What Will Your Answer Be?

I was talking with a good friend the other day. She said "it is time, I am ready to join a gym and start exercising". I asked her "why now"? Her answer " I know I will feel better, of course and things are in the right place to start devoting some time for me".
I am so happy for her. Of course she will feel better but the biggest question I had for her concerned her experience with exercise in her past.

• What kind of exercise did she do previously and did it work?
  
• Did she go to a gym in the past? and if so, what did she do there?
  
• If she used to belong to a gym, what happened that made her stop going?
  
• What made her stop exercising on a regular basis?

Whatever the answers were to these question can help figure out what will work for you now. My friend said she used to go to the gym and work out on the machines for 30 minutes. That was about it, maybe tried a class, but not too much. Her interest wained and she got busy so the gym membership lapsed.

So what to do, the best intentions are there. Ask yourself the hard questions and then try something different than you experienced in the past. Obviously that did not hold your interest enough, or perhaps your knees rebelled. Whatever the reason, try something new and keep trying something new until you find what you like to do.

You are much more likely to continue. Enjoy the experimenting.

Domino Diet

What has your experience been with gaining or loosing weight. My experience is usually with gaining weight. All of a sudden those pounds are there, they kind of crept up on you. What happened?

Recently though I actually had it happen in the opposite way. I lost some weight not consciously trying. What was my first thought....oh my, I must be sick, is it cancer? Why did I lose weight? I will share with you that was the prelude to my mom's cancer, unexpected weight loss. So automatically my thoughts turn negative when I lose weight without making an effort.

But I forgot to factor the new dog we got a couple of months ago, Domino. This bundle of high energy needs a lot of exercise to tire him out. So after my normal work out I have been making time during the day to walk him. Thus burning 100 to 150 extra calories a day. My food intake has not changed but my calories burned has changed. It was a fun and exciting discovery. I am always telling my clients, burn a few extra calories a day(don't increase you food intake) add them up over the week to equal 500 plus pounds and after a few weeks a pound will come off.

Fun Huh! Try it! I challenge you, the Domino diet!

Have A Good Relationship or Be Skinny?

This question was being asked on a radio show this morning. Would you rather be thin or have a good relationship? Wow, loaded question.

Most women answered be thin, not having to worry and fret over our weight would apparently take a big load off our minds. Then who cares if we find love in a good relationship? This made me sad.

I challenge all of you who answered "be skinny" to try something else "be comfortable in your own skin and love yourself". We are all different sizes and shapes, our partners love us in our different sizes and shapes, why can't we women love ourselves the same way?

Be healthy, be smart, be fit, be kind, be generous, be loved and be in love with ourselves. Not be skinny!

Think about it...

Make An Appointment

I was working with some wonderful women yesterday and the conversation naturally turned to exercise and food. We all fret about it, how do I find time to exercise? What is my motivation? We all make and keep appointments everyday, the doctor, dentist, hair, nails etc. Why don't we make appointments for our self to exercise. Put it on your calendar and it is more likely to get done.
Give it a try...make your appointment to exercise today!