Hey Guys,
I interviewed Alicia Roncari, the owner of Bin 228 in Hartford, and had the pleasure of dining at her restaruant. Bin 228 is a great place to experience great wine and delicious food.
Here's how the interview went...
1. Who is you company and what is it that you do?
bin228 is a panini and wine bar that opened in 2003. We offer small plates, including cheese plates, fondue, beef carpaccio, as well as an award winning wine list.
2. What is something unique about your company?
We offer wine from the part of Italy I am from and pair your wine with the food you order
3. Are there any specials or promotions that you are running?
We offer 50% of wine bottles on Monday nights and happy hour 4-6 Monday-Friday with 2.00 apps and 2.00 drafts and 5.00 select wines and martinis.
4. As a busy professional, what is your best time management/organizational skill?
I am not that organized but with a calendar and great staff our place runs smooth!
M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio is Connecticut's #1 Fat Loss Solution! M.E.L.T. helps clients drop body fat through out the Hartford County and Farmington Vally through bootcamps, personal training, semi private personal training, youth fitness, sports specific training, bridal bootcamps and corporate fitness. For a free trial, email meltfitness@gmail.com or call (860)372-4887
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Are You Having Dessert for Breakfast?
Good morning everyone,
Speaking of morning, what did you have for breakfast?
For most people, they will have a bowl of some type of cereal. Even though the marketing team did a great job of making the box look nice and healthy, is it?
Most cereal that you may give you child, if you have children, or that you are eating yourself, has just as much if not more sugar than a twinkie in just a one cup serving! That is about 20 grams or 5 teaspoons of sugar!
What can you do if your favorite cereal is packed with sugar? You do have a couple options! You can mix the high sugar cereal with some plain, ex. honey nut cheerios with plain or have plain cheerios and add some fruit to the mix!
A great cheat meal could be you favorite cereal after dinner instead of cakes,ice creams, etc. Just remember to use low-fat, skim or my favorite almond milk.
Here are the top 10 cereals packed with the most sugar!
1) Kellogg's Honey Smacks -- 55.6 percent
2) Post Golden Crisp -- 51.9 percent
3) Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallow -- 48.3 percent
4) Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries -- 46.9 percent
5) Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch Original -- 44.4 percent
6) Quaker Oats Oh!s -- 44.4 percent
7) Kellogg's Smorz -- 43.3 percent
8) Kellogg's Apple Jacks -- 42.9 percent
9) Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries -- 42.3 percent
10) Kellogg's Froot Loops Original -- 41.4 percent
Thanks for reading and remember read the labels before you put something into your body! Sugar stores as fat, the more sugar the more fat!
M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio is Connecticut’s #1 Fat Loss Solution! M.E.L.T. helps clients drop body fat throughout the Hartford County and Farmington Valley through bootcamps, personal training, semi private personal training, youth fitness, sports specific training, bridal bootcamps and corporate fitness.
For a free trial, email meltfitness@gmail.com or call (860)372-4887.
Speaking of morning, what did you have for breakfast?
For most people, they will have a bowl of some type of cereal. Even though the marketing team did a great job of making the box look nice and healthy, is it?
Most cereal that you may give you child, if you have children, or that you are eating yourself, has just as much if not more sugar than a twinkie in just a one cup serving! That is about 20 grams or 5 teaspoons of sugar!
What can you do if your favorite cereal is packed with sugar? You do have a couple options! You can mix the high sugar cereal with some plain, ex. honey nut cheerios with plain or have plain cheerios and add some fruit to the mix!
A great cheat meal could be you favorite cereal after dinner instead of cakes,ice creams, etc. Just remember to use low-fat, skim or my favorite almond milk.
Here are the top 10 cereals packed with the most sugar!
1) Kellogg's Honey Smacks -- 55.6 percent
2) Post Golden Crisp -- 51.9 percent
3) Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallow -- 48.3 percent
4) Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries -- 46.9 percent
5) Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch Original -- 44.4 percent
6) Quaker Oats Oh!s -- 44.4 percent
7) Kellogg's Smorz -- 43.3 percent
8) Kellogg's Apple Jacks -- 42.9 percent
9) Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries -- 42.3 percent
10) Kellogg's Froot Loops Original -- 41.4 percent
Thanks for reading and remember read the labels before you put something into your body! Sugar stores as fat, the more sugar the more fat!
