Walking is a great way to burn off calories while in San Francisco, but it's not the only way.
From Eileen: We all know how easy it is to fall off the exercise wagon when you are on the road. A trip to San Francisco last week reminded me how hard it is to keep motivated when you are off your regular routine.
San Francisco is a great walking city and there are plenty of hills to get your cardio in, but there also are any number of places to pack in the calories!
Dreaming of a cupcake to reward yourself for all that dieting work? Well, you may have to reframe your fantasies.
From Eileen: A friend of mine started a big-time diet and exercise program last week. She jumped in with her typical gregarious enthusiasm, setting up sessions with a personal trainer, reading food labels, packing her lunch, counting her calories … and telling everyone “This is it, guys! This is it!”
After the first week, she stayed on course, losing a pound. Not a smashing success, but a great start nonetheless. She was pretty pleased with her progress. Slow is OK because this was it, the real deal.
A new study shows improving your self image can help you reach your fitness goals.
As reported in Science Daily:
From Gerry: For the first time this century the scale is in the 130s! I reached my goal … 50 pounds in six months. From 188 to 138; size 16 to 6. The secret? Dark chocolate. Seriously. When Tony told me to add two pieces of dark chocolate to my food intake every day, I whined. I really don’t like dark chocolate, milk chocolate is much better. As usual, Tony didn’t budge … dark chocolate, two pieces, every day. If I’ve learned anything in six months of training with Tony … he’s always right. When I got on the scale today and saw the number I’d been shooting for, well, Tony’s streak of rightness continues. Amazing!
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What if you could get fit and possibly lose weight in just six minutes a week?
From Eileen: The biggest excuse everyone has for not exercising, of course, is the “I don’t have enough time” lament.
I’ve talked about that before in terms of importance … meaning if something is important enough to you, there’s always enough time. (There’s always enough time to eat and sleep and watch TV, right?)
But here’s another way to attack the time problem: What if you could get fit in just six minutes a week? Yep, six minutes a week!
From Gerry: Lose 4 pounds in 4 weeks. That’s the plan.
Five months ago I started the Fittest Loser Challenge and finished 12 weeks later with a respectable 36-pound weight loss. Since then I’ve lost 10 more pounds and continue to work out with Tony three times a week. No, wait, I should put that another way. Because I’ve continued to work out with Tony I’ve lost 10 more pounds. This is the first time I’ve successfully lost weight and stuck to an exercise regimen. The accountability and discipline Tony instills is key to my success.
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Will a basket or a cart determine how healthy your grocery choices are?
From Joe: When you are shopping to eat healthy, does how you hold your items make a difference in the kinds of items you select?
Consumer Reports reporter Maggie Shader would answer “Yes!”
She cites a study which found that carrying your items in a basket leads you to make unwise choices. Carrying items in a basket …
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Tagged behavioral economics, cognition, dieting, Joe
If you want to change your life, you have to change yourself. Or, at least part of yourself.
From Joe: We’ve talked about it before: Converting lifestyle changes into permanent improvements is a major potential stumbling block for everyone who wants to develop better health and fitness practices. That’s why I’m always harping on the importance of framing the issue as one where you change your life by changing your self. Or at least a part of yourself. In the final analysis, that’s the only thing over which you might truly have control.
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Tagged change, framing, Joe, lifestyle changes, maintaining gains, Motivation, progress
From Gerry: When the Fittest Loser Challenge ended six weeks ago, I was scared. What if it was the end? Not just the end of the competition but the end of the my weight-loss road. For the first time in my life I had legitimately lost weight … no gimmicks, no crazy starvation plan. I finally found something that worked. Why quit? Good question. So, I didn’t. I signed up for six months of training with Tony, I kept right on eating the same foods and continued to follow the same workout regimen.
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Go ahead. Move your yoga mat or change your spin bike! Getting out of a rut is good for you.
From Eileen: We’re having squabbles in my spin class lately. The Fitness Center changed the room, as well as the configuration of the bikes, and that has put everyone in a real tizzy. The room is too hot. It’s too cold. The sound system is too loud. The bikes are too close. The complaining is near record proportions.
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Tagged Eileen, getting out of a rut, spin bikes, yoga