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		<title>10 Weight Loss Strategies That Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado set out to determine what lifestyle changes were needed to lose weight AND keep it off. They began an on-going study called the National Weight Control Registry (www.nwcr.ws). This registry does not list all of their test subjects. In order to make it you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and<br />
the University of Colorado set out to determine<br />
what lifestyle changes were needed to lose weight<br />
AND keep it off. They began an on-going study<br />
called the National Weight Control Registry (www.nwcr.ws).</p>
<p>This registry does not list all of their test<br />
subjects. In order to make it you had to lose over<br />
30 pounds AND keep it off for a year. So they did<br />
a good job qualifying success.</p>
<p>What they found was intersting.</p>
<p>And the numbers they compiled don&#8217;t lie.</p>
<p>The findings are listed into 10 lifestyle changes. </p>
<p>Here are the 10 habits of these successful weight<br />
losers:</p>
<p>1. 98 percent of registry participants reported<br />
that they <strong>modified their food intake in some way<br />
to lose weight</strong>. Ok, kinda obviousl But you must<br />
change your eating habits in some way (i.e. fewer<br />
calories) to lose weight.</p>
<p>2. Most registry members reported <strong>consuming less<br />
high-fat dense food groups and more low-fat dense<br />
food groups</strong> resulting in a lower daily calorie<br />
intake and greater weight loss. Eat lighter and<br />
cleaner. Stay away from fried, high fat foods and<br />
eat more fresh fruits and veggies.</p>
<p>3. 94 percent of registry participants reported<br />
<strong>increasing their physical activity</strong>. Again, kinda<br />
obvious. More out, less in.</p>
<p>4. 90 percent reported <strong>exercising, on average,<br />
about one hour per day</strong>. Note the difference of<br />
activity and exercise. Yesterday a client ran 1<br />
mile and also played in a basketball game. She<br />
asked if the game counted for cardio. I said no.<br />
Walking your kids around the block, golfing and<br />
gardening are all activity. But exercise is<br />
strength and cardio training. There IS a<br />
difference.</p>
<p>5. 78 percent reported <strong>eating breakfast daily</strong>.<br />
I&#8217;ll venture to say they didn&#8217;t eat donuts.</p>
<p>6. 75 percent of registry participants reported<br />
<strong>weighing themselves at least once a week</strong>. The<br />
interval can and should vary, but measurment of<br />
progress is essential. It helps you stay<br />
accountable and also provides motivation, which fuels your efforts.</p>
<p>7. 62 percent <strong>watched TV less than 10 hours/week</strong>.<br />
More TV means a more sedentary lifestyle. Do you<br />
know how much TV you watch? Try tracking it. I bet<br />
you&#8217;d be surprised.</p>
<p>8. 42% of the sample reported that <strong>maintaining<br />
their weight loss was less difficult than losing<br />
weight</strong>. This is VERY IMPORTANT. Because I see this<br />
mistake all the time.</p>
<p>In the beginning, when you&#8217;re trying to lose<br />
weight, you CANNOT afford to cheat. You MUST<br />
remain committed to your program and keep the &#8216;dial turned up&#8217;. <em>Then</em>, once you&#8217;ve reached your goal you can afford to cheat here and there. If you start to backslide you simply &#8216;turn the dial back up.&#8217;</p>
<p>9. Nearly all registry members stated that <strong>weight<br />
loss led to improvements in their level of energy,<br />
physical mobility, general mood, self-confidence,<br />
and physical health</strong>. I won&#8217;t begin to list the<br />
benefits of losing weight and getting in shape. You&#8217;re smart, and I&#8217;m sure you know there are TONS of them. Life is better when you <em>look good and feel good </em>about yourself.</p>
<p>10. For those who did regain weight, <strong>weight regain<br />
was due, at least in part, to failure to maintain<br />
behavior changes</strong>. This clearly tells us &#8220;diets&#8221;<br />
don&#8217;t work. If you don&#8217;t continue to pay attention<br />
to your health and fitness you will backslide.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot of wisdom in these 10 strategies. </p>
<p>In the book <em>Switch </em>by Dan and Chip Heath, they<br />
discuss how one guy helped solve a major<br />
malnutrition problem in Vietnam back in the 90s. He did so by looking at the &#8220;bright spots&#8221; of other villages without the problem.</p>
<p>He didn&#8217;t try to solve all of the other underlying problems; poor sanitation, rampant poverty, ignorance to nutrition, etc&#8230; He looked to the villages that did not have any malnourishment followed their success.</p>
<p>You can learn a lot by finding the &#8220;bright spots&#8221;<br />
and then implement them in your own life.</p>
<p>Stop trying to find more time &#8211; you&#8217;ll never find it. Stop trying to set aside enough money &#8211; you&#8217;ll never have enough. Stop trying to fix your problems. Make a few changes that other successful people have done to lose weight. </p>
<p>In addition to the weight loss registry mentioned<br />
above our very own <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/st-louis-boot-camp-for-women-success-stories.html">Bootcampers</a>, maybe<br />
some of them your neighbors, are another place to<br />
find bright spots. </p>
<p>Sometimes we need to see the possiblities. We need<br />
the motivation and inspiration of others that have<br />
gone before us.</p>
