7 Tigers Taekwondo and Hapkido

Ask the Trainer: Portion Distortion

Robin Mason, CPFT — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:24:40 +0000

Does looking in the mirror recently make you feel a little out-of-shape? It probably has a lot to do with portion distortion. Over the past 20 years portion sizes in America have increased by more than 100% and today two-thirds of our population is now overweight. Competition among restaurants, food labels, big brand stores and factory farms has caused this portion inflation, with the result that a typical plate of spaghetti with meatballs has expanded from that of a good meal (around 550 calories) to almost a whole day’s worth of eating (1200 calories)!

Food labels can add to the confusion since they always report the nutrition facts for 1 serving, which is small compared to what most people actually think of as a serving. For example, nutrition labels have standardized a serving of boneless chicken breast as slightly more than 4oz, but today’s average boneless chicken breast weighs-in at 7-10oz. So, if you’re thinking that grilled, boneless breast has only 220 calories, think again!

To overcome portion distortion, go by the fist/plate rule:

A serving of meat should be no larger than your clenched fist and 3/4 of your plate at every meal should be plant-based (whole grains, veggies and fruits)

As always, talk to your doctor about the right diet for you.

Think you know the score about how many calories are in what you eat? Test your knowledge with these fun quizzes from the National Institutes for Health: http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/index.htm

7 Tigers ‘TV’ Change

7 Tigers — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:20:55 +0000

We wanted to let everyone know that we have revamped the 7 Tigers ‘TV’ section. The section now groups the videos a little better. We will be adding new videos all the time from the Taekwondo Today Television show that we air weekly, some basic instructional videos that we produce for our site as well as a few other sites, and much more.

If you have anything you would like to see in this section let us know.

New Gallery Pictures Added for the 7 Tigers Demo Team

7 Tigers — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:13:05 +0000

The 7 Tigers Demo Team was very busy last year and we wanted to share some of the pictures from the demonstrations. The Demo Team worked very hard last year and did an outstanding job. We hope to get more of there pictures posted soon.

If you are a student of the school and would like to join the Demo Team, let Sir or Beth know.

Congratulations To Our Newest Black Belts

7 Tigers — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:05:22 +0000

We would like to congratulate our 3 newest 1st Dan Black Belts on a job well done. After completing their testing over the past month they were awarded their 1st Dan Black Belts during a ceremony this afternoon.

Congratulations!!!

7 Tigers — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:47:22 +0000

We would like to congratulate everyone who tested this afternoon. You all did a fantastic job.

We had students from the main school testing for Brown Belt and students from the Forest Lakes school who tested for Blue, Green, and Yellow Belt.

Again great job everyone.

7 Tigers Demonstration this Weekend

7 Tigers — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:58:16 +0000

7 Tigers Taekwondo and Hapkido will be giving a demonstration this Saturday, September 4th at the Winterhaven Assisted Living for Senior Citizens at 2pm. They are located at 220 South Pantops Drive here in Charlottesville.

Good Luck on Sunday!

7 Tigers — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:40:57 +0000

Good luck to our Forest Lakes students who are testing this Sunday! We know you will do a great job.

Taekwondo Essay Contest

7 Tigers — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:57:44 +0000

The Korea Embassy’s Cultural Center is conducting a Taekwondo Essay contest.
Tell us what your unique experience has been with Taekwondo, whether it’s your personal story of success, humble life lessons learned along the way, or the importance of Taekwondo internationally and your essay will be published in a bilingual collection book.
For more information and submission forms visit www.Dynamic-Korea.com.

Congratations to all that tested this weekend!

7 Tigers — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:55:32 +0000

We would like to congratulate our newest Purple, Red, Brown, and Black Belts that just completed testing this weekend.

Great job everybody!

Taekwondo Today television show

7 Tigers — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:23:53 +0000

Well we just wrapped up the filming of the last two episodes for this season.

We will be back in October with fresh new episodes. If there is something specific you would like to see or have any suggestions for next season, let us know.

We would like to also thank everyone who wrote in or emailed their suggestions from last season.