Learn how to lose weight without exercising

Sound crazy, sound like a hoax?  Let's think about this for a minute... hmm... If you don't exercise and you reduce your calories, by skipping meals or fasting or even detoxing all day long, yes, you can definitely lose weight.  Maybe, you don't change your diet you still eat the same but, stop exercising (especially if you are already exercising) and you see that your pants are loose then you get on the scale and low and behold you lose weight. 

Let's look at a different scenario, you keep eating the high fat foods but, you start exercising and low and behold you are gaining weight.  So, you decide to go on a "diet", you reduce your calories and you keep exercising.  Guess what the scale is still going up?? What is going on?? Then you stop exercising and stick to the strict very limited diet and you lose weight... What is happening?? What is going on...

Has this ever happened to you?  Or maybe you have a friend or a family member that just gets on the next fad diet and loses those last 10 lbs and didn't exercise at all...

Ok, if you have read any of my blogs in the past you would know that I advocate exercise, I am in the business of teaching people how to incorporate exercise into their lifestyles.  Yet, I have found over the years of being in the business of exercise that if you have some results such as weight loss sometimes you may gain some weight prior to losing weight.  Many look for immediate results, results can be achieved if you are realistic with yourself and you stick to a plan, yet they may not be immediate.

I know a lot of people have watched the reality T.V. Show about losing weight for money or you have heard about it from your coworkers, friends or family.  You may ask yourself, “How is it that they workout so hard, have a limited diet and still not lose any or very little weight?”  But, have you seen some of the contestants lose weight even though they may not be able to workout? 

Ok, so how does this happen?  No exercise and you still lose weight?  And you are exercising and eating healthy and not losing weight but maybe even gaining weight??

When you "diet" and don't exercise, your body's first response is to use the protein in your body as fuel.  Muscles are made of protein which means your body is feeding off of your muscles.  Have you ever noticed someone who does "diet" and doesn't exercise tends to have hanging skin! The hanging skin actually occurs due to a lack of muscle. Nice look!  Sure you look thinner however, you could potentially look saggy as well. 

So, let's go back! Yes, you can lose weight but the weight you are losing is muscle.  The scale may go down but, your pants could stay the same.  Now if you exercise and eat sensibly as you build the fat burning muscle, your weight may not change much but you could reduce your pant size. 

So, do I advocate exercise?  Absolutely!  You need to exercise to help your body maintain and build muscles to support your skeletal structure, as well as, work your biggest muscle… your HEART!. 

Most know about YO-YO Dieting, but do you know about YO-YO Exercising?

So we all know by now that YO-YO dieting has the reputation of adding pounds to your frame but did you know so can YO-YO exercising.  Besides adding pounds it can add excess stress to your heart and lungs by stopping and starting those intense exercise programs needed to lose the pounds.  I highly advocate going the distance and going all out with your exercise, but not at the expense of finding yourself back on the couch in 6 months packing on the winter weight again. 
And yes that is why the couch potatoes of the world are having heart attacks during these unusual boughts of winter blizzards.  Think about it most people have to remove the snow from their car, driveway, or even their sidewalk.  Whether they use a snow blower or a shovel it takes some exertion, and that exertion can be 3 x greater on the person who remains adverse to any consistent exercise program.  So next time you consider taking a few days off of working out or taking a break think about the potential consequences if you never go back.  You may need to move the snow off our sidewalk again, and it would be a real tragedy if you suffered a heart attack because you just didn't feel like working out for the last year or two.... 
So when you are deciding on what you should do to get started, think about this...Proven and sustaniable exercise programs can come in short bursts of energy which include cardiovascular and resistance (weight) training.  In order to maintain or improve your metabolism it is imperative to move with a little bit of resistance.  Without realizing it you can improve your overall health by increasing resistance and time incrementally.  One thing you need to remember is consistency, try starting a minimum of 3 days a week. Going all out when you haven't done anything in months or years, is like shoveling 18 inches of snow from a 1/4 mile driveway, just not a real good idea.  Make it a priority in your life and give up something that isn't so important, like watching 1hour of T.V.  Stop the cycle of YO-YO Exercising, stay on track,schedule your exercise into your daily calendar and make yourself a priority.

Personal Trainers own journey with getting healthy...join me today

So here we go, here is another person's story, why would anyone care?  I may not be famous but I have a story just like you have a story to tell.  I just turned 40 and realized that my life has only just begun. Yes I am a Personal Trainer and an Adventure Boot Camp owner, but I am still a person that has a story that I believe needs to be told....
I would like to invite you on my journey or my story of getting healthy.  Have I arrived today? Not at all... am I closer than I was a year ago, yes I believe I am.  Is this another story about a person who loses weight, runs a marathon, completes a triathlon, overcomes some major health crisis, or tragedy?  Well it could be if you choose to read and follow my own journey for the next year... See I have started a journey and I am inviting you to come along for the ride.  For years I have tried to connect with that one part of myself that I lost due to my own life experiences.  I am seeking peace in my own world of self turmoil.  I have been afraid to embrace that one side of myself that I felt has failed me... my spiritual side...As I embark on this new stage of my journey, I am putting my story out on a limb that hopefully you may connect or relate to your own journey.  So join me on this journey of spiritual self discovery and pay attention to my posts... give me your comments and your own stories that may relate. Believe me it can be very therapeutic to connect with others who have experienced life in a similar way...