<p>I hope the findings from 5,000 successful weight loss subjects and that of your very own <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/st-louis-boot-camp-for-women-success-stories.html">neighbors </a>motivates you to create change in your own life. </p>
<p>To your weight loss success, </p>
<p>The Bootcamp Team </p>
<p>P.S. So you didn&#8217;t start fresh on January 1st. Big deal.<br />
It&#8217;s <em>never </em>too late to start. Get your free trial <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/free-class-reservation.html">here</a>. </p>
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		<title>6 Tips To Making A Successful New Year&#8217;s Resolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year! Time to take an honest assessment of where you are in life, and decide what you’d like to achieve in the upcoming year. It’s a sad fact that the majority of folks NEVER see those resolutions come to fruition. That’s why today, I’d like to share with you a few [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s that time of year!</p>
<p>Time to take an honest assessment of where you are<br />
in life, and decide what you’d like to achieve<br />
in the upcoming year.</p>
<p>It’s a sad fact that the majority of folks NEVER<br />
see those  resolutions come to fruition. That’s<br />
why today, I’d like to share with you a few tips<br />
that will help you stick with your resolutions, no<br />
matter what &#8211; creating a NEW YOU in 2012!</p>
<p>The major reason people don’t follow through on<br />
their resolutions is FEAR. Change is scary, and<br />
committing to change is a scary endeavor. But<br />
follow these tips and you should be able to nip<br />
fear in the bud and actually accomplish what you<br />
set out to achieve in 2012!</p>
<p><strong>Get Serious </strong>- If you make &#8220;another resolution&#8221;<br />
it&#8217;s going to be just that, another resolution.<br />
Make a resolution because you want to change<br />
something. Don’t do it because everyone else is or<br />
because you feel like you have to. Get serious<br />
with yourself and do it because you want to.</p>
<p><strong>Chunk It Down </strong>- However big your resolution is,<br />
chunk it down into bite size pieces. Let’s say you<br />
want to lose 80 pounds this year. Chunk that down<br />
into a smaller increment. Try losing 15 pounds in<br />
the first 2 months. Or if you want to improve your<br />
relationships focus on one at a time. This way<br />
you’ll build momentum and have a higher rate of<br />
success.</p>
<p><strong>Relax </strong>- You&#8217;re setting a resolution to make this<br />
year better than the last. Don&#8217;t put yourself on a<br />
tight rope with no net. If you fail with your<br />
resolution you won’t be any worse off than where<br />
you stand today. Take a deep breath and keep it in<br />
perspective.</p>
<p><strong>Have Fun </strong>- Yes, this is very important. Think of<br />
something you hate. It could be doing laundry,<br />
cleaning toilets, or even running on a treadmill.<br />
Now picture yourself doing that <em>every </em>day. It&#8217;s<br />
terrible! You wouldn&#8217;t last. The more fun you can<br />
build into your resolution the easier it will be.</p>
<p><strong>Research </strong>- You gotta do your homework. Talk to<br />
your friends. Find out what they&#8217;re doing. Find<br />
out what they&#8217;ve done. Were they successful? Talk<br />
to your doctor, a personal trainer, a financial<br />
advisor, etc&#8230; Get on the internet, read some<br />
books or magazines. Get the info you need to make<br />
your resolution work this year.</p>
<p><strong>Get Help </strong>- You can never have enough help. And you<br />
should never be afraid to ask for help. It’s what<br />
smart people do. Telling yourself your resolution<br />
and going it alone is a recipe for failure. Ask<br />
the right questions to the right people and you’ll<br />
be a leg up.</p>
<p>Resolutions are tough. But do not be afraid. If<br />
you’ve failed in the past, try and learn from what<br />
you did wrong and make the necessary changes.</p>
<p>Remember that nothing happens without action.<br />
Action, no matter how small, will help give you<br />
the momentum you need. And once you’ve started<br />
taking action, you’ll have a better understanding<br />
of what you need to do to get to your final<br />
destination.</p>
<p>So this year, set some resolutions&#8230; and follow<br />
through until you’ve achieved them!</p>
<p>Happy 2012,<br />
The Bootcamp Team </p>
<p>P.S. If you want help, we&#8217;re here for you! Join<br />
us and many other St. Louis women for your <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/free-class-reservation.html">free<br />
trial</a>. Starting your day early and exercising<br />
are two great resolutions!</p>
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		<title>250 Miiiiiillion Dollars (believe it or not this post has to do with weight loss)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[$250,000,000.00 is a lot of dough. That&#8217;s the amount of money companies are making peddling weight loss suppleme&#8230;err&#8230; scams. You may have fallen victim to handing over your dollars to them. The weight loss results they tout are staggering. 40 pounds in 30 days, Joe Blow loses 150 pounds, and many other similar results. There [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dr-evil.jpg"><img src="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dr-evil-268x300.jpg" alt="" title="dr-evil" width="268" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-261" /></a>$250,000,000.00 is a lot of dough.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the amount of money companies are making<br />
