Workout Like a Celebrity

It's Autumn, a season full of fabulous fashion that tends to hide a bit more of our imperfections... but that doesn't mean it's time to hang up those sneakers! Let's get moving together. The Celebutante Sisters, GALTime's style and trend partners in crime, are working with a slew of experts to get the latest and greatest tips and tricks in the world of fitness just for you.

Today, we present Robin Brown, former President and Founder ofCLAY, a health club, organic cafe and spa in downtown Manhattan. CLAY is a longtime favorite of the stars! Here are some of Robin's favorite tips for slimming down:

Tips From Fitness Guru Robin Brown

• Walk, walk, walk everywhere! The weather is beautiful and we all need to take advantage of it while it is still here. Low impact walking will burn calories at a slow and steady pace.

• Drink plenty of water. Avoid the sports drinks, sodas and sugar loaded fruit juices. Every cell in your body needs H2O to function properly. If you substitute other drinks for water you are not giving the body what it needs and the hidden calories in other drinks will add up and keep you from losing weight.

• Watch the weekend splurges. There is so much opportunity to eat too much and drink too much. Reach for the high water content foods – fruits and vegetables – and avoid the empty calorie foods like chips and dips and breads and alcohol. Don't forget to eat your protein and keep it lean with grilled chicken and turkey burgers.

• Not a lot of time to workout? Find a group class that offers a circuit training program. Most gyms have them and it includes both cardio and resistance training so you get it all within the 30 – 50 minute class. Try to do it 2 – 3 times a week for maximum results.

• Avoid the coffee drinks and smoothies! These drinks are loaded with calories the body cannot use and will eventually get stored as fat somewhere.

• Watch the alcohol! Nothing sabotages your healthy eating like booze. Of course, enjoy a drink or two once in a while, but do not let the euphoria of the weekend give you reason to throw back the cocktails on a regular basis.

About Robin Brown

An avid fitness advocate for more than 20 years, Robin Brown combined her passion for whole-body fitness with her unique vision of an emotionally relaxing and therapeutic environment to create CLAY. CLAY is focused not just on firm muscles, but on a healthy body, mind and lifestyle. Prior to founding CLAY, Robin served on the Board of Directors for the "Art Party" Theatre Company and on the Board of Directors of Education and Industry Partnership ("EIP"), an organization committed to teaching job skills to middle and high school students in Harlem. Previously, Robin worked with children at a Community Mental Health Center in the Bronx. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the "Drama Department" Theatre Company and was one of the acting Executive Producers for the Tribeca Film Festival's Docudrama "SHOWBUSINESS."