's who won't take your stuff"

Obviously Pepe has a totally different outcome about life itself, and sarcasm seems to be part of his world. Despite of it all, he seems very happy as a shrimp and remain humorous. I wonder why, don't you? Perhaps it has to do with Pepe's quote above. For some of us getting away with stuff is a great friend. We make tons of excuses not to exercise, not to eat well, not to sleep well, no to go the meeting, not to make more money, not to live a healthier lifestyle then blame the entire world for not losing the bad weight, and not getting tone.

Ahhh "FREE"! Here's another interesting one, some of us don't value free stuff at all, and take it in vain. In fact, whenever there's a promotion and that's giving people things away for free, that would have potentially cost them thousands of dollars, many don't appreciate it or value it at all. I hope this new year this is part of your list for a change.

Now, getting away with beautiful women's who wont' take your stuff can be true or wrong. I'll let Pepe explains this one for you himself. But I can see how perplex his statement is and hope you can see that as well. I hope you enjoyed this post, and what Pepe had to say. Here's the picture of the quote from Pepe below. By the way if you can get your hands on this little small book, I highly recommend it for a great sarcastic, motivational laugh.


Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
www.luvself.com
Nutrifitwellness

Set Your "SMART" Goals Now

Today's post is entirely about you and you should take less than 5 minutes to read this one word by word. I'm writing this post because I got a couple emails from readers of my blog asking about efficient goals setting. Here it is, and hopefully this will benefit you tremendously as well. Even if you already know how to do this, an open-mind usually win against a close-mind. Don't you think?

Why wait till January 1st 2009 to come up with your definite goals [Broken New Year Resolution as I like to call them] on how to stay fit and healthy when you can start now. You see, procrastination is the mother of failure, so don't wait till the 1st, start working on them today.

You need to come up with "SMART" goals for 2009, otherwise forget about achieving them. It will be a waste of your time to even start. That's for any goal you have for that matter, not just losing 20 pounds of bad fats, or gaining 5 pounds of muscles. It all equates to setting up "SMART" goals.

What the heck does that mean Ibsen? My friend, it means that your goal should be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time efficient. You can't just get up one day and say, "Well, I want to lose 15 pounds this year". That's an outrageous statement to make because you'll never lose 15 pounds. In fact, you may never even lose 5 pounds.

I hear individuals say to me "I want to increase my income this year". That doesn't make any sense at all. Truthfully speaking, a 6 years old kid can say the same thing, and it doesn't sound like a goal. What is a goal anyway? Here's how Webster dictionary defines it,"The state of affairs that a plan intented to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intented to achieved it. The ends justify the means."

I like this definition but I don't think anyone should terminate their behavior intended to achieve any goal. In fact this behavior (it should be positive) should become part of you for the next goal you're going to embrace.

Here's my own simple definition “A goal is a specific purpose that must be achieved by defeating every obstacles and rewarded for being victorious.” Now,

Let me give you an example of how to shift these sentences , bolding in red , in the previous paragraph so they make sense to your conscious mind and your subconscious mind, hence, aiding you achieving such a goal.

Number 1: " Well, I want to lose 15 pounds this year" should be written down as such "I want to start going to the health club regularly starting the 7th of January 2009 on Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 2:30pm and spend 15 -30 minutes exercising. My plan is to lose 1 to 2 pound of fat each week by changing my eating habits, sleeping habit, with healthy supplementation. By February 18th 2009, I will be 15 pound less, much happier, and I will go to my favorite shopping mall to get a nice pair of blue jeans, and a great black top, as my reward."

Notice how the second statement flows. Now it's very easy to accomplish such a goal as long as you remain discipline and focus. By the way make sure you type it, and write it somewhere you can read every single day.

Number 2: "I want to increase my income this year." First of all, what are you willing to do to increase your income and how are you going to do it? Second, how much are you making and how much percent of an increase you'd like to see added to your paycheck, salary, or commission? Lastly, when would you want it to happen? Here's how this statement can be phrased or written down...

