I was reading a magazine (shall remain nameless to protect…my heiny) that has that gossip/celebrity/health issues feel to it. Inside, a reader wrote, “I’m 17 pounds shy of my weight goal for New Years Eve. What suggestions for quickie-weight loss do you have?” Their response was “take a weight loss pill.” The one they suggested costs $90 for a 30 day supply!
AGGGG!!!!!!
That is not a solution for long term health! Is getting into a size-too-small dress in 3 weeks when it probably took you a year to put that weight on worth it? Yo-yo weight loss through wacky diets and diet pills is terrible for tour body.
Make small/medium/large healthy changes to your overall diet every week. Add some kind of cardio and weight training 4-6 days per week. If that requires getting up 30-60 minutes earlier, then DO IT! Do child-watching swaps with a friend so you can go for a brisk walk indoors at the mall, at a gym, or YMCA or bundle up and go outdoors.
These are positive changes that will help you safely loose the extra weight you may be seeking. It won’t happen in 3 weeks, but it WILL HAPPEN. Long term health is most important.
Friday 12/10/10 Workout Diary:
Recumbent Bike - 30 minutes
Strength train- back/shoulders
barbell bent-over row- E-Z bar 29lb
alternating dumbbell shoulder press- 12 lb
back row- 2 tubes
standing upright barbell row- 26lb bar
stability ball dumbbell row- 10lb
seated lateral raise- 5 lb
Friday 12/10/10 Food Diary:
Breakfast-
Organic steel cut oatmeal, 1/2 tsp Agava nectar (natural sweetner)(160 cal)
1 cup egg whites (120 cal)
A.M. Snack-
Whey protein shake, 1/2 cup pasturized egg whites (190 cal)
Lunch-
4.5 oz.Orange Roughy (90 cal)
Salad- 1.5 cups spinach, 1/4 cup beets, 1 small tomato,1/8 cup thawed organic edamame, fat free Caesar dressing (82 cal)
P.M. Snack-
small popcorn (90 cal)
1/2 cup baby carrots (35 cal)
Dinner-Restaurant
5 oz grilled salmon- (can't estimate but I had them change the preperation from "poaching in butter- Aggg, grosss, to grilling )
bed of leeks (30 cal)
2 pieces of bread
grilled romaine caesar (asked for light dressing)
Dessert:
1/2 greek yogurt, 1/4cup blackberries, 1/8 cup high protein cereal - I was proud to get out of there without eating their desserts. Mine gave me a sweet treat, high in protein that didn't make me feel sick to my stomach
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