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Thursday, June 19, 2003

Fitting Exercise into a Busy Day

You can get into whatever shape you want, if you're willing to do what's required. By that I mean, professional athletes are strict in their diets and exercise plans during the on-season (you've seen off-season athletes). Being strict with their intake is part of the process, and they just do it. Look at actors who have to lose a lot of weight to play a starving person in a role. They do it, because they're paid millions of dollars to do so (makes it easier, I'll bet), but it still would be difficult - and frankly I wouldn't want to risk screwing up my head in that way, but it is their job and they do what they must do.

Bodybuilders are another good example because you've probably seen what can be done with a fairly rigid clean-eating plan, and consistent resistance exercise. You can whittle your body into whatever shape you want, but first you must decide to what extent you are willing to go.

What's clean eating? It is simply eating whole foods with little or no additives, fruits, vegetables, grains, steamed fish and chicken, little or no gravies or sauces, etc. Just clean. Little or no fast foods, and little or no processed foods. They do eat lots of protein powders and food bars though (not really clean, but they need the added calories, and frankly they get sick of having to eat all the time).

So what are you willing to do? If you find you're not even willing to get started, then okay, you've made a conscious decision that you are okay where you are. Be okay with that. Stop giving yourself such a hard time about a decision you've made. Either make a different decision or get off your own back.

I'm into the fourth week of a consistent weight lifting program. I've been trying for the last two years to get something consistent going and I've been telling myself I don't have time, it's too hard to do it in the afternoons, I can't get up earlier, etc. All these reasons why I can't were keeping me from accomplishing what I said I wanted. Now I've found a way that I can do it, plus amazingly I seem to have more time in the process!

I call it Kathryn's Amazing Multi-tasking Exercise Program and here's how it works: If you're familiar with weight lifting you'll know that you must take a short rest between each set -- 1 min or so is okay, sometimes 90 seconds. During that time most people just sit and look around. If you're at home, this is partly why weight training seems so boring as there is just nothing to look at. Nothing to distract you for those few seconds.

My old schedule worked like this: 6:AM up, 6:15 - 6:30 working on website (morning routine). 6:30 - 7:00 goofing off, reading e-mail, following links, checking out software, reading some news, morning rant, etc. 7:00 - 7:15 breakfast while still doing above at computer. 7:15 - 7:45 more goofing off, until I realize it's time to get dressed, and now I'm rushing around to put on makeup, find clothes, get my things together. Whew. It's busy, right?

Now, my new plan is thus: I still get up and work until 6:30 AM at which time I grab my makeup kit and go into my gym (it's at home). There I start my routine, and between each set I put on a smudge of my makeup. Guys, I know you can't shave while you exercise, but indulge me here. There is enough time between each set to write down my reps and weight, mark what I'm doing next, put on some makeup, and then back to the next set. Time flies, and I'm getting my makeup on while I'm working out! Voila. I come back up stairs shortly after 7:00, (the workout takes me about 34 minutes total, split routine, four days a week), and then I can eat breakfast. What I've found is suddenly it seems like I have more time since I'm actually making better use of the time I already had!

It's great, and I'm in the middle of the fourth week of consistent weight training. I'm excited as the weights are what make the difference for me. I'll write more on this soon. Think of your own day. Are there places where you think you don't have time, but you're actually just wasting time anyway? Could you add some weight training during the commercials on TV? Think about it, and let me know if you come up with some ideas.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Thursday, June 19, 2003

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

What to do When Weight Loss Stalls

We've all been there - doing everything "right," exercising (making an effort anyway), eating more fresh foods, and yet, nothing. No change. We anxiously weigh ourselves hoping for some result, but the needle won't budge, or worse, it rises! That's when most people just give up. What's the use? This doesn't work. Nothing works. I think I'll try that new diet ... or maybe skip breakfast ... or?

If your weight loss seems to have stalled, it might be time to reassess your daily habits. I promote the "non dieting" approach, which means you should eat what you really want to eat, when you really want to eat it. In other words, if you are hungry (key word: hungry), then you should eat something, but it doesn't mean with wild abandon each and every time. You can eat until you're stuffed but once you learn the real principals of non-dieting, you'll rarely want to do so. If you give yourself permission to eat, you don't have the same experience of deprivation and you're behavior around food with change as well.

