Getting Results

Are You Getting the Results You Thought You Would?

As a trainer, this is a common question I ask of myself when I look at clients and their progress. I am sure it is one that most clients ask themselves from time to time. Here are a few tips to help keep you on track, or get you back to where you thought you would be:

  1. Re-evaluate your goal- Is the goal you chose really what you want to achieve? If you have not been able to dedicate yourself fully to working towards it, maybe the goal is the problem, not the effort.
  2. Rededicate yourself to your goal- Are you doing everything you could/should be doing to achieve the results you wanted. This includes exercise/diet/sleep, etc… Understand that no matter how many sessions per week you see your trainer, there is much work to be done on your own.
  3. Talk to your trainer- Evaluate what you have been doing, and what you can change to get on track, or to progress more quickly.
  4. Stay positive- Negative thoughts, even jokingly, can slowly derail the best intent. Don’t look at yourself as failing, or not working hard enough. Focus on what you are doing right, and what you can do to improve on it.
  5. Plan for bumps in the road- Inevitably, you will get a cold, or sprain an ankle, or something will get in the way of even the best plans. Plan for this, and incorporate it into any long program.
  6. 6. Always improve- If you can look back everyday and say you are doing more and living a healthier lifestyle than you were 6 weeks ago, then you have to be on the right track.
  7. Work hard- Work at it! Achieving anything worthwhile takes work, or it wouldn’t matter that you achieved it. Be ready to work your plan over the long haul and enjoy the work. Take every workout as if it were the last.
July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Health Tips | Leave a Comment 

  • Tip of the Month

    January 2012

    Smart Starbucks and Steakhouse Choices

    Starbucks Choices
    • Peppermint Choc Mocha- 520cals, 20g fat
    • Pumpkin Frappuccino- 420cals, 13g fat
    • Flavored Latte- 360clas, 16g fat
    • Latte- 220cals, 15g fat
    • Coffee w/cream and sugar 180 calories
    • Cappuccino- 120cals, 4g fat
    • Coffee w/sugar 90 calories
    • Coffee w/cream 90 calories
    • Coffee w/whole milk 60 calories
    • Coffee w/skim milk 30-50 calories

    Order a coffee with cream and sugar every work day?  Add 900 calories per week to your diet.  That is over 13 pounds in one year.

    Enjoy a cappuccino every day instead, and you save 300 calories per week, and cut 4 pounds per year from the above diet.

    Go to coffee with skim milk and Splenda?  Now you are only adding 250 calories per week, and under 4 pounds per year in coffee weight.

    Enjoy a flavored frappucino or latte once per week?  That could add up to 26,000 calories, and another 7.5 pounds per year.

    Just your coffee could account for 20 pounds of caloric intake annually!

    Steakhouse Choices
    • Caesars Salad- 800cals
    • Chopped Salad, 320cals
    • Spinach Salad, 170cals click here for more »

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  • Recipe of the Month

    January 2012

    Drink alcohol a little more wisely!

    Drink Choices
    • Eggnog, 350cals
    • White Russian, 260cals
    • Riesling, 160-200cals
    • Shot of liquor, 70-125cals
    • Tonic or Soda, 100cals
    • Winter Beer, 150-200cals
    • Beer, 150cals
    • Bloody Mary, 130cals
    • Wine, 120cals
    • Light Beer, 55-85cals
    • Champagne, 85cals
    Enjoy a small glass of eggnog and two gin and tonics, and you have drank 750 worthless calories.
    Or, start with some champagne, and enjoy two glasses of wine and you only have drank 330 calories, less than half of your first choices.