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Simple steps for guaranteed weightloss

Posted by JB Thursday, February 21st, 2008 | Health, nutrition with 2 Comments

For millions of people the ability to successfully lose weight eludes them. They think there is some magic that goes into dieting and that dieting doesn’t work for them. Well first thing they need to realize is that dieting is not taking a magic pill. It is a change in your lifestyle and getting rid of some bad habits. Here are the guaranteed ways of losing weight and living a healthier life at the same time.

Reduce your caloric intake - By reducing your caloric intake by 15 - 20% is your first step. As you go through these steps this one will sort of just happen by cutting other things out. We will touch on those in a second. If you are currently taking in a very high amount of calories you may have to adjust this so that it will work for you

Drink more - No I’m not talking about Beer. In fact if you drink a lot of Beer you need to switch that for water. So the key here is to drink a ton of water. At least 8 glasses of water a day. Drinking a lot of water will also help you eat less. If you start off each meal by drinking a glass of water you will feel fuller quicker and essentially eat less.

Eat more meals - Eat smaller meals more frequently through the day. This will reduce overeating and increase your metabolism and burn more calories more efficiently.

More protein - You should eat approx. 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass. Protein helps repair your muscles and you will see why this is important in just a minute.

Reduce the bad carbs - You should lower the number of carbs you take in. Especially the ones from breads, sugars and beer. The good carbs that you want to get your energy from are fruits and vegetables.

Enlist friends and family - Don’t go it alone. Get others that want to join you on this lifestyle change. It will help you remain accountable and encourage each other along the way.

Do cardio in the morning - Do at least 20 minutes of cardio in the morning. This helps turn on your fat burning machine to help you burn calories all day long. Even while your sitting in front of your computer at work. Exercise breaks down muscle tissue which proteins help repair.

Keep Score - This is what I like to call tracking your progress. Keep a food journal , exercise log, take pictures so you can see the changes, track your BMI, log your weight, and most importantly write out your plan and make it part of who you are. If you write things down and make them a part of you, your chances of success go through the roof.

So now its time to take action. Stop putting this off and start today. You are the only person that can 100% guarantee yourself that you can shed the pounds and get that body you have always wanted. Good luck and I will be here with you the entire way.

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Taking action to avoid hunger reaction

Posted by JB Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | nutrition with No Comments »

How often do you simply eat because you’ve waited until the point that you feel very hungry? Or we wait until the time of the day that we just feel there should be a meal. Get up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to work and wait until we can’t go any longer with out stuffing our face with a burger and fries. Go home cook dinner and stuff ourselves again. Then after we get the evening chores and kids taken care of we snack around until we go to bed.

Now what do you think would happen if we planned things out a little better so that we are eating our food as if a Doctor had prescribed it to us? Well the first thing is we stop reacting to our hunger and over eating. The next thing you would notice is that you wouldn’t be hungry during the day but you would also never feel over stuffed from eating too much.

Last month I feel a bit short on my goal to get down to 228 but I still consider it a success. Now over half way through February I am down to 224 which is a 6 pound loss from the end of January. Due to flu, cold and back problems I haven’t been able to workout like I’d like to but the thing that I have concentrated on is dialing in my diet. I am really making an effort to prepare my meals, eat at the right times and control the portions.

In the past I would workout and eat whatever I felt like eating. My mindset was more on burning calories and blasting my muscles. I figured the rest would follow. Now that I’m a little older and wiser I realize that its an all or nothing kind of thing. In order to achieve the results you want you need to pay attention to your diet, your training and your rest. Once you have them all working in perfect harmony you will see the results your looking for.

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Vacation

Posted by RC Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | Fitness with 2 Comments

Once again, I’m leading the way in stumbling blocks. First the flu and now vacation.

Taking a break from exercise can be great for letting your body rest and recuperate. Taking a break from you diet can also help keep your metabolism from slowing too much. But this only applies if you’ve been locked in and dedicated to both your workouts and diet for 4 or more weeks.

I got enough of a break when I had the flu (although I still met my goals for the 7 pound Jan challenge). Now, however, I’m pushing to meet my Feb. 10-pound challenge goals but I have the rest of this week off on vacation with the wife.

Like all roadblocks, it helps if you have a plan. My plan for this vacation is to try and eat healthy (while still eating out most likely) and to get as much exercise as possible. The hotel has a nice indoor pool and gym, and I expect to do a bunch of walking sightseeing and such.

The end of the Feb challenge is in just 9 days and we’ll find out then how well my plan worked!

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Round 2 - 10 pound challenge!

Posted by RC Monday, February 11th, 2008 | motivation with No Comments »

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Time for round 2!  We’ve each set a goal to lose 10 pounds by Feb 29th.

Each of us weighed in today Feb 11 with our starting weight. Here are the results.

  • JC is currently at 262
  • RC is currently at 228
  • JB is currently at 226

This is a fairly aggressive goal of 3.3 pounds a week but with proper diet and exercise, its totally doable.

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The Flu has struck

Posted by JB Thursday, February 7th, 2008 | Health with No Comments »

Well this has been a hard week for me. On Friday last week I started coming down with the flu and by Saturday it had gotten the best of me. I was in bed for the better part of 20 hours on Saturday and most of the day on Sunday as well. Still feeling pretty out of it I took Monday and Tuesday off from work to try and recover. Returned Wednesday only to find that I still am not 100%. Now here it is Thursday almost an entire week later and I still feel like crap and to boot. My 9 ear old daughter has started coming down with it. I hope she is more successful at getting rid of it than I was.

On a positive note I am staying strong in my diet for the most part and despite eating a couple bad meals have managed to loose another few pounds. Down to 226 yesterday. I’m sure I will gain a couple back after I get my appetite back but it just tells me that I still have plenty of room to loose. Hopefully I can ease back into my diet and keep the extra pounds off. My goal for the end of February is going to be to sink below 220. That will be a nice change. I will probably even have to buy some new clothes if that happens.

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