Here’s a very inspirational story of a woman who recently lost over 100 pounds in less than ten months. She initially weighed 266 pounds. In the before photo here, she weighed 255 pounds last August. In the ‘after’ photo she weighs 145 pounds by May.
Check out her very beautiful and inspirational video where she shows her weight loss progress over one year.
Here’s a very inspirational story of a woman who recently lost over 100 pounds in less than ten months. She initially weighed 266 pounds. In the before photo here, she weighed 255 pounds last August. In the ‘after’ photo she weighs 145 pounds by May.
Check out her very beautiful and inspirational video where she shows her weight loss progress over one year.
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Starting today in the U.S. we basically have our last long holiday weekend marking the end of the summer. Most people take these last 3-4 days until Monday night to enjoy every last minute of summer they can squeeze in.
However, these plans aren’t always the healthiest and often include some extra eating and drinking. Of course, those calories also aren’t usually coming from the healthiest of foods either.
To combat this swing in calories and potential weight gain it’s essential that you fit in a few exercise sessions. These workouts don’t have to be long, but they should be intense enough to boost your metabolism over the next few hours. This will help you to better metabolize sugars and hopefully you end up storing less fat.
Even if all you can get in is 10 sets of jumping jacks that will work fine for this weekend. To do this workout just complete 10 1-minute rounds of fast jumping jacks while resting 1-minute in between sets. This will amount to an intense 20-minute workout you can fit in every morning before the festivities start.
Is it the world’s best workout? No, but it’s a whole lot better than doing an arm workout with a pair of light dumbbells… or worse, doing nothing.
It’s also good to keep in mind that every workout you do doesn’t have to be your best workout ever. If you always have that mindset it may prevent you from trying to fit in a quick 10 or 20-minute quick workout like the one I just described above.
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!
Stephen Cabral, CSCS, CPT, NS is the owner of Stephen Cabral Studio weight loss & personal training in Boston, MA, and also offers online fitness coaching.
We know that large serving sizes influence dieters to eat more… but what about server sizes?
A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Consumer Psychology reported that restaurant goers order differently, depending on the size of the waiter taking the order.
The study conducted two experiments: one measuring quantity of food eaten, and one looking at food choices of both dieters and non-dieters when ordering food from obese and non-obese servers.
The results may surprise you.
Janet used to weigh 337 pounds. She bought a treadmill and initially just walked on it for five minutes a day. She increased the time gradually. By the time the treadmill gave out she had put 3,000 miles on it over two years and had lost 100 pounds. She was eager to buy another one.
But then she plateaued and wanted to try weight loss surgery. (She is only 5′1″) Her doctor suggested she first try the Medifast diet for one month. She ended up doing this for 12 months and losing another 120 pounds.
Read her inspiring story and see her ‘after’ photo here.
It’s amazing how many people will share their tips with you once you tell them that you are trying to lose weight. They’ll tell you the latest article they read, what they did last month, or what their friend’s friend is currently doing.
Now although I’m sure all of that advice is well intentioned it may be harmful to your ultimate weight loss success.
For starters you won’t know what is working (or not working) if you continue to tinker with the program you are currently on and that’s why I recommend sticking with one program for at least 6 weeks to give it a fair shot. Secondly, unless the person giving you the advice lost weight using the method they are suggesting (and kept it off) then you can’t be too sure if everything they are sharing with you is valid.
Lastly, I would really be careful trying any pills, potions, crash diets, teas, creams, etc. even if a friend swears by them. Although a product advertising losing 10 inches in 10 minutes may seem like something you’d want, the long term consequences will appear far less pleasant.
My final word of advice is to stick with one, well mapped out weight loss plan and follow it to the letter. As for friendly advice, the next time your friend goes to offer you a weight loss tip just “smile and nod.”
Stephen Cabral, CSCS, CPT, NS is the owner of Stephen Cabral Studio weight loss & personal training in Boston, MA, and also offers online fitness coaching.
Instead of talking with you today about how there is research currently being conducted about how you view your body and how your body responds to and mimics that outlook, I want to share with you a simplified approach to losing weight.
I find that too many people who enter a weight loss program focus on “how fat they are,” rather than on some positive aspect of their life. For example, you may not love the way you look, but if you constantly view yourself as an overweight person then it’s going to be difficult for you to envision yourself reaching your ideal body weight (which is essential to maintaining weight loss).
I’m also not saying you need to try to trick yourself into believing you are a different size than you currently are. What I would like you to do is stop being so hard on yourself. After you can stop judging how your current body looks, you will then be ready to accept your mission of reshaping your physique.
The focus should also be on the process and on how you are now living a healthier overall lifestyle that will benefit you for the rest of your life. Your journey to your ideal body size and shape will happen if you let go of who you are now and direct your attention on the the new healthy you that is waiting to come out.
Stephen Cabral, CSCS, CPT, NS is the owner of Stephen Cabral Studio weight loss & personal training in Boston, MA, and also offers online fitness coaching.