peddling weight loss suppleme&#8230;err&#8230; scams.</p>
<p>You may have fallen victim to handing over your<br />
dollars to them. The weight loss results they tout<br />
are staggering. 40 pounds in 30 days, Joe Blow<br />
loses 150 pounds, and many other similar results.<br />
There marketing is <em>very </em>good. Shady at best.<br />
But still good.</p>
<p>25 mil was revenue from ONE company! A<br />
few days ago the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ftc-continues-push-against-fake-news-web-sites-peddling-weight-loss-products/2011/12/01/gIQATgnSIO_story.html">FTC filed complaints </a>on 10 other operations just like it.</p>
<p>Which puts it in the HUNDREDS of millions.</p>
<p>The saddest part; the crap they sell doesn&#8217;t even<br />
work.</p>
<p>Solve the worlds weight problem and you should get<br />
a BIG check. Sell snake oil and you should go<br />
to jail.</p>
<p>Try as we may, we can&#8217;t redefine ourselves<br />
overnight. That&#8217;s too easy. If that worked then<br />
all of the late night infomercials and fitness<br />
dvd&#8217;s would work.</p>
<p>But you CAN redefine yourself steadily, over time.</p>
<p>A very successful client of mine sold his<br />
business for millions of dollars a few years back.<br />
An article in the paper dubbed him as an overnight<br />
success story. After talking with him, he said the<br />
article gave him a chuckle because in reality they<br />
were &#8220;a 10 year overnight success.&#8221;</p>
<p>That statement made me think. It opened my eyes<br />
that as much as we might see overnight successes<br />
or hear about 30 day weight loss stories, the<br />
reality is it takes steady, constant, and yes,<br />
disciplined action.</p>
<p>Read that sentence again.</p>
<p><strong>It takes steady, constant, disciplined action.</strong></p>
<p>Let it soak in.</p>
<p>Because until you buy into that you will continue<br />
to <strong>search</strong>, <strong>try</strong>, and <strong>fail </strong>at whatever it is you want to do. And waste a lot of money in the process.</p>
<p>STOP <em>believing </em>in crap. Start accepting diet<br />
and exercise does it.</p>
<p>To your weight loss success,<br />
The Bootcamp Team</p>
<p>P.S. Do you need to lose 10, 20, even 50 pounds or<br />
more? We can help. It&#8217;s a proven program that even<br />
your doctor would recommend. Give us a call for more<br />
details, 314.800.7607. </p>
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		<title>Press On</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to share something AWESOME with you. It&#8217;s freaking amazing. Watch the video below (it&#8217;s less than 3 minutes): I can talk fitness and nutrition until we&#8217;re blue in the face. I can give you the most effective workouts, give you the best foods to eat&#8230; &#8230;but you will stumble. You will mess up. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to share something AWESOME with you.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s freaking amazing.</p>
<p>Watch the video below (it&#8217;s less than 3 minutes):</p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cM5A1K6TxxM"<br />
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>I can talk fitness and nutrition until we&#8217;re blue<br />
in the face. I can give you the most effective<br />
workouts, give you the best foods to eat&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;but you will stumble.</p>
<p>You will mess up.</p>
<p>You will fall down.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s life. It&#8217;s a certainity.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s not about falling. It&#8217;s about getting back<br />
up. That&#8217;s what matters. That&#8217;s what separates<br />
winners from losers. </p>
<p>You see what Heather Dorniden did after she fell<br />
down. And she&#8217;s a champion!</p>
<p>No matter what happens&#8230; you MUST get up!</p>
<p>I have a quote above my computer screen from<br />
Calvin Coolidge, the 24th President of the United<br />
States:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.<br />
Talent will not; nothing is more common than<br />
unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;<br />
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education<br />
will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.<br />
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.<br />
The slogan, &#8216;Press On&#8217;, has solved and always will<br />
solve the problems of the human race.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>I love this quote. It makes me feel OK that I&#8217;m not<br />
the strongest, fastest, smartest, etc&#8230; But also<br />
hope knowing I can still come out on top IF I just<br />
keep getting up and keep pressing on. In sport,<br />
business, life. </p>
<p>Because it&#8217;s NOT about being the fastest. It&#8217;s NOT<br />
about being the smartest. It&#8217;s about doing the<br />
right things CONSISTENTLY over time.</p>
<p>I know you want immediate see-it-in-the-mirror results. But the magic pill doesn&#8217;t exist. And you need to tell yourself the truth if you haven&#8217;t already.</p>
<p>Focus on a consistent program &#8211; strength training,<br />
cardio training, and nutrition &#8211; that will transform your body over time.</p>
<p>And then couple it with accountability, support, and motivation<br />
to keep it going. </p>
<p>Does that make sense?</p>
<p>I hope so. Becuase at the end of the day, it&#8217;s the<br />
best coaching I can give you.</p>