M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio is Connecticut’s #1 Fat Loss Solution! M.E.L.T. helps clients drop body fat throughout the Hartford County and Farmington Valley through bootcamps, personal training, semi private personal training, youth fitness, sports specific training, bridal bootcamps and corporate fitness.
For a free trial, email meltfitness@gmail.com or call (860)372-4887.
Friday, March 16, 2012
It Pays To Work Hard At M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio
Week six of the Eight Week Transformation Contest and our bootcamp clients are killing it!! Not only are waist lines changes and the numbers on the scales, but mindsets and lifestyles. This challenge is creating healthier habits which will in the long run, create better quality in their lives.
Results Coach Nicole, at the Glastonbury M.E.L.T. Fitness location, talked with three of her clients to see how they are doing so far.
Nicole- "Tara, how are you feeling at the end of week six in the Transformation Contest?"
Results Coach Nicole, at the Glastonbury M.E.L.T. Fitness location, talked with three of her clients to see how they are doing so far.
Nicole- "Tara, how are you feeling at the end of week six in the Transformation Contest?"
Tara-"This week has been a challenge for me with the time change and the really nice weather. It was hard to motivate myself to come. However, once I got here for Semi-private training and
then bootcamp, I felt awesome and energized. I am always glad when I come and that I feel great when I leave."
Nicole- "What has been your success with the challenge in the six weeks?"
Tara- "I have definitely lost inches, and I have been a lot better about my eating since starting the challenge."
Nicole-"Audrey, how are you doing in week six?"
then bootcamp, I felt awesome and energized. I am always glad when I come and that I feel great when I leave."
Nicole- "What has been your success with the challenge in the six weeks?"
Tara- "I have definitely lost inches, and I have been a lot better about my eating since starting the challenge."
Nicole-"Audrey, how are you doing in week six?"
Audrey-" I am good, a little sore but feeling really good! I have so much energy and my stamina has increased rapidly. The Semi-private training is really helping me get to the next level in my fitness and I am doing bootcamp six days a week."
Nicole-"Sarah, I got a chance to talk to you earlier this week and you shared some great new with me about taking in four belt loops since starting! What have your challenges been?"
Sarah-" Food has been a challenge for me this week, and staying on track with eating healthy. I have allowed myself to cheat here and then, but I keep trying to focus on the Transformation Contest, which is helping me not fall off the wagon too much."
Nicole-"Sarah, I got a chance to talk to you earlier this week and you shared some great new with me about taking in four belt loops since starting! What have your challenges been?"
Sarah-" Food has been a challenge for me this week, and staying on track with eating healthy. I have allowed myself to cheat here and then, but I keep trying to focus on the Transformation Contest, which is helping me not fall off the wagon too much."
All of the Personal Trainers here at M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio have seen some great changes take place during this challenge. With two more weeks to go, we can not wait to see how everyone's weight loss success has been. The best thing about this challenge is that it is getting the clients to change their habits and form a new mindset towards their health. Even when the eight weeks is said and done, this is something that they can stick with and stay healthy!
The challenge will help clients develop healthy habits and learn to stick with them. For more
information on how to transform your body and your life, contact M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio at 860
-430-5151 or send an email to meltfitness@gmail.com
The challenge will help clients develop healthy habits and learn to stick with them. For more
information on how to transform your body and your life, contact M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio at 860
-430-5151 or send an email to meltfitness@gmail.com
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
TOMA - Key to Success!
Before we discuss TOMA, I just wanted to thank all of you who participated in our Share the Love, Bring a Friend Week, we raised $575 for the Heart Foundation!
TOMA aka Top of Mind Awareness is vital for success in anything. Have you ever heard of the book and movie The Secret? If you haven’t, simply put it’s about getting what you want in life by thinking positively, visualization and the law of attraction. These concepts and TOMA program your subconscious mind around things you think about, whether good or bad, and actually dictate actions you take.
