Feet to the Fire

The management team at GISFW has decided to take all the Danvers clients and set them up as the training team for all new managers. You see, since I haven't been to training yet, I've been testing all my skills on you. You've done a great job! Sean, Charles and Brian (the owner) decided I would learn best if they put my "feet to the fire". Honestly, I think they just made me do what they didn't feel like doing, but I am sure they will deny it. I think they kept betting how far they could push me before I ran out the door and never came back. So far, I'm still here. I probably could have stepped back and moved slow, but I don't roll that way. They knew I could push myself further than I thought I could. I made some mistakes(sorry!), but every small success built my confidence, and I finally hit my stride. Good for me, maybe not so good for you.

Now I have a time to focus on you and your healthy lifestyle goals. I am sure when you joined you were VERY excited for the transformations in your future. I was too when I finally decided to take the job. Then you realized, as I did, that this takes work!! Our team knows you have what it takes to make permanent lifestyle changes. And you won't go running out the door! We need you to work hard for the whole hour you are in the studio. Feed off the energy! But what I need you to do is to focus on the nutrition. I will be looking on the Vitabot accounts and the total weight losses. I want to see more paper logs. I know eating "good" takes work, but when you do it - you will feel great and get closer to your goals! You can't out-exercise a bad diet.

Don't think if you don't log it, write it or get on the scale, that any mistakes did not happen! The pounds are still on the body, even if you hide from the scale. Face it, and then take action. Next week is weigh in week - don't be afraid. Being uncomfortable means you are challenging yourself and then you will change. Doing the same old thing, will give you the same old results. So here is what I want you to do:

Eat every few hours. Just break it down to breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner. I've include the Nutrition Cheat sheet in case you can't find yours. Now let's keep it simple, every meal or snack, have one serving of protein (3 oz or the size of your fist) one choice from the carbohydrate list and one food from the vegetable list. A snack can just have a healthy fruit or veggie from the carb list. That's it! Think outside the box. A mid-afternoon snack can be some shrimp and sliced melon. I actually eat 5 evenly spaced meals that are the same size. My dinner usually has 2 green veggies, a salad with olive oil and no carbs, since I workout earlier in the day.

Try and create a few choices for each meal and mix and match. Once you get in the habit of eating this way, you can be a little more creative with each choice. One thing that keep my food interesting this time of year is to grill all kinds of veggies. They taste so good!! I make big batches, so I can just heat them up when I need them. You can even grill fruit. Pineapple, bananas and peaches are good choices.