MCCS Hot Job BOWLING EQUIPMENT WORKER NA 03/FLEX
July 27, 2017 · Subscribe at mccsokinawa.com/spotlight
Lose Weight Smarter
Location: Camp Foster Description: Makes corrective adjustments to bowling alley machinery. Clears ball and pin jams, repairs/replaces foul lights and performs preventive maintenance on automatic handling equipment such as vacuuming, ball cleaning machines, cleaning turn around pans, ball elevators and cross conveyors on pinsetters. Apply by: August 4
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Summer Junior Golf Clinics
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ar East Bodybuilding “Beasts of the East” show is back on August 6 (check out mccsokinawa.com/ bodybuilding for details). The biggest bodybuilding event of the year attracts competitors from throughout the Pacific to the Camp Foster Theater for a spectacle of muscle and brawn second to none. Many of the bodybuilders you’ll see on stage got their start after witnessing their first show. Though it may seem like an impossible feat, becoming a bodybuilder is entirely possible. Any bodybuilder will tell you, the most important aspect of getting stage-ready is dieting. It is arguably a competition to see who can diet the best. For most of us, trying to lose weight or start a diet is not easy. It’s best to start slowly. Weight loss involves a lifestyle change, and there’s a lot working against you these days. First, our lives revolve around highly accessible, tasty and calorically-dense food. On top of that, many of us live sedentary lifestyles so we rarely burn as many calories as we should. Our bodies have simply not evolved to catch up to this way of life—food science has advanced beyond our homeostatic system
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(a system which helps maintain our weight), and it’s simply not equipped to handle a diet of nachos and ice cream. To top it all off, and possibly the worst part of all, is the ineffective and often senseless diet advice we all get: juice cleanses, detoxing, belly fat torching supplements and fad diets. Diets today are short-term solutions that give the satisfaction of fast—usually temporary—weight loss: excluding one food group in favor of another, body wraps or metabolism-boosting foods. But diets require long-term adherence, so the idea of completely excluding certain foods or sticking only to “diet” or “healthy” foods is not very sustainable. The healthiest and most sustainable form of dieting isn’t even a diet at all—it’s being flexible and mindful about your food choices and sources. If you want a cookie, have a cookie—just not all the cookies. Read this week’s Okinawa Spotlight for more sustainable tips on healthy living and visit mccsokinawa.com/ healthpromotion to see what we offer to help you make better choices for your health.
Health Promotion Offerings | 3 LifeJuice Café | 3 Island Adventure: 10,000 Eisa Festival | 5 Japanese Phrase of the Week | 5
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he summer has arrived on Okinawa. With longer daylight hours, warmer weather and—best of all—no school, it’s the perfect time of the year to introduce your child to the timeless game of golf. The best way to familiarize children to the game is to enroll them into a good golf program that not only teaches but also inspires confidence on and off the course. This summer, Taiyo Golf Club is offering $25 junior golf clinics for children and teens. All great players start early and practice often. Why not now? Before you know it, your little Rory McIlroy or Ai Miyazato will be breaking 100 and offering you driving tips. (cont. on page 9)
Pick of the Week: Okinawa Dive Spots | 7 Summer Junior Golf Clinics | 9 MCCS Tours+ | 11 Semper Fit Events | 11