As the Game of Life challenge comes to close this weekend, nearly 40 participants have been checking off personal health and wellness goals — some simple, others tough. Coming out of the five-work program, they’re also better equipped to sustain any of the good habits they’ve been curating along the way, thanks in part to a series of one-hour workshops hosted by Gravitas Fitness. Here are the Cliffs Notes:
Nutrition by Eric Malzone, cofounder Gravitas Fitness: Malzone is not a licensed nutritionist. However, after years of study and experimenting on himself, he’s emerged from the trenches of nutritional knowledge with a few helpful pointers.
Start off with fresh ingredients, he said, and try to find out where they come from by reading labels, asking grocers, and striking up conversations at the farmers market. Whenever possible, prepare your own meals. Then sit down without distractions (magazines, phones, computers, TV) to enjoy 15 simple minutes of what’s called primary eating — really focusing on the food in front of you, how it smells and tastes, its colors and textures. Chew your food. Put down your fork between bites.