Maybe once its written down....people will listen? I hope? Now that its official...because you know...blogs are official and all factual (heavy sarcasm).....people will start getting healthy!
Disclaimer......this is all my advice. Take it at your own risk :)
Now...that is all done with...let's get right into why I wanted to start this blog.
SIDEBAR: before you read this....go get yourself a tall glass of water. Water is the KEY to being healthy. You should be drinking as much water as possible....at least 2 liters a day. I will talk about this more later but go do it! Now....and come back (fingers crossed)......
Do you ever feel like there is so much diet, fitness and nutrition stuff out there. So much you can't really thumb thru what you really need to hear. Its confusing and so many people tell you all different things.
Let's keep it simple. If you are looking for a way to completely change your life or just tweak what you are already doing...read on fellow cyber friends!
How do you get started? Let me tell you...because as my dad tells me...I love to tell people what to do :)
Step 1:
Dieting is brutal. Its a beating. Who wants to diet? You get on a diet...do well, loose weight and slide back into bad eating. Its not about dieting! Its about changing the way you eat! So you can eat...and not feel ravenous all the time. Being ravenous is not sexy, and really its about keeping it sexy.
I tell you...buy this book and buy it now. Your weight and you...are 80% diet, 10% genes and 10% fitness. So really its not about being at the gym...its what you ram down your throat. (this is in her book, I am not making it up :) well I added the ram part. )
Since your weight is 80% what you eat....you need to know what you eat. This book isn't about eat 1,200 calories a day and have a shake instead of this, etc. It learns you up real good.....what food is! I highly highly highly recommend buying this book and reading it. Its an easy read with big pretty pics (my kind of book!)
You do it....now. Buy it. Online, in stores, do it. If you are not willing to read a book like this. This blog isn't for you. Click off immediately. (for those about to click off, thanks for joining, even if it was a short visit! Please finish that tall of glass of water)
Info about the book: http://www.eatcleandiet.com/
Hey look...I am making it super easy...click on link, add to chart, insert credit card info:
http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Clean-Diet-Recharged-Lasting-Better/dp/1552100677/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295114171&sr=8-1
Now that was easy? Step one of getting your life back to healthy CHECK. Progress already.
Once you get the book, I hope you will be obsessed....then you might buy her recipe books! Great ideas that are easy and yummmmmy!
Onto step 2:
Basic fact...if you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. Simple as that. It isn't about low carb, low fat etc etc......if you eat more than you burn. You will gain weight. Period. Simple. End of Story.
Going to the gym an be an aimless task. What do you do? Are you working hard enough?Fact...those calories burned monitors on the machines are wrong. They don't know about how tall you are, your age, or even if you sit or stand to pee (AKA if you are a boy or a girl).....so how will they know how many calories you burn? Its just wrong.
If you are going to start working out. You need this period. Can't afford it? Cut back somewhere for a few weeks and buy this. Period. End of Story. This changed my life.
You wear this strap around your chest and wear the watch. You program it with age, sex, weight, height info....and you wear it when you work out.
You can tell what your heart-rate is.....so if you need to push yourself more in a work out...and it tells how many calories you have burned. LOVE THAT.
It completely changed the way I work out. Now I know if I am not pushing myself hard enough or not. Plus if I know I am going to go out that night to dinner......I will say to myself okay 100 more calories (PS there is about 550 calories in a bottle of red wine) ....and push myself to burn more.
Here is a sample selection. Choose one!
http://www.target.com/s/ref=sr_sort_highlow?ie=UTF8&keywords=heart%20rate%20monitor&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchPage=1&fromGsearch=true&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=-price
I suggest getting a Polar brand because it works with most machines at the gym. Plus its the brand I own, and it is my blog isn't it?
