Part 1 Enough is Enough
Part 1 Enough is Enough
January 8, 2015
There is a time when that’s it, that’s enough, it’s time for a change, the time is now. For a year and a half my activity level became very inactive. My eating style became very poor. Even though I drank 2 32oz bottles of green smoothies and 1 32oz bottle of banana smoothie daily. I also started eating lots of processed foods. After 1 and1/2 years of that lifestyle I’m sure you know what happened. I gained 20lbs and grew 2 pant sizes. I understand what to do to stay slim, I just wasn’t doing it. I let my lifestyle control my habits.
Common knowledge isn’t always common practice.
Ok now is the time to Turn Back Time with my Energy, Health and Fitness. Time to make a plan, take action and change my habits. The plan is simple, stop eating processed foods, make healthy food choices and increase my activity.
For eating I usually have 2 pears or apples, 5 bananas, along with leafy greens which I drink from smoothies, than eat 4 dates, 2 oranges, and another apple. That’s only about 900 calories. I still need about 900 to 1200 more calories daily. That will have to be a lot more fruit and salad and/or a standard low fat meal. If I hit a weight loss plateau and my metabolism slows down I will be using the Zig Zag technique. This is where you change your caloric intake daily.
Example
Sunday 2000 calories
Monday 1800 calories
Tuesday 1600 calories
Wednesday 1400 calories
Thursday 1800 calories
Friday 1600 calories
Saturday 1400 calories
The theory is that as you become fitter your body makes adjustments and may slow down your metabolism if you’re not eating enough, by fluctuate your caloric intake you can tell which amount of calories is needed for your best performance
For explanation go to http://www.teambeachbody.com/teambeachbodyblog/weight-loss/zigzag-dieting-can-break-weight-loss-plateau
For activity I am transitioning from very low activity to gradually increasing my activity, with the goal not to get injured or have excess soreness. My old plan was about 20 minutes a week at home of floor exercises. A month ago I started to go to the LA Fitness 2 to 3 times a week. Workouts were for cardio, 20 minutes than to 30 minutes to 40 minutes each visit with a few strength training exercises. That lasted a month. It was difficult to manage my time to allow for 1 and ½ hours for travel and my workout. I saw the P90X3 infomercial and decided 30 minutes a day at home will be accomplishable, I ordered it. Next I started to work out at home for 30 minutes each morning to start to condition myself by doing simple aerobic exercises to prepare myself for the P90X3 90 day program. A few days later I added some light weights to my aerobic exercises and monitored my heart rate during the work outs. Now that I’m beginning to feel good and 30 minutes is easy to manage, I started doing an additional 30 minute light workout at night while I wait for the P90X program to arrive.
The idea behind what I am doing is, I wasn’t satisfied with the results of my lifestyle.
So I followed the 4 step success formula
1 I decided to make some changes,
2 next I took some action,
3 then paid attention to the results
4 then made adjustments
Then went back to 1 through 4 again and again until a get the results I want.
Now we’ll see if I can do what I’m asking you to do, Turn Back Time with Your Energy, Health and Fitness
I will share the results with you in 90 days
Drew Bee