Dallas Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Weight Loss and Tip of the Week – Staying On Course Throughout the Holiday Season

Dallas Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Weight Loss and Tip of the Week – Staying On Course Throughout the Holiday Season

Dallas Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Weight Loss and Tip of the Week – Staying On Course Throughout the Holiday Season
Thanksgiving leftovers and holiday parties loaded with sweat treats and rich deserts can enlarge the fat cells and slow the metabolism.  Not a good combination when seeking to live a healthier lifestyle in the midst of a borage of tantalizing holiday food temptations.  Not to mention that the holidays tend to knock us out of our normal daily routines of proper exercise and nutrition. 

The average person gains approximately 1 pound between Thanksgiving and New Year’s according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine and this weight is not lost in the coming year. Although the gain is much less than what most people think, imagine the accumulation over time! Here are some tips to help you maintain – not – gain during the holiday season while still enjoying your family and friends and all that the holidays mean to you.
Have a healthy snack before leaving for a party …If you are concerned that you may overeat at a gathering, eat a healthy snack such as a salad, fruit, or soup before you leave. You will feel satisfied and will be less likely to overindulge.

Eat some healthy options first … Eating some of the healthier foods that are offered first will again decrease the likelihood of you over indulging on some of the more calorie-dense selections. Go back and choose your favorite options afterward.  

Take family walks … Chat and view the holiday decorations in the neighborhood.

Instead of skipping your workout, shorten it… When you don’t have enough time to get in 30 minutes or more exercise then try squeezing in 10 minutes at a high intensity level.  Guys who did four to six go-for-broke 30-second sprints on a bike got the same gains in muscle fitness as those who went for 90 to 120 minutes at a moderate pace. In a different study, the same type of sprints improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, meaning it decreased their risk for unhealthy blood sugar and, eventually, diabetes. Total calorie burn was a puny 250, so you’ll still need longer workouts if you’re looking to torch fat. But for your health, short, fast intervals will get you somewhere, and is far better than skipping altogether. 

Written by: David Yarbrough CCPT . David is on the  www.GetYouInShape.com team of personal trainers. Get You In Shape has is a Fitness Company in the Dallas, TX area. Coppell boot camps, Dallas boot camps, private personal training, 40 Day Challenge, weight loss, sports performance and nutrition are the main services of Get You In Shape.

Get You In Shape’s programs include the Get You In Shape Boot Camp (Dallas and Coppell), 40 Day Challenge, sports specific training, weight loss programs, Corporate wellness plans, nutrition plans, core fitness training, strength training, toning and more. Clients include athletes (golf, basketball, tennis, football, track, baseball, baseball, volleyball, and softball) corporate executives, professionals, weekend warriors, cheerleaders, dancers, models, stay at home moms, and anyone looking for results.

More information about Get You In Shape at www.getyouinshape.com

Coppell Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Weight Loss and Fitness Tip of the Week.

Coppell Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Weight Loss and Fitness Tip of the Week – Choices:  Living a Healthy Life is a Choice

Dallas area Personal Trainer and Boot Camp Weight Loss and Fitness Tip of the Week – Choices:  Living a Healthy Life is a ChoiceDo you ever do something “just out of habit?”  For example, when you’re thirsty, do you grab a coke or some other sugary drink “out of habit?”  Or when you want a snack, do you grab a handful of chips or a cookie, “out of habit?”  Habits form because of the choices we make.  If we consistently make bad choices concerning our health, whether done consciously or subconsciously, they can sabotage our ability to live a healthy life.

Think about it… everything you do, every single moment, you have a choice.  Sometimes there are big choices in life, such as, “Should I look for a new job that will make me feel more fulfilled or just stay in my current job where I feel secure yet unchallenged?”  Other times there are very small choices, such as, “Should I read the paper or catch up on email?” Regardless of the moment, the choices you make throughout your day and life build on each other and define who you are. 

Someone much wiser than me once said, “There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it’s easy.”

Taking the path that is harder on you emotionally, mentally, or physically will more times than not reap much bigger rewards than the easy path.  Regularly making those tough choices is the only way you can change bad habits into good habits and is essential for living a healthy life.  Although this may be a frustrating and daunting task, the good news is that it is all within your control.  Remember, when it comes to your health, nobody but you can completely know what to choose.

When you started the GetYouInShape program, you received a copy of “Lifestyle Habits to Change.”  This would have either been on at the Coppell or Dallas Boot Camp Orientation or in your first few emails. Whether you have just started the program or whether you have been doing it for some time, go back to that document and review it to see if you can improve any of your habits. It contains a number of lifestyle habits that if you have them, you will have a better chance of reaching your overall goal and increases your ability to maintain your goal tenfold.   

Start small.  Pick one or two habits to work on and determine what choices you will be confronted by with your current habits and then decide what positive, healthy choices you will need to make in order to change your behavior and ultimately create new healthy habits.

