Transformation Pictures

These are my before and after pictures from doing P90X. I lost 6% body fat, and felt great. I highly reccomend the program because it works! Just remember that losing weight is 80% diet and 20% working out. But they both equal 100%, so you cant get the full results without one or the other.

Not losing weight?

Have you been trying to loose weight, but have plateaued? What can you do to break that plateau?
Here are a few ideas for you. Try what feels like the right option for you.
My first suggestion is not for everyone, and might surprise you, but if you  have been heavily dieting and restricting your calories to loose weight, you might need to add some now. After a while you body needs more calories to continue losing weight. One way to do this is to zig zag diet. This means to change your calorie intake every few days. One day you might start with eating 1800 calories then a few days later change it to 1400. Then back up a few days later. This will not only keep your metabolism guessing but help you learn what your body feels the best at.
Another thing to try is changing your workout routine, either harder or easier depending on what you were doing before. Your body adapts and gets used to a workout and needs you to chalenge it again to keep it guessing.
Make sure you are getting enough sleep. Sleep is when your body recovers, and if you do not allow it to recover your results will diminish.
 Take some time to relax and de-stress. Evaluate your habits, and make those changes needed. If you need to add calories, do it slowly, only100 or 200 calories at a time, and give yourself time to see if it is the right move. If you need ideas for new workout videos, or meal plans, visit my website, and feel free to send me a message and I would be happy to help you. Bring It!

Push by Chalene Johnson

I want to tell you about a book I am reading right now. It is called PUSH by Chalene Johnson.  In the book she talks about how to set goals that are true to your lives values. Then she goes on to teach you how to achieve the goals. As part of the book she includes how to achieve fitness goals too. I like how she says in the book, “Fully 80 percent of results will come from your nutrition. Exercise accounts for only about 20 percent.”

One of the big things she teaches is to keep a daily to do list and always have 2 things relating to your big goal for the year on that list. The other things you should always include in your daily to do list are 3 health and fitness related items: one physical activity, one nutritional habit, and once knowledge/skill/ tools-related task.

If you are serious about finally achieving your goals in life and losing the weight or toning up; then this is the book that I would recommend for you. She makes it simple and tells you exactly what you need to be doing to work towards those goals daily.

http://www.chalenejohnson.com/pushjumpstart/