In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy share a favorite Asian noodle salad recipe. Grab about 8 oz of udon noodles, some pea pods, sesame and/or peanut oil oil, vinegar, mushrooms, chopped up scallions and carrots and some bean sprouts. Cook up the noodles and put them aside. Then cook the rest of the stuff. Eventually you’re going to mix everything together. You can serve this dish hot or cold – you’re call.
As Chief Executive Officer of Delaney Consulting LLC, Lorraine J. Chilvers leads the company’s executive financial management services, concentrating on delivering financial leadership to Fortune 1000 companies and fast-growing private companies. Delaney Consulting provides interim management, project-based consulting, and executive placement.
Prior to founding Delaney Consulting, Chilvers’ career included being a Partner with the largest executive services firm in the U.S. and the finance executive for two Fortune 500 companies. For over 20 years, Chilvers has actively managed business solutions and relationships for a number of larger clients. In addition to providing traditional business advisory services, Chilvers assists key clients with forensic reviews, business transformations, Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, and outsourced accounting services.
Chilvers began her career with Grant Thornton U.K. LLP before relocating to the U.S. She has led the financial operations of large and small firms alike, from a two-person accounting team to large, public companies in crisis. Her credentials include financial restatement for the world’s largest fraud and bankruptcy, Big 6 public accounting, and consulting within telecommunications, manufacturing, logistics, and technology industry sectors. As Partner and Regional Practice Leader of Tatum LLC, she led the Atlanta Accounting & Finance and Regional Technology Services practices. Chilvers was hired to the executive team of Novelis, Inc., an $8 billion start-up and spin-off from Alcan, to establish a corporate compliance and SEC finance function for Canadian and U.S. entities, and in 2005, Chilvers received the CEO “Award for Exceptional Achievement” for her role in leading Novelis’ financial restatement.
As Senior Director of WorldCom/MCI, the largest fraud and bankruptcy in the world, she led the 4-year financial restatement and $10 billion AR function for North and South America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. In 2003, she received WorldCom’s highest honor, the “Circle of Excellence Award.” As Practice Manager of Parson Consulting, the “#1 Fastest Growing Private Company in 2000” (Inc. Magazine), Chilvers was instrumental in the growth of the Atlanta consulting practice and managed the firm’s largest client. Chilvers managed the Global Consolidated Reporting and SEC functions for John H. Harland (Harland Clarke). Her clients also included AT&T (BellSouth), Cingular Wireless, Federal Home Loan Bank, TIAA-CREF, Travelogix, Turner Broadcasting/CNN, Internap, and WorldSpan.
Chilvers holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Business Studies with a concentration in Accounting, from the University of Teesside (U.K.). She was awarded a 1st class for her thesis, “Implementing Accounting Systems in Compliance with the Companies Act.”
In 2010, Lorraine Chilvers launched CFOradio™, an internet radio program by and for CFOs and Senior Financial Executives, to share real-time perspectives and tips on the finance function of today and tomorrow. CFOradio is also an education platform for academic and business finance curricula as it hosts leading financial executives from small-to-large public and private companies and nonprofits. Chilvers is passionate about education of and best practices for the finance function. In addition to CFOradio, she oversees DelaneyLearning™ and Delaney Dbooks™ (Delaney’s educational programs) and is a frequent speaker and mentor to Fortune 1000 companies, a network of entrepreneurs, professional associations and universities.
Chilvers is active in the business and volunteer communities, proffering her time and talent to the boards of Financial Executives International (FEI); British American Business Group (BABG); the local chapter of Zonta International, a non-governmental organization to the United Nations (U.N.) with consultative status to International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Council of Europe; and TheaterTek, Inc. Previously she served on the boards of the World Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). Her nonprofit work includes assisting the U.N. and CIFAL Atlanta with the “Global Leadership Initiative on Gender Equalities” program chaired by the Mayor of Atlanta. She also speaks on the topics of domestic violence and human trafficking.
Shelley Woodworth from the Vail Valley Foundation told us all about the Teva Mountain Games Vail which is 
happening June 2-5. This the country’s largest celebration of adventure sports, music and the mountain lifestyle. This event is cool because it pits amateurs with pros going head to head in biking, running, white water and bouldering events. And relax mud lovers there is also a mud run thrown in there as well. They have something for everyone. Plus there is about $100k in prize money. Throw in some free concerts, a little art and a bunch of free gear and no wonder more than 40,000 people will be there this year. And for you Winter adventure fitness lovers get ready for the Winter Mountain games coming February 2012.
In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain that honey does not cure allergies. There has been some talk that eating local honey will somehow give you relief from the sneezing, itchy eyes of allergy season. Sadly research does not seem to back that theory up. As long as there is wind blowing pollen around you will have to deal with allergies. Honey is not an allergy vaccine but it is delicious in tea.