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		<title>Snooki&#8217;s Secret to Weight Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never seen an episode of Jersey Shores. And frankly, I don&#8217;t care to. But I do know Snooki. A name like that demands attention. Snooki knows a BIG secret to achieving weight loss results. But you know it too. You might not know you know it. But you do know it. This secret isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Snooks640.jpg"><img src="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Snooks640-300x169.jpg" alt="" title="Snooks640" width="300" height="169" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-216" /></a>I&#8217;ve never seen an episode of Jersey Shores. And<br />
frankly, I don&#8217;t care to.</p>
<p>But I do know Snooki. A name like that demands<br />
attention.</p>
<p>Snooki knows a BIG secret to achieving weight loss<br />
results.</p>
<p>But you know it too.</p>
<p>You might not know you know it. But you do know<br />
it.</p>
<p>This secret isn&#8217;t some special piece of equipment<br />
or any particular exercise. It&#8217;s not even a new<br />
diet or supplement.</p>
<p>Would you like to know what this secret is?</p>
<p>The secret is sacrifice.</p>
<p>You see, sacrifice is essential when it comes to<br />
losing weight. You <em>must </em>sacrifice something.<br />
Often times many things.</p>
<p>Sacrifice is defined as &#8216;destruction or surrender<br />
of something for the sake of something else&#8217;.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t get something without giving something<br />
(up) in return.</p>
<p>You know it.</p>
<p>I know it.</p>
<p>When it comes to your weight loss, it&#8217;s making<br />
sacrifices that will help you get rid of the<br />
pounds.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;If I weren&#8217;t here (working out) I&#8217;d be sleeping.<br />
It&#8217;s been a good decision. A no-brainer really.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>One of our clients said that after I<br />
inquired about their program.</p>
<p>He sacrificed a little sleep.</p>
<p>Snooki is sacrificing booze.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I just have to quit the drinking so much. If I do<br />
drink, it&#8217;s going to be, like, vodka and seltzer<br />
&#8230; maybe like two or three.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Sheesh. Ok, maybe she&#8217;s not sacrificing all that<br />
much.</p>
<p>What are you sacrificing to lose weight? What have<br />
you &#8216;destroyed&#8217; or &#8216;surrendered&#8217; in order to lose<br />
weight?</p>
<p>Fast food is a popular one. Sweets, eating out,<br />
TV, the list goes on and on.</p>
<p>The fact remains, if you are not making any<br />
sacrifices, you will not lose weight.</p>
<p>Taking a pill is easy. Buying some abdominal<br />
contraption is easy. There&#8217;s no sacrifice in that.</p>
<p>Nothing good and lasting comes with ease.<br />
Sacrifice is a must.</p>
<p>Now go make some sacrifices.</p>
<p>By the way, giving up booze except for vodka<br />
is pretty weak. That&#8217;s like saying you&#8217;ll give up<br />
McDonald&#8217;s except for the Quarter Pounder. Make<br />
your sacrifice something worthwhile.</p>
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		<title>ANOTHER Hollywood Weight Loss Success Story</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My blog post last week was about Drew Carey&#8217;s 80 pound weight loss. I revealed his fatal flaw to lasting results. Nonetheless, he&#8217;s doing a lot right. But this week John Goodman has lost a reported 100 pounds! And he has done it the RIGHT way. Let&#8217;s talk about how he did it. His Turning [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My blog post last week was about <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/blog/the-good-and-bad-of-drew-careys-80-pound-weight-loss/">Drew Carey&#8217;s 80<br />
pound weight loss</a>. I revealed his fatal flaw to<br />
lasting results. Nonetheless, he&#8217;s doing a lot<br />
right.</p>
<p>But this week John Goodman has lost a reported 100<br />
pounds! And he has done it the RIGHT way.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s talk about how he did it.</p>
<p><strong>His Turning Point</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s been constant. It&#8217;s always been in the back<br />
of my mind. It just ate at me the whole time. That<br />
may be part of the reason I shoved food in my<br />
mouth so much. That satisfaction.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>When John got a role in Santa Clause he said<br />
enough was enough. But he finally wised up and<br />
didn&#8217;t set the ever-futile New Year&#8217;s resolution.<br />
He hired a trainer and got on a program.</p>
<p>Whether you have a specific turning point or not,<br />
you MUST decide enough is enough.</p>
<p><strong>His Nutrition</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I had to clear out my own house first. It was<br />
built on a bad foundation.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;&#8230;But also fresh vegetables, lean protein&#8230; I&#8217;m<br />
not a real hard-on about keeping strict calorie<br />
counts. I know what&#8217;s in my wheelhouse, what I can<br />
eat and what I can&#8217;t. And I&#8217;m satisfied eating it.<br />
I cannot tolerate sugar. I crossed over to the<br />
diabetic side, but I can&#8217;t tolerate it anyway<br />
because it creates hunger.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Spot on John. First fix the foundation. Get rid of<br />
the crap. Now he&#8217;s getting protein and cutting the<br />
sugar. Very important. And if you notice his<br />
