Lose Weight for Good The Way Weight Loss Success Story Dr Russ L’HommeDieu Did
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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy had on Dr Russ L’HommeDieu who has lost over 200 pounds. Dr Russ 
says his system 10 Habits of Highly Successful Losers can help anyone lose the weight and keep it off for good. Dr Russ says the key to successful weight loss is that you have to have a compelling vision for why you are trying to lose weight. The bigger the reason and the deeper you believe in it will make it easier to lose the weight. You also have to eat well and often, move well and often, be accountable and build a great support system. To learn more please go to www.loseweightforgood.org
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Loosen Sore Tight Muscles with Foam Rollers
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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain how to loosen muscles with the help of foam rollers. Foam rollers are a great and easy way to increase your flexibility. They are especially great for runners. One exercise you can try is to lie on your side and place the foam roller on your hip and then roll up and down from your hip to your knee. You can also massage your hamstrings by sitting on the roller and rolling up and down the back of your thighs. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook
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Business Advisor Elizabeth Gordon interviews Nicole Wright of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Renee Byrd-Lewis Director of Georgia Community Relations at Cisco, Althea Lawton-Thompson, Owner & Director, Aerobics, Yoga & More Studios and Cynthia Kaye, President & CEO, Logical Choice Technologies on The Chic Perspectives Show
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Elizabeth Gordon, President of Flourishing Business and bestselling author of The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business in Higher Heels, shined the Chic Spotlight on the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce with guests Nicole Wright, Renee Byrd-Lewis, Althea Lawton-Thompson and Cynthia Kaye
First up was Nicole Wright, Business Development Manager for Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and expert economic developer for Gwinnett County. Nicole serves as the business development manager targeting Information Technology and Advanced Communication industry growth in Gwinnett. Wright proactively recruits, retains and expands the technology industry and related business through various economic development strategic and tactical means.
From working on company expansion and recruitment projects in this industry sector to partnering with regional and statewide economic development professionals and managing the Chamber’s high-profile Technology Forum, Wright works to elevate Gwinnett’s presence in the Tech industry on a national and global platform.
Nicole talked about the vibrant business community in Gwinnett, Gwinnett’s economic initiatives and wins as a result of implementing those initiatives – specifically, the support that businesswomen and owners give one another in Gwinnett.
To learn more visit:
6500 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth GA 30097
Twitter – nicole_s_wright
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleswright
Next Cynthia Kaye, President & CEO, Logical Choice Technologies, Inc. and “Classroom Technology Consultant†talked about how her background in education and a healthy entrepreneurial spirit led her to develop Logical Choice Technologies in 1994 in the basement of her home in suburban Atlanta and focused squarely on the education IT market in her home state. Now after 16 years, Logical Choice Technologies is a national education technology company which has grown to over 250 employees.
The staff works out of the company’s 48,000 square foot headquarters based in Lawrenceville, Georgia plus regional offices in San Diego and New York. Logical Choice’s sales consultants and service teams are spread across the United States to locally support k12 schools and institutions of higher learning.
Recently, Logical Choice became a proud sponsor and education technology consultant to the new NBC’s School Pride TV Series which premiers on Friday, October 15, 2010 - www.nbc.com/school-pride/
Cynthia graduated from the prestigious three-year Birthing of Giants program hosted by the world-renowned MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc. Magazine and the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO).  INC. Magazine named Logical Choice Technologies to the Inc. 500/5000, the magazine’s list of the fastest growing private companies in America for the years 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, and 2010. In 2008 and 2010, Logical Choice was named one of the top 50 fastest growing women-led companies in North America by the WPO. Cynthia and her company have also been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Fortune Small Business, and the Wall Street Journal.
Learn more about Logical Choice, a passionate company that wants to make a difference in the schools in America @ www.logicalchoice.com
Directing Cisco’s Community Relations initiatives in Georgia, Renee Byrd-Lewis was the next we talked to. Renee is responsible for ensuring that Cisco is actively involved in social, quality of life, talent and business issues affecting the region. She serves to position Cisco as a strategic business partner and aggregator for community issues, bringing civic leaders, business leaders and subject matter experts together to discuss opportunities and topics of local importance.
