Friday, February 22, 2013
Rich Wood 15
Food is Fuel
A Journey Through Weight Gain, Weight Loss, Diabetes and Lifestyle Change
We
live in an age where you don’t have to leave your home to buy a book or
newspaper or music. Everything is online. It’s so easy to stay in
your house and have everything come to you. A gym is a place you have
to go to – where your own hard work produces results. A 100lb weight is
always 100lbs. It sits there waiting for you to move it.
The company I work for is called Integrity Training Systems which is the brain child of Debbie Portell. We go through very detailed training to make sure you learn the proper, safe way to exercise. Reaching your goals is the objective. We really want you to succeed. Every trainer is different, as is every client. Our system is set up to get you to the right person. I say all this to give you some idea that we are not just about getting you to come in and workout while you count the minutes until it’s over. That’s why it’s important that we train you about your posture, your breathing; things that make the quality of your life better. My approach comes from my training in the martial arts.
The mind and body connection is real. Once you learn the proper and safe way to perform a move or exercise physically, then you can learn the mental side of exercise. This will get you in touch with real change. I have a fire that burns inside of me to challenge myself. I’m not a super athlete. I’m hard working and curious, and determined to take my mind and body to deep waters and find out what I’m made of. This is what I want to bring to the people I train; to help them believe that they are capable of so much more by having a strong mind and body. I believe being able to relax and breathe while doing something strenuous in the gym will transfer to relaxing and handling stressful situations outside of the gym. I want my clients to focus on getting better, not how many reps we are doing. Learning to focus and push your self is an amazing thing. My love of exercising is to find out what I’m made of, and to prove that I am able to perform under physical and mental pressure. I love watching people do things that they couldn’t have accomplished a month earlier before their training started. They can’t believe what they are capable of. We all need help in life with things, and the gym is not a place to fear. It is amazing to watch someone who is shy or fearful of the burn that starts in their body, learn to relax and embrace it and know they are prepared to handle it, and then learn to love it.
You and your life are worth being the best possible. Don’t be afraid. We have an answer to the question of what you want your health level to be. I train people who want to lose weight, who are fighters, who are trainers, who want to improve at a certain sport – and every one of them have certain anxieties that they have learned to control. Once you do this, a new world opens up to you, and once you realize you are in control of your health, real change begins. You are worth it. Don’t let stale patterns in your life control you. Take charge of your life and health. Spending everyday in the gym and being there when someone changes their life by accomplishing things they never would have allowed themselves to believe they could do is remarkable. Do something to relieve the stress you are feeling about the weight you are carrying around. You will feel it both mentally and spiritually, even more so than physically. Dedicate one hour a day to make the other 23 better. The weights don’t gossip, back stab or disappoint. The weights bring out the best in you. As long as you’re breathing it is never too late. Once you experience how we do it, you will never want to stop and I will never let you lose sight that these are your accomplishments.
Your mind and body are so powerful. Why would you not want to find out how powerful? I write these things because I know how people no longer want to make excuses and sometimes something can click on a certain day and certain moment that makes today the start of something that is like no other. Your body will respond immediately. Get your mind wrapped around the idea that nothing can stop you from achieving!!! Do you really think it’s too difficult, or is it the first step into something you think about everyday? Stop, take a deep breath and you are already on the path to starting everything that you just read. You are already on your way; the first step is that easy…
A Journey Through Weight Gain, Weight Loss, Diabetes and Lifestyle Change
The company I work for is called Integrity Training Systems which is the brain child of Debbie Portell. We go through very detailed training to make sure you learn the proper, safe way to exercise. Reaching your goals is the objective. We really want you to succeed. Every trainer is different, as is every client. Our system is set up to get you to the right person. I say all this to give you some idea that we are not just about getting you to come in and workout while you count the minutes until it’s over. That’s why it’s important that we train you about your posture, your breathing; things that make the quality of your life better. My approach comes from my training in the martial arts.
The mind and body connection is real. Once you learn the proper and safe way to perform a move or exercise physically, then you can learn the mental side of exercise. This will get you in touch with real change. I have a fire that burns inside of me to challenge myself. I’m not a super athlete. I’m hard working and curious, and determined to take my mind and body to deep waters and find out what I’m made of. This is what I want to bring to the people I train; to help them believe that they are capable of so much more by having a strong mind and body. I believe being able to relax and breathe while doing something strenuous in the gym will transfer to relaxing and handling stressful situations outside of the gym. I want my clients to focus on getting better, not how many reps we are doing. Learning to focus and push your self is an amazing thing. My love of exercising is to find out what I’m made of, and to prove that I am able to perform under physical and mental pressure. I love watching people do things that they couldn’t have accomplished a month earlier before their training started. They can’t believe what they are capable of. We all need help in life with things, and the gym is not a place to fear. It is amazing to watch someone who is shy or fearful of the burn that starts in their body, learn to relax and embrace it and know they are prepared to handle it, and then learn to love it.
