Katherine Toups with Fusion Wellness Solutions |
February 4, 2014
By: Vera Holloway
Katherine Toups is the owner of Fusion Wellness Solutions which is a wellness consultant company that specializes in helping people stay on track with their health and fitness goals. Katherine has a BS degree in Kinesiology from Louisiana State University. She has over 8 years of experience in corporate wellness and has previously worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield in their weight loss program. Katherine is a certified wellness consultant, certified personal trainer, and certified bootcamp instructor.
The types of services Fusion Wellness Solutions offers are initial wellness consulting which includes lifestyle assessment and guidance to eating healthy, exercising, stress management, and goal setting. Fusion also offers services like regular follow up appointments, ongoing coaching, in home workout plans, pantry makeover and grocery planning, and bootcamp classes. Katherine feels that it is necessary to create individual wellness plans for each client and she provides the motivation, support, and accountability that is necessary to achieve those individual goals.
Katherine has recently joined Advance Physical Therapy in Thibodaux and is looking to expand her services. She is currently working on location space so she can begin to offer yoga classes and more bootcamp classes. In March, she has plans to begin teaching various kid fitness programs.
Katherine informed us that Louisiana is now the most obese state in the United States. She stated that 34.7% (including children) are obese in Louisiana and that statistic has risen by 22% between 1990 to 2013. She stated that over 60% of adults don’t get the recommended diet and exercise and 70% of diseases and illnesses can be prevent if diet and exercise is done. Katherine gave some reminders of things to avoid:
- Overeating – Eat when your hungry not full!
- Eat Natural Foods – If it can’t rot it is probably not good for you!
- Take baby steps!
- Move more!