Renee talked about how she was in the right place at the right time when a career change opportunity came. With formal work experience in higher education and nonprofit management, the Cisco opportunity allowed her to leverage her experience and my skill set in a different and exciting way.
Cisco is a $40B global company with 70K employees and 400 offices in 165 countries. However, in communities where Cisco has a major employee and operational presence, there is interdependency between Cisco and key local community stakeholders in the education, non-profit, government and business sectors. Each has its own important and unique role in helping ensure a quality of life for all citizens.
Renee leverages Cisco resources, including thought leadership, employee volunteers and financial contributions, to effectively and efficiently meet local community needs. The end result benefits both the company and community. Alignment of our capabilities with local social and economic goals helps strengthen the business environment and the community overall.
When it comes to Community Relations, Renee primarily serves Gwinnett County due to Cisco’s operational presence and the nearly 2,000 employees who work there. However, there are also inextricable ties to the metro Atlanta region and the state of Georgia as a whole. Renee and Cisco understand the importance of a strong central city and state overall. From a financial investment perspective, Cisco invested nearly $2M in the local community through Foundation grants. More than $500K of that figure was generated by employees through Cisco’s matching gifts program.
Renee talked about how giving back to the community is at the core of Cisco culture both a business and philanthropic perspective. In honor of Cisco’s 25th Anniversary, CEO John Chambers initiated a global volunteer challenge for employees to contribute 200,000 volunteer hours by October 31st and they are at 87% and on track to achieve that goal.
You can find out more @
http://twitter.com/CiscoSystems
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/rss.html
And finally, Althea Lawton-Thompson, Owner & Director, Aerobics, Yoga & More Studios is an established Entrepreneur and fitness, wellness, mind/body expert.
Althea is the owner and director of Aerobics, Yoga & More Fitness Studios in Lilburn, GA. She and her team of instructors provide health education classes for clients including Verizon, AT&T, and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
She has six (6) internationally popular fitness video series, Altheatized, and writes wellness articles that have been highlighted and published in magazines like Best Body, Essence, Parenting, and Oxygen.
In the community, Althea is President of the Lilburn Business Association, an active member of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Parliamentarian of a local non-profit organization, and has served on a local Gwinnett School Council since 2007.
She has been married for 14 years and is the proud mother of two highly active sons.
Althea talked about how she got started in the business, how and why she left corporate to start her own business and what the main challenges are of having children and running a business.
Visit her online @ aymfitness.com or altheatized.com, or in the yoga studio @ 4051 Stone Mountain Hwy (Hwy 78) Suite G101B, Lilburn, GA 30047
They can be found on Facebook – aerobics yoga more, and on twitter @altheatized
Fitness Meets Technology with Chris Mansolillo President of Exercise TV
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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy had on Chris Mansolillo President of Exercise TV, which was recently voted one of Time magazine’s Top 50 websites.. Chris explained how Exercise TV helps people exercise and get in shape when and where they’d like 
to whether it is at home through video on demand on your cable or satellite TV, at a hotel or at work with your laptop or even on the trail with your iPod. Since everyone knows that exercise can be a little boring and that people love variety Chris told us that Exercise TV tries to give consumers all the exercise workouts they need in the format they want it in. And since workout trends change every 6 to 12 months Chris and his team are able to keep the latest workouts in front of their audience. And what better way to sample workouts as varied as: Dance, yoga, Pilates, Abs, Core, low impact, high impact, functional fitness, cardio than through your television. Exercise TV offers you the ability to download workouts, connect with friends online to support you and even get nutrition and fitness advice from experts with their Premium Pass subscription. Chris says they are always looking for that next great fitness personality. they are also excited about their new relationship with Crunch Fitness. To learn more about the 200+ fitness workouts that are available free please go to www.exercisetv.tv
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Is Stretching Before Running A Waste of Time?
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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain the lack of benefit from stretching before running. Static stretching is the traditional stretching in place that most people have doing since they were kids. Dynamic stretching is stretching while you are moving. Research has shown that static stretching really doesn’t prevent injuries in a study of runners. Dynamic stretching is better. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook
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Radio Show Recap: US Olympian Jeff Galloway Talks Running. Lose Weight for Good with Dr Russ. And Exercise TV’s Chris Mansolillo Discusses Fitness and Technology
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The most entertaining weight loss and fitness podcast show on radio.” Please click PLAY to listen to the latest Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show podcasts broadcasting live each week from Atlanta, GA, USA.
