Beat the Freshman Fifteen with the help of Trainer Larysa DiDio

Aug. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Studies show that 1 in 4 freshmen gain at least 5 percent of their body weight or an average of 10 lbs during their first semester (researchers from Utah State U reported in the Nutrition Journal 2009).  The main cause is inactivity combined with increased alcohol consumption, all you can eat dining style, lack of sleep and increased stress.  The Freshman Fifteen most notably affects a child's confidence and performance in school.  As you send your child to school celebrity fitness experts and Parenting magazine health and fitness contributor Larysa DiDio can show you how to keep your child from gaining weight and keep them healthy and happy throughout the school year.  DiDio, a child fitness specialist and co-author of the new book, Sneaky Fitness: Fun, Foolproof Ways to Sneaky Exercise Into Your Kid's Daily Life will reveal some of her easy tips that any college student can adapt to their busy schedule including:

- The 8 essential (and Inexpensive) pieces of fitness equipment every college kid should have around the dorm

- 10 tips on how to keep the weight from coming on

- 5 minute fat burning workout that can be done in a dorm room

About Larysa
As an expert consultant in nutrition and healthful living, Larysa provides healthy fitness motivation for people from age 8 to 80!  Larysa is co-authored a book with bestselling author, Missy Lapine, entitled, Sneaky Fitness, Fun Foolproof Ways To Slip Fitness Into Your Child’s Everyday Life (Running Press, 2009). Combining exercise and good, healthy food, this revolutionary book has the whole package for moms looking to improve their family’s health. Larysa provides busy parents with 100 games and activities that will get any resistant child up and exercising.

She has appeared on Good Day New York and in InStyle, Parenting, First For Women, and Destination Wedding Style magazines. Her innovative Get Fit with Larysa fitness DVD for 'tween girls is designed to build confidence and self esteem by inspiring young girls to exercise and live healthier lives. In addition, she contributes to Girls Life magazine.  She also created an exercise video series for Redbook.

Larysa is a member of Parenting magazine’s team of experts, the Mom Squad, is an advisor to their initiative to get family's healthy, Generation Fit and is also a contributing editor.  Larysa has also contributed to such magazines and websites including Kiwi, Family Circle, New York Family, SheKnows.com, LilSugar.com, Babble.com, thewellmom.com, 2Wired2Tired.com and many more.

Larysa is also an accomplished business owner. Her fitness facility, PFX, has the distinction of being one of the first gyms to offer classes specifically tailored to kids, such as Boot Camp, Baby! and Get Fit for Prom—which has attracted national sponsorships, including Canyon Ranch, Lara Bar, Operation Fairy Dust, and Elle Magazine.

As a mother of two, ten-year-old Nicholas and six-year-old Isabella, Larysa understands the significance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for herself and her family.

Please visit Larysa at www.larysafit.com or read her blogs on her Facebook Fit Club:
http://www.facebook.com/#%21/posted.php?id=350836522577

Contact:
Jenny Scholl
PMG Sports
919-459-5436
Jenny@PMGSports.com

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