Ok so everyone who knows me knows I carry more weight than a normal personal trainer. There have been the usual excuses for this, too much work, I put my clients first, just can't be bothered, the usual one in my head is 'I know how to apply the stuff so I will do it later', of course it never happens. Well after getting back from my trip to the states I realise that this has to change. I can't keep on doing my job with my beer belly and get away with it, one it feels terrible and to be honest it feels a bit wrong when I ask all of my clients to commit when I haven't committed to myself.
I have decided to make the necessary changes in my lifestyle to get myself to where I want/need to be and then balance myself out so I can live in my comfort zone without having to be ‘nuts’ about my diet and work rate. Right now I am not putting weight on, however I am not taking it off, I am currently doing 2 x 45 minute weight sessions a week with 1 x 45 minute cardio session thrown in there.
I have a choice, change my diet and keep the training where it is, which will help improve my body composition over time or I can speed things up by changing both; increase the intensity of my training and improving my diet.
Notice how I said improving my diet, not reduce my food intake, or cut out carbs, or take out this and that food. Most diets people have are pretty good, we just have small issues that need correcting. Mine are meal sizes, binge drinking on the weekend, chocolate and meal frequency.
The problem is I KNOW what I should be doing and I am not doing it, the changes that I need to make to my diet are not difficult, I just have to WANT to do them. I have gotten comfortable in my little bubble but I am a little tired of being embarrassed by weight when health and fitness is my profession. So time to change that, who is coming along for the ride with me?
The easiest part is the change in the diet, if you really want to reach your goals then these changes are not hard to make, they become lifestyle changes, things you can change and hold onto. I used to do these things all the time, then I got lazy and live the current ‘eating lifestyle’, that is where it all started to go wrong. Getting these changes in place for 90 days will help keep them in place forever, dont deviate or you will short change yourself.
The hard part will be the training, here you will have to press yourself mentally and think about how much you really want to get your goals. We cant afford to go at a nice leisurely pace and cruise through our sessions. We have to push and work hard, I know there are going to be days where I am not going to like my trainer and I am not going to want to go for that extra run or bike ride, but if I don't I am not going to get to my goal.
To summarise what I need to do:
- change in diet
- change in training intensity
In 90 days I can reasses where I am at compared to my goals and check to see if I need to keep going at my current pace. If I am happy with my results I can tone something back, my diet or my training intensity, NOT both. If I do I will just end up back at my original point and all of my hard work will have been wasted.
For me I would probably lighten off my training for about a month so I keep my eating habits for a little longer to reinforce them. Then if I want to 'treat' myself I can ease my diet but increase my training intensity again.
Yours in Fitness
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