nutrition is supportive to his exercise.</p>
<p><strong>His Alcohol</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Alcohol is alcohol. I&#8217;m an alcoholic. I would<br />
drink no matter what. That&#8217;s just part of being an<br />
alcoholic.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;&#8230;and the big key was drinking.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Goodman has cut out alcohol completely. The<br />
problem with alcohol is not the calories or how<br />
many carbs are in your beer. That&#8217;s marketing<br />
hype.</p>
<p>Alcohol inhibits your metabolism. And your<br />
metabolism is your body&#8217;s process for burning the<br />
fat. If you want to lose weight and get in shape,<br />
cut out the alcohol.</p>
<p><strong>His Identity</strong></p>
<p>This is very important and I probably don&#8217;t give<br />
it as much attention as I should. I&#8217;ve talked to<br />
men and women over the years that feel as if their<br />
weight helps identify themselves. If your weight<br />
helps identify you, i.e. being the &#8216;big cuddly<br />
bear&#8217; or defines you in any way, then YOU WILL NOT<br />
LOSE WEIGHT.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not being a cold s.o.b. here. I&#8217;m being<br />
honest. How you define yourself will dictate how<br />
you think, act and live your life. I identify<br />
myself as being a healthy guy. Will I always be<br />
healthy? Yeah, I probably will. I may eat a donut<br />
from time to time, but I won&#8217;t let myself become<br />
grossly unhealthy. Because that&#8217;s not how I define<br />
myself.</p>
<p>So if you identify yourself with being &#8216;the big<br />
guy&#8217; or in some other way with your weight; you<br />
won&#8217;t lose it. You might lose some for a period of<br />
time, but you WILL gain it back.</p>
<p>So&#8230; on weight being apart of his persona and<br />
being worried about losing his weight and having<br />
people perceive him differently in the acting<br />
realm&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Hey, that&#8217;s too bad. I&#8217;ll scream and cry when I&#8217;m<br />
in the unemployment line, but that&#8217;s really<br />
secondary. I am what I am. I can act at different<br />
weights. It&#8217;s a miracle I was hired at all for a<br />
lot of these jobs.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let ANYONE tell you who you are and what you<br />
can or can&#8217;t do. Ever!</p>
<p><strong>His Exercise</strong></p>
<p>All cardio John?</p>
<p><em>&#8220;This time we mixed in strength training with<br />
resistance bands. They&#8217;re great for me because I<br />
can contract and release slower, and that builds<br />
up better muscle for me.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I was doing a job in New Orleans twice a week<br />
called Treme. I was only working a couple days a<br />
week. I wanted to treat this other thing<br />
(exercise) like a job&#8211;to get healthy.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>This speaks to how much he&#8217;s exercising. I wish<br />
more people took their health and fitness as<br />
serious as John has.</p>
<p><strong>His Effort</strong></p>
<p>Does he like it?</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I do. I&#8217;m still a sucker for highs, and I get<br />
those endorphins. It&#8217;s just a feeling of well-<br />
being. I&#8217;m where I&#8217;m supposed to be. I&#8217;m doing<br />
what I should be doing. I feel good. I&#8217;m hopefully<br />
extending my life. Before, I didn&#8217;t care.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Being fit, firm and strong; able to handle stress<br />
or any situation that comes your way; not just<br />
looking good, but feeling good&#8230; that&#8217;s when you<br />
have it all. That&#8217;s when life is at it&#8217;s best!</p>
<p>But I can&#8217;t adequately describe to you what being<br />
fit feels like. That feeling must be experienced.</p>
<p>There are a TON of lessons to be taken from John&#8217;s<br />
weight loss journey. I hope you pick them all up.<br />
Of course the 80/20 rule will apply to these<br />
lessons.</p>
<p>Many will read this and say, &#8220;Well, he&#8217;s a<br />
Hollywood actor, with money, and time, and blah,<br />
blah, blah.&#8221; And those people won&#8217;t do a thing.<br />
They&#8217;ll stay the same. Stagnant. Inactive.<br />
Unchanged.</p>
<p>The other camp will take this as another success<br />
story (<a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/st-louis-boot-camp-for-women-success-stories.html">yes, I have given you others</a>) to model and<br />
motivate and make a change in their life. What you<br />
do is your decision. But I hope you decide wisely.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always enjoyed the Drew Carey Show. I thought he and that tall skinny guy, Ryan Stiles, were hilarious. Drew took over Bob Barker&#8217;s place as host of the famed Price Is Right. Earlier this year he decided to lose the weight he&#8217;s carried for so long. To date he has lost 80 pounds! I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always enjoyed the Drew Carey Show. I thought he and that tall skinny guy, Ryan Stiles, were hilarious. </p>
<p>Drew took over Bob Barker&#8217;s place as host of the famed Price Is Right. Earlier this year he decided to lose the weight he&#8217;s carried for so long. To date he has lost 80 pounds! </p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to breakdown the good parts of his program and then reveal his fatal flaw. </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s start with the GOOD. </p>
<p><strong>&#8220;I was sick of being fat on the camera.&#8221;</strong><br />