You and your life are worth being the best possible. Don’t be afraid. We have an answer to the question of what you want your health level to be. I train people who want to lose weight, who are fighters, who are trainers, who want to improve at a certain sport – and every one of them have certain anxieties that they have learned to control. Once you do this, a new world opens up to you, and once you realize you are in control of your health, real change begins. You are worth it. Don’t let stale patterns in your life control you. Take charge of your life and health. Spending everyday in the gym and being there when someone changes their life by accomplishing things they never would have allowed themselves to believe they could do is remarkable. Do something to relieve the stress you are feeling about the weight you are carrying around. You will feel it both mentally and spiritually, even more so than physically. Dedicate one hour a day to make the other 23 better. The weights don’t gossip, back stab or disappoint. The weights bring out the best in you. As long as you’re breathing it is never too late. Once you experience how we do it, you will never want to stop and I will never let you lose sight that these are your accomplishments.
Your mind and body are so powerful. Why would you not want to find out how powerful? I write these things because I know how people no longer want to make excuses and sometimes something can click on a certain day and certain moment that makes today the start of something that is like no other. Your body will respond immediately. Get your mind wrapped around the idea that nothing can stop you from achieving!!! Do you really think it’s too difficult, or is it the first step into something you think about everyday? Stop, take a deep breath and you are already on the path to starting everything that you just read. You are already on your way; the first step is that easy…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Rich Wood 14
Food is Fuel
A
Journey Through Weight Gain, Weight Loss, Diabetes and Lifestyle
Change
Change:
to make the form, nature,
content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it
is or from what it would be if left alone.
Champion:
a fighter or warrior
What
makes you not believe in yourself? You know in your heart you are
capable of so much more. Your body lets you know everyday if how you
treat it and what you are doing to it works. Finding the right
nutrition program and training program is not hard. It is a phone
call or email away. Getting yourself to do it is the hard part.
I
told myself I am going to change, and I did. I don’t want to be
weak minded. I want to be in charge of my mind and body. Food does
not control me. When I am in the gym, the weights do not control me,
I control the weights. How in any way would making your health a
priority be a bad thing? If you read this and think that you would
like to change, then start right now…you are worth it. I want to
know exactly what I am made of. Putting honest, hard work in at the
gym shows me that everyday. You can’t hide your weakness in the
gym.
Your true inner
champion will come out by the work you put in.
People
will invest in a stock and hope and pray for it to be successful
years down the line. Put the same faith in yourself and in your
health and success will come immediately. What would be a better
long term investment than you? The easiest thing to do would be to
let life pass you by. Make today different. I work with people that
thought the things they are doing today would have been impossible
only a month ago.
The hardest muscle to train is your brain.
Excuses have stopped you before, but don’t let it stop your health
and happiness. You have something inside of you that needs to be
explored. Challenge yourself to something new. If you wake everyday
saying I have to lose weight, or I need to get into shape – or I
need to make a difference in someone else’s life…make it your
own. Don’t let the fear of failure keep you from anything. The
journey is worth it – you won’t fail if you try. Regret is a
million times worse than failure.
There are no negatives to being
healthy. Your only obstacle is food?? Do you really want to be that
weak? (but Rich…the unhealthy things taste so good…) my answer
is, are those worth the anxiety and guilt, and the way you physically
feel? We both know the answer. Your body is telling you right
now!!! You owe it to yourself to get on the path of happiness and
health. These things will not land on your shoulder like a bird; you
have to make it happen. Stop thinking in old patterns – challenge
yourself.
Try a new way. My life is full of people trying their
best to be healthy. They don’t want the guilt and stress of being
unhealthy in their head anymore. I promise you, the solution to
whatever problem you are facing is solvable. Take the first step and
try. There is no failure in that. I see accomplishments and success
everyday. I’m so grateful and humbled by this. Start realizing
how special you are, and how wonderful life is. Challenge yourself.
Find out what you are made of. Be happy, healthy, and proud. Once
you change your mind, your body will follow.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Adrienne Hood 3
A Weight Loss Journey Guide This Week...
It was time for my first workout!
YAHOOOO!!!! I was so excited but…I was also VERY nervous. We hit
the floor and Debbie put me through the wringer. The workout was
difficult but I loved every second, even if I couldn't show it
between the sets that were taking my breath away. Debbie kept me on
task and made sure my form was perfect. To this day, I take great
pride in demonstrating good form in my workouts because of Debbie.
