Auberge Mendocino's Diet Retreats Receive Rave Reviews; Guests Shed Pounds at Luxury Bed & Breakfast on California's Mendocino Coast.Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MENDOCINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2004 Guests are so thrilled with the low-carb diet retreats offered at Auberge Mendocino Seaside Inns & Cottages that they are returning for seconds. Auberge Mendocino's Atkins Diet Atkins Diet Definition The Atkins diet is a high-protein, high-fat, and very low-carbohydrate regimen. It emphasizes meat, cheese, and eggs, while discouraging foods such as bread, pasta, fruit, and sugar. It is a form of ketogenic diet. Retreats introduce participants to the popular low-carbohydrate diet Low-carbohydrate diets or low-carb diets are nutritional programs that advocate restricted carbohydrate consumption, based on research that ties consumption of certain carbohydrates with increased blood insulin levels, and overexposure to insulin with metabolic syndrome (the while experiencing Mendocino's natural beauty. The five-night retreats begin Sundays on April 18, May 16 and June 6 and will be offered in the fall. LaVonne Sheffield of Detroit lost 7.5 pound during her first visit in February and was so pleased that she returned the next month. "The retreats are rejuvenating," Sheffield said. "The chef gives you plenty of delicious food. I was never hungry. Every night I saw the stars and constellations Constellations Constellation English name Position R.A. (hours) DEC. (degrees) Andromeda Andromeda (Chained Lady) 1 +43 Antlia Air Pump 10 −33 Apus Bird of Paradise 16 −75 Aquarius1 . I made a fire in the fireplace and I slept cozy See COSE. ." Under the guidance and care of the staff at Auberge Mendocino and its innkeeper An individual who, as a regular business, provides accommodations for guests in exchange for reasonable compensation. An inn is defined as a place where lodgings are made available to the public for a charge, such as a hotel, motel, hostel, or guest house. Richard Grabow, who is a 23-year Atkins veteran, guests learn a program that makes it easy and enjoyable to shed weight and exercise plus maintain the newly learned habits at home. "Friends see the difference as soon as you come home," said Sheffield, who has lost 34 pounds since beginning her weight-loss program in December. Participants enjoy healthy meals including daily gourmet breakfasts, delicious lunches, evening hors d 'oeuvres, light suppers and two dinners. The program features lectures, hikes, exercise and stress-reduction sessions, visits to galleries and area attractions, a salsa dance class, a cooking class, plus free time for sightseeing, shopping, birding, kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is differentiated from canoeing by the fact that a kayak has a closed cockpit and a canoe has an open cockpit. They also use a two bladed paddle. Another major difference is in the way the paddler sits in the boat. or horseback riding horseback riding: see equestrianism. . A nearby spa offers hair care, facials, makeovers, pedicure and manicures, body treatments and massage. Five-day packages begin at $775 per person, double occupancy. Single occupancy starts at $922. The package includes accommodations, daily gourmet breakfast, lunch and snacks, two dinners, five lectures, eight hikes, and all program supplies and venue fees. A friendly French-style country bed and breakfast inn on Mendocino's coast, Auberge Mendocino is the ideal getaway to lose weight, savor delicious low-carb meals and rejuvenate re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. the soul. The Inn boasts nine guest rooms and suites, two spacious cottages and an exclusive luxury ocean-view vacation estate, all in a setting of informal gardens, century-old cypress trees and hiking trails that wind gently down to the beach. For reservations visit: www.aubergemendocino.com or call 800.347.9252. |
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