Thursday, August 21, 2008

Day 4

Well it's day 4 and so far so good. In fact I weighted myself this morning and was down 5lb. I am sure it is just initial water weight but who cares it makes you feel good. Eating is easy once you get in a routine and of course advanced prep is what it is all about. Making a plan at least one day ahead and making sure you have what you need in your kitchen to follow the plan. some people are better if they plan their whole week in advance do their shopping on Sat. or sun. and prepare anything they can make in advanced. That way if you have a bad day at work and you are running late you know what you are going to eat and that everything is there. Fall and winter is a great time to make things ahead and to freeze in portion sizes. Take it out in the morning and there are no excuses. Plan your sncaks and lunches so they are easy, stay away from fast food lunches alot of people think grabbing a sandwich is okay but many contain way more calories than you want to consume. And remember it all about breakfast, I love a cup of fruit, 1/2 cup of yogurt and 1/2 cup of cereal and I can go most of the morning. Choose your cereal wisely check the protein the higher the better and watch the sugar the ones that you think are healthy may contain way more than you think. Keep the sugar per serving under 7 grams. And watch the portion size many people don't realize that Musili which they think is so good is only 1/4 cup per serving. The Kashi cereals are a great choice or the PC Organics, you will stay full longer.
Got to go work out more later.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

day 2

Well I have to say my glutes were killing me last night, but I feel great this morning. Dinner last night was 4oz. grilled haddock, steamed veggies and a baked potatoe with no additions although I highly recommend a tablespoon of salsa and some fresh ground pepper.I was up early to train clients so my workout is this afternoon. Breakfast this morning was great 1 cup of berries and mango with non fat yogurt and 1/2 cup of Kashi cereal, I still feel full and it's 11:00. I also start my morning with a freshly squeezed lime hot water and a drop of organic honey, this helped me give up coffee 8 months ago and it tastes so much better. I never thought I would say that as I used to relish that really early morning coffee (5am) with the morning paper. but any habit can be replaced.I will write about my workout later today and about my BootCamp class, I don't really get to play there as there are so many participants to watch over and encourage but I love dreaming up the drills.Rember its not about how great you are at the start but that you started.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Ross's start

day one complete, not succesful.

for lunch i walked to tim hortons from work and got a sandwich and a cinnamon roll, with glaze. woo woo next stop my thighs! but tommarow i'm doing a real start, exept then i go to camp which dosnt exactly have the healthiest foods, especialy when you go to the tuck shop for a chocolate bar :P. my goal is to loose ten pounds in the two months. so this shall be quite a rocky start. but i shall prevail and i shall reach my goal.



day one 10 pounds to go!

Weight Loss Saga

Today is our first day of our program to loose 20lbs. Even though I am a Fitness Professional I have allowed my self to be consumed with my clients and my family and forgot about myself and being over 50 the weight has slowly crept on. You know it's happening but somehow you don't stop it. I was preaching and not listening well no more. We just finished a kick ass workout it's nice outside which we don't always get in Canada. so we went outside with med balls and kettle bells and had a great full body warmup, I love kettle bell swings and cross presses. Then we moved back inside and alternated weights on the cable machine with jumps on the Gravity machine. If you don't know about Gravity it's like a Pilates reformer but instead of springs to create tension you use incline. Great way to get your cardio in while you really work your glutes, hamstrings and quads. a super ab set and we were done. What fun.
The days eating plan is in good order so things are feeling very positve. I am sure Mary will log in later to add her feelings as well as my son who will do his workout tonight.
I used to be a chef so I am busy creating a new 30 day eating plan with us as the guinea pigs.
I liked that jumping so much I think I will do some more in between clients.
Till tomorrow, keep your karma positive!