Or even better get this one. Its a gold color...go for the gold!
http://www.target.com/Polar-FT7F-Heart-Rate-Monitor/dp/B001U0OFDM/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=heart%20rate%20monitor&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-10&qid=1295114499&rh=&searchRank=-price&id=Polar%20FT7F%20Heart%20Rate%20Monitor&node=1038576%7C1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0
Between the book and the monitor. Those two will put you on the road to the life you want to live! I know its a hundred bucks. Its worth it. I take mine everywhere. On trips, gym etc. Basic info...calories in, calories out. Wearing this will motivate you and ALSO you realize how hard you have to work to burn those extra calories.
I used to eat those 100 calorie packs of things...thinking oh its only 100 calories...but you realize that is about 8-15 mins of extra hard work at the gym to burn that off. Worth it? I think not!
So don't you already feel better? You have tools that will just make your life easier. CHECK CHECK.
Step 3: (the cheapest step)
Got an iPhone? Download the ap Lose It....its now time to start finding out how many calories are actually IN things. Its eye opening.
Now I am not saying log everything you eat for the rest of your life....but do it until you get it. I don't do it all the time. I will do it every few months to make sure I am on track. When you first start.....do it everyday for awhile. Do it until you start seeing the weight come off!
For me, I enter in 1,600 calories a day when I want to loose weight. Each goal should be based on your body. Feel free to contact me if you want specific help on it! So when I am logging my calories and want to be loosing weight....I need to eat 1,600 calories a day TOTAL/NET after work outs etc.
For example. If I burn 600 calories in a work out....I need to eat 600 calories more to NET 1,600 calories total.
Simple fact.....you must nourish your body. If you eat too much, you gain weight. If you don't eat enough....your body goes into starvation mode.....and starts holding onto the weight because it thinks its starving. Now that isn't good is it? Its about balance. Also, if you don't eat enough your body's metabolism goes down. We aren't those spring chickens in second period gym class anymore.....save your metabolism! The older you get the more it goes down....so don't ruin it by not eating enough!
So this isn't too bad is it? I am not telling you not to eat McDonalds or that Snickers bar...or to set down that glass of champers......have it. Just realize that 280 cals in that hamburger....won't fill you up as much as say a breast of chicken grilled, vegis, and whole grains.
Let's review. Or for those who know me...let's confirm. I love to confirm. I am a confirmer. I should have had one of those cheerleading is life, the rest just details shirts but mine should read: Confirming is life, the rest just details (of which I will confirm)
1. Buy book/read book/change your life forever
2. Buy strap/wear strap/change your workouts forever
3. Buy ap/use ap/loose weight
you can do it!!!!
And for those of you who like extra credit. I have a bonus step for you. I was always that kid....love extra credit.
BONUS STEP:
Get an RMR Test. What is it? Its a test to tell you how your metabolism is. You will know based on your age, weight, and height......how many calories your burn a day and if you have a low, high, medium etc metabolism compared to others in your same age/weight/gender/height group.
This is an amazing test that is EASY. It will cost you about $75. TOTALLY worth it. You wake up in the morning. Don't eat or drink anything...go to the location and breath into a tube for 15-20 mins or so...and that is it.
I did it and was amazing. It basically told me...I have a higher metabolism than most people in my group and if I were to do NOTHING at all during the day...just sit....I burn about 1742 calories a day.
The print out that I got....which I will scan and post later on.....also gives you zones. Maintenance weight zones, weight loss zones and zones that should be done only under strict medical supervision.
I highly suggest this test. It gives you a good number to put in your lose it ap!
It really tells you about YOU. And you need to know yourself. My husband did it....and he came back with a very low metabolism. He burns under 1,500 calories a day doing nothing. Its low for a guy and he has realized that for him and his body if he ever wants to be lean lean.....it would be nearly impossible.
This is really where those 10% genes come in. Things you can't change but have to learn to live with.
If you want to do this test. Contact me and I will help you find a location. I know of locations in Dallas as well as Austin.
Well that's all folks for today. I hope those 3 steps and one bonus will help you wrap your head around your body (now wouldn't that be a site!)...and how you can change it inside and out.
If you want more reading....here are some helpful links:
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_BMR.php
About RMR testing: http://www.metatestvo2.com/metabolic_testing.shtml
Come back soon!
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