The Gospel According to FFC – Glory to your bod!

80% of the people who join a FFC join to lose or maintain weight loss.  The main questions are:

• a. What ab exercises should I do?
•  b. How much cardio do I do?
•  c. How much time do I spend at the gym?

 

The real answer is d, None of the above things really have a bearing on weight loss, singularly.  You know what Damon always says “You can’t outwork poor nutrition”.

So lets talk about a, “What ab exercises should I do” no matter how many crunches or planks you do, ab exercises do not help with weight loss.  No matter what crazy contraption you see on t.v. and what those crazy models say, the twisty chair thing is not going to really give you a six pack in 3 weeks of 10 minutes a day.  In real reality, those people changed their DIET. Period. End of infomercial.

Ok let’s address b, cardiovascular exercise is very important.  Its important to get your body moving and your blood pumping and get out of your chair!  One of the most popular forms of exercise people do is walk.  Walking is great exercise if we are talking about staying healthy, not in terms of weight loss.  One of the things people say is “I walk x amount of miles per day and I just can’t get the weight off”.  Our awesome bodies ADAPT that’s what we were born to do! Once you have walked your trail or loop or whatever it is that you do your body gets used to the distance the speed and it starts to be ready for the movement, and so nicely you adapt and don’t burn as many calories performing the exercise.  Same goes for 45 minutes on the elliptical or treadmill or whatever it is that people do for years and years, same speed, same, same, same, with the same, same, same result, which is looking the same, same, same.

Letter c, finally, some good news people!  You do not have to spend 3 hours a day 7 days a week at the gym to get results!  YEY!   Have a plan so you don’t get caught talking or staring at the t.v. or just milling around doing 400 sets of biceps and calves.  Also, short bursts of high intensity work is great for your burn!  You can get a good interval training workout in in 30-45 minutes (Just ask our bootcampers!).  It’s fun and effective!

Letter d today is brought to your by the dreaded word, diet.  Diet in this instance does not refer to slashing your calories or starving yourself.  This means what you put in your body everyday.  It is my belief that we can have our cake and eat it too!  Not the whole cake, though!  Its really important to put healthy stuff in your body.  Be aware of what you are eating.  I suggest (for your most everyday life) organic grass fed meat, organic chickens that weren’t penned up their whole life and grown without beaks or whatever science experiment they are doing on food these days to make life “cheaper”.  I also suggest vegetables, the more raw the better and yummy healthy fruit.  I would keep the grains to a minimum, opting for whole grains and small quantities.

Now you read my bracketed disclaimer (for your most everyday life), everyday is not your MOST everyday!  Somedays it’s your birthday, or the weekend, or your vacation somedays are AWESOME DAYS!  Most of the time we know when these awesome days are going to be!  I definitely suggest planning on having some fun AT LEAST once a week, that does not include when you are at the gym having fun, it does include eating fun stuff.  Fun stuff that’s worth it, ever gotten something at the coffee shop that looked yummy, but is stale and tasteless?  Just not worth it.  (My advice, no matter how much you spent, throw it AWAY! Save the calories for something better.)

If you love pizza, HAVE it!  If it’s your birthday I say “Let you eat cake!” If its your vacation..enjoy and come to grips with the practice of moderation or be prepared to pay the piper and get back on track (with some extra baggage) when you return.

Its what we always say, its about habits, but its not about feeling sore, or starving or deprived, it IS about planning and being real. AMEN

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