4 Ways to Utilize TOMA to Shed Body fat
1. Mark your calendar with days and times you are going to work out, every day, every week. This way, every time you look at your calendar, you see your workouts. Plus, it’s been proven that if you schedule something, you are 95% more likely to attend it. Our mindbody software makes this easy for our bootcamp and personal training clients.
2. Join a challenging fitness program: When you are physically challenged, you are going to think more about whatever it was that challenged you, either before or after the training session. You will feel accomplished and energized; your subconscious will crave more of that feeling, thus pushing you to work out more. While we focus on form first, our goal of every workout at M.E.L.T. is to make it an challenging experience, whether bootcamp or personal training at our South Windsor, Harwinton, Glastonbury and On-site locations.
3. Log your eating: I cannot tell you how many people I’ve consulted with that have told me how healthy they eat and how they have no idea why they can’t lose the extra belly fat around their stomach. Upon persisting them to keep an active food log, I always notice several things that they are consuming and not doing that are leading to belly fat gain. We are human and I don’t care how good your memory is, if you don’t track something its out of sight. Plain and simple, those who log what they eat on a daily base get better results. I know logging can be tedious so I created a log book that only requires you to check things off, rather than writing them in. I built our meal plan into the check list so that our clients do not have to remember every aspect of the plan, the choices are right there for them to check!
4. Seek out accountability: I can honestly tell you one of the best things I’ve ever done was join a mastermind. In this group, other professionals and I meet quarterly to support and hold each other accountable. Its human nature to fall off track but when people are expecting you to do certain things and are willing to support you to accomplish those things, you will get stuff done.
Accountability happens on all level; top Olympic athletes, professional athletes, successful business people – you name it! Therefore, we created our F.L.A.G. (fat loss accountability group) in our Glastonbury, South Windsor and Harwinton bootcamp and personal training locations because we know people who join this group will get better results. One of our members in our Glastonbury group lost 10 lbs since our first FLAG meeting! We cut each group off at 14 people, if you are interested, email meltfitness@gmail.com as soon as possible! Each member of the FLAG group receives this easy to follow log book, attends one monthly meeting where we do measurements and give each member the platform to share what they are going through.
ACTION is key! The one thing I think The Secret could have done a better job in is explain how important implementing these concepts is. Thinking alone gets you nowhere, but the more TOMA you have – the more action you are likely to take.
We created a fun and challenging environment here at M.E.L.T. through our Bootcamps, Personal Training, Semi Private Personal Training, Warrior Classes, Youth Training and our F.L.A.G. where we make TOMA easy for our clients, if you are interested in any of the above services we provide just email meltfitness@gmail.com .
Have a great day and don’t forget to focus on these two things: 1. You set a positive TOMA 2. You take action asap!
JC
PS: Early Bird Registration for our M.E.L.T. Madness Tournament is under way!
Teams of two will be competing in Fitness Challenges for Cash Prizes
Registration includes:
-BadA** T Shirt (that we promise will fit :) )
-Entry to competition
-Coaching from top trainers
-Well planned competition and events
-Dj
-1 keg beer after the event
Competition will be indoors and outdoors in South Windsor. Details to come
TOMA aka Top of Mind Awareness is vital for success in anything. Have you ever heard of the book and movie The Secret? If you haven’t, simply put it’s about getting what you want in life by thinking positively, visualization and the law of attraction. These concepts and TOMA program your subconscious mind around things you think about, whether good or bad, and actually dictate actions you take.
4 Ways to Utilize TOMA to Shed Body fat
1. Mark your calendar with days and times you are going to work out, every day, every week. This way, every time you look at your calendar, you see your workouts. Plus, it’s been proven that if you schedule something, you are 95% more likely to attend it. Our mindbody software makes this easy for our bootcamp and personal training clients.
