About Alyssa

My name is Alyssa Waltze and together with my husband, Mike, we work to bring the best of health and wellness to you. I received my certificate as a health and fitness instructor from the American College of Sports Medicine in 1993 and in 1996 became a licensed massage therapist. I continue to practice massage and train clients in Maui. My goal is to encourage all my clients to become more educated about achieving their maximum health potential. I am not a doctor or a nutritionist.

I draw on my personal knowledge gained from a long journey of trial and error trying to overcome many health challenges.

Packaged Foods & Antibiotics

I grew up near the mountains of Lake Tahoe, and led an extremely active outdoor life as a child. Skiing, sailing, horseback riding, running track and practicing gymnastics were a few of my favorite childhood activities. Like many American children in

the 70s, I grew up eating plenty of packaged, processed and “fast” food. Once in my teens, I began to have many problems with my health. My father was a Stanford educated M.D. and at that time antibiotics were given freely for any sort of sniffle and cough. This led to major problems with my G.I. tract and food sensitivities became a major issue. I was always extremely constipated (1 bowel movement a week!) I developed huge cystic boils on my legs which were usually lanced open. I was constantly sick with strep throat and bronchitis. My junior year of high school I suffered from an arthritic type illness. Symptoms included swollen and painful joints and extreme fatigue. I had to cease almost all physical activity and

missed 3 months of school. I was tested for everything, including Lyme disease, but no one in the medical field could figure out exactly what was wrong. My condition eventually subsided with massive amounts of anti-inflammatory drugs but the underlying cause was never discovered.

Learning About Natural Medicine

Once into early adulthood, I became extremely food and health conscious and started looking for answers as to why I had been so sick most of my late childhood.I read everything I could find on holistic practices. Naturpathic Doctors and other holistic practitioners began to teach me for the first time how the body REALLY works. Once I understood that my body, and everyone’s body for that matter, functions at its best when we are in a slighty alkaline state, it became much easier for me to stay healthy.

As a child, my body was responding to all of the antibiotics and other “cures” the doctors were prescribing to suppress my “symptoms”. Add to that my highly acidic, yet typical American diet and it is so easy to understand why my body did not have a chance to heal. I was literally polluted from the inside out!

By the time I was 19, my health had improved a great deal. I was living on mostly fruits and vegetables. I had lost the 15 extra pounds I had gained during my high school illness and was again able to enjoy all of the physical activities I had given up. I moved to the Virgin Islands in 1988 and spent a year there as a Padi Dive Master.

Cleansing - The Missing Link

In 1989, I moved to Maui and began modeling for swimwear, fitness and sportswear companies. Because I had never done any sort of real cleanse, I continued to have G.I. issues ie: constipation and food allergies that would manifest into sinus, throat and severe lung infections such as bronchitis and several cases of pneumonia.I continued to seek out holistic practitioners in Maui and abroad and was finally able to gain control of my health. A visit to a cleansing spa in Thailand was a life altering experience. I was taught about the necessity of colon cleansing and to be ultra conscious about the food and water I chose to put into my body. In my instructors words, “We put more care and thought as to what kind of oil should go in our car or what food we give to our pets than we do about what to feed our own bodies.”

The Road To Lasting Wellness

Today, I have completely transformed my health mostly by educating myself about alternative methods to Western Medicine. I owe my life to all of those Angels in the Holistic health community. They are the ones who continue to inspire me to share information with those who want a better road to complete and long lasting wellness. I hope that through Fit4Maui.com, you find information and products to enhance your life. Our goal is to inspire you to be your best and educate yourself enough to make good informed choices about how to best serve your own miracle of a body.

Enjoy Optimal Health!

*Alyssa continues to live on Maui with her husband Mike and their three daughters, Tejiana, Teal and Mika.

"Finding balance and health used to be such a mystery to me. Now it all seems so simple. I've found if you feed your body real nutrition, keep your system alkalized, and get a little exercise every day, that perfect health is easily attainable"

...Alyssa Waltze

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