Tips and motivations on weight loss
Archive for January, 2010
Eat less and use your energy
Jan 28th
So yesterday night I did my workout with my beloved Crosstrainer for 45 mins. After 20 mins I was imagining there were 2 different voices telling me to stop and the other one telling me to carry on. But I have to say that I wanted to hear the one that said “stop” but the other part of me needed to hear “carry on”.. so in the end I did my workout till the time is out. Yes 45 mins it is.
If you feel lazy at first thinking of the time you have to spend using any exercise machine, think again – whatever you do there is always an end to it and once you manage to bring yourself to do exercise, you will feel good afterwards.
Just don’t waste your time exercising by snacking at night thinking that it is okay to snack just because you burned calories earlier on. If you want to control the urge of snacking, what you can do is brush your teeth earlier, say right after taking a shower so you won’t crave.. I believe that having fresh breath helps.
Try to eat less and frequent rather than eating 3 times a day or just 2 times a day (this is when you skipped breakfast) because eating big meals like this will just make your body produce more insulin when you start to have hunger at night which in turn will turn your body into fats.
So, what works is by eating less and frequent and exercise to burn the calories. Remember you need to burn 3500 kcal in order to lose 1lb of fats.
Make sure to have a fix exercise/workout regime like exercising 5 times a week. Don’t overdo it because that won’t help. As for me, I love thinking that Saturday and Sunday is my two day rest.
What about you? How many times a week do you exercise?
A week full of workout
Jan 24th
I have been doing my exercise 5 days in a row and all I can say is that it’s doable. In fact, I am loving it. I can see the changes too especially the midriff area and buttocks. Yes, all you need is a crosstrainer. No need to go to the gym and pay around €50 a month.
What I love about the Crosstrainer:
1. You can store it in the living room and it won’t take a lot of space. You can place it in front of the TV while doing your training because it’s not loud.
2. You can adjust the level of your training. The higher the level you use, the more effective your training will be and the more calories you will burn. You can run on it or just make a slow pace. Better than a threadmill in my opinion.
3. A crosstrainer is not straining compared to running. No shoes needed as socks are more than sufficient. There is no pain on your lower body.
4. You only need between 45 mins to 1 hr to make a great workout/training.
Crosstrainers are really addictive once you start and there is no such thing as training more makes you lazy in fact it has the opposite impact. The more you train, the more you get addicted to it especially when you see how many calories you burn and that’s the real motivation.
So what have you done to your body lately? Have you moved a lot. WE tend to say that we have no time to do workout but we do have enough time to sit hours in front of the computer or TV. Just try to slot at least 45 minutes daily to do your workout and you will feel more energize and your body will thank you as well as your arteries.
Happy 2010 and a weight loss challenge
Jan 20th
Hi everyone! Sorry for the long silence.
First of all, I would like to wish all my readers, a very happy New Year. I know it’s been 20 days since the New Year but we are still in January.. so I guess it’s still an ok time range to say happy New Year.
2009 has been a mix of good and bad memories for me. But whatever that happened, I will try to learn from it. Hoping that 2010 will be better than the previous years in terms of health and weight management.
So, what are your resolutions or rather your goal for 2010 in weight management. Let’s start with a 2010 challenge, are you in?
I know a lot of us.. during the holiday celebration has gained quite a lot of weight and are now trying to lose them. Mine is to lose a few kilos every quarter month and I will do that by doing Crosstraining exercise and walking more to reach my goal.
I will update the progress on a regular basis and will share some ideas on how to go about it.
I hope you will join me and let’s weight less this year.
I have missed blogging and now I am happy to be back.
Love and light – Webby
