Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle: Update 9-8-2010
Well the scale is moving again... just not as rapidly as it was when I first started but that is OK.
I am still fitting into clothes way smaller than when I started and the belt is still being tightened every week.
I am still going to the gym regularly everyday and I am finding the intensity of the workouts increasing. I wear a heart monitor and I have to work harder to get my heart beat to the target range that I want.
It's been a solid three months of effort and I am happy with the results so far. But I am finding myself a little tougher on myself now. I am looking at different ways of working out because I don't want my body to get used to the same workout week after week.
I am doing more weight workout now while still doing the same cardio workout so the total time that I am spending doing my work at the gym has increased. Sometimes I go to the gym twice if I can slide it in.
For the first time in my adult life, I feel more motivated then ever to get this done.
It has also been a motivating thing for others in the household and outside of the house as well for people that I know.
I am being asked everyday by more and more people if I have lost weight, and that is a great feeling.
I truly feel that I have developed a great habit that will serve me for the rest of my life.
A couple of the resources that I have used that have been invaluable are:
1. Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat Program - This is a great book loaded with some of the best information on healthy living that I have ever seen. And the results from what he suggests are visible on me.
2. Lee Milteer's Habit Busting System - This program has been a Godsend. This program has helped me uncover some habitual thoughts that have caused me to be on Yo-Yo with my weight for most of my adult life. Finding these thoughts will virtually guarantee that my weight will not go up again.
If you find yourself challenged with your weight, I highly recommend both the above mentioned programs.
As Always, Here's to Your Health,
John Clark
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle: Update 8-23-2010
Everything is still going great and I feel great about what I am doing as far as my health goes.
I am still going to the gym about 6 days a week. The weight is no longer coming off as fast as it did when I began. But I am still fitting into clothes that are sized much smaller every week.
I have been reading articles about this and the articles tell me that this is normal so I am not getting down about it.
I have been adding muscle mass and muscle weights more than fat.
I have been using calipers to measure my body fat % but the results I am getting vary from every test so I'm not quite confident with the results. I am going to have to do a little more research on measuring body fat %.
All that being said, I am still quite motivated and I feel better everyday.
I have also caught a few more habitual thoughts that have been rattling around in my head that may have caused me to get back to old habits as far as my health and fitness but I caught them and I am glad I did. Thank you Lee Milteer and your Habit Busting System!
I am finding that implementing the actions necessary to become healthy and changing my habitual thoughts is equally important to the success that I am seeing.
As Always, Here's to Your Health,
John Clark
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle: Update 8-8-2010
Everything is still going very well.
More people are noticing the weight loss and it feels really good when someone notices.
The weight loss is slowing a little bit but the muscle mass is increasing. So I am not overly concerned about weight the scale says anymore.
I am still eating very well day in and day out, I do allow for half a day of whatever I want to eat and drink, usually on the weekend, but I find that I still keep myself in check during that time. I think it is because of the habitual thinking that I have changed. I have to give credit to Lee Milteer's Habit Busting System for helping me with the habit change.
Getting up everyday really early to go to the gym has been getting easier and easier. I am now getting up at around 3:45 AM to go to the gym and it has really helped me in other areas as well because I am getting started earlier on other productive tasks.
Here's to Your Health,
John Clark