Believe it or not, this is good. If your current situation is not making you sick, then you&#8217;re likely OK with it. Just because someone may need to lose weight or improve their fitness doesn&#8217;t mean they want to. A lot of times a heart attack, starting medication, or just a trip to the doctor can spur taking action. For Drew it was sick of being fat on camera. </p>
<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m not diabetic anymore. No medication needed.&#8221;</strong><br />
Obviously good. Type II diabetes is growing more and more and it&#8217;s controllable with diet and exercise. Drew has conquered this one. </p>
<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t drink anything but water.&#8221;</strong><br />
Although not totally necessary, it&#8217;s a good step. Alcohol, soda, energy drinks loaded with sugar will all slow down weight loss results.<br />
<strong><br />
&#8220;Lots of cardio&#8230;at least 45 minutes of cardio.&#8221;</strong><br />
The third leg of the 3 Legged Stool of Body Transformation. He doesn&#8217;t mention anything about strength training, but I would guess he is doing some. But cardio is just as important. And he&#8217;s certainly doing it. </p>
<p><strong>&#8220;(Losing weight) was easy because once you see the results, then you don&#8217;t wanna stop.&#8221;</strong>There is no greater force than your own momentum. Once you get the ball rolling it picks up speed and gets faster and faster and faster. Soon you don&#8217;t want to stop. And it&#8217;s a heckuva lot easier!</p>
<p>He wants to lose weight so he can <strong>&#8220;be looking that great at 86&#8243; like his predecessor Bob Barker. &#8220;I&#8217;d love to be able to play with him without getting tired, enjoy my life and watch him grow.&#8221; </strong>As I told a group of Enterprise employees I spoke to yesterday, you must start with goals, motivation, and commitment. Drew clearly has his reason &#8216;why&#8217; down pat. He wants to see his step son grow up and live a healthy, enjoyable life. Retiring with health problems is no way to grow old. </p>
<p>Drew is doing a lot of good. But as I mentioned, there is a fatal flaw. Did you find it?  </p>
<p><strong>&#8220;No carbs&#8230;not even a cracker. No bread at all. No pizza, nothing. No corn, no beans, no starches of any kind.&#8221;</strong> If you guessed this was his fatal flaw, you guessed right. Whether he&#8217;s doing Atkins, South Beach, or some new and cool Hollywood diet we don&#8217;t even know about, he will soon fail. You can&#8217;t expect to stay on a diet by eliminating one of the macro-nutirents(carbs, protein, and fat). They are ALL essential. It&#8217;s not about eliminating them but <em>balancing </em>and <em>controlling </em>them to support you and your exercise program. </p>
<p>Mark my words, he will gain his weight back. I won&#8217;t say how much or how long, but he will gain it back. That&#8217;s my prediction. </p>
<p>I imagine he goes to some good restaurants and dinner parties. And sooner or later his craving for a donut or carbohydrate treat will cause him to crack. And that will be the start of a slippery slope. It&#8217;s just a matter of time. </p>
<p>That doesn&#8217;t discredit his hard work. I just hate to see people work so hard and invest so much with the wrong solution. I hope you&#8217;re not making the same fatal mistake.</p>
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		<title>A Learned Weight Loss Lesson</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I emailed this lesson on Father&#8217;s Day and totally skipped posting it to the blog. So excuse the timliness of it. But I think the lesson is worth the tardiness. First, I want to wish all of the dads out there, especially my dad, a Happy Father&#8217;s Day. We&#8217;re blessed and thankful to have you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I emailed this lesson on Father&#8217;s Day and totally skipped posting it to the blog. So excuse the timliness of it. But I think the lesson is worth the tardiness.  </p>
<p>First, I want to wish all of the dads out there,<br />
especially my dad, a Happy Father&#8217;s Day. We&#8217;re<br />
blessed and thankful to have you in our lives.<br />
Second, I have a weight loss tip for you today.<br />
And appropriately, it&#8217;s a tip I learned from my dad. </p>
<p>My dad was the one that spurred my health<br />
kick. He bought me my first set of weights.<br />
He&#8217;d make me a healthy lunch for school. But most<br />
importantly, he taught me health and fitness by example.</p>
<p>He went to the gym a minimum of 5 days a week. He<br />
would always make sure we had veggies with dinner. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, he would still bring home donuts on Saturday morning, but all in all, he was a healthy example to follow. And that&#8217;s the tip I want to share with you today. Learn by example.</p>
<p>I bet I can guess how successful you are with your<br />
weight loss and fitness goals by taking a look at<br />
the examples you follow.</p>
<p>Those examples will influence your actions and<br />
behaviors. They will have the greatest effect on<br />
you. Sometimes whether you choose it or not.<br />
For instance, wouldn&#8217;t you want to follow the<br />
example of someone that&#8217;s been successful<br />
with weight loss versus someone that hops<br />
from one diet to the next always struggling to<br />
keep the weight off? </p>
<p>The examples you have in your life will utlimately<br />
influence your actions.</p>
<p>I am the man I am today because of my dad. He<br />
didn&#8217;t sit me down one day and say, &#8220;Tim, this is<br />