"Starting February 1st 2009, I will devote 5 more hours each week to help my Boss with more tasks, and I will devote another 3 more hours to enhance my expertise on the role of becoming his Assistant Manager. The second week of June 2009 when the next round of promotion comes, I will have my letter of intent stating why I am the most qualified individual for the new position, what I will do to make the transition much better, and what I will do to increase the company's bottom line. In July 2009, my salary will start with an additional $15,000 more and I will go to a nice wine lounge with my close friends to celebrate my new promotion as my reward."

Again, this should be written down somewhere and you should read it every single day until you get your rewards. As I mentioned earlier, waiting till January 2009 to start what I called "Broken New Years Resolution" is not as clever as you may think. In fact, most people don't even keep up with the very first goal they start with. Start now..!

Please don't forget to leave feedback and comments.

Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
Nutrifitwellness
www.luvself.com

Brain Pill For All..Which One?

This morning I picked up the newspaper, "The AM New York" and was reading a few personal posts. These posts are usually more interesting in any newspaper in my opinion, because the writer usually gives their opinion and there's less bias approach to the overall stories.

I came across a health article that read something like this "Brain pill for all". Take a look of it at the picture below. This small article talks about how certain pills are becoming standard recommendation in our society, and should be... especially drug stimulant like Ritalin and so forth that many workers and students takes to ease their mind and reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Scientists are conducting more research to make the so-called "these brain drugs" become more prevalent to the masses.

Even if you have no brain dysfunction you still can use "Brain pill for all". Listen to what some of these experts have to say, and I'm quoting it from this small article. "We should welcome new methods of improving our brain function," and doing it with pills is no more morally objectionable than eating right or getting a good night's sleep.

Someone please hold me very closely, because I'm going to burst. Actually, I think I just got a major migraine from reading this post, "Brain pill for all" even if you brain is healthy or not you should engorge these pills. Truthfully speaking, what kind of universal sociological law is this? Ummmm..! I think it's the one where the blind leads the the blind, or where the powerful ones seek out to suck the fresh blood out of individuals who can't open their eyes wide enough to understand what sort of health crisis that many nations are facing. especially The United States of America.

There is hope though, because the wellness revolution is right around the corner. This will be our health and fitness savior when it is appropriate. And quite frankly if you think you'll need a "Pill/Drug" for your brain, and it's mandatory for all. I'll tell you which one you need, "FISH OIL". Yes, that's correct, and you read that right.

This is the one kind of brain supplement and the magic supplement of all supplements that you should have in your house at all time, and if you want the best pill for all, and for you it's this one. You should never skip a day of not ingesting this pill. And this is a hint why...read what some of the benefits of Omega 3 fatty acids, or functional fatty acids are:

• Decrease muscle soreness
• Increase joint mobility (if you keep complaining about your joint, arthritis and so one, get on fish oil)
• Fight cortisol hormone and help with weight loss (that's right, this kind of fat will help you lose weight, especially around your stomach)
• Fight cancer cell (in all area of the body, and your brain too)
• Decrease tendonitis or prevent it
• Increase mental clarity
• Increase mental ability to recover from stress
• Increase memory cells
• Decrease inflammation around your joints, your organs, your cells...
• Reduce stress and high blood pressure
• Control hormone balance
• Decrease sleep disorder

And much much more......

You see, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and you need to read more about the benefits of this miracle supplement and the best "brain pill for all" go to NutrifitWellness and type in omega 3 in the search box, or good fat, however you want to name it. There's a library there as well where you can look up the term and find the answers you're looking for.

This post was bothering and was building a plaque around my heart arteries. Actually I think it was depriving my brain cells from oxygen, so I wanted to share it with you. Phweeeeeew.! Now I feel fabulous again. Please do not misunderstand me here, there' s a place for "Brain Drug" and there is a time when it's appropriate, and in my opinion it's in time of serious emergency, and you'll have to go the hospital. But if you are healthy or seeking to be healthy and fit, the true brain pill you need is "DHA/EPA" fatty acids.

Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
www.luvself.com
Nutrifitwellness

Camel Vs Man..Is There Any Fitness Involved?