In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy take a break at the FitBloggin 2011 conference while Heather Mursch from Mile 26 and More explains how busy moms train for marathons. Marathon training takes time and busy moms like to spend time with their family so what do you do? By including your family in your training you can have the best of both worlds. Do your short runs with your family. Beginners should test their fitness level before they start training in order to prevent soreness and injuries. And everyone should make sure they have good shoes. Go to your local running store and get properly fitted.
In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy take a break at the FitBloggin 2011 conference while Jess Milcetich from Run Girl Run shares how to train for races. Just wake up and go. Jess is a big believer in getting up and working out first thing in the morning. The longer you wait the less likely you will workout. So get your exercise in before you get busy with all the rest of the stuff you have going on in your life. Even if that means setting the alarm clock a little earlier.
In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy take a break at the FitBloggin 2011 conference while Rosie Battista shares why sleeping naked after 40 is the way to go. As Rosie says don’t be afraid to “Think outside the box.” She wants you to make each meal as “naked” as possible. That means eating foods in their most natural state. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. Don’t buy food in a box or can or any food that has a label on it or has ingredients that you can’t pronounce. This way you can build your healthiest and sexiest body. When you start doing that then you have the confidence to sleep naked and present your best self.
We opened the show with a recap of our FitBloggin experience. It was awesome. Big shout out to Roni Noone and all the other fitbloggers we got to hang out with. Learned a lot about blogging watched a lot of people do fitness stuff. And had an all around great time. We were honored to be the keynote speakers this year and look forward to doing more stuff (maybe a live remote broadcast) with them next year.
Our first guest was someone we met at FitBloggin No Meat Athlete Matt Frazier. He is a vegan ultramarathon runner.Anyone who can shave over 100 minutes from his marathon time is a beast and this guy can do it without eating meat. That Scott Pilgrim movie was right those vegans are like superheroes. He’s got a new book coming out soon that shows you how to train for a half marathon and his first book helps vegetarians train for marathons.
Next up we had on Seth Goldman TeaEO of Honest Tea Dr Fitness’ new favorite beverage the half tea half lemonade lightly sweetened drink. Honest Tea wins awards for being green, for being healthy, for being organic and fair trade. But it is also delicious. If you are having a hard time finding it – it’s probably because Dr Fitness buys them all whenever he finds them. Honest Tea can be found in more and more stores but if you can’t find them near you Seth says to talk to the store manager and ask for it.
We closed the show with Shelley Woodworth from the Vail Valley Foundation and the Teva Mountain Games Vail which is happeneing June 2-5. This event is cool because it pits amateurs with pros going head to head in biking, running, white water and bouldering events. Throw in some free concerts, a little art and a bunch of free gear and no wonder more than 40,000 people will be there this year.
Originally from the Northeast, Mike Doviak’s interest in the medical field was kindled by his mother who was a nurse, and her passion for people. His focus on geriatrics stems from close relationships with is grandparents. After studying painting and graduating with a degree in teaching from Radford College in Virginia, Mike was asked to move to Dallas to help a friend start a home health company. Mike has been in the industry in Dallas for many years and credits his success to attention to detail that he learned through his art studies. Mike is a well known and well respected fixture in the medical community in Dallas and enjoys interacting with his clients and their families. Today he is an account executive with Amedisys Home Health, one of the country’s largest home health firm’s headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mike can be reached at 972-740-8125, or via email at mdoviak@verizon.net. Check out their website at www.amedisys.com.
Cynthia Braswell moved to Atlanta 35 years ago from Cleveland, Ohio, to got to Nursing School. In addition to being a “Grady grad”, she also pursued a degree in Health Administration and received a Masters in Education from Georgia State University. She has a passion for serving people, and considers her career her ministry and mission as well. For the past six months, Cynthia has been the Regional Sales Director for AseraCare Hospice, with responsibility for both Georgia and Alabama. When asked what she really does for a living with AseraCare, she will tell you “I’m in the Memory Making Business”. According to Cynthia, her primary role is in helping patients and their families make the most of the time they have left together. When asked about the AseraCare difference, Cynthia noted two items: first, that they offer an advanced telemonitoring program for their patients – making the most of what technology can offer today, and second, AseraCare’s Transitional Care Program, which provides an additional level of support within the first 24 hours of a hospice diagnosis. Cynthia can be reached at (404) 414-7753. She can also be reached via email at Cynthia.braswell@aseracare.com. Check them out on the web at www.aseracare.com.
Special thanks to Griswold Special Care, A Tradition in Home Care Excellence since 1982, for hosting today’s show!
