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It Ain't Easy

Posted By: Vicki Raynor on 04/18/2011

There are all kinds of companies out there that claim their product or exercise program will help you lose weight and get in the best shape of your life. There are all kinds of crazy fad diets too. I admit, I’ve tried a few such as “Eat nothing but bananas and ice cream” or the “Cabbage Soup Diet" -- yuck!  I even tried the Adkins diet, that did help me lose weight, but I put it right back on, and then some. Let’s face it, it just ain’t easy when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off.


Do it right
Avoid the gimmicks. Through the months I have learned that it takes time. Sure, you want it off now, but like my trainers have told me -- numerous times: I didn’t put the weight on in a month and I didn’t get out of shape in a month, so I’m not gonna take the weight off in a month, or get back in shape in a month.

Results don’t come easy
I can attest to the fact that results don’t come easy.  It takes hard work!  It doesn’t take a lot of time each day but you must stay with it every day or at least every other day.  Every Wednesday morning, before my training session, my trainer Michael weighs me in. Weighing in at the same time, on the same day, each week provides a more accurate reading. In addition, I keep a journal of my weigh-in numbers, both from my home scale and from FT’s scale. Today I lost 1.4 pounds -  that’s a good thing. A good healthy weight loss program allows for a 1-2 pound weight loss per week. Anymore than that and you could be losing muscle. A slow steady weight loss each week means I’m “living” healthy.

Encouragement helps
Without the encouragement, support and education from my trainers, I would have fallen off my routine. While I look at my weight loss from a numbers stand point, they see it from a different perspective: a lifestyle.  
The encourage me to push myself, not just stop when I “feel the burn.” When I’m outside of the studio, my trainer is just a click or call away - support when I need it. I have learned “how to” live a healthy life. That is important, because living it verses, intermittent health is when the results take place.

I encourage you to contact Fitness Together for a free, no obligation fitness assessment. That is how I got started.