What does camel and man have in common? Not a lot in my opinion, but I can tell you this. There's a few camel yoga poses that you can use at your own home to release a lot of tension in your thoracic spine(mid back) and lumbar spine (lower back). Before I show you one of these yoga poses with complete instructions.

Have you ever heard the phrase "A man's not a camel." Many people have a definition for it. What I've heard in the past is something that goes like this..."It has to do with guys drinking a lot of beer and making excuses for it..well I can't take it with me, I might as well drink it now." If you look at the camels pictures I posted below, you can see how fat their belly are.

I'm positive you've heard of beer belly before at some point in your life. When you drink too much beer you'll pack on most of the bad fats around your waist line, and yes beer has a lot of calories, lots of carbs and doesn't digest very fast, even though you may think it's water. Water is pure, beer is not.

Anyhow, I'm going to let you know about a beginner camel pose that is practiced widely in the yoga world. Just check out the pictures of these camels first I took this morning right in the vicinity where I do some Fitness and Health Consulting at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.


Here's the "Beginner Yoga Pose" that you can do in your room or anywhere you want with complete instructions.

Exercise Description:
Beginner Camel
Classification:
Yoga
Instructions:
1. Kneel on the floor with the arms by your sides. The knees are hip width apart and the toes are flat. Shift the weight more to the front of the knees and keep the spine upright. Place the palms onto the lower back either the fingertips facing up towards the shoulder blades or down towards the buttocks. Push the thighs forward slightly and inhale lift the chest and gently arch the spine. Squeeze the shoulder blades together to open the chest and only if the neck is strong release the head back.

2. Gently press the knees down to the floor and think of lifting and lengthening the spine rather than bending backwards.

3. If there is tension in the lower back do not extend quite as far. Relax the shoulders away from the ears and soften the face. For beginners hold this pose for 5 to 10 deep breaths.

Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
Nutrifitwellness
www.luvself.com

Alternative "Healthy Quick Snack/Late Lunch"

Someone ask me a few months ago to come up with an alternative of french fries, or fast food. Well what I did instead, I created a "Healthy Quick Snack/Late Lunch" food. Hopefully this will benefit you as well. The preparation is not long and the timing is short. Before I go into details about the recipe and show you the finish picture. Let me ask you this....

Did you know that you can make your very own healthy fast food? I mean really, your own pizza rather than going to the bad fast food joints, that will later clog your pores, insert a dagger into your arteries, and leave your colon in a state of confusion. I'll let you know in a few weeks how this alternative way of making your own fast food is healthier, tastier, and richer. Alright, let's resume back to my quick "Healthy Quick Snack/Late Lunch" recipe.

This is what I did. I went to a fish market and bought 2 wild fish (a white snapper and a blue snapper) and a small bag of red natural potato. Wild is better than farm raised, they are less toxic and more natural. I got home and marinated the fish and the potato. That only took about 5 minutes. How did I do it? Find out now....

Healthy Alternative 1/2 Fried Red Potato (Use Olive Oil, or Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

I used 6 potatoes
Cut them into a rounded shape
Add 5 cups of water into a glass bowl
Add 3 - 5 dash of sea salt
Add 1/2 spoon of red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
Let it sit there and marinated for about 5 hours.

HINT: You have to prepare this over night or in the morning if you want to eat it for early lunch or late lunch.

Fish (Blue and White Snapper)

You should have the fisherman clean the fish for you, take away the bones, and so forth so you don't have to do all that work. There are certain places that will marinated there for you, if that's your choice.

Add 1 - 2 spoon of fish seasoning into a large bowl (I bought mine from whole food)
Add 1 lemon ( I squeeze the juice and add it to the seasoning as well)
Add a dash of cayenne pepper (if you like more spicy food you can add 2..I like mine mild)
Add 2 dashes of basil
Let it saute and marinated for 5 hours.

When you're ready to start, you'll bake the fish in the oven for only 2- 5 minutes. Of course you have to preheat the oven first at 300 or 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Afterward, you fry the potato separately, in a frying pan, that only takes 5 minutes. In all, this meal took only 10 minutes to make, excluding all the small preparation (about 10 minutes too). By the way, don't forget your red wine or white wine.

