Getting fit can save your life but getting thin can kill you. How’s that for candor?! Actually there are variations of both. Fit and fat IS BETTER for you than thin and unfit. IT is the hope of all trainers that our clients set health based goals. It is the plight of all of our clients to have aesthetic goals. It is our job to settle in the middle and hope that you get to your “best body, high school weight, wedding day weight, etc” by using a health based approach. Crash dieting and exercise bulimia are NOT health-based! It is ideal when our path gets you to your goal.
At this point we have completed 6 weeks of training. During our consultation Stacy and I discussed that 6 weeks should be enough time to feel different but not necessarily look different. I am always nervous at this point. We both have great expectations for all of our efforts and today is the day when our work is put to the test. Stacy has done remarkably well with her food diary, her cardio and her resistance training. She seems to be on the path to success. Her car should be running smoothly down the road to a happier, healthier life! BUT, her expectations are very high and I don’t want her to be disappointed. She is truly doing all she can and should be doing at this point. From a psychological standpoint, Stacy had a bad food day and moved right past it! I asked her to blog about it so that people can understand what that is like. It is important to see that success does not require perfection. When you make a mistake move on and learn from it and it will not derail you. Don’t wallow in the “why.”
Today after we measure we will discuss the cardio/endurance phase of her program that is coming up next. This week we will begin changing the repetitions and pushing her strength limits, so that I can determine a safe weight for her to lift at higher repetitions while still being challenged.
0 responses so far ↓
Leave a Comment