Save Money by Hiring a Personal Trainer...

How many times have you spent lamenting over how you have failed at reaching your fitness goals?  Did you dust off your treadmill and remove all the clothes hanging from it and start trying again? Maybe you found your gym membership card or put the directions back in your GPS to find your way back to the gym.  Have you resolved again this year to lose the weight and get rid off that excess jiggle? 

But have you truly made the decision in your mind or were you just having another conversation with yourself or your loved ones how you are going to make that commitment.  Yes life is hard, you have no time, "you just don't understand, I have tried all the exercise and diet fads."  The fads maybe work for a little while and then you lose focus or interest or find your excuses "at least I tried", I do get that..

Did you know that 95% of the diets or fad exercise programs don't work!  Why, do you ask?  Because you are not the same as everyone else, you are unique and your reason for quitting on your health is not the same reason your neighbor, sister, or even your spouse quits.  So are you destined to fail again this year?

Your are only destined to fail if you chose to quit on yourself and your health, mental and physical.  Sure finding guidance from the experts is great way to help you achieve your goals however those experts are only guides and coaches.  The best experts out there can help you with the tools but they will not do it for you, that is ultimately up to you. 

So are you going to "try" again at reaching those crazy goals or are you going to start your action plan today.  Did you know you can start your life any day of the week it doesn't always have to be Monday?  Stop letting those old messages stop you forget about your past mistakes and start fresh today, right now get up and start doing, start making those dreams of health come to life!!

Did you know you could save money by getting the help of a coach or a Personal Trainer?  How do you ask.. Think about it, if you are focused on attaining a healthy body today, you won't have to purchase a new wardrobe next year at this time because you failed one more time.  By getting moving and healthy you can save your dollars from adding one more prescription or one more Dr. visit this year.  Commit to saving money today and enlist the help of the experts...

A personal trainer should be, at the least, educated and certified through a reputable fitness organization.  This person's job is to assess your fitness level, set up a program for you and keep you motivated. He or she will push you past your comfort level--something difficult to do on your own. A trainer also provides:


• guidance on reaching your goals

• education about strength training, cardio and basic nutrition

• a reason to show up at the gym each week

• accountability

• ways to help track your progress

So think about it invest in saving money today, get the help you need enlist the help of Personal Trainer, and start saving for a bigger retirement....

"Confessions of a Realilty Show Loser", the real story behind "Biggest Loser"

Biggest Loser, anyone heard of it?? Silly question right!? So what happens to all those winners or "losers" as they would call them after the show? No longer in the fishbowl of the cameras, no longer on the "ranch" with Jillian or Bob coaching or yelling, giving them their workouts, no longer provided with a pantry full of the right foods, no longer the support of others trying to reach the same goal. What truly happens to them?


If you are truly curious, you need to catch the new show on Discovery Health about Eric Chopin, Season 3 winner named "Confessions of a Reality Show Loser".

Wow, talk about reality check. Not to give the whole show away but Eric has succeeded in returning to his former self, the man he was that brought him to the "Biggest Loser" in the first place. He not only gained almost (just under 40lbs of his previous weight) all his weight back, but he has managed to find himself in a place of no purpose, working for his father-in-law and hating it, a man struggling to find himself. Or is it, that he never truly lost that man with the excess weight, he only lost the weight?...

What I have learned with my own struggles in the world of weight loss is that you are human and that your journey never ends when the weight comes off. If some of you know me, know that I was once a bodybuilder and trained just as hard as Eric did on the "Biggest Loser" and achieved what some may call the perfect body. Yet achieving the perfect body means that you are expecting perfection from yourself each and everyday. And although you may look the part you certainly don't feel the part of the perfect body.

See the belief is that if you look good on the outside then everything is perfect, you are a successful, happy and you have no worries or problems. So if you are overweight and see someone with the "perfect" body you want to achieve that "perfect" body to make all your troubles go away. But did you know that you still take the mind of your "fat" self with you. Politically incorrect or not when someone is truly overweight the thoughts they experience are loaded with unwanted fat, garbage, trash. Yes there are some who experience weight gain due to medical conditions etc. however they are few and far between.

In a journey to “lose weight” one needs to address those “fat” thoughts in order to achieve a sustained and maintainable “weight loss”. As you will see in Eric’s journey back to “weight loss” he is addressing his true realities of being “fat” in his thoughts.

Although I am not a big fan of the “Biggest Loser” on many levels I do see some lesson’s to be learned. You can see the show addressing on a small scale the emotional “fat loss” journey, as well as this year they addressed the financial “fat loss” journey. However the need, for emotional and physical fat loss, that brings most of the contestants to the show gets lost in the game for the big bucks, as Eric Chopin learned the hard way.

If you are a fan or not a fan of the “Biggest Loser” I recommend you catch an episode of “Confessions of a Reality Show Loser” and what it really takes to lose weight.