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SENIOR COMMUNITY
Enjoy unique and affordable senior living at Westbrook Place. Ideally situated in a convenient neighborhood setting. Linear and Irving Parks are just steps away, and you’re a short distance from the Veterans Center and Battle Creek Health Systems. Located on Emmett Street just west of North Avenue.
UTILITIES INCLUDED IN RENT
183 West Street, Battle Creek, MI 49037
PH (269) 753-0062 TDD/TTY 711 westbrookplace@kmgprestige.com
Classic Architecture, Classy Apartments
By: Troy Huggett
Want to drop a size or two this month? It’s more possible than you think!
Incorporate the following diet secrets into your daily routine to naturally boost your metabolism, automatically lower your daily consumption of calories and keep your motivation going strong so that you drop excess fat quicker than ever before.
Weigh In Daily
Tacking your weight on a daily basis is a really simple way to drop pounds.
A recent Duke study showed that participants who weighed themselves daily lost substantially more weight than participants who weighed themselves five times per week or less.
The act of getting on the scale and seeing your weight helps to understand how certain behaviors translate into weight gained or lost. If you ate a salty, carb-filled meal for dinner then you’ll visibly see the number go up when
you step onto the scale the next morn- ing. This will likely prevent you from repeating the weight-promoting behav- ior again and will keep your motivation on track.
Switch to Green Tea
Drop pounds by simply switching from soda to unsweetened green tea. The average soda drinker ends up
consuming over 65,000 extra calories from their beverage of choice each year, calories that quickly add up to pounds gained. Even if your soda of choice
is diet, this simple swap will result in pounds lost.
While diet soda doesn’t contain calo- ries, there is evidence that the chemical compounds found in diet soda spike
your hunger hormones, causing you to overeat. Unsweetened green tea, on the other hand, is calorie free and contains catechins that have been shown to help increase metabolism.
Go Gluten Free
You don’t have to be allergic to glu- ten to benefit from a gluten free diet.
A Columbia University study reported that gluten triggers fattening biochemical changes, due in part to genetically altered wheat. These fatten- ing biochemical changes are in addi- tion to the high calorie counts of most gluten-containing foods, which means that avoiding gluten will help you drop weight twice as fast.
Rather than jumping from gluten- filled grain products to gluten-free grain products, do your best to trim even
the gluten-free grains from your diet. This can be achieved by swapping out tortillas for large lettuce leaves and tra- ditional noodles for noodles made from vegetables.
Mini Meals
You’ve heard that eating small meals throughout the day helps to keep your metabolism going strong, but you should really think of these as “mini meals” rather than small meals. Eating too many calories in these mini meals will do more harm than good in your quest for pounds lost.
An effective mini meal must contain a serving of healthy protein – BUT it’s important that you avoid eating too much of a good thing. Consuming more than three ounces of protein in a single sitting is counterproductive towards fat loss and could easily result in weight gain.
Diet Secrets
Apartment from $529 - $560 per month:
FREE Utilities: Water, Sewer, Trash, Heat & Electricity
• AC Available
• Satellite TV Available
• Controlled Entrance
• Beautiful Wooded Setting
• Close to Shopping, Pharmacies
& Medical Services.
• Free Lunch Provided by
Senior Services 4 Days a Week.
• Pets Welcome (restrictions apply)
• Friendly Management & Maintenance Staff
• Beauty Salon with Affordable Prices
• On-Site Laundry Facilities
• 24-Hour Emergency Maintenance
• Library
• Postage, Copy & Fax Services
• Weekly Bingo & Other Activities
• Resident’s Lounge with Pool Table
• Battle Creek Transit Stop
Security deposit equal to one month’s rent Age & income restrictions apply
Your Best
Choice for
Senior
Independent
Living!
Beautifully renovated Apartment homes with Safety and convenience Features like:
• Emergency Pull Cords
• Bathroom Grab Bars
• Retractable Showerheads • Quality Window Treatments
Contact:
231 Springview Dr. Battle Creek, MI 49037 (269) 968-9105
Near corner of Roosevelt & North Professionally Managed by KMG Prestige, Inc.