You will lose weight, become more fit and healthier if you stay “accountable” to yourself and start a new program with a plan. I believe that your new plan should not be to lose X number of pounds. It should be something along the lines of “ I will make a conscious effort to change the way I look at food, It should be about fueling your body and putting the right things in it to make it run efficiently. “ If you follow that “plan” then the pounds will eventually come off and all the added benefits of diet and exercise will come along as well.
You are the ONLY person that is going to be able to hold yourself “Accountable” for the choices you make in your diet and exercise programs. I can’t be with a client all day to help him/her make choices outside of LIFT and no one else is going to keep him/her from making the decisions he/she has made in the past. Case in point if a client walked in LIFT yesterday and jumped on the scale and had gained a pound from last week and they said they had a bad weekend and that their partner “made” them eat at China Buffett. This client is 6’0’’ 300lbs nobody is making them do anything he doesn’t want to do. (with the exception of me the three hours I see them a week) they have to be “accountable” for themself and realize that isn’t the best decision when they are trying to lose weight. It’s not a big deal to fall off the wagon just make sure you jump back on and remember how that fall made you feel.
Now when starting and exercise program make sure you see a doctor first to clear you for exercise. In my opinion everyone needs to do cardio and resistance training at least 3 times a week. They can be combined together or done on separate days. Cardio is anything from running, walking, swimming, hiking, biking, jumping rope, rowing, ropes, etc... Any activity you can do that gets your heart rate up. For now without worrying about % Max Heart rates we will just say that you should be breathing hard enough that you can’t hold a conversation but not so high you can’t catch your breath. Resistance training can be done ANYWHERE you don’t need a fancy gym or me to do resistance training. You have the best tool you can use, your own body. Push-ups, squats, pull-ups, dips, lunges, planks are just a few of the thousands of exercises you can do no matter where you are. Work the big muscles with these moves and add sets or reps when they become too easy.
YOU’RE in charge of what you do to your body. Your health is one of the only aspects in life that you have almost complete control. Take care of yourself and get started NOW…
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