BUST Through The Plateau!

Can you say FRUSTRATING? After your initial weight loss, your progress slows down and may even seem to eventually stop, even though your exercise and food intake is consistent. Believe it or not, the very efforts you made to burn more calories when you began may eventually be slowing it down now that you’ve been at it awhile. Check out these 5 questions you should ask yourself when you’re trying to BUST through a plateau:

Out of the Comfort Zone

Go beyond what makes you comfortable. Open yourself to ideas, events, relationships that make you uncomfortable. Travel places where you know no one. Learn another language. Create art, even though you’re not an artist. Argue with people. Fall down. Get up. Read books, all sorts of books.

                                                   — Juan Williams during his commencement speech at Whitman College

Boost Your Metabolism All Day Long

By Ben Kallen (from Beachbody Newsletter #323)

When you want to create a lean, firm body, the best way to accomplish it is with an effective workout program and a healthy eating plan. But that's not the end of the story . . . . Because no matter how much you're putting into your exercise sessions, practicing a range of healthy habits the rest of the time can give your metabolism an even bigger kick. 

Add these tips to your weight loss arsenal, and you'll get the results you want as quickly as possible.  Any one of them may have a relatively minor effect, but when put together, they're bound to help your body burn fat more efficiently. 

A little P90X humor...

Insanity - Week 1

February 4 was the start date for O`ahu's Thinner Winner, sponsored by Tsunami Fit Club in Hawaii. I signed up with 3 friends from work, and along with 8 other teams, we are working our butts off for 30 days, in hopes of taking home the GRAND PRIZE of $1000!

I'm using Insanity for my program of choice, coordinating my "Day 1" with the Feb. 4 start date, which makes it easy to remember. So far, Day 1 was the Fit Test, which was "BEAST", as my son would say. I took my before pics, jotted down my measurements and fit test results, and away we go!

Here is the schedule for Week One:

Day 1: Fit Test
Day 2: Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Day 3: Cardio Power and Resistance
Day 4: Cardio Recovery
Day 5: Pure Cardio (on tap for tomorrow morning)
Day 6: Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Day 7: REST DAY (AHHHHH!!)

Notice a common theme here?  It's a carnival of CARDIO!!! And then some...