HCC - 2nd Meeting Info :)

I forgot to share with you the cool stuff I learned last night at the meeting!


The above was actually in the newsletter - but I liked it a lot. So I'm putting it here to remind me to MOTIVATE!! :)

We learned more about mitochondria - and Janis used the same pix I did when I taught my class last week about mitochondria! Love me some mitochondria!!  Mitochondria account for up to 60% of the volume in muscle cells and 40% of the heart cells!! More mitochondria lessens the risk of insulin resistance. And during workouts, mitochondria are efficient at burning fat!! They also do a lot more, but Janis was talking too fast for me to get it all down - and I can always research that later!

Judith Herrin (Head Nutritionist) broke down the food label for us - serving size is the most important! Other tips:
- if you don't hit at least 1200 calories per day, YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN WEIGHT!! (ack!)
- Unsaturated fat = evoo and good healthy oils and Vitamins A, D, E, & K are fat soluble vitamins - so you need evoo to break those down so your body can absorb them!
- Unsaturated fat = total fat (on nutrition label) minus saturated fat and trans fat
- Partially hydrogenated _____ oil = Trans fat!! So if it says it's trans fat free and it has the partially hydrogenated stuff, it's being clever (and lying!!)
- If a food item never goes bad, don't eat it because it contains trans fat (and who wants to eat something that will never go bad...??)
- Less than 0.5g of fat = "fat free" and that could be trans fat!!
- PAM = BAD... it's 'fat free' and it's trans fat... and 1 serving is 1/4 second of spraying time... WHO ACTUALLY SPRAYS for only 1/4 second???
- You don't want to have more than 3 grams of saturated fat a day - this is what effects your cholesterol! If you are staying less than 3 grams of saturated fat/day, then you are keeping your cholesterol under control!
- But some fats are GREAT!! Like your unsaturated fats!! 30% of your calories should come from fat and more calories should come from fat than from protein!!
- Don't pay attention to Daily % on the nutrition label - it's based on a 2,000 calorie diet!!
- There are 3500 calories in 1 gram of fat

Weight loss for entire HCC last night was 393 pounds!!
Our team (Mt. Pleasant Dermatology) was 7th place out of 11 teams! Not too shabby!! But we need to kick it in gear and get 1st place!!