2. Join a challenging fitness program: When you are physically challenged, you are going to think more about whatever it was that challenged you, either before or after the training session. You will feel accomplished and energized; your subconscious will crave more of that feeling, thus pushing you to work out more. While we focus on form first, our goal of every workout at M.E.L.T. is to make it an challenging experience, whether bootcamp or personal training at our South Windsor, Harwinton, Glastonbury and On-site locations.
3. Log your eating: I cannot tell you how many people I’ve consulted with that have told me how healthy they eat and how they have no idea why they can’t lose the extra belly fat around their stomach. Upon persisting them to keep an active food log, I always notice several things that they are consuming and not doing that are leading to belly fat gain. We are human and I don’t care how good your memory is, if you don’t track something its out of sight. Plain and simple, those who log what they eat on a daily base get better results. I know logging can be tedious so I created a log book that only requires you to check things off, rather than writing them in. I built our meal plan into the check list so that our clients do not have to remember every aspect of the plan, the choices are right there for them to check!
4. Seek out accountability: I can honestly tell you one of the best things I’ve ever done was join a mastermind. In this group, other professionals and I meet quarterly to support and hold each other accountable. Its human nature to fall off track but when people are expecting you to do certain things and are willing to support you to accomplish those things, you will get stuff done.
Accountability happens on all level; top Olympic athletes, professional athletes, successful business people – you name it! Therefore, we created our F.L.A.G. (fat loss accountability group) in our Glastonbury, South Windsor and Harwinton bootcamp and personal training locations because we know people who join this group will get better results. One of our members in our Glastonbury group lost 10 lbs since our first FLAG meeting! We cut each group off at 14 people, if you are interested, email meltfitness@gmail.com as soon as possible! Each member of the FLAG group receives this easy to follow log book, attends one monthly meeting where we do measurements and give each member the platform to share what they are going through.
ACTION is key! The one thing I think The Secret could have done a better job in is explain how important implementing these concepts is. Thinking alone gets you nowhere, but the more TOMA you have – the more action you are likely to take.
We created a fun and challenging environment here at M.E.L.T. through our Bootcamps, Personal Training, Semi Private Personal Training, Warrior Classes, Youth Training and our F.L.A.G. where we make TOMA easy for our clients, if you are interested in any of the above services we provide just email meltfitness@gmail.com .
Have a great day and don’t forget to focus on these two things: 1. You set a positive TOMA 2. You take action asap!
JC
PS: Early Bird Registration for our M.E.L.T. Madness Tournament is under way!
Teams of two will be competing in Fitness Challenges for Cash Prizes
Registration includes:
-BadA** T Shirt (that we promise will fit :) )
-Entry to competition
-Coaching from top trainers
-Well planned competition and events
-Dj
-1 keg beer after the event
Competition will be indoors and outdoors in South Windsor. Details to come
Sunday, February 12, 2012
M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio Transformation Contestant’s Seeing Results in 1 Week
Participants Begin 8 week Journey to Health and Fitness
M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio has put on a Transformation Contest taking clients on an amazing 8 week journey to improve their health, fitness and completely transform their bodies.
Joe Carabase says, “I love helping people change their lives. Unfortunately there is so much misinformation out there, and many struggle with finding the right knowledge to make positive changes. This contest is going to help a lot of people make big changes in their lives and hopefully inspire many others to do the same.”
The contestants will go through an 8 week transformation consisting of results proven training programs and workouts, and of course, we can’t leave out the 8 week nutrition program designed to promote a lifestyle change and boost metabolism. M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio has run several transformation contests, but this is sure to be the biggest and provide the most dramatic transformations of them all.
M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio is teaming up with a national food service company and all other Fitness Revolution franchisees to promote a nationwide transformation contest. With the combined efforts of Personal Trainer Food, the hottest pre-made meal system in the country, and the world class fitness trainers in the Fitness Revolution franchise the contestants are sure to be provided with the best results imaginable!
The goal is for contestants to develop habits that will allow them to add years onto their lives and feel confident about themselves.
“This isn’t just a quick fix. We want to help these people get their lives back.” Said Carabase.
