by Dave on November 5, 2009
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I read a great article on WebMD that has 10 tips for losing 100 lbs.
1 .Shrink yourself – What is the extra weight doing for you?
2. Are you ready? – Seriously are you ready? Do one thing at a time
3. Consider the options – Supervised, alone, with a partner, etc.
4. Build in accountability – hold yourself accountable.
5. Adjust your expectations – It took a while to add this weight, its not coming off over night.
6. Develop a healthy selfishness – put yourself first so you will be around tomorrow
7. Fat proof your environment – if needed have the kids put their chips in their room.
8. Pick the brain of healthy people – find out what they do, and do it.
9. Find you secret weapons – keep track of your progress.
10. Reward yourself – but no food rewards.
What does 100 pounds look like? Like THIS:
by Dave on November 29, 2008
I just spent some time playing aroudn ediets.com It asked me a bucnh of questions including what I like to eat, my schedule, my goals, and my current exercise routine. Then it provided me with three different plans to choose from (or I could choose from others, as they have a ton of different plans). The site provides live support from dieticians. I found that very interesting. That might help in those times of crisis. They have a virutal trainer which looks pretty cool.
If you need more support there are over 80 support boards including Nutrition Support, New Members, and Get Motivated Board.
If you were to get a dietician, or a membership with weekly meetings, or a trainer, those would all add up. I was really surprised when I saw they were having a special dieal with 45% off. Their price is usually 9.995 a week, but now $4.49. You might want to check it out. Their website shows that if you don’t reach your goals in 6 months they will give you another 6 months free.
by Dave on April 14, 2008
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I traded in my “Wal-Mart special pedometer for the Omron HJ-720ITC this has some great features. It looks for those times when you are walking in an aerobic fashion (for more than 10 minutes at a pace of more than 60 steps per minute) and shows you at the end of the day (along with how many steps you took over all. You can find this at shop.logicalloss.com
When we don’t take time to warm up and cool down we put our bodies at risk. We know that we need to exercise to stay fit, to lose weight, and burn fat. However, if we are in such a hurry that we just “dive in” to our workout without a warm up, and then don’t stretch and cool down, we may wake up the next day and not want to move. When we don’t move, we lose.
If you stretch before warming up, you could hurt your muscles as well. We need to take care of our muscles as they are our “Fat burning machines” so you want to:
WARM UP
Stretch
WORK OUT
Cool Down
STRETCH
(source www.mydr.com.au )
Here is a link to some great advice on warming up and cooling down from sparkpeople.com there is also a great stretching reference.
ARE YOU IN THERE?
Some times we get the “negative thinking” in high gear when we make mistakes. We start to believe that “we will never be thin” etc. We need to realize that just like an ice sculpture was once a block of ice, and a wood carving was once a block of wood, YOU are in there waiting to come out. We just need to shave away the extra weight.
Think about how good you will feel when you go into your favorite clothing store and buy those clothes that you’ve never even considered because you just won’t fit. You will feel awesome, you will look awesome, and you ARE going to do this. It’s going to take time, but you can do it.
