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Amber O’Neal - ArticlesBorn and raised in Elgin, Illinois, Amber O’Neal is an odd candidate for starting a fitness and nutrition company. As an overweight child, exercise was something that she despised with a passion and avoided at all costs – even volunteering to grade papers for the teacher rather than endure recess outside with the other kids. While she grew up on healthy food, portion control was an unknown entity, and by middle school she had become the dreaded “big girl.”
Committed to changing her figure and her fate, Amber began taking aerobics classes at age 14. As the pounds whittled away, she felt empowered to test new physical limits - even joining the girls’ basketball team in high school, and she has continued to remain active ever since. “I’ve never met a workout that I wouldn’t try at least once,” says Amber. After gaining the typical “freshman fifteen” in college despite her physical activity, she began to pay closer attention to her eating habits – reading every nutrition magazine and book that she could get her hands on. Through her own self-study and experimentation, she found ways to satisfy her appetite without going overboard, and with that she began her fitness and nutrition journey. Currently, she is working towards completing requirements to become a registered dietician. After college, a friend suggested that Amber become certified to teach aerobics since she was always at the gym anyway. Originally thinking it was an absurd idea; she later pursued the certification and found her true calling as a part-time aerobics instructor at a major fitness chain. After quickly realizing that many of her students needed more intimate instruction in order to reach their goals, she became a certified personal trainer. Several years later, Amber was ready to make a pivotal career change. In 2006, Café Physique was born out of Amber’s desire to offer a 360-degree approach to fitness. Convinced that for the ordinary person, progress would not be permanent without habit-altering lifestyle changes; she designed a company that offers full lifestyle management in the form of fitness training, weight loss management, and educational services. With over 8 years of professional fitness experience, Amber is well-respected by her peers in the fitness community. In addition to presenting seminars and conducting workshops for audiences across the nation, she is a freelance fitness and nutrition writer who has been featured in newspapers, websites, national magazines and the NBC Nightly News. The White Sheep: Living in an ADD FamilyFor as long as I can remember, I've had to deal with turbo-charged chaos. This includes everything from showing up to events on the wrong day to rescheduling botched vacations, and from not sleeping well at night to being late for church literally every single Sunday for the past 31 years. As the only non-ADD child in a family full of people with Attention Deficit Disorder, my story is wildly exciting, yet equally frustrating, one of survival and love. Good Food and Proper Grammar Don’t MixPart of matriculating into full-fledged womanhood in my family is the establishment of a signature dish. The restrictions on this dish are few but unwavering. First, it has to taste distinctly superior when prepared by your hands because it is, after all, your dish. Second, you must be able to replicate the recipe without a cookbook, notes, or outside consultations of any kind. Personal Trainers: Not Just for Hollywood AnymoreWhile you may not be up for an Academy Award any time soon, you could easily be taking home a lot more than a little gold statue. By working with a Certified Personal Trainer, you can get a whole new lease on a fabulous life. Avoiding Empty Calories"Empty calories" is a term used to describe foods that are high in calories but lack nutritional value. An empty calorie has the same energy content of any other calorie but lacks micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals or amino acids as well as fiber. Foods with empty calories typically tend to taste great and fill us up in the short term while adding on pounds and leaving us craving more soon afterwards. Yoga 101There are many different aspects to the general term "yoga," but what most of us conjure up is a particular form of yoga known as Hatha yoga. According to the Yoga Journal, Hatha yoga refers to a set of physical exercises known as asanas or postures, and sequences of asanas, designed to align your skin, muscles, and bones. The postures open the main channel of the body, the spine–so that energy can flow freely. Practicing yoga has the potential to provide myriad benefits. This Thing Called HealthWhile health is often defined merely as the absence of disease or abnormality, it is actually much broader. Optimal health is the soundness of both the body and the mind. When the condition of good health is maintained by proper diet, exercise and habits, it is known as wellness. For those who desire to live lifestyles that promote wellness, learning to process the vast amount of information presented to us is vital. The Benefits of Youth Strength TrainingIn order to help your child lose weight, maintain a normal weight or simply develop life-long healthy habits, you should encourage her to make regular physical activity a part of her lifestyle at an early age. Strength training leads to increased muscle mass and since muscle burns more calories than fat, it’s a great way to help kids lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. Take Control of Your CholesterolCholesterol is a fat-like substance that your body actually needs a small amount of in order to function normally. But like anything else, too much of it is not a good thing. Follow these easy-to-understand tips for lowering your cholesterol while leading a healthy lifestyle. Reflections of a Size 6 Fat GirlIntellectually, I know that I’m not overweight; I consistently wear a size six with an occasional size four when I’m lucky or eight if things are running small. While I have the ability to clearly process all of this information, I still feel fat. When others look at me, they tell me that they see a tall, slender woman with freckles and a pretty smile. These are my reflections on being a Size 6 Fat Girl. How to Avoid the Freshmen 15What is the much-dreaded Freshmen 15? "Freshmen 15" is a term used to describe the weight gained by students during their first year of college. While recent studies have proven that fifteen pounds is a bit of an exaggeration, the fact remains that the stress of adjusting to a new environment combined with fat-laden cafeteria food and late night pizza runs takes its toll on the waistlines of freshman every fall.
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