But, back to our stalled weight loss efforts. If you are no longer losing, and you still believe you have weight to lose (five, 10, 15 or more pounds), then here is my approach, and it may just work for you. Look closely at your eating habits. Here is an example based on my own life:

When I order at Dairy Queen (once a week habit, now perhaps four times a year), I still order a double-cheese burger with the works, and a family-pack fry. What is a family pack fry you ask? It's a French fry order they think is big enough for the whole family, but I think is just right for me! My husband who always says he doesn't want any French fries, then asked for some of mine (hey, I'm eating that!), now gets his own whether he asks for them or not cause I don't like to share. I'm a bit of a French fry freak, I guess.

So now, I've come to the realization that maybe it's time for me to let go of the belief that I must have a gigantic order of fries. Notice I used the word "maybe" in that last sentence. That tells me I'm not convinced, but I am willing to give it a try, so that is what I choose to work on. Since I just had a Daily Queen, it could be a month or two before I have a chance to see whether this works, but I will report when the time comes.

For now, here is my plan, and you can apply this to yourself by choosing one thing you eat, whether you eat it often doesn't matter, but choose something you know you could perhaps either cut back on (times a week, quantity when you do have it), and make a small change. I'm not intending to quit eating French fries, but I am intending to become a more normal consumer and order a regular sized order.

I'm going to use EFT on my belief that I must have a huge order to be satisfied:

"Even though I think I have to have a family pack fry, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Shortened phrase: Family pack fry"

"Even though I can't imagine not having a family pack fry, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Shortened phrase: "Must have family pack fry" - (said in a robotic voice with outstretched arms for fun)

"Even though I want to order the huge order of fries, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Shortened phrase: "huge fries, love huge fries"

"Even though I always order the huge order of fries, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Shortened phrase: "always get huge fries"

"Even though I'm the French fry queen, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Shortened phrase: "French fry queen"

See how I play with the words? Have fun with it. I'm going to tap, today once an hour on this. Each time evaluating how strongly I believe I would order the family pack fry, if I were standing at the counter making my order. I'll keep doing the tapping, until my belief is zero.

How is this helpful in a stalled weight loss? Easy, it is your habits that create your current size and shape. This is a habit I've kept for a long time, and this one small change, even though I don't eat it often, will still add up to some weight off. It really works, and there is no pain, no trauma, no giving up my favorites.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Wednesday, June 04, 2003

Weight Loss: Instant Results Take Time

Q: Five weeks ago, I began an exercise program and so far I have not lost any weight or gained in muscle tone - which is my goal. Regardless, I intend to keep it up, knowing that the results I want will occur if I give it time.

A. That's so true, yet here is what happens with the majority who begin an exercise program:

1. They start out feeling excited, knowing it will be successful in the long run, if they stay with it.

(They've read the books, they know this stuff works.)

2. They begin to feel and look better, although the scale shows no difference.

(Results take awhile to build, they know this but it gets harder and harder to wait.)

3. Their clothes begin to fit looser. People start to notice, asking "What are you doing?"

(Things are starting to happen, albeit slowly.)

4. They do "all the right things," such as eating well and getting good rest.

(Consistency, a good discipline.)

5. Since they've been "so good" they decide to step on the scale.

(Where's the evidence? They're getting impatient.)

6. The scale shows a three pound weight gain and they throw their hands up in despair saying, "This doesn't work!"

(The scale doesn't show us what is going on inside, it only weighs the total package.)

7. They dismiss the real evidence (how they feel, how they look, how their clothes fit) and rely instead of the wisdom of the bathroom scale, known for wildly inaccurate results, but nevertheless trusted implicitly. They have likely gained some valuable muscle, active tissue that supports and sustains the body, and creates beautiful curves, but without the result they had in mind, they quit.

Your body is made up of fat, skin, bone, and muscle (not to mention water). When you exercise the goal is to increase muscle and decrease fat. A pound of muscle takes up much less space than a pound of fat, so regardless of what you see on the bathroom scale, if you have been exercising, you are building a better, healthier frame. Give your body a chance to display the results you seek. Instant results take time.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Wednesday, June 04, 2003


		Kathryn Martyn Smith, M.NLP Body Mind Therapy, Weight Loss Coach 210 NW 78th Street Vancouver, Washington 98665 360-695-3184

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