Two of M.E.L.T.’s clients are documenting their step by step process through the contest. “It’s only the first week, but I feel more energy and all I want to do is workout” said Nicola Smith-Oliver. Roberta Carlon shared a story about her first week “The diet is really working, I tried on a pair of pants on that I couldn’t fit into a week ago and this week I was able to wear them comfortably.” The contest is really heating up and M.E.L.T. will be documenting their client’s success all the way through.
For more information on how to transform your body and your life, contact M.E.L.T. Fitness Studio at 860 -372-4887 or send an email to meltfitness@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Back to School & Back to Fitness
NOW is the time is the time to feel and look amazing... In fact, there is no better time...
Look, I've been doing this for a while now, and I know, believe me, I know that summer brings up A LOT of reasons for both getting into great shape and "falling off the wagon." Think about it...
So many of us will bust our butts to get beach ready, only to let the unwanted body fat slowly creep back on throughout the summer. We've got graduation parties, BBQs, hanging out on the lake, and ice cream sundaes...MMMMMMMM, the ice cream sundaes...
Anyway, after recognizing this "Bizarro World" phenomenon of gaining weight during the season when we show the most skin, I decided to create two amazing offers for you….
Back to School, BACK IN SHAPE Specials!
1. *Semi private training: In this small group setting, we will focus on your problem areas or areas that you want to improve on. This could be performing a pull-up, TRX training or firming up specific areas of your body. Whether you are one of our bootcampers looking to step up your training OR you have been thinking about trying M.E.L.T., but could not commit, now is the time and here is your low entry opportunity!
-Body Diagnostic: Body fat %, Waistline measurement, Strength - Stability and Flexibility Assessment
-Personal Program
-Small group (1-4 people) – personalized attention
-Two Month Expiration –it will do you no good to sit on these sessions, trust me!
5 sessions for only $99! No commitment involved – just 5 sessions of specialized attention on your trouble areas!
*Must be new to our semi private training
Semi Private Special is valid until September 2nd, so call us now and take action on your greatest asset!
CALL US (860) 372-4887
2. Back to School Biggest Loser Competition, Teacher’s Edition
As fitness professionals, we found September to be the “make or break” month for teachers with their fitness. We see how difficult the transition is from summer to the long days teaching kids with germs flying around everywhere. We’ve found that if teachers don’t hit the ground running the first month of school, they tend to put off their fitness until January. Not only pushing themselves further from their fitness goals, but also end up suffering from low energy levels, lower immune system power and poor nutritional habits.
Welp, not this year! M.E.L.T. Fitness is offering our Biggest Loser Competition, Teachers Edition to help teachers get in the best shape of their life and potentially win CASH MONEY!
Any local school can participate and each school will be in competition with each other. Weight, Body Fat and waistline measurements will be taken at the start of the program, the team with the greatest amount of overall percent lost in these categories will be the winners.
There is no cap as to how many people participate from your school, but we encourage at least five people – not to say two or three people who commit cannot win this contest and see great results!
Criteria
- You must be a teacher.
-You do a pre contest weight, waist and body fat measurement as well as a before picture
-You must sign in on your school’s sheet at every bootcamp
Cash Prize
The winning team will get an even split of half the money paid
Enrollment
6 consecutive weeks of unlimited bootcamp (one per day) to one of our M.E.L.T. locations
-Group Body Diagnostic assessment
-My Fit in The Class Room: How to boost your immune system and keep your mind fresh while teaching
-Meal Plan
Action Taker Discount if you sign up before 9/6: $57 per person, the cost goes up to $97 per person after.
*10% discount per person for groups of five people
*15% discount per person for groups of eight people
*20% discount per person for groups of 10 or more
Call Mary now to sign up (860) 372-4887!
Deadline
Saturday 9/17/11
This program begins Monday September 19th
Who is ready to FALL back in shape? If you are, call us now to take advantage of our offers, if not, close the email and continue to see the same results you have been seeing. It saddens me to see people look at me, teary eyed, wishing they started sooner.
Pass this email on to someone you know who is interested and earn a $25 gift card if they sign up!
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