how you be a man.&#8221; Not at all.</p>
<p>But I did learn how to work hard. I did learn how<br />
to treat a lady. I did learn how to sacrifice. I<br />
learned all of this from his example.<br />
You can learn the same way. Doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s<br />
weight loss, fishing, or sewing. If you<br />
watch, observe, and follow a good example, chances<br />
are you&#8217;ll be just as good.</p>
<p>Good examples are a great way to learn. Take some<br />
time now to think about the examples you have when<br />
it comes to your weight loss. Are they good examples to follow? Will they help you move closer to your goal? If not, I suggest you find others to follow. If you need a good example to follow come spend a week with my team and I. We&#8217;ll quickly show you the path to weight loss! </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email from one of my mentors last week. He was using the problem I&#8217;m referring to in a different light. But immediately I realized it&#8217;s the biggest problem mother&#8217;s face. Here&#8217;s what he said&#8230; &#8220;Author and motivational/self actualization guru, Larry Winget, has a book out that I recommend to you. It&#8217;s called [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received an email from one of my mentors<br />
last week. He was using the problem I&#8217;m<br />
referring to in a different light. But<br />
immediately I realized it&#8217;s the biggest problem<br />
mother&#8217;s face. Here&#8217;s what he said&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Author and motivational/self actualization guru,<br />
Larry Winget, has a book out that I recommend to<br />
you. It&#8217;s called &#8220;No Time For Tact.&#8221;  Great title.</p>
<p>In the book he shares 365 daily nuggets of wisdom.<br />
It&#8217;s good stuff. His July 2nd nugget says:</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe in selfishness. The best way for me to<br />
serve others is to selfishly serve myself well.</p>
<p>When I take the time to feel good physically, I do<br />
a better job. That requires some selfishness.</p>
<p>When I do what I want to do, I am better at it,<br />
and the better I am at what I do, the better<br />
others are served by what I do.</p>
<p>It is possible to give so much of yourself away<br />
that you compromise the quality of what you have<br />
to give.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sean (his business partner) uses the airplane<br />
oxygen mask analogy to describe this, and it&#8217;s an<br />
accurate way to think about it.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re traveling with small children, put your<br />
mask on first THEN help your children with<br />
theirs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Because if you can&#8217;t breathe, you can&#8217;t help<br />
anybody.</p>
<p>VERY serious advice that cannot be overlooked for<br />
long or you *will* pay the price.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>I think he&#8217;s spot on. But this is THE biggest and<br />
most common problem I hear from mothers. </p>
<p>I firmly believe we&#8217;d be lost without our mothers.<br />
They always put themselves on the bottom<br />
of the totem pole and serve others first.</p>
<p>But it shouldn&#8217;t be that way. And it doesn&#8217;t have to be<br />
either. I just finished meeting with Jennifer Janson. She<br />
trained with us last year and came back in to get get<br />
re-started. </p>
<p>Jennifer runs her own &#8216;company&#8217; of 6 at home. Plus<br />
her husband. When she went on hiatus from FT, she<br />
realized that going it alone and doing it on her own was<br />
not realistic. Too much distraction. Too much room for<br />
error. Too much time. She was better when she had a<br />
disciplined and structured exercise routine. It was time<br />
for <em>her</em>. No one else to think about. No one else to tend to. </p>
<p>FT helps leverage her health and fitness. And she<br />
knows her family is better served because of it. </p>
<p>This is even more important with your health, your<br />
fitness, and your weight loss. You will serve<br />
others better (spouse, kids, friends, etc&#8230;) if<br />
you serve yourself first.</p>
<p>How to be effectively &#8220;selfish&#8221;:</p>
<p>Plug these into your calendar first:</p>
<p>- Your personal down time<br />
- Your workouts<br />
- Your nutrition<br />
- Your sleep</p>
<p>And then be discplined about<br />
honoring and protecting that time. Will it<br />
be perfect? No. It never will be. But you<br />
can certainly strive for it.</p>
<p>If you are married, have kids, work a lot of<br />
hours, there are always others to tend to. It<br />
takes discipline and commitment or your time can<br />
soon fade away.</p>
<p>Gotta guard against that &#8211; at all costs.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s to the Mom&#8217;s out there!</p>
<p>P.S. If you think this is only applicable to mothers<br />
you&#8217;re sorely mistaken. Make sure you take time<br />
for yourself, your health, your fitness, and watch<br />
your care for others improve!</p>
<p>P.P.S. Would you like help being &#8216;selfish&#8217;? Would you<br />
like a way to leverage your health and fitness? See<br />
how Jennifer does it by clicking <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/free-class-reservation.html">here</a>. </p>
