It's All Mental

people often ask me how did i lose the weight and keep it off. i tell people that it’s all mental.

losing weight is the result of making healthy eating choices and working out. to lose a single pound starts with our ability to decide to eat healthy and to workout. the mind and will power are the most powerful forces that dictates our ability to lose the weight and to keep it off. having a positive attitude and desire to stay on course is key to helping me lose the weight and keeping it off.

it’s not about a yoyo diet, it’s a lifestyle change. i live, breathe, eat, drink, do and think healthy thoughts. all of that starts with my mind and my attitude about being healthy and living a more vibrant, joyful life.

many people have issues that they have to overcome. i am a strong believer in getting counseling to clean up the issues that’s stopping people from living the life that they dream about. regain the balance of a healthy life. find the strength to believe that there’s nothing in this life that is impossible. it all starts from what our mind tells us.

if i decide that i can do something….that’s what i get. it’s all mental.

smiles…..GIGI

A Killer Gadget to Make Your Runs & Walks More Fun

I recently met a very nice woman who trains and runs marathons. She shared with me a new toy that she had just purchased to help with tracking and monitoring her weekly training runs so she can see her progress and training for an up coming marathon. It’s an awesome killer gadget that comes in a watch form but is much more than what it appears to be. It’s called the garmin forerunner 405.

If you have gotten this far in my blog, google this amazing Sport watch and personal trainer — Forerunner 405. This high tech watch gives you the best of both worlds in a sleek, stylish package. it’s a high performance watch is easy to use and comfortable to wear when not training. It’s a GPS-enabled sport watch that tracks your training, then wirelessly sends your data to your computer. It’s loaded with serious training features, Forerunner 405 continuously monitors your time, distance, pace, calories and heart rate (when paired with heart rate monitor). Each run is stored in memory so you can review and analyze the data to see how you’ve improved. You can even download recorded courses to compete against previous workouts or race a Virtual Partner®. Customize Forerunner’s data screens for instant feedback while you train.

It is the ultimate in training technology. Its sleek design features a touch bezel that lets you quickly scroll and select features on the run. Simply tap the touch bezel to change screens without fumbling for a button. It comes in two color options — black or green.

Run, Sync, Store and Share

Once you’ve logged the miles, innovative ANT+™ wireless technology automatically transfers data to your computer when the Forerunner is in range. No cables, no hookups. The data’s just there, ready for you to analyze, categorize and share through an online community software. You can wirelessly send workouts from your computer to Forerunner, too.

Share Wirelessly

You can share your locations, advanced workouts and courses wirelessly with other Forerunner 405 users. You can send your favorite workout to your buddy to try, or compete against a friend’s recorded course.

Track Heart Rate

Forerunner 405 is available with or without a digital heart rate monitor which continuously track heart beats per minute. Train in a certain heart rate zone to improve your fitness level or compare your pace and heart rate to past performance on the same run.

Cross-Train

Pair it with an optional foot pod to track your speed, distance and running cadence indoors when a GPS signal is unavailable. This new design clips onto your laces for easy removal and automatically turns on when you start moving. You can also add a speed/cadence bike sensor to track the speed and distance of your cycling workouts.

Lock Onto Satellite Signals

Forerunner 405 sports a unique design that gives the GPS antenna a better view of the sky, so it can get a stronger signal during your run. And its high-sensitivity GPS receiver provides improved tracking under trees and near tall buildings.

Perhaps I am a bit excited about this cool gadget but I can’t help but share cool information about things that energize me. Hope I inspired you to want to take your runs or walks to the next level.

Smiles…..GIGI

Stay Motivated On Your Journey Towards Permanent Weight Loss With These Tips

The overwhelming majority of successful weight maintainers don’t report highly restrictive diets and fad diets as factors they used to achieve permanent weight loss. Despite the fact that dietary change is the most commonly reported method to lose weight, the greatest predictors of permanent weight loss have more to do with regular exercise, changing behaviors, positive mindset, continuous self-assessment, and seeking outside support.