I'm not telling you to go buy red wine to damage your liver. I'm just pointing out certain fish dish goes well with white wine or red wine. In my case, I wanted to go along with red. Don't forget to drink a glass of water before this meal and one after the meal.

A quick secret, if you're a man, this is actually a great meal you can make for a woman or your date and impress her. Trust me, all the goodies will come after. The same is true for a woman, make your date kneel down in front of you with this fast meal. Enjoy eating..!

Finished Meal....


Ibsen Alexandre
www.luvself.com

P.S: To learn more about the benefits of fish you can go to Nutrifitwellness and search for fish. Or you can simply go to "Buzz Articles" at www.bodybuzzfitness.com

Going To China To Lose Weight...!

Are you kidding me? Where is our country going people? Seriously! you should ask yourself the same question. It has gotten so bad with many Americans embracing their bad eating habits, lack of exercise, the refusal to make a change to eliminate stress and toxins in their body, that now we have to go to other Europeans countries and China to help us lose weight. Come on people..! It's time to finally wake up and take control of your healthy lifestyle.

As you already know, I spend a lot of my time studying and doing research for you to keep you update about what's going on in the health and fitness industry, and today I have a good one for you, an interesting article that you should read. I'll point it to you later, but first let me ask you a few simple questions, and you should be able to answer them. In fact, you can even share them with me at info@bodybuzzfitness.com if you want.

What would it mean to you to be healthy all the time?

Why aren't you taking care of your body and health more?

What is the motivation behind the excuses you constantly make?

What would it mean to you to have the desired body you always wanted and be really fit?


If you know there was a place you can go to eliminate stress out of your life and live happier where would that place be, and what would you do to get there?

I hope you can can answer these questions and save them somewhere you can see. Evey time you feel like you're falling by the way side, just read them. They will truly help you realize something that's bigger than you. As I've said before to you numerous time, the time to start getting healthier and fit is today, not tomorrow, because you don't want to pay the consequences of major ailments and disorders later on in life.

And it doesn't have to be extravagantly big steps, just by adding one glass of water to your diet, walk to go the store that 's 2 blocks away from you rather than driving there, add 1 more hour to your sleep schedule, try to close your eyes for only 5 minutes each day to meditate, will be a great start. Alright, that's enough on my part, I know you want to read the article so here's the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081202/hl_afp/healthchinausoffbeat_081202081540

Ibsen Alexandre
www.bodybuzzfitness.com
www.luvself.com
Nutrifitwellness

P.S Don't forget, the sooner you start on this journey to be fit and healthy the better change you give yourself. So check out Nutrifitwellness, the type of information we have there for you is phenomenal.

Don't Wait Till January 1st To Change Your Habits

Hi Friend,

Today is the day to get started!

Why wait till January 1st to change your habits?

We've got a perfect, Monday, December 1st to get a full month's
head-start on your fat burning goals.

If you are a beginner and don't know where to start, simply make one
small baby-step change to your nutrition. Add one serving of fruit
and one serving of vegetables, and cut back on the sugar, bread,
and junk food in your diet.

Then try to get a little bit more exercise today than yesterday. If
that means 5 minutes, then that is good! That's fine. It is better
than what you did yesterday.

If you are more advanced but have started to slack off because of
the holidays, turn that mindset around and use the holidays as a
reason to "tighten things up".

Plan out your holiday treat meals in advance, and focus on sticking
to your fat burning meal plan at all other times.

Do your job and earn your rewards. You'll feel much more satisfied
this way than throwing all caution to the wind for the next 4 weeks.

So everyone, everywhere, let's all proclaim December 1st to be the
REAL New Year's Day, and make all of our healthy habit changes NOW,
not later.

Let's get pumped up to lose weight over the holidays. Let's do the
impossible and show the world that not everyone has to gain five or
ten pounds every December.

Get a head start on your 2009 fat burning plans today.

Start creating one new healthy habit every day in December.

There is NO reason to wait,

Ibsen Alexandre
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www.bodybuzzfitness.com
Nutrifitwellness

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