It’s so crucial in not only working the muscles the exercise is
targeting but to avoid injury. I wouldn't know any of this if I’d
tried to do it on my own. I also know I wouldn't have gotten a
great workout on my own. Even today, I see Debbie on a regular basis
because almost 7 years later, she’s the one that gets me to eek out
that tiny extra bit of effort at the gym. Debbie, being the fantastic
trainer she is, also kept me on task. When I was struggling, I’d do
my best to drag out whatever rest time I was given. Debbie knew
better. She ALWAYS knows better. THIS is why you need a trainer.
Sure, you can do this stuff on your own but you may never reach your full potential until you have a professional pushing you, keeping you on track, and keeping you accountable.
With Debbie’s help, I made a commitment to get to the gym at least 3 times a week for a strength workout followed by some cardio. By the end of David’s deployment, the stepmill and I were besties. I also became such a regular that people started to recognize me and give friendly smiles and gestures. I can’t explain how great that felt. I felt like I was being accepted into the world of health and fitness that I’d been longing to be a part of ever since I’d become overweight as a child. It’s exhilarating. It’s even freeing because now you know you’re in control. Not the scale, not the food, not the bad influences that take your eye of the prize. Strangling enough, you begin to even feel accountable to those regulars who also frequent the gym at your regular times. There’s a silent bond with those you exchange smiles with because you know they’re there for the same reason, to be better, to be healthier. Even if you’re at different places on your journey, it’s still the same journey and the same desire that brings everyone to the gym. You can become a part of that!
As for my food, one week in, I was finally starting to get the hang of it. I realized the food was going to take time for it to become second-nature. I was working hard on resetting my brain’s idea of what a meal should look like. Do your best! Even when Debbie adjusts my food now, I tell myself to give it a week or two to settle in. Change isn't easy but you’ll get there. I went through craving after craving not because my body was actually hungry or even needed it, but because it’s what I’d been eating for years. My whole life up to then had been about satisfying craving after craving, whatever they were. Cravings are what made up my meals if you could even call them that. The food was in control. Food should NEVER rule what you do with your LIFE. It’s just food. Eat to live, not to eat.
It was time for my first workout!
YAHOOOO!!!! I was so excited but…I was also VERY nervous. We hit
the floor and Debbie put me through the wringer. The workout was
difficult but I loved every second, even if I couldn't show it
between the sets that were taking my breath away. Debbie kept me on
task and made sure my form was perfect. To this day, I take great
pride in demonstrating good form in my workouts because of Debbie.
It’s so crucial in not only working the muscles the exercise is
targeting but to avoid injury. I wouldn't know any of this if I’d
tried to do it on my own. I also know I wouldn't have gotten a
great workout on my own. Even today, I see Debbie on a regular basis
because almost 7 years later, she’s the one that gets me to eek out
that tiny extra bit of effort at the gym. Debbie, being the fantastic
trainer she is, also kept me on task. When I was struggling, I’d do
my best to drag out whatever rest time I was given. Debbie knew
better. She ALWAYS knows better. THIS is why you need a trainer.Sure, you can do this stuff on your own but you may never reach your full potential until you have a professional pushing you, keeping you on track, and keeping you accountable.
With Debbie’s help, I made a commitment to get to the gym at least 3 times a week for a strength workout followed by some cardio. By the end of David’s deployment, the stepmill and I were besties. I also became such a regular that people started to recognize me and give friendly smiles and gestures. I can’t explain how great that felt. I felt like I was being accepted into the world of health and fitness that I’d been longing to be a part of ever since I’d become overweight as a child. It’s exhilarating. It’s even freeing because now you know you’re in control. Not the scale, not the food, not the bad influences that take your eye of the prize. Strangling enough, you begin to even feel accountable to those regulars who also frequent the gym at your regular times. There’s a silent bond with those you exchange smiles with because you know they’re there for the same reason, to be better, to be healthier. Even if you’re at different places on your journey, it’s still the same journey and the same desire that brings everyone to the gym. You can become a part of that!
As for my food, one week in, I was finally starting to get the hang of it. I realized the food was going to take time for it to become second-nature. I was working hard on resetting my brain’s idea of what a meal should look like. Do your best! Even when Debbie adjusts my food now, I tell myself to give it a week or two to settle in. Change isn't easy but you’ll get there. I went through craving after craving not because my body was actually hungry or even needed it, but because it’s what I’d been eating for years. My whole life up to then had been about satisfying craving after craving, whatever they were. Cravings are what made up my meals if you could even call them that. The food was in control. Food should NEVER rule what you do with your LIFE. It’s just food. Eat to live, not to eat.
With my new exercise and food plan in
place, my commitment started to pay off quickly and the number on my
arch nemesis, the scale, was going down! I was stunned at what
listening to your trainer could get you! I felt like I was finally on
the right path on my weight loss journey. I was feeling empowered to
continue…
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