EMZ & M.A.N.A.

On May 28, 2012 - Memorial Day, Uilisoni Angilau came out and shot this footage for M.A.N.A. (Thank you Soni & M.A.N.A. for letting us be a part of your challenge!)  I absolutely suck in front of the camera. It doesn't help that we're shooting it so early in the morning -- well, that's my excuse.

Anyhow, to elaborate a little on my so called "health tip", breakfast is the most important meal and it is the meal that always gets skipped. Why is breakfast so important? 

 Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts. 

According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals. To teens, especially teenage girls, skipping breakfast may seem like a perfectly logical way to cut down on calories and lose weight. It's important for moms to educate their kids about the importance of the morning meal and the role it plays in maintaining good health and preventing obesity.  LINK

For those that like to workout super early like us, it's probably not a good idea to eat a full breakfast right before your 5:30 workout.  Save the 'real breakfast' for after.  However, due to your body coming out of a state of fasting (sleep - thus the term break fast = breakfast), it is important to get something into your system.  Eat something light so you don't get light headed, dizzy & what not during your workout.  That's what I meant to say for my tip -- but obviously it didn't come out right...bwuahahahaha!

Routine led by Beti Tu'aefe 
Original choreography by Teresa Auva'a
Song:  Drop It Low by Kat DeLuna