A Story

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Just wanted to share a story with all of you. It seems to be a more and more common trend now a days. The media always tells us that we are overweight. You see videos online. Blogs about it everyday. I just wanted to share with you my personal story about weight loss.

It's nothing that crazy. I was about two hundred at my biggest. Dropped to one sixty in ninety days, three months. It's possible.

Here is how you do it.

Good diet and exercise! Lame right? Well, there is more to it than that. Remember, it's not good for you to start both at the same time. Introduce one at a time- in either order. It's too stressful on your body to change your eating and exercising habbits drastically and at the same time.

So, here is what I did, and remember do either of these, and then about two weeks later do the other.

Also- here is an important note before we start. There are thousands of diets and work out plans. There is no universal one that will always work. My story is a blend of all sorts of information I found, that happened to work for me. You're more intuitive than you think. You're body will let you know what it needs. Listen.

1. The work out. This is the easy part. Cardio. Cardio. Cardio. That's the easiest way to lose weight. Running will do that the fastest. However, it's not the greatest for your knees. I recommend short, quick paced runs, followed or after a longer, slower paced machine work-out, such as the stationary bike, or eliptical. Gotta give those machines credit where credit is due. You spend enough time on those, you'll burn those calories. Remember, a lower heart rate work out will help burn calories faster, while a higher heart rate work out will increase lung, heart, and circulation strength while helping lower blood pressure. The short quick run is the latter of these two, where my heart rate is about 165. The former of the two would be the bike, when my heart rate is simply 130.

As far as weight training goes, don't freak out if you hit a low and then gain some weight back. I was down to 160, but after a few more months of weight training, am back to 170. It's to be expected. Just keep it in mind. If you want, it may help to measure inches. Personally, I lost three inches at the waist and one at the chest (man boobs!) but gained one at the arm, half at the neck, and half at the leg.

2. Diet- if it looks bad don't eat it! I cut soda from my diet completely. As well as fast food. It was super hard- but after a week or so, I didn't even miss it. I drink a lot of OJ and eat meat sparingly. I eat a lot of vegetables and fruits throughout my day. Eating littler meals more often really helps. And I'm not just saying that because I want an excuse to always eat! The main thing I looked at was making sure my carbs counted. Don't eliminate these bad boys. Rather, use them to your advantage. Some good carb food also will be full of good fats your body needs for a work out. Also, some good protein is carb filled. Just make sure you arn't eating empty carbs. Go for food with multiple benefites, like carbs and fiber. Also, try to avoid sugar. That alone will increase your metabolism and help with food digestion.

Like I said, we are all unique. This is just what worked for me. And it worked fast. I was very impressed. Give something a try. Just get out in the sun and play a sport. Anything will help. You're worth it- work hard to accept that.