The take home message is that the majority of successful weight maintainers have been highly creative and persistent about finding and applying what works for them. You must learn constantly about what works for you and develop your own personal tricks and put them into action.

Commitment is the ultimate decider of permanent physical change. It takes commitment to stick to your new, healthy lifestyle. When you are committed, you will do anything to reach your goal, no matter how hard, tedious, boring, scary…you will do whatever it takes to get where you want to go.

• Practice continuous self-monitoring with your Fitness Journal.
• Make regular and frequent contacts with an outside source of support.
• Include daily physical activity (resistance training and cardio) for at least 30-45 minutes, three to five days a week.
• Make regular exercise a PRIORITY, a scheduled appointment, NOT an option.
• Stay focused on improving health and energy, with fat loss being a nice accompaniment.
• Set small daily/weekly goals
• Replace fatty and sugary foods with more healthy substitutions like fruits, vegetables, whole-grains, and other high-fiber foods.
• Frequently monitor portion sizes and hunger — this is important in today’s world of “super-size” restaurant portions.
• Find ways to make fitness fun. For example, join a walking or hiking group, a soccer league, or take dance classes. Don’t fear trying new activities.
• Eat at least 4-6 meals a day and do not skip meals.
• Use Solution Discovery strategies when old behaviors return to haunt you. Make an effort to succeed at creating and re-assessing goals.
• Recognize that it is a continuous, life-long journey to pursue better health, not a temporary “diet”.
• Never give up! Do not allow occasional slip-ups to end your progress.
• Accept that the time-tested principles of weight loss, while not always exciting, are the only ones that work permanently.
• Separate your body size from your self-worth. Recognize that your value is about a lot more than a number. When your attitude shifts to self-acceptance at any size, weight loss and maintaining it becomes more natural, and much easier.
• Develop passions, interests, and hobbies to help you focus on things other than food.
• Find and develop creative ways to manage stress effectively.
• Ban the words “never” and “always” from your health vocabulary. That is, everything in moderation. It’s not realistic to say you’ll never eat ice cream again or that you will always exercise every day. In short, you must give up perfection, but remain focused without it.
• Reflect daily. It takes many years to learn behaviors that lead to weight gain, yet it usually takes only a short time to lose weight. Therefore, you can expect that from time to time, destructive eating patterns will resurface. Seeking outside sources of support, developing interests, forgiving yourself, and reassessing goals greatly helps to conquer these times.

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Dear Diary

June 26, 2009

Dear Diary,

I took today off from work (I needed a sunny day outside) so I stayed home with my bf.  We slept in, had a big breakfast, worked out, read in the backyard, watched some DVDs, read in the backyard and so on.

Last night I had a bbq and wine with some good friends.  It was very nice.  Back on the diet and exercise today though!  I did Week 5 Day 3 of the challenges and that was easy.  No problem!  Might see how many pushups I can do tonight.  Also going to go for a run when it gets cooler.

Breakfast: 2 eggs, blueberries, 1 pc ancient grain toast dry, bacon (crisp and patted down), water

Snack: Protein shake after working out

Lunch: roast beef, blueberries, peas

Dinner: 2 chicken hot dogs, blueberries, water

Six Pack Abs Fast?

Six Pack Abs.

That’s the rationale you are reading this article. I bet you’ve read lots of things about the best way to build six pack abs. You probably have been drawn towards products shown in the infomercials, I bet several of you have even tried them, however, they did not have long lasting results.

The fastest technique to get six pack abs is by doing the right exercise and following a proper diet plan. I’m sure you’ve already tried dong that and maybe you did not see the results you need or probably didn’t even see any results at all. The rationale to that’s as you likely did not do the exercises in an effective manner or failed to have an ok diet plan. You might not believe it, but that is the rationale the general public fail to lose belly fat and get six pack abs.

Here are few things you should remember:

1. Take care of your diet : Eat less, more times each day. Eating 5-6 times per day is a great idea. In addition, drink lots of water throughout the day, its suggested that your drink around two litres ( eight cups ) of water everyday.