I recognize that turning everyday choices into healthy habits isn’t done overnight.  So make sure you have defined what success means for you — big and small.  Consider what it means to be successful, this minute, this hour, and this day.  Then recognize your moments of success.  Resisted candy – success!  Did cardio for 30 minutes – success! Drink water instead of Coke this week – success!  Every time you make the right choice, it leads to another success and nothing breeds more success than success. 

Along your journey to a healthier you, you are going to encounter A LOT of choices.  I have included a few inspirational quotes below that might help you with your journey.  Copy and display them where they can serve as a helpful reminder that choices are all within YOUR control and that only YOU can make good choices to take control of and create a healthy lifestyle.

 “There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”                                                                           Denis Waitley

 “Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.”                                Robert F. Bennett

“Tough Times never last, but tough people do.”                            Rober Schuller

Written by:  Julie McCan, CPT    Julie is on the www.GetYouInShape.com team of personal trainers. Get You In Shape has is a Fitness Company in the Dallas, TX area. Coppell boot camps, Dallas boot camps, Private Personal Training, 40 Day Challenge, weight loss, sports performance and nutrition are the main services of Get You In Shape. Get You in Shape serves the Dallas, Coppell, Irving, Valley Ranch, Carrollton, Highland Park, Flower Mound, Southlake, Grapevine, Plano, Frisco, and other Dallas areas.

Coppell Boot Camp and Personal Trainer – Weight Loss and Fitness Boot Camp Pictures from Coppell Boot Camp

Coppell, TX – Get You In Shape Boot Camp - These are pictures from the Coppell Fitness Boot Camp taken during the November 2009 Coppell Boot Camp, outside the Coppell Aquatics and Recreation Center by the Pool and by Andy Brown East Park in Coppell, TX.  If you are in Coppell, Dallas, Irving, Valley Ranch, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Carrollton, Las Colinas, Famers Branch, Plano, and other Dallas, TX cities, this Fitness Boot Camp is close to you.

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Another Great Team Picture from the November 14th Get You In Shape Boot Camp

Get You In Shape’s programs include the Get You In Shape Boot Camp (Dallas and Coppell), 40 Day Challenge, sports specific training, weight loss programs, Corporate wellness plans, nutrition plans, core fitness training, strength training, toning and more. Clients include athletes (golf, basketball, tennis, football, track, baseball, baseball, volleyball, and softball) corporate executives, professionals, weekend warriors, cheerleaders, dancers, models, stay at home moms, and anyone looking for results.

Owner Brad Linder, has been featured in numerous newspapers and even as the fitness expert on the news 8 (ABC). He continues to use the gifts that he has been given to help serve the needs others have when it come to being healthy, losing weight, sports, toning up, and overall fitness.
More information about Get You In Shape at www.getyouinshape.com

Coppell, TX – Get You In Shape Boot Camp - These are pictures from the Coppell Fitness Boot Camp taken during the November 2009 Coppell Boot Camp, outside the Coppell Aquatics and Recreation Center by the Pool and by Andy Brown East Park in Coppell, TX.  If you are in Coppell, Dallas, Irving, Valley Ranch, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Carrollton, Las Colinas, Famers Branch, Plano, and other Dallas, TX cities, this Fitness Boot Camp is close to you.

 
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Coppell, TX – Get You In Shape Boot Camp - These are pictures from the Coppell Fitness Boot Camp taken during the October 2009 Coppell Boot Camp, outside the Coppell Aquatics and Recreation Center by the Pool and by Andy Brown East Park in Coppell, TX.  If you are in Coppell, Dallas, Irving, Valley Ranch, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Carrollton, Las Colinas, Famers Branch, Plano, and other Dallas, TX cities, this Fitness Boot Camp is close to you.

We had one more boot camp come in after we took the two previous pictures.

 
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Coppell, TX – Get You In Shape Boot Camp - These are pictures from the Coppell Fitness Boot Camp taken during the November 2009 Coppell Boot Camp, outside the Coppell Aquatics and Recreation Center by the Pool and by Andy Brown East Park in Coppell, TX.  If you are in Coppell, Dallas, Irving, Valley Ranch, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Carrollton, Las Colinas, Famers Branch, Plano, and other Dallas, TX cities, this Fitness Boot Camp is close to you.

Get You In Shape’s programs include the Get You In Shape Boot Camp (Dallas and Coppell), 40 Day Challenge, sports specific training, weight loss programs, Corporate wellness plans, nutrition plans, core fitness training, strength training, toning and more. Clients include athletes (golf, basketball, tennis, football, track, baseball, baseball, volleyball, and softball) corporate executives, professionals, weekend warriors, cheerleaders, dancers, models, stay at home moms, and anyone looking for results.

Owner Brad Linder, has been featured in numerous newspapers and even as the fitness expert on the news 8 (ABC). He continues to use the gifts that he has been given to help serve the needs others have when it come to being healthy, losing weight, sports, toning up, and overall fitness.
More information about Get You In Shape at www.getyouinshape.com

 
Sign Up for a Free Boot Camp – CLICK HERE