We are now a Featured podcast on Health, Diet and Nutrition on both iTunes and Zune
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Be sure to check out our new Facebook Fan Page that blogger, web genius and Fitness Journalist Karla Walsh is helping us with. She is running contests and all kinds of fun stuff for us. We really appreciate all that she is doing and want to make sure she gets the recognition she deserves. And be sure to check out the SobeFit magazine with a special feature on Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy
Special thanks to Susie Shina for guest hosting for Dr Fitness. Susie is working on a couple TV pilots as well as a line of luxury socks. Check out what she is up to at www.susieshina.com
On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy opened with Jeff Galloway. Jeff is a US Olympian who is one of America’s leading running gurus. His Galloway’s Book on Running is a national bestseller. He writes a column for Runner’s World and has trained thousands of runners on 5ks to marathons. He is the Director of Atlanta’s Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk which will have about 15,000 participants. To learn more about Jeff go to www.jeffgalloway.com
Next up we had on Dr Russ L’HommeDieu who has lost over 200 pounds. Dr Russ says his syetm 10 Habits of Highly Successful Losers can help anyone lose the weight and keep it off for good. To learn more please go to www.loseweightforgood.org
We closed the show with Chris Mansolillo President of Exercise TV. Chris explained how Exercise TV helps people exercise when and where they’d like to whether it is at home on TV, at a hotel with your laptop or even on the trail with your iPod. Exercise TV offers you the ability to download workouts, connect with friends online to support you and even get nutrition and fitness advice from expertswith their Premium Pass subscription. to learn more please go to www.exercisetv.tv
Remember, you can find a tip a day at our new website www.wellnessminutes.com or on iTunes here.
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A Conversation with Renee Stout and Mark Shekerow
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Like so many others, Renee Stout became interested in serving the senior community through a personal experience. She describes her grandmother as her “soul mate”. When her grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, Renee left sales job in Dallas to care for her in Rhode Island. Born and raised in central Connecticut, Renee earned a degree in marketing from Central Connecticut University. After spending a number of years in the manufacturing intdustry, and fresh from her Caregiving experience with her grandmother, Renee started working in sales and marketing for a senior independent living community and then later, an assisted living community. Today Renee is the Director of Business Development for Halo Medical Service, an emergency and non-emergency transport company serving the Dallas metro area. To find out more about Halo Medical Service, visit their website at www.haloms.com, or call them at (972) 228-3555. 
Mark Shekerow has been in the printing business for 30 years. Originally from Rhode Island, Mark came to Atlanta via Washington DC and Orlando in 1990. Today Mark is the CEO and Publisher of Regional Caregiver Magazine, currently published in three local markets: Atlanta, Orlando and Charlotte. Originally the idea of his creative director, JoAnn Pauley, the magazine was born out of a frustration for the lack of resources for family caregivers. Thus, the purpose and vision of Regional Caregiver Magazine is to provide a localized resource for caregivers. According to Mark, the primary need of caregivers is information, and that is exactly what he provides in his magazine. Check out the latest issue of the magazine at www.sgcaregiver.com, or contact Mark directly at 404-683-7776.
Glenda Phillips, Inventor of SOK-ITZ Arm Rest Cover
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Glenda Phillips of SOK-ITZ is an inventor with a heart of gold. She is a passionate advocate for Childhood Cancer Awareness, an active participant in the “Fly 4 Life” Event benefiting “The National Children’s Cancer Society” scheduled for September 19,2010, plus she held the 1st fundraiser for the initial Ronald McDonald House in Louisville, Kentucky.
The SOK-ITZ arm rest cover has many applications. Germ-phobic airline passengers use them to protect themselves from an unsanitary arm rest: easy to install, remove, take home, wash and reuse. Vehicle owners use them to protect the arm rests in their vehicle to increase resale value. Companies increase brand awareness by ordering SOK-ITZ with their logo for existing and potential customers.
Listen in as Glenda shares her inventive journey.