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		<title>&#8220;How To Lose 3 Dress Sizes In 10 Minutes&#8221; (You won&#8217;t believe this!)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hesitated to title this post with that quote. I thought you might think that&#8217;s me making that claim. But I assure you I&#8217;m not. I was probably just as shocked as you to see that. I saw it on the back of a minivan driving into the studio today. Call Harriette for more details. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hesitated to title this post with that quote.<br />
I thought you might think that&#8217;s me making that<br />
claim. But I assure you I&#8217;m not.</p>
<p>I was probably just as shocked as you to see that.<br />
I saw it on the back of a minivan driving into the<br />
studio today. Call Harriette for more details. Or<br />
to tell her she&#8217;s blowing smoke!:-)</p>
<p>3 dress sizes in 10 minutes is really what we want<br />
isn&#8217;t it? We want immediate results. Our entire<br />
society is built around speed. Everything is<br />
faster. From computers to kids growing up.<br />
It all happens fast.</p>
<p>But fitness results are not. It takes time to lose<br />
weight and get in shape.</p>
<p>One of the most often asked questions I get is,<br />
&#8220;How long will it take Tim?&#8221; That&#8217;s the<br />
question everyone wants to know. But usually it&#8217;s<br />
not what you want to hear.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s why my finace dislikes fitness. You may know<br />
she&#8217;s a chef. She loves planning, preaparing,<br />
and cooking a meal. Lucky me:-) But her final<br />
result is instant. At the end of all that work<br />
her meal is complete. My taste buds are wowed and<br />
there&#8217;s a big smile on my face. She see&#8217;s the<br />
result.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s different with fitness and weight loss.</p>
<p>Your fitness and weigtht loss takes time. A long<br />
time for some. As frustrating as that may be it&#8217;s<br />
just the way it is. And I have to continually<br />
remind Joella of it. She&#8217;s looking for immediate<br />
results. She expects to change after 2 workouts.<br />
But it just won&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>What are your expecations? I mean, really and<br />
truly, when are you expecting to look and feel<br />
good? One month? Three months? One year?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s different for everyone. But I&#8217;ll<br />
try and give you a better idea.</p>
<p>When it comes to fitness the body works through 3<br />
phases. Neural, muscular, and lipogenic. (That&#8217;s a<br />
fancy word for burning body fat.)</p>
<p>The first phase, neural, is what I like to call<br />
your initial hump. When you start an exercise<br />
program you are in essence adding a stressor to<br />
the body. (Ironically this stressor helps decrease<br />
stress.) In the beginning it&#8217;s hard. The weights<br />
feel heavy and wobbly. You sometimes feel akward<br />
and unsure, and overall weak.</p>
<p>As you begin to<br />
workout you actually breakdown your muscle before<br />
you build it. Lactic acid builds up in your<br />
muscles and causes soreness. Ah yes, the dreaded<br />
soreness. Sometimes you find out about muscles you<br />
forgot you had. Or maybe you didn&#8217;t even know you<br />
had them! Walking up and down stairs, squatting to<br />
the toilet, and other daily activities can become<br />
gruelsome. This inital hump usually lasts about<br />
two weeks.</p>
<p>The second phase is muscular. After your body gets<br />
past neural and systemic changes you&#8217;ll begin to<br />
build muscle. You start to feel stronger. You&#8217;ll<br />
notice increases in your energy and your<br />
metabolism starts to raise.</p>
<p>I love this phase. And it always reinforces how<br />
important strength training is for you. Because<br />
lean muscle contributes so much to your body. Your<br />
metabolism increases, your energy stokes, you<br />
start to firm up and notice lines in your arms and<br />
legs. You&#8217;re looking and feeling good like you<br />
should!!</p>
<p>With the increase in metabolim and lean muscle<br />
leads you into the last phase. Body fat burning.</p>
<p>This is where it counts. This is when you&#8217;re<br />
turning your body into a machine. You metabolize<br />
calories like a well oiled piston. It just<br />
cranks!!(Hence my favorite saying, &#8220;Crank it!&#8221;)</p>
<p>You use up needed carbs, protein, and fat. Food<br />
becomes fuel to your body. No longer do you eat<br />
just because but it has an entire new meaning!</p>
<p>It takes roughly 12 weeks to go through these<br />
phases. Some may go through them quicker. Some<br />
slower. If you have 40 or 50 pounds to lose, it<br />
will take you longer. If you&#8217;re looking to lose<br />
that last 10 pounds you might do it 8 to 10 weeks.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I almost forgot. There&#8217;s one more thing.<br />
Your body goes through these phases with one BIG<br />
catch. Your diet! If you&#8217;re diet is not supportive<br />
to these phases then you will slow the process.<br />
You can&#8217;t out work a bad diet.</p>
<p>Set yourself up for success. Don&#8217;t put &#8216;Lose 3<br />
dress sizes in 10 minutes&#8217; into your mind. It<br />
won&#8217;t happen. Give yourself realistic expectations<br />
and set incremental goals along the way. Enjoy the<br />
little victories and you&#8217;ll have one BIG victory<br />
at the end.</p>
<p>P.S. Want to lose 3 dresses the right way? There&#8217;s<br />
no better, faster way to results than our boot camp.<br />
But don&#8217;t take my word for it. <a href="http://www.stlouisbootcampforwomen.com/free-class-reservation.html" target="_self">Investigate, then decide.</a></p>
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