Make sure you never to skip breakfast, this is the most vital meal of the day and boosts your metabolism rate early in the morning when you need a kick start.

2. Have a plan that is effective: The reason most people do not get six pack abs is because the plan they are following either isn’t effective or they don’t have a plan to begin with. You have got to know what type of workouts to do and must have a good diet plan.
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Six Pack Abs Fast?

How to Loss Weight after Pregnancy

Having a baby is a wonderful experience for any women, after enduring nine months of pregnancy after symptoms, including 5-6 months of extra weight, it’s quite natural to want to normalize your weight and regain your pre-pregnancy shape as soon as possible. But don’t be too impatient. Life after giving birth typically throws up a new set of problems, which can cut across your plans to lose weight. So if you are a new mom, and you can’t wait to get back into shape, get some weight loss tips on getting back in shape. Learn what role breast feeding has on weight loss and read up on pregnancy and weight loss issues.

You are not a celebrity mom but if you look at some celebrity moms out there, you may think you should emerge from the hospital looking as though you were never even pregnant. But, the reality is a quite different. Having a baby affects every part of your body and, despite what’s going on in Hollywood; it can take up to a year for your body to make a full recovery. Find out what you can do to help your body bounce back and lose the baby weight in a healthy way.

The truth is that you can only do a few things to lose weight after your pregnancy. No matter how you cover it up on tummy fat, losing weight always comes down to two variables, the number of calories your consume and the number of calories you “burn” via activity. If you want to lose weight after baby, you are going to have to either decrease calories, increase activity, or you can say the both will lose pregnancy weight.

Once the baby is born, you must stop eating for two and do start exercising. Most women can safely exercise — even swim — within four to six weeks. Obviously, if you have had an episiotomy, wait to get on a bicycle seat or exercise equipment that applies too much pressure until it has healed, usually within six weeks you can easily you lose weight.

Always keep this thing in your mind that nursing cannot help you gain considerable weight loss. If you have a lot to lose you have to develop a plan for healthy weight loss. Remember always that your doctor is there to advise you on your best courses of action that you can loss your health weight.

While breast feeding try and maintain a healthy diet for you. Don’t over eat and try and do some exercise. Both of these things can help you get back to the weight you were at before pregnancy.

Obstacles to Exercise

You may be eager to lose weight by ramping up your activity, but exercise can be tough during the first few months after giving birth. But if you want to get something then you have to be losing something. So just some of the issues you may face:

Exhaustion and fatigue — These are common after giving birth, especially if you’re breastfeeding, which can deplete your energy. Be aware of your energy levels, and only do what you can handle.

An Erratic schedule — For first few weeks and months after you give birth, your baby’s feeding schedule may change constantly, making it tough to follow any kind of normal routine.

Time constraints — You may find that you only have a few minutes here or there for exercise. If that’s the case, take advantage of the time you have, and don’t be afraid to spread your workouts throughout the day.

Diet, exercise, yoga remedied and home remedies will help you to loss weight after your pregnancy. Even some little things are depend upon to you that how you are caring about yourself.

Common question about cravings

Answer by Ellie Krieger from Everyday Health:

Q: I always get tired toward the end of the workday — right around when I want to grab a chocolate bar from the candy machine. Is there a healthier but fast way to get some energy?

A: That candy machine is tempting — but a habit worth breaking. Keep your quarters for the parking meter and try some of these ideas: Slice up some apples before you go to work (you can even buy a gadget that cores and slices an apple in seconds) and keep a small jar of peanut butter at your desk. This is a tasty combination that’s sure to perk you up. Or keep some low-fat cottage cheese and some fruit in the fridge for a flavorful and natural snack. Yogurt gives you a quick shot of calcium, or you can keep a supply of low-fat cheese and whole-grain crackers for a delicious break. A bag of baby carrots or some grape tomatoes offers a constant source of munching that won’t load you with fat or sugar. You might also want to have some almonds or peanuts around for a quick fix, but keep the helping small enough to limit the extra calories.

References: http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition-specialist/midday-munchies.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthDietandNutrition_20090622